Nanook (1996)

Genre

children's television series

Country

France

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated series about a 12-year-old Inuk boy who sets out to find his father. The story follows his journey across the Arctic landscape.

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What happens

Nanook's Great Hunt (French: La Grande Chasse de Nanook) is a 1996 Canadian animated series depicting a 12-year-old Inuk boy on a journey to find his missing father. It was created and produced by Serge Rosenzweig. It first aired in France in September 1997, on TF1's TF! Jeunesse. It also aired in Canada on Télétoon, both in French and English. A 70-minute special, titled Nanook: le grand combat/Nanook – The Great Combat and directed by Gérald Fleury, was also produced in 1996. In February 2000, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network began airing Nanook in Inuktitut, the first animated series to be aired in Nunavik dialects. The series was directed by Franck Bourgeron, Marc Perret, and Stéphane Roux, and co-produced by Elma Animation, Medver International Inc., and TF1, in association with Mediatoon. The executive producers were Paul Rozenberg, Dana Hastier, and Lyse Lafontaine; the writers were Françoise Charpiat, Sophie Decroisette, and Serge Rosenzweig; the music was composed by Xavier Cobo and Michaël Dune. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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