Vanishing Point

Name: Vanishing Point
Director: Stephen A. Smith,Julia Szucs
Released: 2012

Stephen A. Smith Julia Szucs 2012

Two Inuit communities of the circumpolar north—one on Canada’s Baffin Island, the other in Northwest Greenland—are linked by a migration led by an intrepid shaman. Navarana, Inughuit elder and descendant of the shaman, senses the consequences of rapid social and environmental change, and charts a course into the uncertain future.

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Running Time:

82 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Stephen A. Smith Julia Szucs

Producers:

David Christensen, Julia Szucs

Editors:

Scott Parker

Production Companies:

National Film Board of Canada

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Festival Participation

International Mountain and Adventure Film Festival - 2013
Kamera Alpin in Gold Award (Alpine and Foreign Cultures)
Annual Alberta Film and Television Awards - 2013
Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity
First Peoples' Festival ( Land InSights ) - 2013
Second Prize: Rigoborta Menchú Award
Available Light Film Festival - 2013
Audience Choice Award

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