Innuksuk's In the Heart of the South Screens at Vancouver Film Festival
Nyla Innuksuk's second feature, the supernatural thriller In the Heart of the South, screened at the Vancouver Film Festival, with Anna Lambe and Zorga Qaunaq starring.
Nyla Innuksuk's supernatural thriller In the Heart of the South screened at the Vancouver Film Festival on a Sunday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The film is Innuksuk's second feature and was co-written with Ryan Cavan. It stars Anna Lambe as Inuk artist Yura Ivalu and Zorga Qaunaq as her estranged childhood friend Sesi.
Innuksuk's first feature was Slash/Back, which she also co-wrote with Cavan, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter.
Inuit storytelling on screen
In 2001, Zacharias Kunuk's Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, written, directed and acted entirely in the Inuktitut language, won the Cannes Camera d'Or.
More recently, Netflix and CBC's Inuit-led comedy North of North, starring Lambe and Qaunaq, is headed to a second season.
Quick answers
Where did In the Heart of the South screen?
It screened at the Vancouver Film Festival on a Sunday.
Who stars in In the Heart of the South?
Anna Lambe plays Inuk artist Yura Ivalu, and Zorga Qaunaq plays her estranged childhood friend Sesi.
Who wrote In the Heart of the South?
Nyla Innuksuk co-wrote the film with Ryan Cavan.