In the Shadow of the Tugtupite - award winning short film about extractive mining in Greenland.

The multiple award-winning short documentary 'In the Shadow of the Tugtupite' - a cinematic portrait of despair and anxiety towards an unknown future for the Inuit of the world's largest island. The film questions the rationale behind past and future mining prospects in Greenland and how they are connected to a search for identity for the fledgling nation.

During a thirty year period from the 1950s onwards Greenland saw major societal change as the country went from being a colony of Denmark to a fledgling nation with aspirations of becoming independent one day. What had taken Europe 300 years to accomplish during the industrialisation was more or less forced upon the indigenous population of Greenland in 30. This had great consequences on every aspect of the Inuit way of living and was for many a devastating blow. Now, 70 years later new changes are on the horizon. Changes that are not necessarily for the good. This is the short film that laid the foundation for a call for an early election in the parliament of Greenland in the spring of 2021.

Written, produced, and directed by: Inuk Jørgensen
Fairytale narrator: Else Poulsen
Original photos by: Karl Thue Nathanielsen & Poul Jørgensen
Thank you: Aannguaq Poulsen & the people of Narsaq
Funding: the Nordic Institute in Greenland
Voiceover recorded at: Nordiska Filmskolan
Copyright: NukkiNukki Productions 2020
Music (YouTube version): "Doll Dancing", "Their story, Them Seeing" & "We Will Be" by Puddle of Infinity, courtesy of Puddle of Infinity/LIMO Recording Studio and    / audiolibrary  

Awards:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Nunavut International Film Festival 2022
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY - Calcutta International Short Film Festival 2021
BEST SHORT FILM - Nuuk International Film Festival 2020
GOLD AWARD, Best Documentary Short - Independent Shorts Awards 2020
BRONZE AWARD, Best Editing - Independent Shorts Awards 2020
HONORABLE MENTIONS, Best Director - Independent Shorts Awards 2020
HONORABLE MENTIONS, Best Cinematography - Independent Shorts Awards 2020

ANNUAL AWARD, Best Documentary Short (nominee) - Independent Shorts Awards 2021
BEST MOUNTAIN SHORT FILM (finalist) - Cortomontagna - 2021
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT (nominee) - Int. Human-Environment Care Film Festival 2021
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT (nominee) - Red Nation International Film Festival 2020
BEST FIRST NATIONS STORY (finalist) - Canberra Short Film Festival - 2020

Read more at   / tugtupitefilm   or on IMDb

*This is the official YouTube version of the short film In the Shadow of the Tugtupite, with a slightly different edit, colorgrade, sounddesign, and different soundtrack.

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