Lead Roles Have Been Cast

Some of you have been waiting for ages to know if you have been cast in On the Ice. Thank you for your patience over the past several months. We wanted to let everyone know that as of now the lead roles of Apuna, Miqu, Egasak, Michelle and Betty have been cast. However, there are several other supporting roles that we are in the process of deciding.

If you live in Barrow, there is a strong chance you are still being considered for a supporting role. We are also still considering people who live in other parts of Alaska. If you live in Canada or the continental United States and have not yet been cast, you are no longer being considered.

We enjoyed meeting all of you. We were amazed at the level of talent we encountered and we hope you will be willing to audition for a future project with us. If you are not cast in this project, there might be a role that is right for you in the next one.

Quyanaqpak!

Barrow Raffle...275!

As an incentive for people to get over their nerves and try out in Barrow last month, we set up a small raffle for all that auditioned. The prize is a $50 gift certificate to NAPA in Barrow and we just finally got around to pulling the winner out of a hat, literally. We used the audition numbers of everyone who tried out in Barrow (during both audition periods) and it ended up being #275.



And the winner is....Ernest Nageak!



Congratulations Ernest! Thanks for auditioning!

Anchorage--Take two

We weren't sure what kind of turnout we'd see in Anchorage the second time around here, but we had a little piece on the CBS local news at 5pm and people really showed up! We went 2 hours later than we planned and met tons of great people. Here's a link to a little blurb about it on the Channel 11 website. http://www.ktva.com/ci_14116082?source=most_viewed

Thanks to everyone who came out to audition!

Barrow

We're here in Barrow again doing some more auditions during Qitik. (If you don't know what Qitik is...it's basically several days/nights of games and competitions where everyone gets together and hangs out for fun and prizes during the holidays. Some of the games are for laughs, some are very athletic and difficult like Alaska high kick, one foot high kick and two foot high kick. We don't have any video of them, but if you search any of those names on YouTube there are a bunch.)

We've had a great turnout and we're looking forward to our call-backs tonight. Then we're heading back down to Anchorage for more open-call auditions on the 2nd and 3rd at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art (4:30-8:30pm each night).

We're hoping to grab an hour or so to get out and get some more photos, but in the meantime we've taken a few here and there. This is a fairly random selection of what we've been doing the past several days...

Some impressive holiday decoration at Barrow's only Mexican restaurant Pepe's.


Kids from town who were hanging out at auditions the other night


Beautiful Iqalin on her first birthday


Looking out toward the ocean and a snow-covered van


Happy (almost) New Year!

Barrow auditions start today! Win a $50 door prize

Just a quick reminder that our second round of Barrow auditions start today and we've added a little incentive...If you come and audition you will be entered in a raffle to win a $50 gift certificate to NAPA here in Barrow. So if you're feeling shy, let that be the extra encouragement you needed!

Here are Barrow audition details:

Ipalook Elementary School
Room 176
During Qitik!

Sunday, December 27th
8:30-10pm

Saturday, December 28th
4-8pm

Monday, December 29th
4-8pm

Watch SIKUMI online for free!

SIKUMI is now online. It will be available for free on the YouTube Screening Room for the next 6 weeks. If you have not yet seen SIKUMI, this is your chance. If you have already seen it, we hope you will take another look and/or pass this on to friends. The more “views” the better for us!!!

(For those of you who don't know already, ON THE ICE is loosely based on this short film SIKUMI.)

Viewing the film online is easy, just be sure to click HD and full screen for the best viewing experience. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvAceiILq4A

Enjoy!

Upcoming Barrow & Anchorage auditions

For all those out there who still want to audition, the instructions for video auditions are up on our website. Please visit the casting page at www.ontheicethemovie.com for all the details on what to do.

Also, we are planning to hold more auditions in Barrow and Anchorage only. See below for the details we have confirmed thus far:

BARROW
Ipalook Elementary School -- Room 176
During Qitik!

Sunday, December 27th
4-8pm

Saturday, December 28th
4-8pm

Monday, December 29th
4-8pm

ANCHORAGE
International Gallery of Contemporary Art
427 D. St (by 4th Ave.)

January 2nd
4:30-8:30pm

January 3rd
4:30-8:30pm

Please spread the word to all those people who missed out the first time! We want to meet all of you!