Madeline Ivalu

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Madeline Ivalu
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s)filmmaker, actress
Known for Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain)
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Madeline Piujuq Ivalu is a Canadian Inuk filmmaker and actor from Igloolik, Nunavut. One of the cofounders of Arnait Video Productions, a women's video and filmmaking collective in Nunavut, [2] she co-directed, co-wrote and starred in Arnait's first feature film production, Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain). She costarred in the film with her real-life grandson, Paul-Dylan Ivalu. [3] Her codirector of the film was Marie-Hélène Cousineau, and both women cowrote the film with Susan Avingaq.

She garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 30th Genie Awards, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Achievement in Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay. [4] Ivalu and Cousineau also codirected the 2013 film Uvanga , in which Ivalu played a supporting role. [5]

She has also acted in the films Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner , The Journals of Knud Rasmussen , Tia and Piujuq , The Grizzlies and Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice , and was one of the credited writers of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen. With Cousineau, she also wrote and directed the films Uvanga and Restless River .

References

  1. ↑ "Lucy Tulugarjuk". Inuit Art Quarterly. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Madeline Ivalu at the National Museum of the American Indian.
  3. ↑ "A mythic tale of symbolism; Before Tomorrow the story of an old woman and a young boy on their own in Arctic". Ottawa Citizen , May 22, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Inuit drama nets 9 Genie nominations". CBC News, March 3, 2010.
  5. ↑ "A modern drama in traditional Nunavut hamlet". Toronto Star , June 20, 2014.


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