Tartupaluk

TARTUPALUK is an interactive virtual reality experience in which users are invited to visit the imaginary Republic of Hans Island, otherwise known as Tartupaluk ("kidney-shaped" in Inuktitut). Conceived, directed and starring Greenlandic-Canadian performance artist and playwright Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory as the newly inaugurated President of the Republic, TARTUPALUK marries live-action 360 video, animation and visual effects to bring to life a poetic, sometimes humorous Inuit utopia on this uninhabited but coveted island located in the territorial waters of Canada and Greenland.

Director

Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

Starring

Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
Jaqqa Petersen

Producers

C.S. Roy
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (Nation of Lovers Productions)
Emile Hertling Péronard (Ánorâk Film)

Executive Producers

Stéphanie Morissette
Inuk Silis Hoegh

Duration

25 minutes

Budget

$1.3M CAD

Partners

Canada Media Fund
SODEC
Nunavut Film Development Corporation
Danish Film Institute
Government of Greenland
Nordic Culture Fund
York University
The Social Sciences and Humanties Research Council of Canada
Indigenous Screen Office
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
NAPA - The Nordic Institute in Greenland
Sermeq Foundation
Aabijijiwan New Media Lab
IDFA DocLab Forum
Berlinale Forum Expanded
Venice Gap Financing Market
Nuuk Film Festival
ImagineNATIVE

Distribution/International Sales

HUBBLO

Release

2026