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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Zacharias Kunuk released in USA on 1 february 2002 with Natar Ungalaaq

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)

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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
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Released in USA 1 february 2002
Length 2h52
Directed by
OriginCanada
Genres Drama,    Documentary,    Fantasy,    Action
Rating73% 3.6961953.6961953.6961953.6961953.696195

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ (fonts required)) is a 2001 Inuktitut-language Canadian epic film directed by Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and produced by his production company Isuma Igloolik Productions. It was the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut. Set in the ancient past, the film retells an Inuit legend passed down through centuries of oral tradition.

Atanarjuat premiered at the 54th Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2001 and was released in Canada on April 12, 2002. A major critical success, Atanarjuat received international acclaim from critics and audiences and was nominated for numerous awards. It was the Canadian submission to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. It did, however, win numerous other accolades, including the Caméra d'Or (Golden Camera) prize at Cannes, and was named the best Canadian film of 2001 by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at the Genie Awards. Atanarjuat was also a commercial success, becoming Canada's top-grossing release of 2002, outperforming the mainstream comedy Men With Brooms. It grossed more than US$5 million worldwide. In 2015, the Toronto International Film Festival named it greatest Canadian film of all time in a poll of filmmakers and critics; in the 2004 list, Atanarjuat placed fifth.

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The film is set in Igloolik ("place of houses") in the Eastern Arctic wilderness at the dawn of the first millennium.

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Natar Ungalaaq

(Atanarjuat)
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