Little Moar and the Moon

About Roselynn Akulukjuk

Roselynn Akulukjuk was born in Pangnirtung Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. In 2012 Roselynn moved to Toronto to pursue a career in film and attend the Toronto Film School where she fell in love with being behind the camera. After finishing her studies and working in Toronto Roselynn returned home to Nunavut where she began working with Taqqut Productions an Inuit-owned production company located in the capital of Nunavut Iqaluit. Part of Roselynns love of filmmaking is the ability to interview elders listen to their traditional stories and share them with the world. In 2015 Roselynn wrote and directed her first film the live-action and puppetry short The Owl and the Lemming on which her book by the same title is based. Her film won Best Animation at the 2016 American Indian Film Festival. Jazmine Gubbe is an illustrator from Ontario currently working in the animation industry. When she is not painting she is hiking exploring nature and learning the mysterious local history.