Madeline Piujuq Ivalu is a Canadian Inuk filmmaker and actor from
Igloolik, Nunavut. One of the cofounders of Arnait Video Productions,
a women's video and filmmaking collective in Nunavut, she co-directed,
co-wrote and starred in Arnait's first feature film production, Before
Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain). She costarred in the film with
her real-life grandson, Paul-Dylan Ivalu. Her codirector of the film
was Marie-Hélène Cousineau, and both women cowrote the film with
Susan Avingaq.She garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 30th
Genie Awards, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role,
Best Achievement in Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ivalu and
Cousineau also codirected the 2013 film Uvanga, in which Ivalu played
a supporting role.She has also acted in the films Atanarjuat: The Fast
Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen and The Grizzlies, and was one
of the credited writers of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.
Igloolik, Nunavut. One of the cofounders of Arnait Video Productions,
a women's video and filmmaking collective in Nunavut, she co-directed,
co-wrote and starred in Arnait's first feature film production, Before
Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain). She costarred in the film with
her real-life grandson, Paul-Dylan Ivalu. Her codirector of the film
was Marie-Hélène Cousineau, and both women cowrote the film with
Susan Avingaq.She garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 30th
Genie Awards, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role,
Best Achievement in Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ivalu and
Cousineau also codirected the 2013 film Uvanga, in which Ivalu played
a supporting role.She has also acted in the films Atanarjuat: The Fast
Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen and The Grizzlies, and was one
of the credited writers of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.
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