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Two Lovers and a Bear comes home to Iqaluit

Two Lovers and a Bear is coming home for an Iqaluit screening this Saturday before many of the Nunavut cast and crew who helped to realize the Canadian feature film.

Canadian feature film partly shot in city will screen at Astro theatre on Oct. 29

Shooting Two Lovers and a Bear in Iqaluit. More than 100 people from Nunavut assisted in the making of the film. (Philippe Bosse/Max Films )

Nunavut cast and crew who helped to makethe feature film Two Lovers and a Bear willget their first chance to see the film at home in Iqaluitthis Saturday.

'I cant wait for it to get here and be shown,' says Ellen Hamilton, the films Nunavut co-producer. (Sima Sahar Zerehi/CBC)

The Nunavut premiere will be a free screening at the Astro Theatre on Oct. 29 at 6 p.m., and a reception featuring Iqaluit's the Trade-offs will follow the film. There are rumours that one of the film's two main stars, Tatiana Maslany or Dane DeHaan, will also make an appearance at the screening.

The romance about two lovers who find refuge in the Arctic from their pasts was partly filmed in Iqaluit. It is Montreal-born director Kim Nguyen's first fiction film following his Academy Awardnominated Rebelle (War Witch).

"I can't wait for it to get here and be shown," saidEllen Hamilton, the film's Nunavut co-producer.

More than 100 people from Nunavut assisted in the making of the film, helping with anything from Ski-Dooing cast and crew to a shoot or operating the camera, said Hamilton.

Actor Vinnie Karetak at the Two Lovers and a Bear Toronto International Film Festival screening. (Jeremy Chan/Getty Images)

She said the making of the film was like a master class for the Nunavut crew,who had the opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with industry masters.

Two Lovers and a Bear premiered internationally at the Cannes Film Festival in May and at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Hamilton said the Nunavutpremierewill be unique.

"For sure there will be a lot of sealskin worn," she saidwith a chuckle.

For actor Vinnie Karetak, the most exciting part of the film is showcasing his hometown.

"The fact that you can see Iqaluit on the big screen you can see Nunavut on the big screen it's so beautifully shot," he said.

Karetak saidthe film is another example of the potential within the Nunavut film industry.

"It generates so much income. It's viable. It works."