Natar Ungalaq and Asinnajaq Nominated for Canadian Screen Awards

In January 2018 two Inuit artists were nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards. Natar Ungalaq was nominated in the category Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Iqaluit (2016), while Asinnajaq’s short film Three Thousand (2017) was nominated for Best Short Documentary.

Ungalaq, an actor and director, played the lead role in Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001). He also won Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the Genie Awards for The Necessities of Life (2008) in 2009 and co-directed the film Maliglutit (Searchers) (2016).

Asinnajaq is a filmmaker and curator. Her films have screened at imagineNATIVE and iNuit Blanche in St. John’s, NL. Her curatorial credits include the film and cultural festival Tillitarniit (formerly Tillutarniit) in 2016 and the short film program Channel 51 Igloolik at imagineNATIVE in 2017.