Filming of the controversial and entertaining play, Antigone, wrapped up June 7 with a film shoot in front of a studio audience at the Don Ross Centre.
The film of Antigone, written by Deanne Kasokeo, was directed by Norman Cohn and Floyd Favel. Cohn was the producer of the Cannes Film Festival winner, Atanarajuat/Fast Runner. Favel is the director of Miyawata Films which produced this film in partnership with Kunuk Cohn Productions of Montreal.
The cast of the film was comprised of local performers and famous actors whom some audiences may have recognized as they went about the Battlefords and local First Nations. Known actors include Tyson Houseman (Twilight Saga), Candy Fox (Moccasin Flats) and Concordia University theatre student Brefny Caribou Curtin.
The filming of Antigone brought international artists to the Battlefords and some of the actors visited and talked to the youth at Clifford Wuttunee School in Red Pheasant. The filming also gave up and coming actors the opportunity to work with some of the major players in the film industry.
As well, the filming brought business and revenues to the areas restaurants and motels.
Miyawata Films next project will be a multi-million dollar feature film project, co produced with Kunuk Cohn Productions of Montreal. This film will be shot in the Battlefords.
