SUN, MAY 25 / 2 pm
Directed by Nancy Florence Savard
2013, Canada, 82 min
* French w/English subtitles
This film is suitable for children ages 6+.
Far North. Autumn 1910. An encampment of Inuit nomads is threatened by famine. The tribe’s shaman Croolik has embraced the dark arts and this is the true reason behind the disappearance of all the animals. The clan’s wise woman Saya recalls the legend of Sarila, a promised land hidden among the glaciers, where wild game is said to be plentiful but where only the pure of heart may enter this hallowed place. Three of the clan’s young people agree to go search in order to save their tribe. There they are given a new mission by the goddess Sedna: unmask the treacherous Croolik and take his place as shaman. It will mean a fight to the finish between the shamans, an epic battle from which they must emerge victorious or doom to the forces of evil at Croolik’s hands.
