Iqaluit filmmaker holds auditions for her 1st drama

An Iqaluit filmmaker is auditioning actors for her newest project Saturday, a love story that takes place near the city in the 1950s.

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril usually makes Inuktitut cultural films and documentaries. On her website, Arnaquq-Barilsays documentary making is a "powerful tool" to communicate important messages to people who don't live in the North.

But her new project is a drama her very first one and takes place in the 1950sat an outpost camp just outside Iqaluit.

It's also a love story.

Arnaquq-Baril says she's filming the short movie from Aug. 1 to 4.

It will be shown at the imagineNATIVEFilm & Media Arts Festival in Toronto on Oct. 22.

"Shortly there afterwe don't have broadcast dates yetbut it will be broadcast on Bravo Fact and also on APTN," Arnaquq-Baril said.

The film stars local Iqaluit actresses Mary Buscemiand MalayaChapman.

Arnaquq-Baril is still looking for two Inuit girls to play younger versions of the pair, as well asan older Inuit couple to play their parents.