Nunavut Animation Lab: Qalupalik

Directed by Ame Papatsie · Starring Sam Tutanuak · 2010

When a boy who won't help his family is dragged under the Arctic sea by the monster Qalupalik, his father sets out by kayak to bring him back.

An Inuit cautionary legend brought to life by a Nunavut animator.

This animated short tells the story of Qalupalik, a part-human sea monster that lives deep in the Arctic Ocean and preys on children who do not listen to their parents or elders. That is the fate of Angutii, a young boy

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