Cine Club - Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner-FR and SJ

Event Details:

Join us for this UNB Saint John winter 2021 film series screening of Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner directed by Zacharias Kunuk (2001).

The film will be introduced by Dr. Greg Marquis, Professor, History and Politics, and you are invited to stay after the screening for the discussion. Open to all members of the UNB community.

Running time: 172 min.

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ABOUT THE FILM: Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner is an epic film made by and about the Inuit peoples of the Canadian arctic, telling a story of a crime that ruptures the trust within a closely knit group, and how justice is achieved and healing begins. Director Zacharias Kunuk and his writer, Paul Apak Angilin, collected oral versions of an Inuit legend from several elders, collated them into a story, submitted the story to the elders for suggestions and then filmed it as a collaborative expression.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: "From its mystical-mythical opening to the stunning finale, this is storytelling at its most primal and filmmaking at its most original." Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

AWARDS:
—American Indian Film Festival: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, 2002
—Banff Mountain Film Festival: Best Feature Film, 2002 
—Cannes Film Festival: Caméra d'Or, 2001
—Chicago Film Critics Association: nominations for Best Foreign Language Film & Most Promising Director, 2003
—Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Director's Award, 2001
—Festival International de Films de Montréal: Prix du Public, 2001; Special Jury Prize, 2002
—Flanders International Film Festival Ghent: Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention, 2001
— Genie Awards: Best Motion Picture, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Claude Jutra Award; nominations for Best Sound & Best Costume Design, 2002
—Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Foreign Film, 2003
—San Diego Film Festival: Best Feature Film, 2002
—Santa Fe Film Festival: Best Feature, 2002
—Toronto Film Critics Association: Best Canadian Film, Best First Feature, 2002
—Toronto International Film Festival: Best Canadian Film, 2001

This screening is open to all members of the University of New Brunswick community. Please use your UNB I.D. and login to this Microsoft Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjI5OTFlNTAtMzBjYy00ZjE2LThjMzgtNjU2ZGJlN2Y4OWZk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a5108f8d-7200-40c5-a7f2-fd62ff48703f%22%7d

This screening would not be possible without the generous sponsorship of the UNB Library and the Faculty of Arts, Saint John

Building: TEAMS

Room Number: N/A