Uiksaringitara: Wrong Husband, The Latest Feature from Award-winning Director,  Zacharias Kunuk,  To have North American Premiere  Royal Alexandra Theatre Monday, September 8, 2025 at the  50 th  Toronto International Film Festival Photo: Haiden Angutimarik as Sapa (left) and Theresia Kappianaq as Kaujak (left) star in Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) , directed by Zacharias Kunuk. Photo Credit: Kingulliit Productions, 2025. Pronunciation: Uiksaringitara (week-sa-ring-gi-ta-ra) Screenings: Premiere: Monday, Sept 8. 5 PM Royal Alexandra Theatre   Public 2: Tuesday, Sept 9 2:30 PM Scotiabank 1 Public 3: Sunday, Sept 14 9:30 AM Scotiabank 6 P&I: Tuesday, Sept 9 8:45 AM Scotiabank 2   Igloolik. August 19, 2025. Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) ,  the latest feature film by award-winning Canadian Inuit director, Zacharias Kunuk, starring newcomers Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, and Dion Amarualik, along with Leah Panimera and Mark Taggaugaq, will have its North American premiere at the 50 th  Toronto International Film Festival on at 5 PM Monday, September 8, 2025 at the Royal Alexander Theatre.    Best known for his 2001 feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner,  winner of the 2001 Camera d’Or and voted Canada’s Best Film of All Time by the TIFF Film Critic Poll in 2015, Kunuk is considered one of the pioneers of Indigenous cinema, having directed five feature films and over 40 documentaries all in Inuktitut.    Filmed on location in Nunavut during the 24hr daylight of the arctic tundra, the film combines meticulous attention to detail with a meditative cinema-verité  observational style and applies it to creating immersive historical drama that transport audiences into a world that they have never seen before.    Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)  is co-written by Kunuk along and Samuel Cohn-Cousineau ( Tautuktavuk: What We See, Tia and Piujuq ), and produced by Carol Kunnuk, Jonathan Frantz ( Tautuktavuk: What We See, The Shaman’s Apprentice, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk ) and Cohn-Cousineau, with Susan Avingaq ( Tautuktavuk: What We See, Tia and Piujuq, Uvanga )and Zacharias Kunuk serving as executive producers and Cecilia Greyson ( Tautuktavuk: What We See ) as Associate Producer.   The film is being distributed in Canada by Isuma Distribution International and broadcasted by Uvagut TV.   Cinematography by Jonathan Frantz and Thomas Leblanc-Murray ( Festin Boréal, Me Without You ), costume design and by Susan Avingaq, production design by Avingaq and Melanie McNicoll ( Uvanga ) and editing by Kunuk, Frantz and Raphael Sandler ( Sam & Jean ).   Original soundtrack and compositions by Tiffany Ayalik and Inukshuk Mackay from the duo PIQSIQ ( Road to Nowhere , Sunburnt Unicorn).   Igloolik. 2000 BCE. In a world dictated by supernatural forces, teenage lovers Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) and Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) have known since they were toddlers’ that they will be married - their parents having arranged it at birth. When Kaujak’s father mysteriously dies, her mother, Nujatut (Leah Panimera) marries a strange man from another camp (Mark Taqqaugaq), tearing the two apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors, particularly Angusiaq (Dion Amarualik) backed by powerful shamanic forces vying for Kaujak. With the help of Sapa’s grandmother Ulluriaq (Emma Quassa), the lovers must use supernatural powers to take matters into their own hands and reunite once and for all.   “We are very excited to finally share this film with Canadian audiences on this 50 th anniversary of TIFF. This film was a real community effort and would not have been possible without the advice and support of our elders. I am also especially proud of all the young people and first-time actors who worked on the film, like our two leads actors Theresia Kappianaq and Haiden Angutimarik. Inuit have thousands of years of oral tradition across the north, we have so many spiritual stories, love stories, scary stories, fantastic creatures, and spirit helpers.   My hope is that Wrong Husband inspires a new generation of storytellers in Nunavut to make films of their own; and for our culture thereby to enhance the lives of audiences at home and everywhere,” said Zacharias Kunuk.   “It has been an honor to work with Zacharias Kunuk on bringing his vision for this film to life, a story he has wanted to tell for close to twenty years now. This was an ambitious community filmmaking project that was only possible because of the active involvement of so many Igloolik cast and crew, supported by a small and dedicated southern crew. The haunting vocals and instrumentation of PIQSIQ, the film composers, really create a unique and immersive soundscape that brings everything together. We hope this film will entertain you and transport you into a new world that you have not seen before,” added producers Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Jonathan Frantz, and Carol Kunnuk.   Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) was produced with the participation of Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, the Indigenous Screen Office, with the assistance of the Government of Nunavut and the Nunavut Film Development Corporation, and broadcaster support from Uvagut TV.    ABOUT ZACHARIAS KUNUK  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 . In 2015, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2019, an Officer of the Order of Nunavut.

FIFA celebrates historic step for women’s football at LA28 Olympic Games IOC Executive Board approves proposal for 16 women’s and 12 men’s teams in the Olympic Football Tournaments at Los Angeles 2028 Landmark Committee (IOC) to approve a proposal for 16 women’s and 12 men’s teams to participate in the Olympic Football Tournaments at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games (LA28) – a major milestone for the women’ More teams on the Olympic stage means more role models, more inspiration and more impact.”

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A FILM BY Mark Jenkin (ENYS MEN) STARRING George MacKay & Callum Turner Opens in New York and Los Angeles on June 19th "It’s not every day that you see a film that reminds you of the work of Mike Leigh and David Lynch at the same time. Still, there aren’t a lot of movies like this mind-fuck of a flick." - RogerEbert.com "A dreamy tale of loss and grief, death and resurrection, as well as a supernatural reverie about the mysterious relationship between the present and past." - The Daily Beast "Haunting aesthetic nirvana… Nobody else is doing what Mark Jenkin is doing." - IndieWire Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera and constructing all the sound in post, Mark Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today. Jenkin conducts a cinematic séance, conjuring a portal into another world that forces us to confront the past and our relationship to it. A FILM BY: Mark Jenkin (ENYS MEN, BAIT) STARRING: George MacKay, Callum Turner GENRE: Drama RUN TIME: 114 minutes ABOUT THE FILMMAKER, MARK JENKIN Mark Jenkin’s breakout film, BAIT, was hailed by Empire Magazine as “A rare find that is a truly original feature by a British director” and won the Outstanding Debut BAFTA in 2020. It went on to collect 7 major international awards. Mark Kermode, writing in The Observer, described it as “One of the defining British films of the decade”. His follow-up, Bosena produced and Film4 backed ENYS MEN, premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2022 and was picked up by NEON. Sight and Sound described the film as “A revelatory experience”, Tim Robey writing in the Daily Telegraph called it “Lo-fi folk horror heaven” while Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian found it, “Supremely Disquieting”. Mark was awarded a BIFA in 2023 for his sound design on the film. He has just completed his new film ROSE OF NEVADA starring BAFTA nominees George MacKay (1917) and Callum Turner (Masters of the Air). His prolific, critically acclaimed short film output includes I SAW THE FACE OF GOD IN THE JET WASH (2025), A DOG CALLED DISCORD (2023) commissioned by the BFI to open the Film on Film Festival, VERTICAL SHAPES IN A HORIZONTAL LANDSCAPE (2018), and mid-length BRONCO’S HOUSE (2014).

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Powerful documentary feature film THRESHOLD featuring Olympic Gold medalist cross-country skier Jessie Diggins is now available on Peacock timed to The Winter Olympics. ASSOCIATION WITH PATRICK DEMPSEY  THRESHOLD Directed by: Lars Brinkema and Torsten Brinkema Featuring: Olympic THRESHOLD  is the story of Olympic gold medalist and most decorated American cross-country skier ever Jessie Diggins 3x OLYMPIC MEDALIST, THE MOST DECORATED AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY SKIER IN HISTORY Widely