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Three Thousand

ASINNAJAQ
2017 | 14 min 04 s

Selections and Awards

  • Official SelectionCamden International Film Festival 2017

  • Best Experimental WorkImagineNATIVE 2017

  • Official Selection20th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)

  • Official SelectionCalifornia's American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival 2017

  • Official Selection - NATIVeBerlinale 2018

  • Official SelectionDOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018

  • Best Global Indigenous Short Film AwardSkábmagovat Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival Finland - 2018

  • Official SelectionCinemAmbiente – Environmental Film Festival 2018

  • Official SelectionEdinburgh International Film Festival 2018

  • Official SelectionIndigenous Film and Arts Festival 2018

Short Synopsis


Long Synopsis

Trailer



A CONVERSATION WITH ASINNAJAQ

Promotional Materials

Images





Team


ASINNAJAQ
Director


Photo
Photo : Alex Tran




Kat Baulu
Producer


Photo
Photo : NFB




Annette Clarke
Executive Producer


Photo
Photo : Dave Howells



Credits

A Film by
Asinnajaq – Isabella-Rose Weetaluktuk

Written and Directed by
ASINNAJAQ

Narration by
ASINNAJAQ

Animated by
PATRICK DEFASTEN
JONATHAN NG

Field recording
ASINNAJAQ

Editor
ANNIE JEAN

Original Music by
OLIVIER ALARY

Featuring Throat singing by
TANYA TAGAQ
CELINA KALLUK

Lullaby sung by
ASINNAJAQ

Sound Design & Editing
CATHERINE VAN DER DONCKT

Sound Consultant
BENOIT DAME

Foley Artist
KARLA BAUMGARDNER

Illustrations
NALUTURUK WEETALUKTUK
TANYA INNAARULIK

Archives
NFB/ONF ARCHIVES

Researcher
ASINNAJAQ

Consultants
ALETHEA ARNAQUQ-BARIL
TANYA TAGAQ
GERONIMO INUTIQ
JUDITH GRUBER-STITZER

On-line Editor
YANNICK CARRIER

Head of Coordination and Project Support
PIERRE FERLATTE

Head, Technical Resources
STEVE HALLÉ

Project Technical Coordinator
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAPRISE

Digital Editing Technicians
PIERRE DUPONT
ISABELLE PAINCHAUD
PATRICK TRAHAN

Technical Director, Animation
ELOI CHAMPAGNE

Technical Animation Coordinator
RANDALL FINNERTY

Re-Recording & Foley
GEOFF MITCHELL

Voice Coaching
ALANIS OBOMSAWIN
JOBIE WEETALUKTUK

Translation
JOBIE WEETALUKTUK
MYLÈNE AUGUSTIN

Marketing Manager
AMANDA LAUKYS

Publicist
PATRICIA DILLON-MOORE

Senior Production Coordinators
CAMILA BLOS
ISABELLE LIMOGES

Production Coordinator
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS

Program Administrators
LESLIE ANNE POYNTZ
CAMILA BLOS

Producer
KAT BAULU

Executive Producer
ANNETTE CLARKE

Executive Director
MICHELLE VAN BEUSEKOM

This film is dedicated to
LUCY AULLUQ WEETALUKTUK

Special Thanks
MYLÈNE AUGUSTIN
MICHAEL FUKUSHIMA
HEATHER IGLOLIORTE
DR. CAROL ROWAN
ELIASIE WEETALUKTUK
JOBIE WEETALUKTUK
KITTY WEETALUKTUK
ZEBEDEE WEETALUKTUK
DONALD MCWILLIAMS

This film was researched and completed in Tiotia:ke the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka.

©2017 The National Film Board of Canada

 



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