A KinoArt Festival and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival co-present the award winning film “TheTundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai,the Little Rock”
Awards: “Nika 2011 Best non-fiction film.”
XXII Open Documentary Film Festival Ekaterinburg,Russia:Best Feature Film;Best Documentary,Russian State Film and Photo Archives.
Shortlisted 2011 “Golden Eagle”
Screenings:
Sun,Apr 29 6:00 PM TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
Tue,May 1 1:00 PM TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
Individual tickets are $14.50. Tickets can be purchased online here.
Students (with valid ID) and seniors (60+) can attend daytime screenings (screenings before 6 pm) for free. Same-day tickets are available at the participating venue one hour before the first screening of the day,subject to availability.
Trailer
Synopsis:
It’s noon and -37C on Chukotka peninsula. A blistering wind slices across the tundra. In the magnificent landscape of Russia’s Arctic Circle,just across the Bering Strait from Alaska,72-year-old patriarch Vukvukai leads his Indigenous Chukchi family in caring for their herd of 14,000reindeer. Living in isolation except for their wind-up two-way radio and occasional visits from traders in tank-like snow vehicles,the family depend son their reindeer for food,shelter and clothing. Through the seasons,unflagging Vukvukai alternates between chuckling and barking orders at his sons and grandchildren,instilling in them the practical knowledge and spiritual taditions that have allowed the Chuckchi to survive for thousands of years in one of the harshest environments in the world. Subtly directed by Aleksei Vakrushev,an award-winning Inuk filmmaker from Chukotka,The Tundra Book provides a rare and tunning glimpse into a world still intertwined with the oldest rhythms of life. Gisèle Gordon