In Alaska is a Dutch-Canadian drama film, co-written and co-directed by Jaap van Heusden and Vinnie Karetak and released in 2026.Jamie Casemore, "Dutch-Canadian copro In Alaska rolls in B.C.". Playback, September 26, 2025. The film stars Leo Matthew Temela as Woody, a young man from Alaska who becomes a fugitive from the law when he shoots a hole in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, escaping to Canada and reconnecting with his Inuk mother's roots in Nunavut.Nehaa Bimal, "Northern coming-of-age film seeks Inuit actor for lead role". Nunatsiaq News, November 15, 2024.
The cast also includes Noomi Rapace, Yin Wang, Zorga Qaunaq, Miali Buscemi, Joanassie Aupaluk, Rogan Christopher, Gregory S. Csiszar, Carson A. Egan, Dominic Fox, Jeff Gladstone, Jake Guy, Jenna Hill, Maia Michaels, Jana Morrison, Chris Hextal, Sean Owen Roberts, Meg Roe and Christopher Rosamond in supporting roles.
The film entered casting in fall 2024. Filming began in Iqaluit in March 2025,Daron Letts, "Filmmakers tight-lipped about movie being shot in Apex and Iqaluit". Nunatsiaq News, March 21, 2025. and continued in British Columbia in the fall.
The film premiered at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
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