Taqqut Productions
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film television |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | taqqut |
Taqqut Productions (Inuktitut: ᑕᖅᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕋᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ) is an Inuit-owned film production company founded in 2011 by Louise Flaherty[1] and Neil Christopher. It is headquartered in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
Etymology
Taqqut is a creator and producer of film and television projects. It also provides project production services including web design, marketing and technical writing.[2] Taqqut Productions is Inuit-owned and has a mandate of bringing stories of the North to the world through the voices of people from the North.[3]
The name taqqut comes from an Inuktitut word. For hundreds of years Inuit used a tool called a taqqut to fan the flames of their qulliq, the stone lamps that burn oil from rendered animal fat. This tool, the taqqut, would become blackened with soot after fanning flames and could then be used to draw images and tell stories.[3]