Echo Chamber - 401 - Part Two (Uiksaringitara - aka 'Wrong Husband')
You can hear ‘Part One’ of this week’s episode, HERE!!!
Taking a Look at different types of stories is part of the DNA of the @EchoChamberFP podcast!!!!
Thanks to Cynthia Amsden, in ‘Part TWO’, that’s exactly what we do. Our film is framed around Indigenous folklore, relationships and promises made! We also get to talk culture, casting, storytelling and a LOT more with the veteran director behind it all!!!
'Uiksaringitara (aka 'Wrong Husband')' is directed by Zacharias Kunuk, who co-wrote with Samuel Cohn-Cousineau. Igloolik, Nunavut, 2000 BCE. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right.
Watch the conversation with Zacharias Kunuk: HERE!
In 'Part Two' we have:
Uiksaringitara (aka 'Wrong Husband) - Poster
Uiksaringitara (aka 'Wrong Husband')
Watch Review: Here.
75th Berlin International Film Festival, World Premiere: 16th February 2025
50th Toronto International Film Festival: 8th September 2025
2025 Whistler Film Festival: 6th December 2025
Victoria Film Festival 2026: 8th February 2026
The Vic Theatre, 19:45, Buy Tickets: Here.
CA Digital Release Date: November 2025
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
Cast: Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Mark Taqqaugaq, Dion Amarualik, Emma Quassa, Silas Attagutsiak, Karen Ivalu, Guillaume Saladin Ittukssarjuat
Credit: Kingulliit Productions, Isuma Distribution International, Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, Indigenous Screen Office, Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Film Development Corporation, aUvagut TV
Genre: Drama, Folklore, Thriller
Running Time: 100 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Isuma TV: Here.
Website: Here.
Watch the conversation with Zacharias Kunuk: HERE!
Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer, Actor
Zacharias Kunuk is the co-founder Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. In addition to his feature Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001 Cannes Camera d’Or, “Best Canadian Film of all-time” TIFF Film Critic Poll), Kunuk has directed more than 30 documentaries and feature films including The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, Maliglutit (Searchers), and the Oscar-shortlisted animation film Angakusajaujuq (The Shaman’s Apprentice). His 2019 film One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk premiered as the main art piece of the Canadian Pavilion at the 58th Biennale di Venezia, where Kunuk and the Isuma Collective were Canada’s representative artists. In 2003, he founded the distribution company Isuma Distribution International, to allow Inuit audiences better access to Inuktitut film and video and in 2008, the website www.isuma.tv https://www.isuma.tv/. In 2015, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2019, an Officer of the Order of Nunavut.
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Isuma Distribution International Inc
Canada’s first Indigenous-owned film distributor
Founded in Igloolik, Nunavut in 2003, Isuma Distribution International (IDI) is an Inuit-owned distribution company dedicated to supporting the production and distribution of Indigenous-language films and videos in Canada and around the world.
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IsumaTV
IsumaTV
Collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations
IsumaTV is a project of Isuma Distribution International Inc., Canada's first media distribution company specializing in Inuit and Aboriginal films. IsumaTV was launched in January 2008 with programming from a coalition of independent producers and non-profit partners, including: Igloolik Isuma Productions, (producers of the award-winning Inuit-language Fast Runner Trilogy: Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and Before Tomorrow); Nunavut Independent TV Network (NITV); Arnait Video Productions; Artcirq; ImagineNATIVE Film+Media Arts Festival; Vtape; Native Communications Society of the NWT (producers of the historic TV series Our Dene Elders); and other non-profit agencies.
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You can hear ‘Part One’ of this week’s episode, HERE!!!
*(Music)
'The Big Payback' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020