Thanks for this link. I wish I had known about this a couple days ago. I'm busy right now with Thanksgiving prep so I have only had time to watch a few of the shorts.
The first one in the "Twisted Tales Shorts Program" is a great film about a group of characters - Nalujuk - that visit villages, I assume around New Years Day, to reconnect with children and adults reminiscent of Santa Claus coming to town except they have a different way of making their visits more personal for each person. I was struck by the beauty of the landscape, though most happens during the night, and by the totally ordinary way people get around there completely adapted to the cold. The music in the first part is Christmas music played by brass horns and is totally fantastic and captivating.
I recommend that short film. I also watched the short about girl's coming-of-age ceremony Ihuk, or Flower Dance, in the "Emergence Shorts Program" and skipped thru a couple of the other shorts in that series.
These are worth a watch and when I hit a pause here that is what I will be doing.
The first one in the "Twisted Tales Shorts Program" is a great film about a group of characters - Nalujuk - that visit villages, I assume around New Years Day, to reconnect with children and adults reminiscent of Santa Claus coming to town except they have a different way of making their visits more personal for each person. I was struck by the beauty of the landscape, though most happens during the night, and by the totally ordinary way people get around there completely adapted to the cold. The music in the first part is Christmas music played by brass horns and is totally fantastic and captivating.
I recommend that short film. I also watched the short about girl's coming-of-age ceremony Ihuk, or Flower Dance, in the "Emergence Shorts Program" and skipped thru a couple of the other shorts in that series.
These are worth a watch and when I hit a pause here that is what I will be doing.