Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) Film Screening

Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) Film Screening

Event Date: Thursday, April 30
Event Time: 7-9 pm | Doors open 6:30 pm
Cost: General Admission - $15 (plus fees) | Indigenous Peoples - Free
Ages: 12+

Celebrate Indigenous filmmaking with a special movie event where the rivers meet in Calgary. Join The Confluence for a screening of award-winning Inuk producer and director Zacharias Kunuk’s latest film Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband).

With international film festival screenings and awards, including winning Best Canadian Film at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) is a historical fiction inspired by traditional Inuit stories and legends dealing with classical epic themes of fate, justice, murder, and jealousy.

A Q&A and performance with sister music duo Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay of PIQSIQ will follow the screening. PIQSIQ created and performed katajjaq, the Inuit style throat singing featured Wrong Husband. They will discuss their contributions to the film, including the instruments they made from bone to help bring the music to life.

This screening is presented in partnership with Isuma TV.

Tickets includes film screening and post-screening Q&A with musical guest PIQSIQ. For more information, visit theconfluence.ca/events/wronghusbandfilm

 

ABOUT UIKSARINGITARA (WRONG HUSBAND)

Igloolik, Nunavut, 2000 BCE. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, her mother marries a man from another camp, tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right. (-Isuma TV)

 

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