Taqqut Productions

Taqqut Productions is an Inuit-owned independent film and television production studio based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with a production presence in Toronto. Founded in 2011 by Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher and Danny Christopher, it develops Northern and Inuit stories for screen audiences, with a particular focus on children and young people.

The studio grew out of the founders’ collaboration on Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves. Its work responds to the scarcity of culturally grounded Northern programming by placing Inuit voices, language and storytelling at the centre of production. Traditional stories, Arctic life and contemporary educational needs inform a catalogue spanning short films, television series and educational media.

Storytelling across formats

Taqqut works across 2D animation, stop-motion, live-action and puppetry, alongside collaborative 3D animation productions. Its preschool series Anaana's Tent, broadcast on APTN and CBC Gem, combines live-action puppetry, cultural instruction and animated storytelling. Other television productions include Tundra Friends, Kuluk and At the Cabin.

Its short-film work includes The Orphan and the Polar Bear, The Amautalik, The Owl and the Lemming, Giant Bear and Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice. The 2025 stop-motion short Mangittatuarjuk: The Gnawer of Rocks continues the studio’s work adapting Northern stories through animation. Across its children’s and youth programming, Taqqut emphasizes Inuktitut language learning, cultural authenticity and emotional well-being.

Language and educational production

Beyond screen development and production, the company provides Inuktitut adaptation, language versioning and audio production. Its educational and digital work also encompasses web design, marketing and technical writing, connecting audiovisual storytelling with learning materials and other media.

Taqqut works closely with sister publisher Inhabit Media, adapting Northern literature, folk stories and educational curricula into audiovisual formats. This relationship connects publishing and screen production while maintaining distinct operating companies. Together with its animation and live-action capabilities, these activities support a practice that brings Inuit stories to children, families and wider audiences through several complementary forms of media.