
Tartupaluk
2026 | Canada, Denmark, Greenland | RA VR utopia created by Laakkuluk Williamson | SCINTILLA/Nation of Lovers Productions/Ánorâk Film | Original Inuktitut version with English & French subtitles. Also available in Inuktitut and Kalaallisut dubbed versions
31 minutes
Licensing

TARTUPALUK is an interactive VR experience set in an imaginary Arctic republic between the northern tip of the American continent and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) among a nation of circumpolar lovers.
TARTUPALUK is an interactive virtual reality trip to the imaginary Republic of Tartupaluk, set on a tiny real world Arctic island located within the territorial waters of northernmost North America and Greenland. Acclaimed Greenlandic Canadian artist and writer Laakkuluk Williamson invites viewers to tour the island and earn their stripes as citizens of the Republic among a nation of circumpolar lovers. TARTUPALUK unfolds as a poetic and at times satirical Inuit utopia; the island’s long history of imperialist geopolotical claims gives way to a call to embrace, gather, and connect.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Nuuk International Film Festival
PRESENTATION
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DECK INSTALLATION
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CREDITS
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HUBBLO presents A SCINTILLA / NATION OF LOVERS PRODUCTIONS / ÁNORÂK FILM production
With the support of













a VR experience by
LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON
Written & Directed by
LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON
Produced by
C.S. ROY
LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON
EMILE HERTLING PÉRONARD
Executive Producers
STÉPHANIE MORISSETTE
INUK SILIS HØEGH
Starring
The President LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON
The Executive Assistant JAQQA PETERSEN
Party-Goers and Northern Light Faces BARBARA AKOAK
ALEXIA KUNIKSAALIK COUSINS
JESSICA PEARCE
Party-Goer NANCY MIKE
Uaajeerneq Performers ALASSUA HANSON
ELENA IYERAK
Hunter on the Shore PIERRE WOLFE
The Executive Assistant JONAH OOLAYOU
1st Assistant Director
MIALI PITSIULAAQ BUSCEMI
Cinematographer
SÉBASTIEN GROS
Camera Assistant
MARTIN GROS
Lighting and Grip
PIERRE WOLFE
Sound Engineers
KYEL LOADENTHAL
KYLE MCLEAN
Set Designer
NANCY MIKE
Costume Designer
SHEILA OOLAYOU
Hair and Make-Up Artist
SIKU ROJAS
Production and Project Manager
HALLEY ROBACK
Production Coordinators
SADIE VINCENT-WOLFE
PIERRE WOLFE
Production Assistant
ATSHAPI ANDREW
Concept Artist
JOSHUA QAUMARIAQ
Music Composers
VARNA MARIANNE NIELSEN / VARNA GL
JOSHUA QAUMARIAQ
Sound Designer
PHILIPPE LAMBERT
Set Photographer
CHICKWEED ARTS / JAMIE GRIFFITHS
Set Medic
CANADIAN ARCTIC PROTECTIVE SERVICES
AARON DOBGANGA
E.D. FILMS
Animation Executive Producer
Animation Producer
EMILY PAIGE
Animation Associate Producer
Animation Post-Production Supervisor
Project Manager
KERRY JOHNSON
Animation Associate Producer
ROXANN VAUDRY-READ
Art and Animation Director
Pipeline TD, R&D and Shader Developer
Compositing and Optimization
DANIEL GIES
Animation Director
3D CG Artist
Shader Developer
DAVID BARLOW-KRELINA
Technical and 3D Layout Director
Immersive Media Engineer
Colourist (Canada)
SÉBASTIEN GROS
Immersive Media Engineer
CHRISTOPHER SCHMIER
Tool Developer
MICHAELSON BRITT
R&D Integration Lead
AMÉLIE MASSON-LABONTÉ
Graphic Artist 3D R&D
LÉA RODRIGUEZ
Illustration and 2D Animation
CIELLE GRAHAM
SHREYASI DAS
MIKAEL LINDSKOV JACOBSEN
KHORA STUDIO
Senior Project Manager
KIRA LUND
Video Editor & Colourist (Denmark)
HANS PIND
Programmer
MALTE ELKÆR RASMUSSEN
Edit Supervisor
BJØRN HALDORSEN
360 Video Consultant
STEVE HARWOOD
360 Video Consultant
CHRISTOPHER SCHNOOR
CG Supervisor
DANIEL SKAALE
Technical Advisor
MARIA HØEBERG
Production Supervisor
SIMON LAJBOSCHITZ
Technical Director (prototype)
PETER FISHER
Casting Director
MORIAH SALLAFFIE
Dialect Coach and Script Translator
ROSELYNN AKULUKJUK
Kalaallisut Translator
MAGSSANGUAQ QUJAUKITSOQ
Intimacy Coordinator
BURCU EMEÇ, ICC
Sustainability Supervisor
CHARLES STÉPHANE ROY
Sustainability Coordinator
ATSHAPI ANDREW
Camera and Lighting Rentals
GRANDÉ ÉCLAIRAGE & STUDIOS
CINEGROUND
FELIX & PAUL STUDIOS
AUGA FILMS
ATIIGO MEDIA INC.
CHICKWEED ARTS
Studio Location
IQALUIT ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION CADET HALL
Manager
SHARIF IBRAHIM
Sound Studio
INUIT BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Director of Operations
MALAKIE KILABUK
Catering Services
I LIKE CAKE
BLACK HEART CAFÉ
Accommodation Services
S&J PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
FROBISHER INN
THE DISCOVERY
Cleaning Services
UCALL AMARUQ JANITORIAL SERVICES INC.
Outfitting Services
TIKIPPUGUT INC.
Operator
TED IRNIQ
Accounting Services
DEMERS BEAULNE S.E.N.C.R.L.
CPA Auditor and Partner
MAGALIE BOURDEAU
Production Accounting Manager
JOHANNE JACQUES
Production Accountant
JOANNA HENNEQUIN
Legal Services
ARTEM STUDIO JURIDIQUE
Associate Lawyer
VANESSA LOUBINEAU
Insurance
VICTOR
Insurance Broker
GPL ASSURANCES INC.
Director, Client Solutions
LUCIE TROTTIER
Knowledge Based Economy and Entertainment
Filmed on location in Iqaluit and Qaaqtalik Island, Nunavut, Canada
Workers Compensation Partners
Produced with the support of:
CANADA MEDIA FUND / FONDS DES MÉDIAS DU CANADA
Janine Steel, Shelley Coultish, Stéphane Cosentino, Élaine Béliveau and Marie-France Thérien
SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES (SODEC)
Louise Lantagne, Élaine Dumont and Anne Cusson
NUNAVUT FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Huw Eirug and Lena Ellsworth
YORK UNIVERSITY
Dr. Anna Hudson
INDIGENOUS SCREEN OFFICE
Kerry Swanson and Kristy Assu
HUBBLO
Pascal Pelletier, Jean-Philippe Turgeon, Karine Sévigny
DANISH FILM INSTITUTE
Frank Piasecki Poulsen
NORDIC CULTURE FUND
GREENLANDIC ARTS FOUNDATION
NAPA – THE NORDIC INSTITUTE IN GREENLAND
KOMMUNEQARFIK SERMERSOOQ / SERMEQ-PULJEN
With development support from:



Special Thanks
Papatsi Arango Kotierk
Steve Asselin
Jinny Barbossa
Patrick Béland
Camille Bildsøe
Olivier Biron
Charlotte Bohn
Rasmus Buch
Kat Cizek
Patricia Drati
Corinne Dunphy
Sophie Dupuis
Bjørn Haldorsen
Tobias Haynes
Dr. Heather Igloliorte
Sam Idlout
Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen
Dagmara Kaczmarek
Srushti Santosh Kamat
Pradeep Kanchan
Vinnie Karetak
Francine Landry
Thibault Larquey
Thomas Leblanc Murray
Anne Gabrielle Lebrun Harpin
Joy Loewen
Maggie Mainville
Sonia Marchand
Chiara Marin
D.J. Matrundola
Sarah McNair-Landry
Nicola Monaco
Nunavut Moving & Services
Carla Navarro
Shelton Nipisar
Monica Nuqingaq
Sirí Paulsen
Gonzalo Picco
Nicolas Pinard
Cynthia Pitsiulak
Michel Reilhac
Tony Romito
Liz Rosenthal
Anders Bjørn Rørbæk Pedersen
Isabelle Ruiz
Yorinde Segal
Daniel Skaale
Justin Tambogon
Juliette Tison
David Webster
Akutaq Williamson Bathory
Igimaq Williamson Bathory
Arnatuk Williamson Bathory
Stephen Williamson Bathory
Karla Jessen Williamson
Ala Younis
Uli Ziemons
Distribution
HUBBLO
© 2026 SCINTILLA | NATION OF LOVERS PRODUCTIONS | ÁNORÂK FILM





Laakkuluk Williamson
Director, Writer & Lead Actress
Internationally acclaimed Kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) artist Laakkuluk Williamson is a performance artist, poet, actor, curator and writer. Winner of the 2018 Kenojuaq Ashevak Memorial Award and 2021 Sobey Art Award, her work spans uaajeerneq, Inuit feminism and film, including North of North (Netflix), The Grizzlies, The Contamination Is Hidden in the Ground and AATOOQ. Based in Iqaluit, Nunavut.