Tales from the Arctic Circle. Episode One

Episode 1. Monday "building snowhouses"

In Iqaluit a town 100 miles from the Arctic Circle the Inuit are building igloos for the Toonik Tyme festival. This is a booming capital city of seven thousand people but there is a serious housing crisis. When temperatures drop down to minus 70 in the winter some families can be found living in sheds, but no one lives in igloos anymore.
Episode One of 4 short films, commissioned by Channel 4 television, follow a week at the Toonik Tyme festival in Iqaluit, the Inuit capital way up in the Arctic.
A magical look at a changing culture as locals compete in games and tests of skill: igloo building, ice sculpture, snowmobile racing and a round of golf on a fairway carved from the sea ice. Its all so enchanting, but behind these images are stories of homelessness, melting ice, colonialism and isolation.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Arctic
• Toonik
• Tyme
• Documentary
• Wonderdog
• Roz
• Mortimer