Documentary
Life on the Edge
Cast and crew
Directors — Johnny Langenheim, Sebastian Feehan
Cinematography — Sebastian Feehan
Editing — Andrew Cross, Tommaso Di Paola
Producer — Andrea Land, Paninnguaq Heilmann, Aleqatsiaq Peary
Sound — Will Ward, Jack Wyllie
Festival
Special Mention: Youth Jury Award - Sheffield Doc Fest
SYNOPSIS
An Inuit educator navigates the stunning landscapes of Greenland as he seeks to help people in their struggles with mental health.
Once greatly troubled himself – haunted by a friend’s death and his own brushes with violence – Nuka has turned his life around. He journeys through the remote indigenous settlements of Greenland, speaking about mental health and suicide prevention. Surrounded by vast glaciers and ice sheets, a land at the very edge of the world, Nuka works with a troubled teen, a phlegmatic hunter and a single mother; each has demons they are trying to come to terms with, and a desire to break with cycles of intergenertational trauma.