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.

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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Nuuk International Film Festival

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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. 



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