Madeline Ivalu
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.
Madeline Ivalu
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- Madeline Ivalu
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- filmmaker, actress
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- Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain)
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- Canada
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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, Tia and Piujuq, The Grizzlies and Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice, and was one of the credited writers of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.
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• Name — Madeline Ivalu • Occupation — filmmaker, actress • Known for — Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain) • Relatives — * Paul-Dylan Ivalu (grandson) • Lucy Tulugarjuk (niece)
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- 1.Lucy Tulugarjuk. Inuit Art Quarterly.
- 2.Madeline Ivalu at the National Museum of the American Indian.
- 3."A mythic tale of symbolism; Before Tomorrow the story of an old woman and a young boy on their own in Arctic". Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 2009.
- 4."Inuit drama nets 9 Genie nominations". CBC News, March 3, 2010.
- 5."A modern drama in traditional Nunavut hamlet". Toronto Star, June 20, 2014.
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