| Taqqut Productions | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 2011 |
| Location City: | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
| Industry: | Film television |
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.
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 Inuktitut: taqqut comes from an Inuktitut word. For hundreds of years Inuit used a tool called a Inuktitut: taqqut to fan the flames of their Inuktitut: [[qulliq]], the stone lamps that burn oil from rendered animal fat. This tool, the Inuktitut: taqqut, would become blackened with soot after fanning flames and could then be used to draw images and tell stories.[3]
Anaana's Tent is a children's television show target toward 2 to 5-year-olds. It was filmed in both Inuktitut and English, but has an emphasis on teaching children the Inuktitut language.[4]
It is hosted by Rita Claire Mike-Murphy and consists of different segments including live action, puppets and animated segments.[5] Taqqut Productions announced via Twitter on 11 March 2019 that they were working on a second season of the show.[6]
In 2018 the Canada Media Fund announced that the Taqqut Productions project Arctic Horror Stories, produced in partnership with Colombia's Conexion Creativa, would recited $59,560 in funding. This funding comes from a Canada-Columbia Codevelopment Incentive.[7]
Taqqut has produced a number of short animated films, including