Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner has been named the top Canadian film of all time.
International film industry insiders and academics ranked this film.
It is directed by Zacharias Kunuk and written by Paul Apak Angilirq.
This film was shot in Nunavut and is entirely in Inuktitut.
It won the Camera D’Or prize for best first feature film at the Cannes International Film Festival when it was released in 2001.
Atanarjuat bumped Claude Jutra’s Mon Oncle Antoine from the top spot to No. 2.