On Monday, December 11, 2023, the IFRC co-presented the Montréal premiere of Tautuktavuk (What We See) alongside Cinema Politica in collaboration with Isuma TV. The film explores issues of domestic violence and substance abuse from the perspective of two Inuit women:
After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik (an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut), Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut to live in Montréal. When Covid-19 lockdowns close off the Canadian Arctic from the rest of the word, Uyarak is further separated from her closest friend and eldest sister, Saqpinak. The film becomes a series of vignettes of heartache and healing — both in the dramatic based-on-true-events narrative, and the lived reality of these characters and creators.
The screening was followed by a discussion featuring co-director Lucy Tulugarjuk, filmmaker and singer Alanis Obamsawin, with artist and curator asinnajaq as moderator. This event was open to the public, by donation.