Join us on Thursday nights this summer for free outdoor Inuit games, performances, and film screenings in the park as part of the third edition of the Tillitarniit festival.

Complementing the exhibition ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home, this year’s edition of Tillitarniit is titled Many Hands and is curated by Inuk visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq. The festival opens with the Montréal premiere of Akornatsinniittut Tarrata Nunaann (In The Land of Our Shadows), the first film in Marc Fussing Rosbach’s Among Us saga, and will conclude with the sequel, Akornatsinniittut Kilnappalik (The Masked Man).

Every second Thursday (or so) from 14 July until 10 September in Park Baile, watch stories about Inuit communities from Inuk artists and filmmakers. Each evening starts with games, then live performances, and culminates with open-air film screenings organized around themes from sci-fi to experimental and horror. Bring your own chairs (we’ll have cushions), blankets, and snacks.

Please note that, in case of rain, we’ll move indoors to the Theatre Paul-Desmarais.

A very special pre-festival evening takes place on June 18 at Casa del Popolo. Curated by asinnajaq, this performance will give a preview of the mix of genres you can expect to find this summer at Tillitarniit: a concert with Uyarakq, Charlotte Carleton will be introduced by a dance set combining traditional Inuit Throat Singing with contemporary dance and improvisation created by Simik and Mariam. The event will be part of Suoni per il popolo, an annual community festival dedicated to showcasing experimental music and sound forms.

Opening night, on Thursday 14 July, at 7 PM

Akornatsinniittut Tarrata Nunaann (In the land of our shadows) (Marc Fussing Rosbach, 2017, 107 min, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), with English subtitles)


Documentary event, on Thursday 28 July, at 7 PM

Pilluarneq Ersigiunnaarpara (Nivi Pedersen, 2019, 70 min, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) and Danish, with English subtitles)


Experimental night, on Thursday 18 August, at 7 PM

Beach Heart (Glenn Gear, 2021, 2 min, without dialogue)
Spirit Emulsion (Siku Allooloo, 2021, 7 min 30 s, in English and Hiwatahia (Taíno) with English subtitles)
Seeing her (Lindsay McIntyre, 2020, 3 min 30 s, without dialogue)
If These Walls (Lindsay McIntyre, 2019, 10 min, without dialogue, includes writing in English)
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) (Lindsay McIntyre, 2020, 17 min, in English with Inuktitut subtitles)


Queer film night, on Thursday 25 August, at 7 PM

Ajornavianngilatit (you’ll be okay) (Aka Hansen, 2021, 13 min, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), with English subtitles)
Tuullik (Berda Larsen, 2021, 11 min 41 s, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), with English subtitles)
Aviliaq: Entwined (Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, 2014, 15 min, in Inuktitut, with English subtitles)

Horror night, on Thursday 1 September, at 7PM

Nalujuk Night (Jennie Williams, 2021, 13 min, in English, with French and Inuktitut subtitles)
UPDATED (Nivi Pedersen, 2020, 16 min, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), with English subtitles)
Imajuik (Marc Fussing Rosbach, 2022, 18 min, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), with English subtitles)


Closing event, on Saturday 10 September, at 7PM

Akornatsinniittut Kilnappalik (The Masked man) (Marc Fussing Rosbach, 2021, 78 min, in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), with English subtitles)

Tillitarniit was originally founded in 2017 by asinnajaq and Stephen Puskas and the first two editions, in 2017 and 2018, took place with support from the FOFA Gallery.