After having directed more than forty music videos, director Gabriel Allard Gagnon made his debut in documentary. In 2017, he directed T’es où Youssef ?, his first feature-length documentary, In 2018, his film La Bombe explores the emergence of new Quebec nationalist movements. At the other end of the spectrum, the following year, he signed Apprenti-Autiste with comedian Louis T., a documentary mixing up with stand-up comedy. It was during one of his documentary projects in the Canadian Far North that the director was overwhelmed by his encounter with the Inuit people. Upon his return, he began the development of Sikiitu, his first work of fiction.