April 10, 2006 (from CBC News)
Rankin tapped to host Hollywood film shoot
Rankin Inlet has beat out Churchill as the location for a possible feature film. British actor Ralph Fiennes was in the Kivalliq community on Friday, scouting out locations for the love story Snow Country. "You know, at first Churchill, ... we were trying to make that work, but it was clear that Rankin would be much, much better for the purposes of this story," says Nicky Rohl, the film's script writer. Snow Country would be Fiennes's debut as a director. However, the project is still in the preliminary stages. The movie is a love story between an Inuk girl and a white man, set in the 1950s. The plan is to film in Winnipeg and Rankin Inlet next April. Rohl says he was interested in Chesterfield Inlet as well but won't have time to visit the area on this trip. However if the film goes ahead, local filmmakers will work on the project. They are on the lookout for a young Inuk to play the lead role.