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| Genre | Sitcom |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Release | January 7, 2025 (2025-1-7) – present |
North of North is a Canadian comedy television series that premiered onCBC,APTN, andNetflix in 2025.
Anna Lambe plays Siaja, a youngInuk woman in the small fictionalArctic community of Ice Cove.[1]
A young Inuk mother tries to reinvent herself after a spontaneous and extremely public exit from her marriage with the town's golden boy in a tiny, tight-knit Arctic town. She must navigate the unpredictable, and often hilarious, highs and lows that come with relationships, motherhood, a new job, and finding her own way.[2]
The series was created byStacey Aglok MacDonald andAlethea Arnaquq-Baril.[11][12] Directors include Anya Adams,Danis Goulet,Zoe Leigh Hopkins,Lisa Jackson,Renuka Jeyapalan andAleysa Young.[13]
Filming began inIqaluit,Nunavut on March 14, 2024[14] and ended in June 2024.[15] The Iqaluit Curling Club was turned into a sound stage featuring the interior sets for filming since there is no nearby filming studio.[16] Aglok MacDonald and Arnaquq-Baril's Red Marrow Media is working to create a permanent studio but it was not ready in time for the show's first season.[17]
Debra Hanson and Nooks Lindell worked as the costume designers on the show. They focused on local Inuit artisans and designers to source the clothing, shoes, and jewellery worn by the characters. "It was really important to us that our parkas and anything traditional were made here in Nunavut, by Inuit artists," says Aglok MacDonald. "They had to go to the ends of the Arctic to fashion the magnificent costumes that people will see on screen, which are unlike anything that's ever been seen before."[18]
Arnaquq-Baril said she was overwhelmed by the support from the Nunavummiut. "We get messages from people across the community just excited to be a part of it because a huge part of the community is in our show, on screen, and also working behind the scenes too."[15] Iqaluit is also the hometown of Anna Lambe, who stars as Siaja. She said, "People constantly came up to hug me and say how proud they were of me and how exciting this was for Nunavut, for Inuit and Indigenous film and television. I wouldn't have wanted to film it anywhere else because the outpouring of love and support we received was so empowering."[19]
The series premiered in Canada onAPTN andCBC on January 7, 2025,[20] and will premiere globally onNetflix on April 10, 2025.[21]
| No. | Title [22] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate date [22] | Prod. code |
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| 1 | "Top of the World" | Anya Adams | Stacey Aglok MacDonald &Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | January 7, 2025 (2025-1-7) | 478520-1 |
Siaja, a young Inuk woman living in Ice Cove, is stuck in an unfulfilling marriage with her high school sweetheart, Ting, who is happy for her to be a stay at home mom. During a seal hunt, she falls overboard and hallucinates that she sees the goddessNuliajuk. When Ting berates her for embarrassing him, Siaja abruptly decides to change her life, going to a party and kissing a stranger. At the local festival, she publicly breaks up with Ting after they are named king and queen of the seal hunt. | |||||
| 2 | "No Freeloading" | Anya Adams | Story by : Kathryn Borel, Jr. Teleplay by :Susan Coyne | January 7, 2025 (2025-1-7) | 478520-8 |
Siaja and her daughter, Bun, crash at her mother Neevee's home. After her mother warns her that she can't be a freeloader, Siaja gets a temporary job doing large item pickup for the town. After Siaja proves herself to be a great communicator, Helen, the facilitator of the community centre, offers her a job as her assistant. Neevee tries to facilitate a reconciliation between Siaja and Ting, but Siaja declares their marriage over. Neevee offers Siaja a more permanent place in her home. | |||||
| 3 | "Dumpcano" | Aleysa Young | Garry Campbell | January 14, 2025 (2025-1-14) | 478520-2 |
Siaja starts her new job and is surprised when her first meeting involves talking to Alistair, her estranged father, about his proposal to set up a research station in Ice Cove. After Bun gets in trouble at school, Neevee takes her out for the day to find out what is wrong. | |||||
| 4 | "Joy to the Effing World" | Aleysa Young | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril &Linsey Stewart | January 21, 2025 (2025-1-21) | 478520-7 |
Siaja is tasked with running elder's night. After seeing how dull it is, she takes it upon herself to liven up the proceeds with disastrous consequences. Neevee tells Alistair she wants nothing to do with him, but in a small town like Ice Cove, they find each other unavoidable. | |||||
| 5 | "Walrus Dick Baseball" | Renuka Jeyapalan | Moriah Sallaffie & Garry Campbell | January 28, 2025 (2025-1-28) | 478520-3 |
A fun attempt to raise funds for Ice Cove takes on higher stakes when Helen agrees to a winner take all format instead of splitting the funds. Siaja and Kuuk grow closer, to Ting's consternation. | |||||
| 6 | "Carnivores" | Zoe Hopkins | Linsey Stewart | February 4, 2025 (2025-2-4) | 478520-4 |
After a series of erotic dreams, Siaja's friends encourage her to have a one night stand. A disastrous date with fetishist Oliver, helps her realize who her dreams are about. Alistair and Neevee attempt to give their relationship a try, but when Alistair brings up the past, Neevee calls their relationship off. | |||||
| 7 | "Lost and Found" | Danis Goulet | Susan Coyne | February 11, 2025 (2025-2-11) | 478520-5 |
When Ting goes missing, Siaja's knowledge of his hunting habits helps to find him alive, but injured. To help with his recovery, Siaja temporarily returns to Ting's home but finds herself falling into old patterns. Alistair encourages Neevee not to give up on them, only to be sorely disappointed when he realizes she's already moved on. | |||||
| 8 | "Bad Influences" | Danis Goulet | Story by :Aviaq Johnston &JP Larocque Teleplay by : Aviaq Johnston & Garry Campbell | February 18, 2025 (2025-2-18) | 478520-6 |
Neevee reveals to Siaja that she had a baby when she was 16, but the father, a white man, took the baby away. Siaja realizes Neevee kept her a secret from Alistair because she didn't want to lose her too. Siaja runs to her presentation where she improvises, and impresses the room. Alistair says that although the suits were impressed, Ice Cove will not be getting the research station. But they will be getting a satellite station, which Alistair puts his hand up to run. The community holds a celebration. Alistair tells Neevee he is staying for his daughter and granddaughter, not for her. Kuuk tells Siaja he is also staying. But so is his girlfriend, Alexis. | |||||