With persistence, Igloolik Isuma Productions started again in April, 1999. This time, with the National Film Board as co-producer, a CBC broadcast commitment, and widespread national support, it seemed impossible for Telefilm to deny a major investment to the small Igloolik company. Sylvia Ivalu, who plays Atuat, the first wife of Atanarjuat, with their son, Kumuglak. Northern contributors include the Government of the Northwest Territories, the BBDC, the Kakivak Association, NTI, First Air and most recently, the Aboriginal People's Television Network. Igloolik Isuma Productions is ahead of the cultural infrastructure of Nunavut.
Nothing is in place right now in the new territory to support or develop a film industry.
In fact some old programs from the NWT government seem to have been lost and not replaced. An important impact of this enterprise has been the on-site professional training of local Inuit technicians and actors. Instead of relying on southern teams as with many other films produced in the ARctic, Atanarjuat's props, costumes, crew and entire cast were from Igloolik. Zacharias Kunuk is the director. Long-time Igloolik resident Norman Cohn is the executive producer and director of photography.