Before Tomorrow

It's circa 1840 in the northernmost tundra of Inuit-land. In the Arctic Circle, some Inuit tribes still have never met any white people, although rumors circulate about what they might be like, where they come from, and why they are there. As the Europeans encroach upon the territory and the Inuit clans go about their nomadic life, two elder women and a young boy go to an isolated island to perform the task of drying their clan's cache of fish in preparation for the long winter. The clan promises to fetch them after the fish are dried and before the water freezes over, but as the fall hunting season ends and they fail to return, something appears to have gone very wrong. In their first feature, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu and Marie-Hélène Cousineau of the Arnait Video Collective base their film on the novel For Morgendagen by Danish writer Jørn Riel. They combine traditional Inuit storytelling traditions with European cinema techniques to portray a story of a grandmother and a grandson who fend for themselves after tragedy strikes their clan.With stellar performances by Madeline Piujuq Ivalu as Ningiuq and Paul-Dylan Ivalu as Maniq, viewers experience the harshness of the tundra and the love of family in the most trying of times.
CAST
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tumasie Sivuarapik

Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu - 

Codirector and lead actress Madeline Piujuq Ivalu has been a key participant in all projects by Arnait Video Workshop since its inception. She was the cultural adviser and interviewer on the video-archive projects Women/Health/Body and Itivimiut, and participated as storyteller, musician, actor, and writer for a group of short works that linked songs to words and re-enactments of traditional activities.

Codirector Marie-Hélène Cousineau formed the Arnait Video Workshop collective and is its coordinator/trainer as well as an active collaborating producer. Cousineau has written about the experiences of women making videos in Igloolik and curated several exhibitions of their work. Her video work has been widely exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Screenings:

Fri. Jan 16 noon - BEFOR16ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Sat. Jan 17 6:30 p.m. - BEFOR17OA Peery's Egyptian Theater, Ogden
Mon. Jan 19 7:30 p.m. - BEFOR19BE Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, SLC
Tue. Jan 20 9:00 a.m. - BEFOR20EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Thu. Jan 22 6:15 p.m. - BEFOR224E Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City