Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner<\/em> would be the film to be screened at both locations. It will be offered for free, but audience members are asked to pick up their tickets in advance.<\/p>\nInuit storytelling stands as one of the world\u2019s oldest art forms, explained a Real Alternatives release. For 4,000 years Inuit people have passed their knowledge, values, philosophy and culture from generation to generation without a written language. The first feature film ever made in the Inuktitut language, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner<\/em> is part of this continuous stream of oral history. Atanarjuat finds himself in love with Atuat, and while she loves him in return, she has been promised to Oki, the boastful and bullying son of the camp leader. When Atanarjuat forces the issue, he violates the carefully observed customs of the community. In a timeless story, Oki sets out to gain revenge.<\/p>\nFeaturing an all-Inuit cast of both experienced actors and first-time performers, Atanarjuat<\/em> was shot by an almost entirely Inuit crew on location in the North Baffin region of the Canadian Arctic. Costumes, props and sets were handmade by local artists and elders, who also advised on every stage of the scriptwriting process to ensure cultural accuracy. Winner of the immensely prestigious Cam\u00e9ra d\u2019Or for best first feature at Cannes in 2001, Atanarjuat<\/em> is a landmark in Canadian film history. Kunuk\u2019s direction is faultless, replicating the natural unfolding of time. Norman Cohn\u2019s cinematography captures the vast expanse of sky, unique arctic light and the sprawling sea ice, tundra, and rocky flatlands with austere, evocative beauty. Atanarjuat is a spellbinding story about the individual and the community in which he must live.<\/p>\n