''Kabloonak'' (Inuit for 'White Person', 'non-Inuit') is a Canadian drama film, directed by Claude Massot and released in 1994."Kabloonak captures the North". ''

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'', September 16, 1994.

Plot

The film is about the making of '' Nanook of the North'', a 1922 film about an

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called Nanook and his family in the

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Cast

The film's cast includes Charles Dance as producer and director Robert J. Flaherty, Adamie Inukpuk as Nanook, Bernard Bloch as Thierry Malet, and

Natar Ungalaaq Natar Ungalaaq (born 1959) is a Canadian Inuit actor, filmmaker and sculptor whose work is in many major collections of Inuit art. Before playing the lead roles in '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'' (2001) and '' The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il fau ...

as Mukpullu.

Production and release

The film was shot in

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and the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

."New movie recalls 1922 cinema classic Nanook of the North".

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, August 25, 1994. It premiered at the

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in August 1994, and was released theatrically on September 16, 1994 in Canada.

Awards

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received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 1994 for his work on the film."Genie Award nominations". ''

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'', October 20, 1994. Charles Dance won the award for "Best Actor" at the Paris Film Festival 1994 for this film, and Claude Massot was awarded a "Special Jury Prize". At the Montréal World Film Festival 1994, Jacques Loiseleux won for "Best Artistic Contribution", and François Protat for "Photography". At the Gijón International Film Festival 1994, Claude Massot won three awards, for "Best Director", the "Grand Prix Asturias" (for "Best Feature"), and a "Special Prize of the Young Jury".

References

External links

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