EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed filmmakers Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril for representation.
The Inuit founders of the Iqaluit-based production company Red Marrow Media, MacDonald and Arnaquq-Baril created and showrun Netflix’s Arctic half-hour comedy series North of North, which within weeks of its global debut, reached the Top 10 in 33 countries. The show currently sits at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and returns for its second season on November 5.
North of North was nominated for Best New Scripted Series at the 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards and led the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards, with an all-time record-tying 20 nominations across TV categories. The series took home multiple awards, including Best Comedy and Best Comedy Writing for Arnaquq-Baril and MacDonald.
The duo’s Red Marrow Media is known for its mastery of extreme-location logistics and pioneering cross-border financing models. Their track record also includes producing or exec producing the TIFF drama The Grizzlies, sci-fi flick Slash/Back (SXSW/IFC Films), Twice Colonized (Sundance), Arnaquq-Baril’s policy-shifting doc Angry Inuk (Hot Docs Audience Award/TIFF Canada’s Top Ten), MacDonald’s Canadian Screen Award-winning drama Throat Song and the cultural documentary Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos.
MacDonald and Arnaquq-Baril continue to be represented by LBI Entertainment, Yorn Levine and 42West.
Source: Deadline · Matt Grobar
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