Selection Process

Premiering at Annecy this year, The Shaman’s Apprentice is an incredibly realised story of a young shaman’s first test - a trip underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below. Zacharias Kunuk, who directed One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (LIFF34), relates an equally detailed and authentically traditional Inuit story. If you’ve ever been to an awkward job interview, it’s unlikely that you’ve been to one this uncomfortable. As one-sided odds stack up when a cat interviewee reveals too much to a panel of disinterested mice, director Carla Pereira creates a growing sense of unease and a process gone wrong.