Reel Time: Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. Organized by Banff Centre, Reel Time has brought alternative cinema to the Bow Valley for over fifteen years.

Celebrated Inuk director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner), returns with this captivating and epic historical drama about an arranged marriage, set 4,000 years ago. Seamlessly blending the supernatural with verité realism, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) is a bold romantic vision punctuated by strange deaths, village upheavals, and swarming suitors.

With arresting imagery, his trademark humour, and a cast of mostly non-professional actors, Kunuk has again created a world that not only builds upon Inuit stories and legends to enthrall audiences but works to preserve these reimagined stories for generations to come. Born from oral traditions and committed to authenticity, Uiksaringitara is a unique feat of both cultural conservation and engrossing cinema.

Directed by Zacharias Kunuk

Canada | 2025 | 100m | Inuktitut

Best Canadian Feature, TIFF (2025)

Banff Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit.

Tickets: $14 each

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