Emile Hertling Péronard

Biography

Emile Hertling Péronard is an award-winning and Oscar-nominated Greenlandic film producer based in Denmark with production company Ánorâk Film operating out of both Nuuk and Copenhagen. In 2020, he launched Greenland’s first production service company, Polarama Greenland, to advance the Greenlandic film industry and pave the way for more Greenlandic screen content. He is the Chair of the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund, a co-Director at ARTEF – the Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film, the Executive Director of Nuuk International Film Festival, and in 2023, he was awarded the Greenlandic film prize, Innersuaq, for his work. His films have screened at festivals like Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Sundance, and include Twice Colonized, Music for Black Pigeons, Kalak, and the 2023 Academy Award Nominee for Best Live Action Short, Ivalu.