TWO WAPIKONI MOBILE SHORTS AT THE FESTIVAL DE CANNES
NACIMIENTOS (PANAMA) AND INUK HUNTER (NUNAVIK)
First-time filmmakers whose work makes it to Cannes are rarer than rare. Indigenous film at the prestigious Festival de Cannes are even more unusual. But the stars suddenly aligned in 2017 and two shorts directed by budding Indigenous filmmakers will be part of the Cannes Film Market.
Wapikoni Mobile, a non-profit First Nations organization founded in Quebec in 2004 whose activities span multiple countries, couldn’t be prouder of the filmmakers it supported throughout the filmmaking process. INUK HUNTER and NACIMIENTOS are part of Telefilm Canada’s Not Short on Talent programmes and will screen on May 22 at respectively 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
INUK HUNTER
May 22, 11 :30 a.m. • Not Short on Talent • PROG 1 • Théâtre F
Palais des Festivals, Cannes
INUK HUNTER (2016, 4 min) was directed by George Annanack, a photographer from Nunavik, in Northern Quebec. George is a one-of-a-kind hunter; he tracks and shoots the northern lights. Discover the poetry of the sky in INUK HUNTER.
May 22, 1 :30 p.m. • Not Short on Talent • PROG 2 • Théâtre F