Finding Aid - Arnait Video Productions fonds (F3006) Generated by on January 07, 2021 Language of description: English Arnait Video Productions fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 4 - Page 2 - F3006 Arnait Video Productions fonds Summary information Repository: Title: Arnait Video Productions fonds Reference code: F3006 Date: 1991-2013 (date of creation) Physical description: 316 videos, 0.66 m of textual records and 23 sound recordings Physical location: MI 264 Physical location: SR 1237 Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Arnait Video Productions (AVP) was founded in Igloolik in 1991, and incorporated around 1999. Originally named Arnait Ikajurtigiit, meaning "Women helping each other" in Inuktitut, and it was also known as the Women’s Video Workshop of Igloolik. The collective has had a loose collaborative model with members taking on various roles over the years. Members over the years have included Madeline Ivalu, Susan Avingaq, Martha Makkar, Mathilda Hanniliaq, Uyarak (Lucy Tulugarjuk) and Marie-Hélène Cousineau. Other women who have been involved in various ways include Mary Kunuk, Atuat Akittirq, Carol Kunnuk, and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Arnait Video Productions' first works revealed the importance for the women of Igloolik to share oral traditions. Whether in the form of a series of interviews (Women/Health/Body and Itivimiut) or as short works linking songs to words and reenactment of traditional activities (Qulliq, Attagutaaluk Starvation, Piujuq and Angutautaq), the videos celebrated the specificity of the culture of women in Igloolik. Their production values reflect the cultural values of the participants: respect for community events, for Elders, for hunting and fishing seasons, for certain traditions belonging to particular families, among others. The members work as a team to write the scenes of each script, to make the costumes and accessories, and to shape the interaction and performances of the actors. Arnait Video Productions has produced feature documentaries such as Anaana (Mother), Unakuluk (Dear Little One), and the short fiction film Ningiura (Grandmother). Before Tomorrow, based on Danish author Jorn Riel’s novel, was their first feature-length fiction film in 2008, winning the Best Canadian First Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008 and was selected for the International Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Their feature documentary, SOL, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary in 2016. Page 3 F3006 Arnait Video Productions fonds Scope and content The fonds consists of materials created by the various members of the group, and by the group as a whole. The records not only reflect the working process, but also the marketing and promotion involved in the projects. Almost all of their projects are represented here, with various degrees of completeness. For works such as Adoption/Qumiktut/Unakuluk, Anaana and Uyarasuk/Ningiura (My Grandmother) there is a complete range of materials from daily scene shoots to multiple language versions of the final work. Many of the films are produced in English, French and Inuktitut. Some early works such as Atagutaluk Starvation, Qulliq, Piujuq and Angutautuq, Avingalaraaluit/Unikausiq, Aqtuqsi: the nightmare, and Travellers are only represented with sub-masters or masters with very little additional audio-visual material relating to, or revealing of, the process of production. Other projects such as Beyond Tomorrow/Ikuma are represented through versions of the film in various languages, filmed or recorded interviews with participants and writers, and scripts in English, French and Inuktitut. There is also a fair amount of post production material such as workshops that grew out of this project. Access points • Moving images (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Series descriptions Reference code Title Dates Physical description F3006-f1 File - QUEEN OF THE QUEST A film by Sep. 2011 BETACAM SP Carol Kunnuk Scope and content: ARNAIT MEDIA PRODUCTIONSQUEEN OF THE QUEST A film by Carol Kunnuk33min. 52secNTSC Anamorphic September 2011 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.1 F3006-f2 File - Show me on the map Episode 01 6 Jun. 2010 DigitalBETACAM - 10:00:00:00 Episode 02 - 10:36:30:00 English Scope and content: Arnait Video ProductionShow me on the mapEpisode 01 - 10:00:00:00Episode 02 - 10:36:30:00EnglishLength Ep 01 - 35m.58sLength Ep 02 - 21m.43s.NTSC2010/06/22 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.2 Page 4 F3006 Arnait Video Productions fonds F3006-f3 File - UNAKULUK Version internationale 9/20/2005 DigitalBETACAM Montage final Pistes 1 et 2: Mix Stereo 2-/09/2005 NDF 46 min.20sec NDF Scope and content: Arnait Video ProductionMASTERAdoption crossed out Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.3 F3006-f4 File - ADOPTION Version anglaise 9/20/2005 DigitalBETACAM Montage final pistes 1 et 2: Mix Stereo 20/09/2005 NDF 46min.20sec Scope and content: Arnait Video ProductionsMASTER Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.4 F3006-f5 File - ANAANA Version francaise 3 6/18/2002 BETACAM SP minutes 43 secondes 18 juin 2002 Scope and content: Arnait Video Productionscopie Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.5 F3006-f6 File - UNAKULUK cher petit Version Feb. 3, 2006 3 BETACAM SP francaise Montage final Pistes 1 et 2: Mix Stereo. DF 46min.20sec. Digital Cut Montreal 3 FEVRIER 2006 Scope and content: Arnait Video Productions Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.6 F3006-f7 File - ADOPTION Version anglaise 9/27/2005 DigitalBETACAM Montage final pistes 1 et 2: Mix Stereo. DF 46min.20sec. Digital Cut Montreal. 27 SEPTEMBRE 2005 Scope and content: ArnaitVideo Productionstags on the side:LUnakuluk Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.7 F3006-f8 File - ADOPTION Version anglaise 2/3/2006 3 BETACAM SP Montage final Pistes 1 et 2: Mix Stereo. DF 46min. 20sec. Digital Cut Montreal. 3 FEVRIER 2006 Scope and content: ArnaitVideo Productions Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.8 Page 5 F3006 Arnait Video Productions fonds F3006-f9 File - UNAKULUK, dear little one- 2/3/2006 BETACAM SP Version anglaise Montage final Pistes 1 et 2: Mix Stereo. DF 46min. 20sec. Digital Cut Montreal. 3 FEVRIER 2006 Scope and content: ADOPTION crossed out Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.9 F3006-f10 File - 2024.07 Unakuluk, dear little one. 2005 BETACAM SP eglish version. V TAPE Scope and content: Arnait Video Productions (Women's Video Workshop)V tape. 401 Richmond St W Suite 452 Toronto Ontario M5V 3A8phone 416 351 1317fax 416 351 1509www.vtape.orgUnakuluk, dear little one is a documentary film about having children, different ways of having children in the inuit culture and, more precisely in Igloolik, an island situated at the south-west of Baffin Island. The film we made starts with individual stories and it leads into and incursion into the dynamic of Inuit family relations. For families and for a Southern audience the film transmits very precious teachings, based on Inuit values of helping each other and sharing.46:002005colour Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.10 F3006-f11 File - Ikuma tape 1 2009 HDCAM,Digital HDVS Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.11 F3006-f12 File - Ikuma 2 2009 HDCAM,Digital HDVS Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 on tape:enescu lumreue days la coop a reajuster Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.12 F3006-f13 File - ikuma 3 Digital HDVS,HDCAM Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 on tape:time code Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.13 F3006-f14 File - ikuma tape 4 Digital HDVS,HDCAM Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.14 F3006-f15 File - Ikuma 5 Digital HDVS,HDCAM Scope and content: Page 6 F3006 Arnait Video Productions fonds interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.15 F3006-f16 File - Ikuma #6 2009 HDCAM,Digital HDVS Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.16 F3006-f17 File - ikuma #7. 23.98 fps 2009 HDCAM,Digital HDVS Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009on tape:entrevues marchant dehors Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.17 F3006-f18 File - IKUMA #8 23.98 FPS 2009 HDCAM,Digital HDVS Scope and content: interviews with Susan Avingaq, Avingaq, Atuat Akkitirq, and Madeline Ivalu, Puvirnirtuq 2009 Physical location: V170-1-MI 264.18 F3006-f19