Uvanga

Uvanga
Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Madeline Ivalu
Produced by Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Madeline Ivalu
Susan Avingaq
Zacharias Kunuk
Stéphane Rituit
Written by Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Starring Marianne Farley
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Lukasi Forrest
Madeline Ivalu
Music by Alain Auger
Cinematography Samueli Ammaq
Alexandre Domingue
Félix Lajeunesse
Edited by Glenn Berman
Production
company
Arnait Video Productions
Kunuk Cohn Productions
Release dates
  • September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19) (Cinéfest)
Running time
86 minutes
Country Canada

Uvanga (Inuktitut: I, me, mine) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2013. Written and directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, it was the second narrative feature film released by Arnait Video Productions.[1]

The film stars Marianne Farley as Anna, a woman from Montreal who once had a relationship with Caleb, an Inuk man from Igloolik, Nunavut;[1] after learning of Caleb's death, she takes their 14-year-old son Tomas (Lukasi Forrest) on a trip to Nunavut to learn more about his Inuit heritage.[1] Sarah (Ivalu), Caleb's mother and Tomas' grandmother, tries to keep the peace between Anna and Caleb's widow Sheba (Carol Kunnuk), while Tomas bonds with his half-brother Travis (Travis Kunnuk) and Anna begins to suspect that Sheba's new boyfriend Barrie (Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq) may know more about Caleb's death than he has admitted.[2]

The film garnered three Jutra Award nominations at the 17th Jutra Awards, in the categories of Best Sound (Eric Ladouceur, Luc Mandeville and Lynne Trépanier), Best Editing (Glenn Berman) and Best Original Music (Alain Auger).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A modern drama in traditional Nunavut hamlet". Toronto Star, June 20, 2014.
  2. "Brothers' story, Arctic scenery shine". Ottawa Citizen, August 22, 2014.
  3. "Xavier Dolan domine les nominations aux Jutra". Métro, January 26, 2015.


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