Atuat Akkitirq is a

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filmmaker, actress and costume designer. A partner in the filmmaking collective

Arnait Video Productions Arnait Video Productions (Women's Video Workshop of Igloolik) is a women's filmmaking collective that aims to value the voices of Inuit women in debates of interest to all Canadians. Arnait is related to Isuma Productions. History Arnait was foun ...

, she was a shortlisted

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nominee for Best Costume Design at the

22nd Genie Awards The 22nd Genie Awards were held in 2002 to honour films released in 2001. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan. In advance of the Genie Award ceremony on February 7, all of the Best Picture nominees were screened at the Bloor Cinema in the we ...

in 2002 for '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'', and won the award at the

30th Genie Awards The 30th Genie Awards were presented on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009.Before Tomorrow ''Before Tomorrow'' (french: Le jour avant le lendemain) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel ''Før Morgendagen'' by Danish writer Jørn Riel. ...

(Le Jour avant le lendemain)''. She also had supporting roles as an actress in both ''Atanarjuat'' and ''

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen ''The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'' is a 2006 Canadian-Danish film directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn. The film is about the pressures on traditional Inuit shamanistic beliefs as documented by Knud Rasmussen during his travels across the Ca ...

'', and was a co-director with

Marie-Hélène Cousineau Marie-Hélène Cousineau is a Canadian film director and producer.Madeline Ivalu Madeline Piujuq Ivalu is a Canadian Inuk filmmaker and actor from Igloolik, Nunavut. One of the cofounders of Arnait Video Productions, a women's video and filmmaking collective in Nunavut, she co-directed, co-wrote and starred in Arnait's first f ...

Susan Avingaq Susan Avingaq is an Inuk Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. A founding partner in Arnait Video Productions, a women's filmmaking collective based in Igloolik, Nunavut, she is most noted for her work on the film ''Before To ...

and Carol Kunuk of Arnait's 2001 documentary film ''Anaana''. She has also taught management studies at

Nunavut Arctic College Nunavut Arctic College ( iu, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ, french: Collège de l’Arctique du Nunavut, Inuinnaqtun: ''Nunavunmi Inirnirit Iliharviat'') is a public community college in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The colleg ...

."Arctic College students, family and friends celebrate graduation in Igloolik"
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, April 24, 2010.

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