- Country: Canada
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 2002-07-26
- Director: Zacharias Kunuk
- Writers: Paul Apak Angilirq , Norman Cohn , Zacharias Kunuk , Herve Paniaq
- Language: Inuktitut
- Stars: Natar Ungalaaq , Sylvia Ivalu , Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq , Lucy Tulugarjuk , Madeline Ivalu , Pauloosie Qulitalik , Pauloosie Qulitalik , Eugene Ipkarnak , Pakak Innuksuk , Neeve Irngaut , Abraham Ulayuruluk
- Runtime: 172 min
- Awards: 26 wins & 20 nominations
- AKA: Prvi trkač (Serbia) , Παγωμένος δρομέας (Greece) , 氷海の伝説 (Japan) , Atanarjuat - han som løper (Norway) , Atanarjuat, biegacz (Poland) , Atanarjuat: O Corredor (Brazil) , The Fast Runner (Denmark) , Atanarjuat - La légende de l'homme rapide (Canada) , Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (United States of America) , Быстрый бегун (Russian Federation) , Atanarjuat - Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer (Austria) , Atanarjuat - La légende de l'homme rapide (France, French Republic) , Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Canada) , Atanarjuat (Germany) , The Fast Runner , Atanarjuat - The Fast Runner (United Kingdom) , Atanarjuat - Hızlı Koşucu (Turkey) , Ο δρομέας (Greece) , The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) (United States of America) , Atanarjuat , Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner , Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Australia) , Atanarjuat - O Corredor (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
- Plot:
Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.
- IMDB:tt0285441
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Cast · · · ALL
Zacharias Kunuk
Director
Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat
Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja
Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
Eugene Ipkarnak
Sauri, the chief
Neeve Irngaut
Uluriaq
Abraham Ulayuruluk
Tungajuaq
Apayata Kotierk
Kumaglak
Mary Qulitalik
Niriuniq
Luke Taqqaugaq
Pittiulak
Alex Uttak
Pakak
Felix Alaralak
Tulimaq