Unikkaatuarniq | Stories of the North | Contes du Nord

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+ Free & everyone is welcome

+ Films shown outdoors (1 hour)

+ DJ & VJ sets

+ Performance (Friday only)

+ Hot Drinks

Guests Arrive                6:00-6:30pm

DJ Set                            6:00-6:30pm

Welcome & Intros         6:30-6:45pm

Performance                 6:45-7:00pm

Film Screening              7:00-8:00pm

DJ Set                            8:00-8:30pm

*Schedule is approximate times

The word Unikkaatuarniq is an Inuktitut word that means "Storytelling". Storytelling is an ancient form of magic, with the power to connect the past with the present, teach lessons, impart values, heal, to explain the world and connect us to the universe through language and mythology. The stories, films, and music in this program, come from Indigenous peoples from the circumpolar north — such as the the Inuit of Canada and Greenland, or the Sami of northern Scandinavia — peoples that have thrived in the Arctic regions of the world for thousands of years, enduring the changing seasons of dark and light, of colonialism, and of climate change. Although these cultures live thousands of kilometres away from each other, they share a common history of resilience in their language, culture and magic through storytelling.

2024 Program

The Bull of Cold • Tundra Animation • Russia • 9m

Rieban - The Fox • Sara Margrethe • Norway • 8m

Naja • Marc Fussing Rosbach • Greenland • 5:22m

Breaths •  Nyla Innuksuk • Canada • 4m 

I Am But a Little Woman •  Gyu Oh • Canada • 4m

Qalupalik • Ame Papatsie • Canada 8 5m

Lumaajuuq •  Alethea Arnaquq-Baril • Canada • 7m

The Bear Facts • Jonathan Wright • Canada • 3m

Walking is Medicine • Alanis Obomsawin • Canada • 5m 

This event takes place on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Nation, and is being held in partnership with Winterlude, Beandigen Cafe, DARC, Gallery 101, the NFB, Lansdowne Park, the Embassy of Mexico, and the City of Ottawa.  A big thank you to our Partners.