EFTV - 199 - (Arnapik - Ep 1 & 2)
It’s been a minute, BUT 'Echoes From The Void!' #EFTV is back!!!
It might be 2025, but unfortunately and sadly, we’re still seeing domestic violence against women happen on a regular basis. The other shameful thing is, certain communities are forgotten about when we talk about preventions.
Which is why this new docu-series addresses violence against Inuit women is so important!!! We also have the privilege, thanks to Cynthia Amsden, of sitting down with the three co-directors. Who have courageously shown the light on the topic in a thoughtful, thorough and expansive way!!!
‘Arnapik’ (This 6-part docu-drama series) delves into the current crisis of violence against Inuit women and girls within Canada. With a sensitivity and deep understanding, the female director trio (Lucy Tulugarjuk, Miali Buscemi and Maia Iotzova) uncover the layers of colonial, cultural and systemic factors contributing to this crisis.
To allow different perspectives and emotions, the directors chose to use partly a fictional approach to give a poignant layer of a narrative, taken from real life experiences and other histories, of a young Inuk woman - Elisapee – searching for answers and solutions around the death of her mother due to domestic violence. Elisapee comes into her own awareness around both her grief and beginning a serious search for answers to this tragedy and epidemic of violence. As she follows this search, so do the real people interviewed also open up, and discuss this subject of violence in conversations with the directors.
Through these six episodes, the viewer is led on a journey of discovering hard truths, incredible resilience and empowerment and hope for a better future.
Watch the conversation with Maia Iotzova, Miali Buscemi & Lucy Tulugarjuk: HERE!
Today we have:
Arnaapik - Beautiful Young Girl
Arnaapik - Beautiful Young Girl
Watch Review: Here.
CA Digital Release Date: 9th October - 16th November 2025
CA Digital Release Date: 24th November 2025
Director: Maia Iotzova, Miali Buscemi, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Cast: Miali Buscemi, Savannah Mamgark Lachapelle, Angeline Ivalu, Clarissa Murphy-Samson, Alexa Morency Dubuc, Aggiu Lillian Dimitruk, Ann Hanson, Annie Hickey, Beatrice Deer, Charlotte Wolfrey, Chelsea McCulla Uppahuak Prusky, Deborah Qaunaq, Elisapie Isaac, Gerri Sharpe, Jackie Nakoolak, Jimmy Qiyuk, Judith Nuluijuk, Lori Idlout, Madeline Ivalu, Martha Greig, Mary Simon, Na'kuset, Nancianne Grey, Natan Obed, Nicole Dicker, Noel Kaludjak, Sarah Arngna'naap, Therese Uttak, Thomas Angoshadluk
Credit: Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, Nunavut Independent Television Network, Government of Canada Canadian Film or Video
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 6 Episodes x 60 minutes
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via IsumaTV: Here.
Website: Here.
Watch the conversation with Maia Iotzova, Miali Buscemi & Lucy Tulugarjuk: HERE!
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Actor, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer, CEO
Lucy Tulugarjuk is an award-winning actor, creative performer, and the Executive Director of Nunavut Independent Television Network (NITV), the owner of Canada's first 24/7 Inuit language television station, Uvagut TV. Lucy is well-known for her performances in feature films, and was awarded Best Actress from the American Indian Film Institute for her performance in Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, which won the Caméra d’Or and Genie Award for Best Picture in 2002. She is the co-writer and director of the 2018 feature film, Tia and Piujuq, which premiered at the Carrousel Children’s Film Festival and the Boston Kid’s Film Festival, and won the Jean Malaurie Prize at Festival du Film Canadienne in Dieppe, France. Lucy was the co-writer and co-director of the feature film, Tautuktavuk (What We See) (2023), which was awarded the 2023 Amplify Voices Award (TIFF), the Sun Jury Award (ImagineNATIVE), Best Documentary from Umea International Film Festival, and named as one of "TIFF Canada's Top Ten" films for 2023. In addition to her work in film and television, Lucy is a skilled Inuktitut translator.
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Miali Buscemi
Miali Buscemi
Actor, Writer, Director, Voice Over Artist
ᒥᐊᓕ ᕗᓯᒥ ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥᐅᑕᑦᓴᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.
Miali Pitsiulaaq Buscemi, an Inuk, grew up in Kimmirut, Nunavut. She currently lives in the Gatineau, Quebec. Miali was introduced to acting in film in 2007, debuting in a poignant role in the movie Necessities of Life/Ce Qu'il Faut Pour Vivre, she has since been in numerous film and television productions. She enjoys doing voice overs for audiobooks and videos, particularly in Inuktitut, her mother tongue.
The most valuable takeaways for Miali have been from playing the lead role in Aviliaq, a short film commissioned by ImagineNative, and as Billy Naittuq, a character from the Inuktitut comedy TV show Qanurli? The most recent project she put her heart into is a six-part docuseries about violence against Inuit women, titled Arnaapik, set to be released in the fall of 2025.
Miali spent a season at the Stratford Festival in 2017, North America's largest classical repertory theatre. She also performed in Colleen Murphy’s The Breathing Hole, at the National Arts Centre in December 2022, and Yvette Nolan’s The Unplugging at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2023.
A talented actor with a combination of fluency in Inuktitut, Miali brings a powerful presence to the screen and stage.
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Maia Iotzova
Maia Iotzova
Visual Artist, Director, Writer, Graphic Novelist, Radio Host
Maia Iotzova is a visual artist, a filmmaker, and a graphic novelist. She uses variety of mediums to explore our intimate connections in a world fragmented by social and political forces and personal turmoil. Her first documentary Grass Through Concrete - The Struggle to Protect the Red Hill Valley (72min, 2004) screened widely in Canada. Her second film Green Dream (50 min, 2015) opened the Sofia Biting Docs Film Festival in Bulgaria, screened in Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Switzerland, and was awarded Best Feature Film at the 6th International Eco Fest, Romania, 2016. Iotzova holds a BA in Fine Arts at the University of Guelph, Canada. She has been dedicated to bringing forward the voice of women in film and visual art. She was a co-host at the radio show of the feminist new media centre AdaX (Formerly Studio XX), for 5 years. Since 2016 she has been a member of the Inuit led Isuma Collective. Their most notable work is Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, winner of Camera D’Or in Cannes. The Isuma Collective represented Canada in the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019.
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*(Music)
'Intrigued' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020