Uiksaringitara (Wrong husband)
National Canadian Film Day

As part of National Canadian Film Day which celebrates the diversity of Canadian cinematography around the world, the Canadian Cultural Centre invites you to the a preview screening of Uiksaringitara (Wrong husband) the new movie by Inuks film director Zacharias Kunuk, awarded for Best Canadian Feature Film at TIFF in 2025

Uiksaringitara (Wrong husband) by Zacharias Kunuk
2025 / Canada (Nunavut) / 100 min / Tale, historical drama / VO Inuktitut ST French
with Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera

In this gorgeous retelling of an Inuit legend set in 2000 BCE, two young Inuit lovers in Igloolik, Kaujak and Sapa, are destined to be together. When Kaujak’s father dies, a man from a neighboring tribe marries Kaujak’s mother and forces both women to join his clan. In desperation, Kaujak and Sapa turn to a shaman to help them be together. What follows is a clash of demons and wonders amid breathtaking northern landscapes.

Zacharias Kunuk
The director is the co-founder of Isuma, Canada’s first independent Inuit production company. His debut feature film, Atanarjuat – The Fast Runner, won the 2001 Camera d’Or and was voted “the best Canadian film of all time” by a critic’s poll at the Toronto International Film Festival. To date, he has directed over 30 documentaries and feature films including the Oscar-nominated animation Angakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice.

In presence of Sophie Gergaud, ethno-filmmaker, translator, programmer and president of the association De la Plume à l’Écran, which has been organizing the Ciné Alter’Natif festival since 2009. Sophie Gergaud devotes most of her research to Indigenous cinemas and the role of community media in defending and affirming the right to self-determination and cultural sovereignty of Indigenous peoples.