The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zacharias Kunuk
Natar Ungalaaq
Sylvia Ivalu
Peter-henry Arnatsiaq
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Madeline Ivalu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
1000 A.D.: Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of nomadic Inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit. Twenty years pass. Two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order: Amaqjuaq, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to get even. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing Amaqjuaq, as Atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice. But can he ever escape the cycle of vengeance left behind?
Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq
Sylvia Ivalu
Peter-henry Arnatsiaq
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Madeline Ivalu
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Eugene Ipkarnak
Pakak Innukshuk
Crew
Atuat Akkitirq
Atuat Akkitirq
Micheline Ammaq
Micheline Ammaq
Paul Apak Angilirq
Paul Apak Angilirq
Sally Bochner
Serge Boivin
Norman Cohn
Norman Cohn
Norman Cohn
Chris Crilly
Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk
Richard Lavoie
Marie-christine Sarda
James Ungalaaq
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival.
Winner of the Guardian Award for First Directors 2001 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer June 7, 2002
Released in United States June 14, 2002
Released in United States on Video February 11, 2003
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2001
Released in United States 2002
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 - October 12, 2001.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 12-26, 2001.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 2002.
Film was made by a 90% Inuit crew. The story is based on Inuit oral tradition, and the screenplay is the first ever written in the Inuit language, Inuktitut.
aspect ratio 1.77:1
Released in United States Summer June 7, 2002 (NY, LA)
Released in United States June 14, 2002 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video February 11, 2003
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31 - September 3, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 - October 12, 2001.)
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 12-26, 2001.)
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 2002.)
Winner of the award for Best Canadian Feature at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.
