Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)

Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) (Super 16mm to digital, Canada 2021, 17 mins.)

Lindsay McIntyre (Canadian, b. 1977) is a multi-disciplinary artist of Inuit and settler descent who often works in the medium of analog film. 

Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears. Being animals of great significance to Inuit culture, the bears forage in a northern landscape accompanied by a soundtrack of interviews with five people of Inuit heritage. Each individual discusses their personal experiences around being Inuk from both within and outside the Inuit community. Questions about maintaining traditions, place, representation, and belonging are explored to form a unique portrait about being Inuit in the face of a rapidly changing world.

Active since 1999, McIntyre has made over forty films that display her command of handmade techniques applied to a range of filmmaking styles that explore themes of portraiture, place, form, and personal histories. McIntyre’s upcoming projects include her first feature-length narrative film entitled The Words We Can’t Speak.