A filmmaker once said that a true epic must contain the elements of tragedy, romance and comedy with some action. “Atanarjuat – The Fast Runner” has all these and much more, being based on an ancient ...

"THE FAST RUNNER," or "Atanarjuat" as it's also known, is the kind of primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of. Based on the collected narrative of eight elders of the Inuit of the ...

Centuries ago, in what would become the Canadian Arctic, Atuat is promised to the malevolent Oki, son of the leader of their tribe. But Atuat loves the good-natured Atanarjuat, who ultimately finds a ...

"Storytelling" is a big buzz in Hollywood these days, with nearly every actor, writer, director and even gaffer saying that stories are what their work is all about. It's a glib line that often erases ...

“Astonish me,” Diaghilev ordered Cocteau, and The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) more than fulfills that regal dictum for new art. The first feature to be made in Inuktitut, directed from a script that is ...

"We never knew what he was or why it happened. Evil just came to us." "The Fast Runner" (also known as "Atanarjuat"), inspired by an ancient Inuit myth of evil spirits and human greed, is an ...

Do yourself a favor and ignore the running time and that thing about subtitles above. Yes, it's almost three hours long, and yes, it's in probably the most foreign of languages. But "The Fast Runner ...

Tautuktavuk (What We See) does it again! This time, the film, co-directed by Lucy Tulugarjuk (Tia and Piujuq, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) and Carol Kunnuk ...