Taqqut Productions


Taqqut Productions is an Inuit-owned film production company founded in 2011 by Louise Flaherty and Neil Christopher. It is headquartered in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
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Background

Taqqut is a creator and producer of film and television projects. It also provides project production services including web design, marketing and technical writing. Taqqut Productions is Inuit-owned and has a mandate of bringing stories of the North to the world through the voices of people from the North.

Etymology

The name taqqut comes from an Inuktitut word. For hundreds of years Inuit used a tool called a taqqut to fan the flames of their qulliq, the stone lamps that burn oil from rendered animal fat. This tool, the taqqut, would become blackened with soot after fanning flames and could then be used to draw images and tell stories.

Productions

Television

''Anaana's Tent''

Anaana's Tent is a children's television show targeted toward 2 to 5 year-olds. It is filmed in both Inuktitut and English, but has an emphasis on teaching children the Inuktitut language. It is hosted by Rita Claire Mike-Murphy and consists of different segments including live action, puppets, and animated segments. Taqqut Productions announced via Twitter on 11 March 2019 that they were working on a second season of the show.

Digital/Webseries

Arctic Horror Stories

In 2018 the Canada Media Fund announced that the Taqqut Productions project Arctic Horror Stories, produced in partnership with Colombia's Conexion Creativa, would recited $59,560 in funding. This funding comes from a Canada-Columbia Codevelopment Incentive.

Film

Taqqut has produced a number of short animated films, including