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Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes (2014)

Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes poster
Original title
Kajutaijuq
Directed by
Scott Brachmayer
Genre
drama, thriller
Country
Canada
Runtime
15 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Inuk hunter is out on the land when he runs into a dangerous spirit. He must survive the encounter.

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What happens

Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes is a Canadian short film, directed by Scott Brachmayer and released in 2014. The film stars Johnny Issaluk as an Inuk man who is threatened when he encounters a malevolent spirit while hunting. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2014. Principal photography lasted five days in March 2014, and was filmed 30 minutes from Iqaluit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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