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Uiksaringitara

Wrong Husband
Generation 14plus 2025
© Kingulliit Productions
4000 years ago in the Canadian Arctic. Kaujak and Sapa were promised to each other at birth and have always had a sincere and loving relationship. But, after the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, the bonds of marriage are broken. Sapa is away on a hunt when Kaujak’s mother remarries and the family move to the camp of her new husband. Life there soon turns into a nightmare. Aggressive suitors, supported by a demonic shaman, are bent on winning Kaujak’s hand. She steadfastly resists, even as her hope that Sapa will return and make things right begins to fade. But Sapa also has a shaman at his side: Ulluriaq, who channels spirit helpers to guide and protect Sapa on his quest to win Kaujak back. A visually stunning Arctic fairy tale by Zacharias Kunuk, a pioneer of Indigenous cinema.
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by Zacharias Kunuk (Director, Screenplay), Samuel Cohn-Cousineau (Screenplay)
with Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Mark Taqqaugaq, Emma Quassa, Devon Dion Amarualik, Silas Attagutsiak, Karen Ivalu Canada 2025 Inuktitut 100' Colour World premiere recommendation: 14 years and up

With

  • Theresia Kappianaq (Kaujak)
  • Haiden Angutimarik (Sapa)
  • Leah Panimera (Nujatut)
  • Mark Taqqaugaq (Makpa)
  • Emma Quassa (Ulluriaq)
  • Devon Dion Amarualik (Angusiaq)
  • Silas Attagutsiak (Attitaq)
  • Karen Ivalu (Fog Lady)

Crew

Director Zacharias Kunuk
Screenplay Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Zacharias Kunuk
Cinematography Jonathan Frantz, Thomas Leblanc-Murray
Editing Raphael Sandler
Music PIQSIQ
Production Design Susan Avingaq, Mélanie McNicoll
Casting Natar Ungalaq
Producers Jonathan Frantz, Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Carol Kunnuk
Executive Producers Zacharias Kunuk, Susan Avingaq

World Sales

Isuma Distribution International

Produced by

Kingulliit Productions

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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. His work has already screened several times at the Berlinale, with Maliglutit (Searchers) and Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change presented in the NATIVe section devoted to Indigenous filmmaking from 2013 to 2019.

Filmography

1995 Nunavut (Our Land) 2001 Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) 2010 Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change 2011 Sirmilik 2013 Inuit Cree Reconciliation 2016 Maliglutit (Searchers) 2019 One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk 2021 Angakusajaujuq (The Shaman’s Apprentice); short film 2025 Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025