Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter has led a lifelong fight for the rights of her people. But while launching an effort to establish an Indigenous forum at the EU, Aaju finds herself facing a difficult and deeply personal journey to mend her own wounds after the unexpected passing of her youngest son. In this “powerful exploration of cultural trauma” (The Film Stage), director Lin Alluna follows alongside Aaju Peter as she strives to reclaim her identity after a lifetime of whitewashing and forced assimilation.
2023
82 min, 44 min
LIN ALLUNA
While cinematically dissolving the limits of reality, Lin Alluna’s (she/her) films focus on brave women who want to change the world. Twice Colonized is her debut feature; it premiered at Sundance in 2023 and was the first film to open both CPH:DOX and HOT DOCS. She teaches filmmaking, is chair member at the Danish Film Director’s association, and a graduate of the prestigious National Film School of Denmark. She is an alumni/lab fellow at IDFAcademy, UnionDocs, DFI Outreach, Nordic Talents and Circle Doc Accelerator.
LIVED BY
AAJU PETER
DIRECTED BY
LIN ALLUNA
PRODUCED BY
EMILE HERTLING PÉRONARD, ALETHEA ARNAQUQ-BARIL,
STACEY AGLOK MACDONALD, BOB MOORE
EDITOR
MARK BUKDAHL
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
IRIS NG, DAVID BAUER,
GLAUCO BERMUDEZ, LIN ALLUNA
ORIGINAL MUSIC
OLIVIER ALARY, JOHANNES MALFATTI
VOCALS
CELINA KALLUK
SOUND DESIGN
BENOÎT DAME, CATHERINE VAN DER DONCKT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
INUK SILIS HØEGH, MILA AUNG-THWIN,
DANIEL CROSS, AAJU PETER
LINE PRODUCER
VALERIE SHAMASH
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
KATIE MCKAY
ÁNORÂK FILM, RED MARROW MEDIA, EYESTEELFILM
“TWICE COLONIZED begins with a childhood lost but expands into something much much more, where spectres of an individual’s past bleed into the collective horrors of the present.”
– The Film Verdict
“powerful and emotional”
–Cineuropa
AWARDS
Camera Justitia Prize Award, Movies That Matter 2023 (Netherlands)
Cinema Eye’s The Unforgettables Honorees – Auju Peter (USA)
IDA Documentary Awards Feature Film Short List Nominee (USA)
FESTIVALS
World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival, 2023 (USA)
Opening Film CPH:DOX, 2023 (DENMARK)
Opening Film Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (CANADA)
DOXA (CANADA)
International First Peoples’ Festival Présence Autochtone (CANADA)
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival (POLAND)
Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival in Sao Paolo (BRASIL)
Sydney FF (AUSTRALIA)
Sheffield Doc Fest (UK)
Gimli International Film Festival (CANADA)
Jerusalem FF (ISREAL)
Reykjavik IFF (ICELAND)
Crossing Europe FF (AUSTRIA)
This Human World (AUSTRIA)
Doc Edge IDFF (NEW ZEALAND)
Oslo:Pix (NORWAY)
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (GERMANY)
Regina International Film Fest (CANADA)
Human Rights FF Berlin (GERMANY)
Docudays (UKRAINE)
Durban IFF (SOUTH AFRICA)
DocPoint Helsinki IDFF (FINLAND)
IU Cinema (USA)
Maine International Film Festival (USA)
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (GERMANY)
Galway Film Fleadh (IRELAND)
Bergen International Film Festival (NORWAY)
One World Human Rights FF (SLOVAKIA)
Festival dei Popoli IFF (ITALY)
Nordisk Panorama (SWEDEN)
Makedox (MACEDONIA)
Planet On – International Environmental FF (COLUMBIA)
In Our Own Words Film Festival (POLAND)
Dokufest (KOSOVO)
Riga International Film Festival (LATVIA)
Festival des Libertes (BELGIUM)
Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (USA)
Women´s Worlds Film Festival (GERMANY)
Afro-Asian Institute Salzburg (AUSTRIA)
Anthropological Film Festival (ISREAL)
Filmfest FrauenWelten (GERMANY)
International Human Rights Film Festival Albania (ALBANIA)
Umeå Film Festival (SWEDEN)
Northern Lights Film Festival Belarus (BELARUS)
KDocsFF (CANADA)
