Taqqut Productions Inc. is an Inuit-owned film production company located in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Taqqut is committed to bringing the stories of the North to the world and aims to establish itself as an innovative leader of youth and children’s programming. Taqqut has developed several film and television projects. Its production experience includes: live-action, stop motion animation, 2D animation, and puppets. It also provides other project production services, such as web design, marketing, and technical writing.
In its first season, the company’s television series Anaana’s Tent was nominated for the Award of Excellence for Best Program, Live Action Scripted (Preschool 3-5) at the Youth Media Alliance. Host Rita-Claire Mike Murphy was awarded the 2019 Emerging Talent Award at the Youth Media Alliance.
Taqqut has had great success with its short films, which have screened at festivals all over the world. Giant Bear was awarded Best Animated Short at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards, and The Shaman’s Apprentice received IMDb Short Cuts’ Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as the FIPRESCI Award at the 2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Taqqut’s most recent stop-motion animated film, Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks) has been selected for an incredible 18 awards (and counting), including Best Screenplay and Best Art Direction at the 2025 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Best Animated Short Film at the 2026 Dublin International Film Festival, and Best Canadian Short at the 2026 TAAFI – Toronto Animation Arts Festival International.
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