BEFORE TOMORROW is set in 1840, a time when many Inuit had yet to meet white people, and thus maintained their traditional way of life. The ballads of Kate and Anna McGarrigle set the tone for this tender, affecting tale of a small boy (Paul-Dylan Ivalu) and his beloved grandmother (co- director Madeline Piujuq Ivalu), caught between the harsh Arctic wilderness and first contact with the outside world. BEFORE TOMORROW is based on the novel “Før Morgendagen” by celebrated Danish writer Jørn Riel, and has been translated into 8 languages.
About the Filmmakers
Biographies 
The Story Behind the Film
Two isolated families meet for a summertime celebration. Food is abundant and the future seems bright, but Ningiuq, a strong and wise old woman, sees her world as fragile and moves through it with a pervasive sense of dread. Ningiuq and her grandson Maniq are dropped off on a remote island, where every year, the family dries the catch and stores it for winter.
The task is soon finished. As summer turns to fall, they wait in vain for the others to pick them up.
The story is set circa 1840, when some Inuit tribes had yet to meet white people, although rumors were circulating about where they came from and
why they traveled. After many years of isolation, the summer celebration is a time when young people get married, plans are made for the future and food is abundant. In these joyful surroundings, strange artifacts from the outside world, a steel knife and wooden pulley, are examined. Kukik, an elder, describes the curious customs of white people he has met, who greet everyone with powerful handshakes and drink a burning liquid that makes them all fall down.
Arnait Filmmaking Style
Research into traditional and
contemporary Inuit styles of narration
Arnait Video Productions are the expression of research into traditional and contemporary Inuit styles of narration. An underlying context for the stories told in our video works is the formal innovations associated with the Inuit of Igloolik appropriating videographic tools.
The use of the docu-drama genre permits us to take on our own themes by giving voice to several generations of Inuit:
- the Elders, who still know the secular traditions of the region around Igloolik;
- the adults, who have lived in the world of traditional culture, but also in that of "Qabluna", or white men, and are versatile within both worlds;
- and finally, the young people, who have entered into contact with the Western world which exhorts them to learn, first of all, the tools and skills of that culture before those of their grand parents.
Alternating interviews and scripted portions offer different approaches for exploring our chosen subjects.
Interviews 
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Meet the cast
Learn about the actors and what
they do in their daily lives
Peter Henry Arnatsiaq (Apak) 
About Arnait Video Production
Their history
The goal of Arnait Video Productions (Women’sVideo
Workshop of Igloolik) is to value the voices of Inuit women
in debates of interest to all Canadians. How does one expe-
rience the dawning of the third millennium in a small Inuit
community that is in the midst of political and social
change? Since its beginnings in 1991, Arnait Video
Productions (AVP) has traced a trajectory revealing the
originality of its producers, the context of their work and
lives, as well as their strong desire to express cultural val-
ues unique in Canada. Working in difficult social conditions
–through community and family problems as well as pre-
carious financial situations – the sheer endurance required
on the part of the women in Arnait to produce these video
documents testifies to the importance of the project in
their lives.
Shooting through the seasons
Click on each season to see more pictures
Selected Reviews
"A profound, elemental and hauntingly beautiful period drama that makes an intimate story of endurance into a metaphor for an entire culture."
AlissaSimon, Variety, Oct. 31, 2008
"Before Tomorrow is remarkable more for its joy and beauty than its notes of tragedy and despair."
Jason Anderson, Eye Weekly, March 25, 2009
"A mythic quality, a sense of symbolism and spirits that seem to rise from the tundra.... Before Tomorrow is about the end of the end."
Jay Stone, National Post, 26 March 2009
Trailers
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