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Five years ago, actor Giles Panton swung by the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about voicing Iron Man in Marvel Battleworld: Mystery of the Thanostones, the sleighful of Christmas movies in his filmography, what he learned playing the minister of propaganda for the American Reich in Amazon Prime's critically acclaimed dystopian series The Man in the High Castle, and the Barbie commercial that broke up his band. It's a fantastic episode (which you can find in the episode footnotes or wherever you listen to podcasts), but a lot can change in five years. For instance, you can move from being the guy that always loses the girl in the rom-com to the guy who gets her. You can win a Leo Award for Best Performance in an Animation Program for your work in animated horror anthology series Red Iron Road AND a UBCP/ACTRA Award for voicing Carnage and Norman Osborne in Absolute Carnage. You can get an ADHD diagnosis that explains so much of how you move through the world. You can become a dad. In this compelling conversation – at times poignant; at times funny; always authentic and entertaining – Giles reflects on the many changes of the last five years, what it takes to be a leading man, working with Andrea Brooks on Snowy with a Chance of Christmas, pursuing joy, constructing grilled cheese sandwiches, and how his ADHD diagnosis changed his life. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Filmmaker Carl Bessai and actor Vincent Gale are legends of the Vancouver screen scene. These two legends have worked together before – Vincent was nominated for a Leo Award for his work in Carl's iconic comedy-drama Fathers & Sons – and their latest collaboration, Field Sketches, screens at VIFF Centre on April 12 and 14 as part of National Canadian Film Week.Carl mined his own life and family history for Field Sketches. Vincent stars as Peter, a middle-aged architect whose business and personal life are imploding. With nothing left to hold him in the city, Peter decides to move to his family farm and spend the winter in Saskatchewan. He soon discovers that pioneer life is much more than he bargained for. And the silence and loneliness play tricks on his imagination. Field Sketches takes its characters and audiences from a gorgeous mid-century modern home in Vancouver, to Peter's rustic family farm in Saskatchewan (played by Carl's family farm), and into the past, to East Germany (played by Berlin). The result is a singular piece of art that is rich with surprises, fleeting and impactful beauty, and insight into what it means to age as an artist, an immigrant, and the descendent of immigrants. In this fascinating conversation, Carl and Vincent reflect on their journey with Field Sketches, and how their own experiences with art align with Peter's journey.Episode sponsor: Directors Guild Of Canada, BC District Council

Spirit Switchboard Episode #87 Date: Dec. 20th, 2024 Topic: Be My Guest! This week Spirit Switchboard welcomes 12 Days of Giving winner, friend and colleague Rhonda Doughty to the show. Our extra special guests and co-hosts are Corine, Leanne and Kelly of Beyond The Haunting Investigations. Please join us as we chat about all things paranormal and Kerrilynn may have a surprise game or two to kick off the holiday season - paranormal style! Guest Co-Hosts Bio Beyond The Haunting Investigations has been together for several years pursuing a shared interest in the paranormal and supernatural. As a team of sisters and best friends they have travelled the globe in search of the unknown. In 2022 they were fortunate enough to team up with Small Army Entertainment and T+E to film their 2-part documentary Haunted Gold Rush in British Columbia. As they are all from British Columbia, kicking off the project in their own backyard was incredible and super humbling as they won a B.C Hospitality and Tourism Innovation Award for the project. Due to the success of the Haunted Gold Rush the team filmed Season 1 of History's Most Haunted the following winter and it starting airing on T+E in Canada in 2023 and internationally on HauntTV. The team has since won a 2024 LEO Award for Best Hosts for the series, and they have some exciting projects in the works for 2025. History's Most Haunted and Haunted Gold Rush are now airing in Canada on HauntTV and T+E. You can also find them on HauntTV in the USA, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. It is starting to roll out on other global streamers, so follow them on social media to see where you can find them next. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthehaunting Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyondthehaunting Website: http://www.beyondthehaunting.ca Guest Bio: Rhonda Doughty is a paranormal investigator, psychic medium, Reiki Master, and shamanic practitioner. She is also a podcaster. She has been drawn to the unknown her entire life but in the last several years has begun to use her connection to spirit in the paranormal field. She is based out of Richmond, Virginia. She is currently a member of Fredericksburg Paranormal Research and Investigations (FPRI). She also co-hosts the Orion Effect Podcast with Howie Odell on Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on the Rift Nation Network and substitute co-hosts for the Freakin Awesome Paranormal Show with Ryan Jones on the Vibe Network on Tuesday nights at 9:00 pm. Guest Social Media Links: Facebook Profile FPRI: https://www.facebook.com/Fpriteam Website Link FPRI: www.fred-pri.com Facebook Profile Rift Nation Network: https://www.facebook.com/riftnationnetwork Facebook Profile Freakin Awesome Paranormal Show: https://www.facebook.com/Freakinawesomeshow Message from Kerrilynn: I want to hear from you! I want to hear about your ghost stories, paranormal adventures and occurrences. I would also love your show suggestions to cover in the future. Email me at kerrilynn.shellhorn@gmail.com. If you enjoy the content on the channel please live, subscribe and share. My deepest gratitude to you all! A formal disclaimer: The opinions and information presented or expressed by guests on Spirit Switchboard are not necessarily those of the Host or the United Public Radio Network/UFO Paranormal Radio Network and its producers. As always Spirit Switchboard strives to hold space for open, respectful dialogue with show guests and listeners.

Matt talks with award-winning comedian & writer Erica Sigurdson about the best show she ever did, how to stay present on stage & what she would do differently.Erica Sigurdson's Website: https://www.ericasigurdson.comErica Sigurdson's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericacomicMatt Falk's Links: https://linktr.ee/mattfalkTell a friend about us!Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.comMy guest today is a comedian, writer, actor and Keynote Speaker based out of Vancouver British Columbia. She's appeared at the Ha!ifax Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and Just For Laughs on countless occasions. And when I say that, I mean it literally. I genuinely couldn't count. I'm estimating that she's made between 20-30 TV appearances at those festivals combined. Which is absolutely staggering. One of those was with Wanda Sykes in Montreal a few years ago.She's a two time Leo Award winner, a 2 time Canadian comedy award nominee and one of her awards is for being a writer on the Gemini awards. She's also lended her writing talents to Corner Gas Animated and Mr. D.She's a favourite on CBC's the Debaters, appearing on over 50 episodes of the show. She's also performed in the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Iceland and Afghanistan where she recorded the CBC show Stand Up in Kandahar. She was a finalist in the Seattle International Comedy Competition, she's made numerous appearances on the hit podcast, Stop Podcasting Yourself. You can catch her in the SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR which is the biggest comedy tour in the country. It's been running for sixteen years and played in 70 cities this last year.It's…ERICA SIGURDSON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To say that actress Teagan Vincze's filmography is varied is an understatement. Her lengthy list of credits includes critically acclaimed roles in indie hits – like when she played a compassionate sex worker in Daughter, Anthony Shim's critically acclaimed first feature that screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, or when she played a fiery adult film star in The Cannon, a nuanced role for which she was nominated for a Leo Award – as well as nuanced performances in an array of studio and network fare, including Dead Boy Detectives, The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story, and a long and growing list of Christmas movies, including A Cowboy Christmas, where we finally got to see her as the romantic lead . [NOTE: This episode was recorded before it was announced that A Cowboy Christmas will be available to view in Canada on Tubi; check our episode footnotes for more information] . No matter the role or genre, Teagan's work is fearless, and lifts roles above any cliches. In this compelling and introspective conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Teagan talks about what she's learned portraying “taboo” roles in multiple screen projects (including Daughter and The Cannon), the importance of intimacy coordinators, and the special magic of her first time as the lead in a holiday rom-com. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Welcome back to a new Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I'm chatting with Sharlene Royer, the Assistant Stunt Coordinator for utterly brilliant ‘Shogun', which recently won a record-breaking 18 Emmys - including a very well-deserved one for Outstanding Stunt Performance!Based on James Clavell's novel, FX's 'Shōgun' is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village...It is an outstanding drama, available on Hulu in the USA, and on Disney+ in the UK and other territories. It's well worth watching and catching up if you haven't seen it yet, as it appears it will be returning for two more seasons following its record-breaking Emmy win.Born and raised in Quebec to a Haitian mother and French Canadian father, Sharlene was a dancer from the ages of 7 to 18, before moving into modelling and acting. However, following a meeting with legendary Stunt Coordinator, Alan Oliney, she was encouraged to try stunt work, and found her calling. She soon became a very sought-after stunt performer being requested to double stars such as Halle Berry, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Williams and many more.On 'Shōgun', Sharlene discusses her work on the epic drama as Assistant Stunt Coordinator, working alongside her boss (and life-partner) Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle, developing the hugely complex Emmy-winning “cannon” scene, melding VFX, physical effects and stunts for the “earthquake”, plus location scouting, stunt coordinating in the pandemic and lots more.If that wasn't enough, Sharlene was also Assistant Stunt Coordinator on season one of the hit CBS drama ‘Tracker', for which she became the first Black, Female Stunt Coordinator to win a Leo Award from The Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia. She talks about working with lead actor Justin Hartley (and his photographic memory), and also working with Justin alongside guest star Jenson Ackles... who sound like they were as much fun together as you'd expect!Still want more? She also worked on the wonderfully fun DC superhero drama ‘Legends of Tomorrow', performing the stunt work for Hawkgirl, so we touch on that in the interview too! Sharlene's other projects include things such as 'The Man In The High Castle', 'Never Let Go', 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', 'Siren', 'See', 'The 100', 'The Rookie', and lots more!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actress, Model, Stuntwoman and now Assistant Stunt Coordinator on FX's epic SHOGUN, SHARLENE ROYER joins the show to talk about her work on the multiple Emmy award-winning show! Sharlene, the first black woman to win a Leo Award for Stunts, shares her insights into the industry, how she got her start, and what it takes to succeed despite any obstacles. SUPPORT THE KUNG FU DRIVE-IN PODCAST WITH A KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/kungfudrivein The Brightest Stars Shine at the Drive-In!  SPONSORS: www.tinboxsolutions.com OUTRO MUSIC: http://youtu.be/5zeRoGFft2s  by Justin H @KingofKungFuAMP

Vancouver will finally get to watch its first-ever Black+Queer dramedy web series this week when five episodes of Novelette is Trying screen at the 2024 Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Novelette is Trying follows Novelette, a cynical, anti-social, bisexual woman who finds herself newly single at 30, and decides, rather reluctantly, to take on a roommate. At first, the extroverted, outspoken Audre seems like an odd choice for a roommate. But, although their personalities clash, Audre's boldness and lack of boundaries soon rub off on Novelette in the best way, encouraging her to put herself back into the dating pool. Audacious, poignant, and funny, Novelette is Trying – which will also be released on OUTtv in 2025 – comes to us from the wonderfully creative mind of Giselle Miller, the Jamaican-Canadian writer, showrunner, filmmaker, and three-time Leo Award-nominated actor. Her credits include Young, Single, and Black, Yolanda the Goddess, and Big People Tingz. In this fascinating conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Giselle reflects on her journey to and with Novelette, and the joys and challenges of bringing this groundbreaking series to the screen. Episode sponsor: Fish Flight Entertainment

Episode Summary:  Louise Hradsky, an acclaimed choreographer and former performer, delves into her extensive experience in the dance industry. Louise, who has been nominated for MTV Movie and Emmy Awards, discusses her work on major film and TV projects such as Godzilla and The Descendants. She reflects on her early passion for ballet, which was redirected toward contemporary dance after facing rejection from a prestigious ballet school. This redirection led her to a successful career in contemporary dance, providing valuable insights into resilience and adaptation. The episode also explores the career journey of Menina Fortunato, who shares her struggles and triumphs as a dancer, choreographer, and stunt performer. Menina discusses the challenges she faced, from auditioning for Cirque du Soleil to navigating the complexities of working as a Canadian dancer in Los Angeles, including the visa renewal process. Her persistence in overcoming rejection and seizing opportunities highlights the importance of resilience in the dance industry. Both Louise and Menina offer advice on building a strong body of work, securing an O-1 visa, and balancing passions with personal and professional life. The episode concludes with reflections on evolving passions and goals, encouraging dancers to embrace change and continuous growth throughout their careers. Show Notes: 0:03 Dance industry with guest Louise, choreographer and former performer.   3:24 Redirecting passion for ballet after being rejected from a prestigious school.   9:05 Career journey, highlights, and struggles as a dancer and stunt performer.   14:36 Dance career, auditioning, and resilience.   20:20 Canadian dancers in LA, perspectives on local talent and visa renewals.   25:32 Emmy nominations and magazine publication.   30:00 Immigration process and building a strong body of work.   34:09 Choreography process for movies/TV shows, including script analysis, creative vision, budgeting, and rehearsals.   38:36 Balancing passions and priorities as a dancer, choreographer offers advice on trust and focus.   42:17 Navigating the pandemic and strike in the dance industry.   47:08 Creativity, collaboration, and ego management in dance and filmmaking.   53:13 Evolving passions and goals in dance careers. Biography: A choreographer known for her strong leadership, years of experience, and collaborative spirit, Louise Hradsky is a creative heavyweight with a refined point of view. Originally from Western Canada, she found her home in the vibrant Vancouver film and television industry in 2006, working steadily across the globe as a performer, choreographer, and movement coach since. As a performer, Louise landed roles in feature films like: Sucker Punch, Mirror Mirror; and Deadpool 2, and TV shows including: A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Once Upon A Time, and Hellcats. Her balance of style, technical athleticism, and magnetic character performance also led her to Cirque Du Soleil, where Louise played the revered role of the Green Lizard in Cirque's longest-running resident show in Las Vegas, Mystére. Early in her career, Louise began working creatively and collaboratively for pioneering dance icons such as Kenny Ortega, Jamal Sims, and Michelle Johnston. They shared their wisdom and recognized how Louise's contribution enhanced their work, mentoring her into the role of a leading choreographer. In her years as a film and television choreographer, Louise has been nominated for an Emmy Award, MTV Movie and TV Award, and won a Leo Award for outstanding choreography. Her recent credits include Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies, Godzilla & The Titans, Yellowjackets, Pachinko (Opening Credits), The Good Doctor, To All The Boys (trilogy), A Million Little Things, The Midnight Club, and The Haunting Of Bly Manor, among others. Connect on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/lou.sky https://www.facebook.com/louise.hradsky

Episode Summary:  Melena Rounis provides a comprehensive overview of her journey in the dance industry, from overcoming early challenges to achieving notable success on renowned stages like Cirque du Soleil. Starting her dance career later than most and facing initial setbacks including familial pressure to pursue a conventional university degree, Melena's resilience shines through as she navigates the complexities of the US immigration system to follow her passion. Melena shares candid insights into the audition process for high-profile gigs, particularly her experience with Cirque du Soleil, where she utilized her unique contortion skills to stand out, despite not being formally trained in that area. Her career milestones include not only performing but also choreographing for major productions, where she emphasizes the significance of collaboration, kindness, and professional connections. Further discussion covers Melena's choreographic work, including her contributions to TV shows and her proactive approach to auditions for platforms like America's Got Talent. She provides strategic advice for dancers looking to make their mark in places like Los Angeles, emphasizing perseverance, resilience, and the necessity of being versatile and well-rounded in their craft. Show Notes: (0:00) Dance industry insights with a special guest. (2:06) Dance career struggles and immigration challenges. (7:32) Dance auditions and highlights of career, including Beatles love show and Cirque du Soleil. (13:18) Career highlights and choreography experiences with a focus on collaboration and kindness. (15:59) The importance of kindness and connections in the dance industry. (20:33) Choreographing for TV shows and auditioning for America's Got Talent. (24:37) Choreography and auditioning for Cirque du Soleil. (30:42) Adapting to the fast-paced dance industry in LA. (35:16) Dance industry, perseverance, and career paths. (42:32) Believing in oneself and overcoming negative voices in the dance industry. Biography: Melena Rounis is a versatile choreographer, associate director, and performer who has been sharing her passion and knowledge of all things dance over the course of her 20+ year career. She has worked extensively in film, television, live performances and shows, striving to push the creative boundaries and developing emotionally driven and often high-tech content.  Melena was nominated for a 2022 Leo Award for her largest body of work as a Choreographer on Netflix's 'A Week Away' the Musical. Other choreographic endeavors include Associate Directing and Choreographing two tours for Sesame Street Live! (‘Let's Party' and ‘Make Your Magic'), as well as cutting edge research and development projects for Walt Disney Imagineering. She has put her touch on a plethora of film and television shows including the opening title sequence for HBO Max's ‘Peacemaker', and for other notable brands such as Dancing with The Stars, Comedy Central, Honda, Kmart, Christian Louboutin, AIDS Health Foundation and Knott's Berry Farm Amusement Park. As a performer, some of her live and reality tv show credits include Cirque du Soleil (Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour and in Las Vegas at The Beatles LOVE), America's Got Talent, American Idol, Next Top Model, Latin American Music Awards, as well as MusiCares with Sir Paul McCartney, and various other artists like Pitbull, Maluma, French Montana & Daddy Yankee to name a few. She has taught and adjudicated extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Australia and Mexico, doing everything from large scale conventions to summer intensives, guest master classes, choreography and private sessions. Her expansive teaching vocabulary includes Street Jazz/Jazz Funk, Hip Hop, Locking, House, Jazz, Musical Theater, Heels, Lyrical and Pilates. Connect on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/melenadance https://www.facebook.com/melenadance/ Webpage http://www.melenarounis.com/

Canadian rising star Evan Rein is set to hit the small screen in a big way as Officer Don Gardner in Hulu's highly anticipated new series Under the Bridge. Rein joins the ensemble alongside Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six), and Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife). The eight-episode series, based on the gripping book by Rebecca Godfrey, premiered on Hulu on April 17, 2024. Set against the haunting backdrop of a tragic murder, Under the Bridge chronicles the harrowing true story of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old who vanished after attending a party. Through the lens of Godfrey (played by Keough) and local police officer Cam Bentland (Gladstone), the series delves into the investigation, unraveling shocking secrets about the young girls accused of Reena's disappearance. Appearing in five episodes, Rein portrays Officer Don Gardner, a rookie cop determined to earn his place on the Saanich police force as the sleepy Vancouver Island town is left reeling in the wake of Reena's savage murder. Evan Rein's other roles cover a broad range of characters, including the lead in the feature film Blue Hour as Lee, an anxious aspiring writer living in rural Alberta. Confounded by the news of an illness in the family and masculinity stereotypes, Lee must decide whether to stay or go. Evan's performance in Blue Hour garnered nominations for a Leo Award and UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture. Blue Hour won the Audience Favourite Award at the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival and picked up a nomination for Best Screenplay at the Leos. Evan's career has included several spots on popular series including Upload, Nancy Drew, Heartland, Valley of the Boom, Sacred Lies, Debris, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.   Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

Join us in this intriguing episode as we dive into the creative world of Peter Malone Elliott, an award-nominated screenwriter and author of the captivating novel "Blue Ridge." From the mysterious allure of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the complex dynamics of identical twins, Peter shares the inspiration behind his debut novel and his seamless transition from screenwriting to novel writing. About Peter Malone Elliott Peter Malone Elliott is an author, screenwriter, and developmental editor who has earned a Leo Award nomination for Best Screenwriting, motion picture. Born and raised in Virginia, he now lives in Brooklyn, but still holds the magic of the mountains and Southern living near and dear to his heart. He joined me on Uncorking a Story to chat about his career and about his debut novel, BLUE RIDGE. Key Highlights: The Inspiration Behind "Blue Ridge": Discover how long hikes in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and the idea of identical twins' unique relationship led to the creation of his psychological thriller. Screenwriting vs. Novel Writing: Peter discusses the challenges and liberations of moving from screenwriting to novel writing, highlighting the differences in creative expression and storytelling depth. Family Influence: Growing up with a New York Times bestselling novelist mother, writing was always in Peter's blood. He shares how this familial background shaped his path. Advice for Aspiring Authors: Peter gives practical advice on navigating the publishing world, stressing the importance of perseverance and exploring various avenues beyond traditional publishing. A Personal Touch: Reflecting on his work, Peter talks about how writing has become a therapeutic outlet for exploring themes of familial trauma and secrets. Buy Blue Ridge Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TwYVSv Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9781685124731 Connect with Peter Website: https://www.pmelliott.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pmewriter/ Connect with Mike Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@uncorkingastory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irisyamashita/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uncorkingastory Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory If you like this episode, please share it with a friend. If you have not done so already, please rate and review Uncorking a Story on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We present, as our main course, a beautiful movie from 2021 that our recent guest Peter Benson directed and for which he won a Leo Award. Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone is a family drama with a timeless message beautifully lensed on Vancouver Island. For dessert, we get caught up with the last entry in the February Jane Austen themed Loveuary event with a new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. The Hallmark Cafe is open and your table is ready!

Bradley Stryker continues to make waves across the entertainment industry with several recent projects showcasing his versatility in a range of roles in TV/Film. He recently wrapped filming for The Order, featuring A-list stars Jude Law and Nicolas Hoult. A true story about a notorious white supremacist group, Stryker embodies Sam Stinson, a survivalist and ex-military expert. 2023 was an exciting year for Bradley, Sheltering Season, a film that he wrote, directed, and acted in, was recently purchased by TUBI for North American audiences to enjoy. The film was a 7-time Leo Award nominated film, with Bradley bringing home the honors for Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture.  Bradley also played the captivating character Sheriff Wilkins in Devil in Ohio, which held the number one spot on Netflix last fall, making it a noteworthy addition to his repertoire. His ability to delve into complex characters was also showcased as he embodied Sterling, in Paramount Pictures thriller, Crawlspace, in which his antagonist went toe to toe with the film's protagonist, Henry Thomas.  With an extensive career spanning over 100 roles, Bradley's dedication to his craft is evident. Bradley's talent has not gone unnoticed, with an impressive 55 industry awards to his name. He is currently in post-production on his next project as writer/producer/actor,13th Round, which follows a boxer as he comes to terms with a life changing injury and finds himself moving into the world of adaptive boxing.    Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

Canadian American actor Brandon Jay McLaren is well known for his extensive work portraying a diverse range of characters on both the big and small screen. Notable television credits include fan favorite 'Xavier Watkins' on the comedy/action series Turner & Hooch, Disney+'s reboot of the classic 1989 buddy-cop film, the ABC action series The Rookie, alongside Nathan Fillion, and as 'Buckley' on season five of the acclaimed FX series Snowfall, created by Dave Andron, Eric Amadio and John Singleton. From 2013 through 2015, McLaren starred as undercover agent 'Dale Jakes' on the USA drama series Graceland, for which he won a Best Actor Golden Maple Award in 2015. Other television credits include recurring roles on Chicago Fire (NBC), Slasher (Chiller Network), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (Bravo), Falling Skies (TNT), Harper's Island (CBS) and The Killing (AMC), for which he was nominated for a 2012 Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian American actor Brandon Jay McLaren is well known for his extensive work portraying a diverse range of characters on both the big and small screen. Notable television credits include fan favorite 'Xavier Watkins' on the comedy/action series Turner & Hooch, Disney+'s reboot of the classic 1989 buddy-cop film, the ABC action series The Rookie, alongside Nathan Fillion, and as 'Buckley' on season five of the acclaimed FX series Snowfall, created by Dave Andron, Eric Amadio and John Singleton. From 2013 through 2015, McLaren starred as undercover agent 'Dale Jakes' on the USA drama series Graceland, for which he won a Best Actor Golden Maple Award in 2015. Other television credits include recurring roles on Chicago Fire (NBC), Slasher (Chiller Network), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (Bravo), Falling Skies (TNT), Harper's Island (CBS) and The Killing (AMC), for which he was nominated for a 2012 Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Classical Christmas Chord follows classical musician Lena Chord as she is forced to work with her high school flame turned pop star, Zack Sellers, to revive her music company and his troubling bad-boy reputation. Their mutual animosity and attraction guides them to realize their goals. Cast: Featuring Nhi Do and Ian Ronningen. ABOUT HOPE STREET PODS: Hope Street Pods features fictional romcoms in the radio play format that are heartwarming, comedic and grip people in a way — as the romcom hero would say — they haven't felt in a long time. Every six episode series features a different protagonist and the current interest of the highly affable and quirky talk show host, Tulip Morris, broadcasting from the fictional radio station on Hope Street. A triple-threat performer, Nhi has worked on a variety of projects such as: Zack Snyder's Watchmen; the Canadian Screen Award-nominated and Leo Award-winning web series, NarcoLeap; and as the title lead in Shaftesbury's Upstairs Amy. On stage, Nhi was a lead in the Jessie Richardson award-nominated Canadian premiere of "Heathers: The Musical." Recent projects include: Hope and Grace (nominated for Best Actress at the Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles, Hollywood); APTN Lumi's Querencia; and the punk-rock film noir, Door Mouse. Ian is known for his work on LetterKenny, The Handmaiden's Tale, Reign, and the Total Drama franchise.  Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

Episode Summary: In the "Business of Dance" podcast, Menina Fortunato converses with Paul Becker, known for choreographing "The Last of Us," and "Disney Descendants." Paul shares his evolution from breakdancing to choreography, starting when an unexpected chance to choreograph a commercial fell into his lap. The discussion provides insight into Paul's collaborative efforts with Kenny Ortega on "Descendants," turning it from a straightforward film into a celebrated musical. His talent for adapting dance for actors and weaving storytelling into choreography underscores his inventive flair. Paul is candid about past hardships, such as the financial crisis that cost him his home and led to a job at a toy store where he met Ortega, spurring collaborations that shaped his career. Offering wisdom on the dance industry, Paul underscores the importance of character and storytelling. His journey underlines the power of adaptability and grabbing opportunities, serving as motivation for creative industry aspirants. Show Notes:   ● (00:01:37) Introduction to Paul Becker ● (00:02:26) Early Years and Self-Taught Dancing ● (00:03:36) Transition to Choreography ● (00:09:07) Financial Crisis and Personal Challenges ● (00:15:51) Working with Non-Dancers and Tapping into Smaller Roles ● (00:28:00) Philosophy on Education and Career Evolution ● (00:33:38) Reading the Room and Professional Etiquette ● (00:35:29) Building Connections and Relationships in Dance ● (00:49:03) Advice and Encouragement to Dancers ● (00:50:23) Impact of Social Media and Art ● (00:50:56) Thanking Paul Becker ● (00:51:27) Conclusion of the Podcast   Biography: Paul Becker is a distinguished figure in the entertainment industry, carving out a stellar career as a director, choreographer, writer, and producer. His ascent from an impassioned self-learner in dance to an acclaimed choreographer exemplifies dedication and artistic innovation. From the streets of Victoria, British Columbia, Becker's affinity for movement was ignited by the rhythmic pulses of breakdancing and hip-hop during his early teens. By the age of 19, he had already made his choreographic debut, a transition fueled by his experience on the set of "Chicago," a film that won accolades for its choreography. Becker's choreographic imprint spans over 300 projects, including high-profile films like "Deadpool 2," "Disney's Descendants," and the "Twilight" series. His television credits are equally impressive, featuring popular series such as "The Last of Us," "Riverdale," and "American Horror Story: Hotel." His knack for storytelling through dance and the transformation of non-musical works into dynamic musical spectacles speaks to his ingenuity and versatility. His contributions to the art of dance have been recognized with nominations for three world choreography awards and an MTV award victory for "Best Musical Number" in 2021. Moreover, he has been honored with the Leo Award for his outstanding choreographic achievements in film. Expanding beyond choreography, Becker has produced and creatively directed "Canada's Got Talent" and co-produced the Inaugural Celebration for President Joe Biden. His directorial flair was also showcased at the Pan American Games' closing ceremonies in 2015. However, Becker's path was fraught with hardship. He recounts the loss of his home during the financial crisis, a period during which he worked at FAO Schwartz Toy Store. It was this twist of fate that connected him with Kenny Ortega, sparking collaborations that propelled him to new heights. Paul Becker's narrative is more than a chronicle of professional success; it's a source of inspiration, showcasing the fruits of passion, ingenuity, and an unwavering spirit. His ongoing work in the realm of dance and choreography continues to motivate those who dream of a life in the creative arts. Connect on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/paulbecker_official/ Official Website http://www.beckercreations.com/

Gary Jones is an actor, comedian, writer, and Paul McGillion's drinking buddy. He is perhaps best known for his fan-favourite recurring role as Walter Harriman (AKA the Chevron Guy) in Stargate SG-1, for his countless appearances on CBC's hit radio show The Debaters, for his record nine times hosting the Leo Awards, and for his many years “Yes, and”-ing on improv stages across the continent. In 2022, Gary won a Leo Award for Best Actor in a Web Series for his work in the first season of Forgotten Masters, a delicious and absurd mockumentary series now streaming on YouTube. Gary plays DJ Ian Leighton, who has spent 45 years volunteering on co-op radio and interviewing many of the great players, but now devotes his 3:00-3:15 AM time slot to finding the greatest guitarists you've never heard of. These guitarists are portrayed by Ken Lawson and a revolving cast of some of the greatest hairpieces you'll ever see. Forgotten Masters returns for its second season on October 13, and Gary Jones visits the YVR Screen Scene studio to talk Harriman (including his bonkers audition and a potential Stargate SG-1 rewatch podcast), hairpieces, and the forgotten masters we'll meet in season two of Forgotten Masters. Episode sponsor: UBCP / ACTRA

Join us for a chat on about the highly censored talk about the electromagnetic war on the people, and what can be done right now with filmmaker, pioneer in standing up and taking back our power, Josh del Sol.Josh's bio: Josh del Sol Beaulieu is the creator of the Take Back Your Power film & community, the latter of which is instrumental in supporting the creation of parallel society to benefit mankind. Focus areas include inner spiritual empowerment, the redirection to safe technologies, and implementing social accountability. In recent years, Josh has co-produced & co-hosted major online events reaching more than a million participants collectively. These include The Event (2021), Re:Union Summit (2021) and The 5G Crisis Summit (2019 & 2020). In 2019, Josh's 5G Crisis Summit, with co-host Sayer Ji, powerfully and credibly exposed the significant negative downside of "5G" technology. Josh interviewed 40 of the world's leading doctors, legal experts, researchers and public safety advocates. Watch it free: https://the5Gsummit.com In 2017, Josh co-founded InPower Movement with Cal Washington. InPower has created and systematized a mass action of liability regarding ‘vaccines', 5G and ‘smart' meters. Their Notice of Liability process gets to the root cause, as it uniquely empowers individuals and groups worldwide to enforce commercial liability to stop and prevent harm on our planet. https://InPowerMovement.com In 2013, Josh directed and produced the Take Back Your Power documentary, exposing the ‘smart' meter agenda. The film won the AwareGuide Transformational Film of the Year, the Indie Fest Annual Humanitarian Award, and Leo Award for Best Feature Documentary (British Columbia). Watch it free: https://takebackyourpower.net/watch Born and raised near Vancouver BC, Josh is passionate about human rights, consciousness, decentralized energy production, safe technology and fatherhood. His hobbies include hiking, go-kart racing and travel. Josh lives in the pacific northwest with his daughter.  Join the Take Back Your Power community free, and receive updates from Josh including his EMF guide, “7 Essential Ways To Make Your Home Safe From 5G & EMF Radiation”. Sign up free here: https://takebackyourpower.net/subscribe *** Do you want to connect and learn more with me and my community? Here are some ways... Apply to become a member of the House of Free Will private domain associationSign up to watch the replay of the Journey Code Coaching Open House where you can learn all about the coaching certification that begins in September See all the details of the Journey Code Coaching Certification training starting in September Find the other 260+ King Hero's Journey interviews and Personal Rants Donate by PayPal if you're inspired Follow the King Hero Telegram Channel Join the conversation at the King Hero Telegram Chat Apply for archetype, de-programming or business coaching and training Sign up to do a King Hero's Journey archetype quiz - on my homepage www.bethmartens.com Order a copy of my book, ‘Journey: A Map of Archetypes to Find Lost Purpose in a Sea of Meaninglessness'  Join me on the uncensored Rokfin Email me: beth at bethmartens.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beth-martens/message

Adam Fox is a model slash actor who actually made it! Adam stars in Sugar High as Bud, one of OutTV's most popular scripted series. He was recently nominated for a Leo Award for best actor in a leading role and is stopping by the show to chat about what it's like staring in a show, being queer in Canadian entertainment, and FILMING SEX SCENES HONEY.Support the show

Allisa Swanson is an award winning Costume Designer and a film and television veteran with over 25 years of industry experience in the BC film industry. Knowing her calling early on, she moved to Los Angeles, CA after high school where she earned a BFA in Fashion Design & Marketing. She then returned to Vancouver, BC and started her Costume Design career, where she's worked on TV series like The 100, Once Upon a Time and Firefly Lane, to feature films such as The Snow Walker, which earned her a much deserved Leo Award for Best Costume Design. Allisa and I discuss how she and her team bring costume concepts to life, from design and sketching to sourcing and construction, and then right onto set, where you are never free of real time wardrobe adjustments and repairs (try sewing a loose button back onto an actor while 60 crew hover around!) Allisa gives back in so many ways as well with mentorship and workshops, and she is also currently the President for The Canadian Alliance of Film & Television Costume Arts & Design (CAFTCAD), a not-for-profit organization that promotes learning, networking and achievements of Canadian Costume Design.

Award-winning actor Emmanuelle Vaugier stars in Hallmark Channel's movie sequel Big Sky River: The Bridal Path which premieres on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the US and W Network in Canada on Friday, August 11, 2023, at 9:00 pm. The movie is particularly special for Emmanuelle as she gets to combine her love of acting with her love for horses. Emmanuelle may be best known for her popular role as Charlie Sheen's ex-fiancée Mia in the award-winning CBS comedy Two and a Half Men. For three seasons she also played Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: NY, leaving fans devastated when her role came to an end.  For five seasons Emmanuelle was the vain and dangerously sociopathic character of the Morrigan on the innovative series Lost Girl. Emmanuelle was cast alongside Piper Perabo in the USA Network crime series Covert Affairs, where she played Liza Hearn, a journalist and blogger not afraid to push boundaries. She was also on the AT&T original series Rogue as Assistant District Attorney Regan Faulker alongside Cole Hauser (Yellowstone). Other television appearances include her portrayal of Jane in the two-hour pilot of the adaptation of the comic Painkiller Jane, and a starring role in The CW comedy My Guide to Becoming a Rockstar. She has also heavily recurred on TV shows such as The CW's dramas Smallville and One Tree Hill, as well as Mistresses on ABC and the FOX series Human Target.  Recently, Emmanuelle played Sarah, a smart and accomplished professional in the television series The Potwins starring opposite Kevin Sorbo, and appeared in the comedic television series Millennial Mafia as Francesca, a female mob boss who must manage a group of young adults who are thrust into adulthood when their mob-boss parents are sent to jail.   Emmanuelle's feature film endeavors are impressive with a number of credits to her name, including Saw ll, Saw IV, Secondhand Lions, with Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, 40 Days and 40 Nights, with Josh Hartnett, Susie's Hope (a role for which she won best actress at the Greensville International Film Festival), It's Christmas Carol! (which earned her a Leo Award) opposite Carrie Fisher, and Absolute Deception alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., to name a few. Emmanuelle is adding voice-over actor to her list of projects as well, with many fans remembering her portrayal of the character Nikki in Need for Speed Carbon EA's #1-grossing video game worldwide.   Emmanuelle's inner and outer beauty shines through as she is among the select group of women to be featured on ‘Maxim‘s Top 100' list twice. She was also named fifth on Femme Fatal magazine's 50 Sexiest Women on the Planet', and was named ‘Sexiest Woman Alive' for the sixth time by Smartasses Magazine. Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod. (Please Subscribe)

Actor Osric Chau is equally adept at comedy and drama, and at being a supportive member of an ensemble while still shining on his own. Osric played Kevin Tran, a high school student turned ghost turned prophet, on Supernatural, and Vogel, a member of the quartet known as the Rowdy Three, on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. He won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series for portrayal of Charles in Blood and Water, the first television drama series produced for a Chinese Canadian audience that mixed dialogue in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, and he's had great roles in Star Trek Discovery, Nancy Drew, Christmas at the Golden Dragon, and The Flash. Osric is also a producer. He's a writer and director. He's been a restaurateur. He's spoken out about acts of hatred against Asian Canadians and Asian Americans. In this compelling and at times soul-stirring episode, Osric talks genre-hopping, navigating the industry as an Asian actor, how Supernatural's Kevin Tran changed his life, and the deeply moving story behind his stunning look for the 2016 Leo Awards. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

[18+] Today we present a poem by Herr Wozzeck, who is a writer, composer, and musician. He is the Leo Award-winning author of Whip and Boot and Lost Inside the Blue Line. He is also the violist of Trio Menagerie, and is their resident composer and arranger. You can find more of his stories on either FurAffinity or SoFurry. You can also find his stories early, as well as his musical pursuits, on his Patreon.Read by Dralen, the dapper Dragonfox.thevoice.dog | Apple podcasts | Spotify | Google PodcastsIf you have a story you think would be a good fit, you can check out the requirements, fill out the submission template and get in touch with us on Twitter.

Hayley Sales talks "Lucky Hank", working with Bruce Willis, her new album "Til The End", and that time she wrecked her car trying to make an audition! About Hayley: Hayley Sales has graced some of the world's largest stages as the opening artist for Rufus Wainwright, Gavin DeGraw, Jason Mraz, Bare Naked Ladies, G. Love and a host of other top musical talent. She is a seasoned singer, beyond her years whose stunning soulful voice has often been compared to the classic greats like Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand. Recently Sales had the pleasure to collaborate with actress, Sharon Stone on co-writing the song, Never Before which she performs on her upcoming Till The End album. When not performing, writing or recording her music, she is working in front of the camera as an actress. Sales, stars opposite Bruce Willis in the Tubi TV action film, Corrective Measures. Set in the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary, she plays Isabelle Josephs, an MD who finds herself in the middle of anarchy and chaos when tension amongst inmates and staff heightens. Also...fans of television rom/coms can now see her in Amazon Prime's, Just For The Summer. The film follows two former childhood sweethearts, Pen Campbell (Sales) and Jason Humphrey (Brian Daugherty) as they pretend to be a couple to get their matchmaking grandmothers off their backs. Next up for Sales is a recurring cameo role in the upcoming Bob Odenkirk helmed limited AMC series, Lucky Hank where she plays Missy, a polished yet flirtatious and easily irritated television reporter. On the silver screen, this Canadian-American actress appeared in the film Deadpool 2, as the wife of Josh Brolin's character. She also received a prestigious 2021 Leo Award nomination for the musical film, STAND from the British Columbia Film & Television Industry for her portrayal of Helen Armstrong, a Canadian activist and leader of her local chapter of the Women's Labour League in the late 1800s to early 1900s. On the small screen, Sales has guest starred on The Good Doctor, Supergirl, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, Cedar Cove and Heartbeat. The origin for her career started at an early age when Sales was born into a world of music in the heart of Washington, DC. Her father, Richard Sales was a musician who played with The Ramons, the Grateful Dead and Miles Davis. He also owned and operated GlassWing Studios in the basement of their Victorian home where she would sit for hours on the mixer, letting the R&B beats and soulful melodies rock her to sleep. But it was after listening to a Judy Garland album that changed the course of her life forever. Instagram: @hayleysales Follow the show on social media!          Instagram: https://instagram.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/          Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfci_podcast          Facebook: http://facebook.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/           Patreon: patreon.com/thanksforcomingin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXj8Rb1bEmhufSBFSCyp4JQ Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas Producers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt Channel: Realm For more information, go to thanksforcominginpodcast.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Too Opinionated, we visit with director/director of photography Brenton Spencer!  Brenton Spencer is a renowned director and cinematographer in the film and television industry. With over 30 years of experience, he has worked around the world and with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Sylvester Stallone, Sir Patrick Stewart, Kim Cattrell, Carl Weathers, Eugene Levy, and Meghan Markle. He has won multiple awards, including a Leo Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series and a MuchMusic Award, and was nominated for a Juno award. Best known for his work on the hit series, CW's "The Flash," MGM/Sony "Stargate Atlantis," Brenton also directed and lensed IFC Films "Crowsnest." With a MFA in theatre and creative writing from UBC, he is a member of the CSC, past president of International Photographers of the IATSE Local 669, and served in the DGC board of directors With a successful career and a long list of credits, Brenton Spencer is a true master in his field. Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

With over 100 film and television credits to his name, award-winning actor, Adrian Holmes, has become one to watch in the entertainment industry. He can be seen starring opposite Ian Somerhalder, in the Netflix vampire-drama series, "V Wars" based on the popular bestselling book series by Jonathan Maberry. The series follows Dr. Luther Swann (Somerhalder) who enters a world of untold horror when a mysterious virus transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne (Holmes), into a murderous predator.On the film front, Holmes can be seen in the Universal Pictures' action-thriller "Skyscraper" alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.Holmes is well-known for starring as Nick Barron on Bravo's original award winning series, "19-2" and for his portrayal of Captain Pike on the long running CW series, "Arrow." In 2017, he took home Canada's top honor in film and television for "19-2," with the Canadian Screen Award for Best Male Lead in a Dramatic Series. The show also won Best Drama series at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards and was also nominated for a 2016 International Emmy Award. "19-2" is now streaming on Crave TV, Akorn, and Amazon.In addition to working in front of the camera, Holmes received a producer credit, for co-producing, alongside Step by Step Productions, the docudrama "Barrow: Freedom Fighter", which was shot in his homeland of Barbados.Additional film credits include Sony/TriStar Pictures' "Elysium" & "Debug", WWE Studios' "Vendetta," "Frankie & Alice", IFC's "Wrecked", and Warner Bros' "Red Riding Hood".Born in Wrexham, North Wales, with family from Barbados, Holmes grew up in and around Vancouver, British Columbia. The eldest of three boys, Holmes was a natural entertainer as a child. In junior high school, his drama class wrote a play for a local drama festival called, "The Challenge: An Environmental Happening" which was awarded Outstanding Junior Play, and Holmes awarded Outstanding Junior Actor. From that moment on he knew he wanted to pursue a career in acting.He continued to perform in stage productions throughout high school and college and studied his craft in Vancouver with a few different coaches including world-renowned coach Larry Moss, and Ivana Chubbuck. He also studied in New York at Black Nexxus Inc. held at the Times Square Arts Centre.In 2004, Holmes received his first LEO Award nomination [the Canadian Emmys], for his work in the series "The Collector" and then again in 2017 for his work in "19-2." In 2020 he had won for his work in the comedy Web-Series, "Hospital Show".When he isn't working, Holmes enjoys traveling, and tries to get back to see his family in England and Barbados as much as possible. He likes to keep active in his down time and is always up for a good round of golf. Holmes splits his time between Vancouver, LA and London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wanzi moved to Canada from Sri Lanka along with her family in 2017 with a Permanent Residency who had a 4 page long resume and a 5 min long elevator pitch which didn't help her get her foot in the door. But she later overcame all challenges and now works as a Senior Manager Client Success & Operations Newcomer and Cultural Client Segment at RBC.Also recipient of two prestigious awards at RBC; The Convention Award2020 & Leo Award 2020 for top level performance.Listen to her journey from how she moved from a 4-page resume to 2 and is helping the ones for whom Canada is new.Follow the host and the podcast on Social Media channels below:  Official Instagram Page MyThickAccent.comGurasis's InstagramGurasis's LinkedIn___________________________________________To contact Wanzi:Wanzi's LinkedInArrive WebsiteArrive YT ChannelArrive InstagramStay tuned for the exciting new episode every Thursday at 10:00 AM EST and let's continue knowing each other Beneath The Accent!Want to share your story? Or know someone I should invite next on the show? DM us or write to us at Hello@mythickaccent.com

Morgan Holmstrom plays a nurse who takes no guff and gives everything she has to the people she loves on CBC and Paramount Plus' action-packed dramatic series SkyMed. In the APTN limited series Shadow of the Rougarou, she lights up the screen as a Metis-Cree fur trapper who must face the curse that ripped her life apart as a child – a role for which she was nominated for a 2022 Leo Award. And in Day of the Dead, she played former Special Forces working on a fracking crew whose discovery of a mysterious body plunges her into the middle of a zombie invasion. These are powerful women; women with agency; women who kick ass, who know who they are, and who can be at once vulnerable and volatile. They're all thrilling characters of substance, which is also an apt description for Morgan herself. In this fascinating episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast, Morgan talks about her journey to SkyMed, the surprising way she prepped for her Day of the Dead role, how COVID changed her approach to The Work, and elephants. Episode sponsor: UBCP / ACTRA

Bühne frei für die Macher:innen, die Leute, die Logistik vorantreiben. Bei der 15. Leo-Gala, dieses Jahr im Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, feierten rund 250 Gäste die 4 Leo-Preisträger. Wen, wieso und warum – das hören Sie im neuen DVZ-Podcast.

River Road is about a musician, Travis (Cody Kearsley), who starts an intense romance with the fun-loving, hard-partying Zoe (Lexi Redman). They soon spiral downward into a world of heroin and crime. Written and directed by filmmaker Rob Willey, this gritty independent drama/thriller stars an incredibly talented cast including Cody Kearsley (Riverdale, Power Rangers, Daybreak) as Travis, Lexi Redman (Concrete Evidence) as Zoe, Steven Roberts (Tully, Beyond the Woods) in his 2021 Leo Award-winning performance as Fresno, and Primo Allon (Altered Carbon, Godzilla) as Cole. Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe) Check out the website: Meisterkhan.com

Fiona Forbes is a Leo Award-winning Canadian media personality and broadcaster. She previously appeared on This is VANCOLOUR on Episode #83.

Sydney Scotia recently wrapped a series lead role in the Crave series, PILLOW TALK. She is best known for her role as Geneva in the YTV/Netflix comedy, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED; for which she won two Joey Awards, and earned a Leo Award nomination for Best Comedic Actress during its three-season run. In May 2016, her short film I DARE YOU (producer/actor) screened at the Cannes Film Festival, earning her a fourth Joey Award nomination. Sydney then went on to star in the Netflix series, REBOOT: THE GUARDIAN CODE, based on the cult classic cartoon. Her other credits include The CW's MY CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, and Hallmark's, EAT DRINK & BE MARRIED. This year she will make her theatrical debut in FRANK & PENELOPE, in theaters on June 3rd. Season two of PILLOW TALK is to begin filming in September 2022. She pursues a career behind the camera as well with her feature-length documentary, THIS HITS HOME winning audience choice at the Boston Film Festival. Her most recent short films DEAD END and JANE are to be released in 2022 after attending festivals. Frank & Penelope Synopsis Frank is on a road to nowhere when he stumbles into a run-down strip club where he sees Penelope dancing on a wobbly brass pole. This chance encounter ignites a love story that burns hotter than the West Texas blacktop. Leaving their broken lives in the rearview mirror, Frank and Penelope head West with no destination in mind but each other. But a chance meeting leads them to the “Table of Truth” with a seductive, charismatic cult leader who has a penchant for travelers' darkest secrets – and his own ideas on sins of the flesh. Two soulmates who had nothing to live for now find themselves in a bloody battle for life and love in a world where EVERYTHING is worth dying for. Sydney plays Kevin Dillon's daughter Molly in the film that was shot in Texas and was Written & Directed By: Sean Patrick Flanery. Thank you to our sponsor: Wellness Resources! Visit https://www.wellnessresources.com/ and use promo code: Counterparts and get free shipping on all orders! Visit www.counterpartsshow.com for more episodes and to contact the hosts. Thank you for watching!

Sydney Scotia recently wrapped a series lead role in the Crave series, PILLOW TALK. She is best known for her role as Geneva in the YTV/Netflix comedy, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED; for which she won two Joey Awards, and earned a Leo Award nomination for Best Comedic Actress during its three-season run. In May 2016, her short film I DARE YOU (producer/actor) screened at the Cannes Film Festival, earning her a fourth Joey Award nomination. Sydney then went on to star in the Netflix series, REBOOT: THE GUARDIAN CODE, based on the cult classic cartoon. Her other credits include The CW's MY CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, and Hallmark's, EAT DRINK & BE MARRIED. This year she will make her theatrical debut in FRANK & PENELOPE, in theaters on June 3rd. Season two of PILLOW TALK is to begin filming in September 2022. She pursues a career behind the camera as well with her feature-length documentary, THIS HITS HOME winning audience choice at the Boston Film Festival. Her most recent short films DEAD END and JANE are to be released in 2022 after attending festivals. Frank & Penelope Synopsis Frank is on a road to nowhere when he stumbles into a run-down strip club where he sees Penelope dancing on a wobbly brass pole. This chance encounter ignites a love story that burns hotter than the West Texas blacktop. Leaving their broken lives in the rearview mirror, Frank and Penelope head West with no destination in mind but each other. But a chance meeting leads them to the “Table of Truth” with a seductive, charismatic cult leader who has a penchant for travelers' darkest secrets – and his own ideas on sins of the flesh. Two soulmates who had nothing to live for now find themselves in a bloody battle for life and love in a world where EVERYTHING is worth dying for. Sydney plays Kevin Dillon's daughter Molly in the film that was shot in Texas and was Written & Directed By: Sean Patrick Flanery. Thank you to our sponsor: Wellness Resources! Visit https://www.wellnessresources.com/ and use promo code: Counterparts and get free shipping on all orders! Visit www.counterpartsshow.com for more episodes and to contact the hosts. Thank you for watching!

https://www.sydneyscotia.com/ Sydney Scotia recently wrapped a series lead role in the Crave series, PILLOW TALK. She is best known for her role as Geneva in the YTV/Netflix comedy, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED; for which she won two Joey Awards, and earned a Leo Award nomination for Best Comedic Actress during its three-season run. In May 2016, her short film I DARE YOU (producer/actor) screened at the Cannes Film Festival, earning her a fourth Joey Award nomination. Sydney then went on to star in the Netflix series, REBOOT: THE GUARDIAN CODE, based on the cult classic cartoon. Her other credits include The CW's MY CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, and Hallmark's, EAT DRINK & BE MARRIED. This year she will make her theatrical debut in FRANK & PENELOPE, in theaters on June 3rd. Season two of PILLOW TALK is to begin filming in September 2022. She pursues a career behind the camera as well with her feature-length documentary, THIS HITS HOME winning audience choice at the Boston Film Festival. Her most recent short films DEAD END and JANE are to be released in 2022 after attending festivals. Frank & Penelope Synopsis Frank is on a road to nowhere when he stumbles into a run-down strip club where he sees Penelope dancing on a wobbly brass pole. This chance encounter ignites a love story that burns hotter than the West Texas blacktop. Leaving their broken lives in the rearview mirror, Frank and Penelope head West with no destination in mind but each other. But a chance meeting leads them to the “Table of Truth” with a seductive, charismatic cult leader who has a penchant for travelers' darkest secrets – and his own ideas on sins of the flesh. Two soulmates who had nothing to live for now find themselves in a bloody battle for life and love in a world where EVERYTHING is worth dying for. Sydney plays Kevin Dillon's daughter Molly in the film that was shot in Texas and was Written & Directed By: Sean Patrick Flanery. Thank you to our sponsor: Wellness Resources! Visit https://www.wellnessresources.com/ and use promo code: Counterparts and get free shipping on all orders! Visit www.counterpartsshow.com for more episodes and to contact the hosts. Thank you for watching!

In the Palazzo degli Immortali, heroic super-soldiers are trained through play. Join Anya, an adopted Immortal, as they confront destiny… Today's story is “The Ice Cream War” by https://furrywritersguild.com/writers/thomas-faux-steele/ (Thomas “Faux” Steele). Writing across many genres, Faux's work has been published in numerous anthologies including the Leo Award-winning The Electric Sewer by https://www.thurstonhowlpublications.com/ (Thurston Howl Publications). You can find more of his work on http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fauxhammer (FurAffinity). Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion. thevoice.dog | https://www.thevoice.dog/apple (Apple podcasts) | https://www.thevoice.dog/spotify (Spotify) | https://www.thevoice.dog/google (Google Podcasts) If you have a story you think would be a good fit, you can https://www.sofurry.com/view/1669084 (check out the requirements), fill out the https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z81u5O2i8PWSfEpzaVhHeTjrp1kKP7TX?usp=sharing (submission template) and get in touch with us on https://twitter.com/voiceofdogpod (Twitter).

Click here to visit Rich Hosek's website for special content today, Wednesday April 6th. Or if you're seeing this later, check out his website for up-to-date promotions, news and information on publications.You need to buy his books, and they can be found here. Seriously, buy his books.Listen to his podcast, Written by Rich Hosek.Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.Rich has written for numerous television series with his writing partner Arnold Rudnick including, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Star Trek: Voyager, and The New Addams Family for which they won a Leo Award for Best Writing for Comedy or Variety. More recently he has been focusing his efforts on novels and short stories. He is a fan of Legos and Doctor Who, and now that there is a Doctor Who Lego set, his life is complete.---And because we discuss my mailing list where I'll send you a free guide on how to get a literary agent in the next ninety days, here's a link to that. Sign up. Seriously. You'll thank yourself.Support the show

Janet Walmsley is a born and raised Manitoban, who has also lived in Vernon, BC, Yellowknife, NWT and Germany. Janet was a Dental Assistant & Hygienist for 27 years. She now lives in Vancouver, BC Canada and along with being a Mother to Jenny and her son Chris, Janet has an active professional career in acting. After a thriving theatre career spanning decades she has enjoyed Film, TV, Commercials, Voice Overs and much more, for the past 6 years. Recently Janet was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for a Comedy at the 6th Annual Indie Awards in Los Angles and was submitted for Leo Award nomination here in BC. Janet also recently and humbly accepted the award for the Unlimited Woman Award for Creativity. ​ Since Jenny was first diagnosed with Autism it has been Janet's mission to support Jenny 110% and raise Autism awareness and bring out the positives of Autism and not the usual stigma with it. Janet has and does work tirelessly in every avenue to provide all the support and opportunities for her daughter and be her constant rock, her voice and sounding board. Even going out of Canada to research Autism, find more support and further her knowledge about caring for her daughter. Even though diagnosed with Breast Cancer in July of 2014, Janet published her own book, The Autistic Author and Animator, A Mother's View of a Daughter's Triumph, as Janet and Jenny wanted to publish their books at the same time and do book events and talks together. It is also a best seller and Jenny's story is reaching out and touching the hearts of many people. Her story is not only to reach out to the Autistic community, but to everyone. ​ For more, go to www.janetwal.wixsite.com/autismconnects To get book from Amazon, go to https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1771411058

Our guest this week is Los Angeles-based, born in England, raised all over Canada, award-winning actor and filmmaker AGAM DARSHI!  You may recognize Agam from her role as Radha in Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta's film FUNNY BOY.  For Radha, she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and a LEO Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture!  Due out this Spring 2022, Agam will be in Emmy-winning Ava Duvernay's HBO Max pilot episode of DMZ, she is playing the role of Mia Frankin.  DONKEYHEAD is Agam's directorial debut and she also wrote the film. It's about Mona, a failed writer who carves out a life of isolation while caring for her ailing traditional Sikh father. But when he has a debilitating stroke, her 3 successful siblings show up on her doorstep to take control of the situation. DONKEYHEAD is Executive Produced by Deepa Mehta and Kim Coates.  Its World Premiere was the opening gala of the 2021 MOSAIC INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL at the TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX, in Toronto, where it won best Feature Film! You can see DOCKYHEAD in the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand on Netflix.  It opens theatrically, in Canada, on Friday, March 11, 2022,  in Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto and additional cities coming soon. Agam is one of co-founders of the VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL. Currently in its tenth year, this film festival focuses on bridging the gap between South Asian talent and mainstream audiences, by breaking stereotypes and expanding North American views on South Asian culture.  Twitter: @DarshiAgam Instagram: @agamdarshi Facebook/website: https://www.facebook.com/officalagamdarshi https://www.agamdarshi.com/ DONKEYHEAD @donkeyheadthefilm #donkeyheadthefilm VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL https://visaff.ca/ Firecracker Department Scriptwriting Workshops Beginning April 10, 2022 https://tinyurl.com/2s7zavd3   Level Film @levelFILM Route 504 PR @route504pr Podcast Team Head Producer and Editor: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Editor:  Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019 To listen to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/firecrackerdept   Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.firecrackerdepartment.com and follow us @firecrackerdept!

AGAM DARSHI is an award-winning actress, writer, and director. Born in England and raised all over Canada, she currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Agam has a BFA in visual arts and theatre from the University of Calgary, and has been a professional actress for over sixteen years, working internationally and garnering awards. She recently wrapped on Ava Duvernay's HBO MAX series DMZ. She also starred in Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta's newest film FUNNY BOY, for which she was nominated for Canadian Screen Award and a Leo Award in 2021. Agam Darshi's directorial debut DONKEYHEAD was acquired by Array Distribution and can be seen on NETFLIX USA/UK/AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND. Agam wrote, directed, produced, and stars in the film. Agam is a recipient of the illustrious Film Independent Project Involve Fellowship as a writer in 2020. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/supreet03/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/supreet03/support

The year is 1928. Jacq LeBleu receives a mysterious package from a mob boss. Can he defeat the Big Cheese Gang and deliver it successfully? Today's story is “Making A Delivery” by https://furrywritersguild.com/writers/thomas-faux-steele/ (Thomas “Faux” Steele). Writing across many genres, Faux's work has been published in numerous anthologies including the Leo Award-winning The Electric Sewer by https://www.thurstonhowlpublications.com/ (Thurston Howl Publications). You can find more of his work on http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fauxhammer (FurAffinity). Today's story will be read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitch-hiker.

Miranda is a two-time LEO AWARD nominated Canadian Actress and Singer-Songwriter, best known for her leading roles on Hallmark's "The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" series, SyFy's Primeval: New World and CBC's Heartland! An Edmonton native, Miranda began her acting career at the age of 8, appearing in dozens of TV commercials. She studied as a theater major at the University of Alberta before receiving a scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC where she trained in Musical Theatre. Her television career started a year later and she hasn't stopped working since. Some of her other more recognizable TV credits include guest starring roles on hit shows such as BONES, DEXTER, THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE, UGLY BETTY, SUPERNATURAL, MOTIVE, TRU CALLING, THE 4400 and "V" to name a few. Her feature film credits include NEXT alongside Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel, WHITE NOISE with Michael Keaton and her most recent film LITTLE PINK HOUSE with Catherine Keener and Jean Tripplehorn. She is a staple on the Hallmark and Lifetime channels with lead & supporting lead roles in nearly 20 movies and she also starred in the Los Angeles/Vancouver tour of Mental the Musical for which she was nominated 'Best Supporting Actress' in a Musical for the 2007 Ticketholder Awards. (alongside Broadway's Jersey Boys, Avenue Q and The Color Purple) Miranda is currently seen on Hallmark's "The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" series alongside Candace Cameron and Marilu Henner. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer Ben Mink has won two Grammys, three Juno Awards, a Genie Award, a Gemini Award, and a Leo Award--but Rush fans know him best for playing electric violin on Losing It and co-writing and producing Geddy Lee's solo album, My Favorite Headache. Mink joins us to tell us about his family's passion for music, his earliest gigs, and playing the only violin solo on a Rush album.

In this episode, I sit down with actress and graphic designer Stephanie Bennett. We dive into how to overcome audition nerves, how to rest your creativity, the power of saying no, and her transition from actress to graphic designer to actress/graphic designer and how she juggles both! About Stephanie: Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Stephanie Bennett studied ballet at a young age, including two years at a Canada's National Ballet School. Stephanie began training as an actress in 2010, studying with local renowned acting coaches. She has starred in numerous television series including Netflix's ‘Travelers', Freeform's ‘Shadowhunters', History Chanel's Project ‘Blue Book' as well as leading on the CBC series ‘21 Thunder' and ‘The Romeo Section'. Stephanie has led a variety of TV Movies, including ‘Stolen Dreams' which achieved Stephanie her Leo Award win, as well as ‘The Nine Lives of Christmas' and ‘The Last Bridesmaid'. Stephanie has demonstrated her versatility in Tim Burton's ‘Big Eyes', The CW Series ‘iZombie', the Lifetime series ‘UnReal', as well as Snow White for the Disney Channel's ‘Descendants'. This past spring, Stephanie lead the psychological thriller in Calgary, Canada, ‘Remote Danger' to be released early 2022. She has also been busy starring in a number of Romantic Comedies for Reel One Entertainment and the Hallmark channel, including ‘Love for Starters,' ‘Listening to Love' and ‘Love in Yellowstone' all the be released late of this year. --- Connect with Stephanie INSTAGRAM GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK ---- Connect with Ansley INSTAGRAM WEBSITE --------- MUSIC: Come Along by Jay Someday | https://soundcloud.com/jaysomedayMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

Today on Too Opinionated we visit with actor Steven Roberts! Steven Roberts' recent 2021 Leo Award win for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture for his outstanding performance in the role of Fresno in the feature film River Road tops off being nominated three years in a row. Steven is known for his work in Tully,  In God I Trust , Velvet Cut,  Once Upon a Time , and IZombie.  Want to Watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)    

Ellie Harvie is a veteran actress and stand-up comedian with a filmography a mile long and dozens of award nominations to her name, including two Gemini nominations, a Canadian Comedy Award nomination, and eight Leo nominations. In 2000, she won a Leo Award for Best Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series for her delicious work portraying Morticia Addams on The New Addams Family. But Ellie is more than her credits, nominations, and awards. She's her sense of humour, which is the stuff of legend and has been wielded on improv stages and as an event host. She's also her intellect and her compassion, both of which she flexes as president of UBCP/ACTRA, the actor's union in these here parts. In short, Ellie is a leader, an advocate for artists, wildly talented, and wickedly funny – and in this hilarious episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast, Ellie talks societal and cultural change, politics, and the anatomy of funny, and reflects on her adventures in stand-up comedy, portraying Morticia Addams on The New Addams Family, and serving in the military. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

Show notes below:   Talking Shit with Tara Cheyenne is a Tara Cheyenne Performance Production www.taracheyenne.com Instagram: @TaraCheyenneTCP  /  FB: https://www.facebook.com/taracheyenneperformance Podcast produced, edited and music by Marc Stewart Music www.marcstewartmusic.com    © 2021 Tara Cheyenne Performance   Subscribe/follow share through Podbean and Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts and Spotify.   Donate! To keep this podcast ad-free please go to:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/13386     About Quelemia: Quelemia is an Indigenous actor, writer, director, dramaturge and consultant from the Musqueam Nation. She graduated from Studio 58's Theatre program and the Langara Film Arts screenwriting program.  She represented the Musqueam Nation during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics and since then has continued to do Land Acknowledgements on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. She facilitates workshops and does various consultations for the arts and corporate sector.  It's been an honour for Quelemia to be the Protocol Keeper for the Transform Festival at the CULTCH for 3 years running. In 2019 she co-hosted the opening bashes with Lisa Fa'alafi from Hot Brown Honey.  Quelemia works across Canada for various theatre companies including: The Arts Club, Bard on the Beach, Globe Theatre, WCT and The Stratford Festival. Some of her Film and T.V credits include:  Invasions, Tribal, Clouds of Autumn, Blackstone, Cable Beach and Da Vinci's City Hall and Da Vinci's Inquest which she won a Leo Award for Best Female Guest Appearance.  Though she works in various forms, much of Quelemia's writing centres Indigenous perspective, specifically her Musqueam knowledge and culture. Over the past 20 years, she has been learning about sχʷəy̓em̓ (Musqueam history), the original placenames of what we currently call Greater Vancouver, land-based stories and teachings.  Writing credits include: A podplay for Neworld Theatre and Raven Spirit Dance called ‘Ashes on the Water', ‘Salmon Girl'/Raven Spirit Dance, Co-writer ‘The Pipeline Project' /Itsazoo and Savage Society, Indigenous consultant and Indigenous content writer for ‘Lysistrata'/Bard on the Beach, ‘Skyborn: A Land Reclamation Odyssey'/Savage Society, currently she is completing ‘Women of Papiyek'/Full Circle/Animikiig Native Earth. She was an Associate with Playwrights Theatre Centre from 2014-2016 and she completed the Stratford writing retreat in 2017. She is currently working on a commission from Neworld Theatre and creating a Podcast play series for the Arts Club Theatre.  About Tara: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg is an award winning creator, performer, choreographer, director and writer. Artistic Director of Tara Cheyenne Performance, she is renowned as a trailblazer in interdisciplinary performance and as a mighty performer "who defies categorization on any level"(The Georgia Straight). Tara is celebrated nationally and internationally for her unique and dynamic hybrid of dance, comedy and theatre. The string of celebrated full-length solo shows to her credit includes bANGER, Goggles, Porno Death Cult, and I can't remember the word for I can't remember, and she partners regularly on multidisciplinary collaborations, commissions and boundary-bending ensemble creations. When she isn't creating innovative movement for theatre, Tara performs around the world- highlights include DanceBase/Edinburgh, South Bank Centre/London, On the Boards/Seattle USA, and High Performance Rodeo/Calgary. Recent works include The Body Project (premiering 2020/21 season) The River with dance artist Miriam Colvin and artist and activist Molly Wickham (premiering 2021 in Wet'suwet'en Territory), empty.swimming.pool with Italian dance/performance artist Silvia Gribaudi, (Castiglioncello, Bassano, Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver, B.C.), how to be (Vancouver, B.C.) , and I can't remember the word for I can't remember (currently touring). Tara lives on the unceded and traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlil̓wətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation)/East Vancouver with her partner composer Marc Stewart.

The Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (America250PA) selected Cassandra Coleman as Executive Director for the America250PA initiative in September, 2019. Cassandra Coleman most recently served as Special Advisor to the Office of Governor Tom Wolf, and previously served as Director of Governor Wolf's Northeast & Central offices. In this role, she was responsible for intergovernmental and constituency services on behalf of the Governor in 28 counties. Ms. Coleman previously served as Finance Director and Deputy Campaign Manager, respectively, for the Tom Wolf for Governor campaign from 2013-2015. She has also served as Deputy Finance Director for United States Senator Bob Casey from 2010-2013. In 2014, Ms. Coleman founded and served as President of Coleman & Associates, a company engaged in charitable, private and political creation of fundraising networks and community and political event planning. Coleman & Associates maintained a client base of state, county and local political candidates, large and small companies, and non-profit organizations. Ms. Coleman has spent a lifetime in public service beginning at a very young age. At the age of twenty, Cassandra was appointed Mayor of her hometown of Exeter Borough to fill her late grandfather, Mayor Joseph Coyne's unexpired term. Following her appointment, Cassandra was re-elected Mayor twice and left office to join the Wolf Administration. In addition to serving as Mayor, Cassandra served as a Junior Council Representative for Exeter Borough during her junior & senior years of high school. Ms. Coleman was one of the youngest female mayors in the history of the United States. She was featured in Oprah Magazine in a segment titled “Women Who Defy Age.” Cassandra was also featured in a national NBC segment called “The Smart Woman”. The Times Leader Media Group honored Cassandra twice for her accomplishments; in 2008 as a Top 40 under 40 recipient and named her in 2019 as one of 14 Distinctive Women. Also in 2019 she was honored to be chosen one of Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal's Top 25 Women in Business. In her community, Cassandra is a Board Member of Leadership Wilkes-Barre, Junior Leadership of Wilkes-Barre and Children's Service Center. Ms. Coleman is a 2010 graduate of King's College in Wilkes-Barre where she earned a degree in Political Science and was chosen to receive the 2018 Leo Award which is bestowed upon an alumnus/alumna within fifteen years of graduation who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in his/her professional or community activities. Named for the King's mascot, it suggests the energy, pride, and sense of purpose which the recipient personifies. She is also a 2006 proud graduate of Wyoming Area High School in Exeter, PA, where she frequently returns to talk to high school students about Government and their roles in their communities. Ms. Coleman can also regularly be found at her family's Italian restaurant, Vino Dolce, in Hanover Twp, where, over 18 years in business she held every position in the establishment, from salad maker to eventually manager to assist her parents. She truly enjoys all their customers, especially their “regulars” who have become more like family. Cassandra is the proud mother to Jimmy IV and continues to reside in Exeter, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. CASSANDRA COLEMAN Executive Director America250PA.

Bobby Del Rio is a critically acclaimed, published playwright and produced screenwriter.Most recently, Bobby wrote/directed the feature film The Market - signing a distribution deal with Parallel Universe Pictures during quarantine. The film is currently available on Amazon Prime in the United States and United Kingdom, Vimeo on Demand in Canada. Bobby’s play Professionally Ethnic was a critical success at the 2017 SummerWorks festival - with NOW Magazine including the play on lists for: Outstanding Play and Outstanding Production. The play was previously published in the prestigious academic journal Canadian Theatre Review.Bobby served as Creator & Showrunner of IRL the Series - sold to Bell Media for television broadcast. Bobby also directed the short film Dusk - nominated for a 2020 Leo Award.Bobby has been the subject of 2 documentaries: 1 for Bravo that aired across Canada on television, and 1 for CBC Arts (directed by Karena Evans). Bobby is now based in Los Angeles. 

Bobby Del Rio is a critically acclaimed, published playwright and produced screenwriter. Most recently, Bobby wrote/directed the feature film The Market - signing a distribution deal with Parallel Universe Pictures during quarantine. The film is currently available on Amazon Prime in the United States and United Kingdom, Vimeo on Demand in Canada.  Bobby's play Professionally Ethnic was a critical success at the 2017 SummerWorks festival - with NOW Magazine including the play on lists for: Outstanding Play and Outstanding Production. The play was previously published in the prestigious academic journal Canadian Theatre Review. Bobby served as Creator & Showrunner of IRL the Series - sold to Bell Media for television broadcast. Bobby also directed the short film Dusk - nominated for a 2020 Leo Award. Bobby has been the subject of 2 documentaries: 1 for Bravo that aired across Canada on television, and 1 for CBC Arts (directed by Karena Evans).  Bobby is now based in Los Angeles. 

This week I chatted to Jovanna Burke a multi talented lady based in Vancouver. We chatted about her journey into acting, studying New York, creating your own work, auditions and some fun rapid fire questions. So, grab a coffee and enjoy! BIO: Jovanna grew up in a latino household and spent her childhood playing dress-up and creating characters. Since then she's done many things: graduated from school, met her true love, birthed two children. But she always seems to find herself back in the playroom with her dress-up clothes and her stories. Jovanna co-wrote and starred in her first play, `Gags Life’ in 1986, about a girl who magically and tragically lives in a tent with her mother Moisa on Campground 6 with the rest of her tragic extended family. The show was produced by and performed in the dining room of her family home, and ran every day for a staggering year straight. She was six years old. She followed her passion for storytelling to Walnut Hill School for the Arts as a Dance Major and in her junior year, landed her first professional gig. Dancing with the prestigious Boston Ballet. After an injury forced a major pivot, she continued her education in theatre at Circle in the Square, Weist-Barron Studio in NYC and then Vancouver Film School. Since then Jovanna has performed on stages across North America and accrued many hours on set in many capacities. Most notably acting, choreographing and producing. A couple of her favourites credits are: 'The True Heroines' (Leo Award, CSA Nomination) and 'The Trap' ( Leo Award Nom). With her extensive experience as an actor in film and television (over 45 credits to her name) and producer (The True Heroines, (YouTube + Hulu Plus) Jovanna’s creativity is constantly evolving. Having visualized stories since she was a child, she looks forward to telling important stories that focus on female driven narrative. Instagram: @officialjovanna

Sabrina is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Film Production Program and worked as an Assistant Film Editor for several years before editing her first feature film, Sisters & Brothers, directed by Carl Bessai, for which she won a Leo Award for Best Editing. Some earlier film editing work of Sabrina's includes: Sisters & Brothers, Bad City, Rehearsal, and Last Night In Suburbia. Sabrina has branched into visual effects and graphics as well as voice acting for animation. Sabrina's most recent work includes the acclaimed science-fiction drama film Freaks and Kim Possible.

Philip Granger is an actor, producer, and educator based in Vancouver. His IMDb filmography goes on for miles, and includes Walt in Neon Rider, Coach Kolaski in Madison, Supernatural, Caprica, Rogue, and Winston in the highly underrated and gone-too-soon Ghost Wars. He won a Gemini Award for his performance in Neon Rider and a 2019 Leo Award for his work opposite Richard Harmon in Jon Silverberg's Woodland. In this deeply moving episode, Philip recalls memorable moments from his lengthy career, reflects on the friendships that have at once anchored and buoyed him along the way (including with the late, great actor Bill Paxton), and pulls back the curtain on working with his screen-partner-turned-brother Richard Harmon in Woodland. (Note: this episode was recorded over Zoom, and is noticeably more compressed than our previous remotely recorded episodes. Although it sounds a bit different, it's still audible and (in our not-so-humble opinion) highly enjoyable!). Episode sponsor: Fish Flight Entertainment

Three-time Leo Award nominee, film director Baljit Sangra, joins Kaur Voices Talk Show this Saturday for a LIVE broadcast. Her latest film "Because We Are Girls" explores the impact of sexual abuse on a family. The film is about the misplaced shame and family honor perpetuated in patriarchal culture, which relies on female submissiveness and obedience. It explores this dark topic through an empathetic lens that celebrates sisterhood amidst profound childhood trauma—a lens that is feminist and empowering. Join us for this important conversation and be part of the change. Learn more and listen at SikhNet.com/KaurVoices Support this podcast

This episode is the master class with Daria Ellerman, CCE that took place on March 10th, 2020 at Finalé in Vancouver. Daria has over 25 years experience working in television and films. Some of her most recent credits include the new hit series on Netflix, Virgin River, the ABC series Take Two for which she won a 2019 Leo Award and the feature film Meditation Park. This master class was moderated by Kirk Hay.

"In the face of adversity you have to be strong and you have to be bold. I don't think we have the choice not to be anymore." -Nicole Leier We're back with a brand new episode and this one will truly inspire you! Nicole Leier is an award-winning actor, producer, director and activist. At the age of 13, she made the decision to leave a difficult home environment and set her sights on pursuing her acting dreams. Her grit and determination have landed her numerous roles, including one alongside Nicolas Cage in A Score To Settle for which she has just been nominated for a Leo Award. The role was originally written for a man, but she went in and asked for it. She also has her own production company, Black Tree Pictures, where she is able to produce projects she is passionate about. Nicole talks about the challenges she has faced being both a female and a woman of color in the industry. She is using her voice and platform for change, engaging in discussions about racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tomgirltv/support

Jacqueline Samuda has a Leo Award, two cats, a fan following for her work as the ruthless Goa'uld System Lord Nirrti on Stargate SG-1, and lots of stories to tell about all of the above. In this fascinating conversation with Sabrina Furminger, Jacqueline talks sci-fi, orphan kittens, her most memorable moment from her Stargate-SG1 days, fan conventions, and how much fun it is to play the bad guy. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA

In this episode, I talk with full-time law enforcement officer and award-winning author, Sean Wyman. He shares the details of his book titled, GOING BEYOND THE CALL: MENTAL HEALTH FITNESS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. The mission of the book is to reduce suicide and mental health challenges within the ranks. This book is for officers, firefighters, EMS/EMT, 911 dispatchers, forensic investigators, and correctional officers. Sean also talks about his first book titled, LET GO: THE MOVEMENT PROCESS, and his life story that inspired the book. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reallifetbl4w/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reallifetbl4w/support

Josh del Sol is the Director and Producer of Take Back Your Power, winner of the AwareGuide Transformational Film of the Year, the Indie Fest Annual Humanitarian Award, and the 2014 Leo Award for Best Feature Documentary in British Columbia. The film uncovers the shocking story behind why hundreds of local governments are standing against the multi-billion dollar invasion of ‘smart’ utility meters. Take a journey of revelation, examining evidence of in-home privacy invasions, systemic over-billing, extortion, health & environmental harm, fires and unprecedented hacking vulnerability. Josh shares what he learned making his documentary and his personal insights on 5G. The Alfacast community is particularly interested in solutions, so we go deep into our right for non-consent to the breath-taking rollout of obtrusive and dangerous technologies.

Vincent Gale is an award-winning actor who has absolutely appeared in your favourite Vancouver series or film. Battlestar Galactica? He was Chief Peter Laird. Stargate Universe? He was Morrison. Bates Motel, Fathers & Sons, Supernatural, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Supergirl, Arrow, Sanctuary, Cold Squad, The Outer Limits, 21 Jump Street, Neon Rider – Vincent's been there, done that, and he's got awards to show for his efforts: a Genie Award in 2002 for Last Wedding, and a Leo Award in 2019 for playing Phil Fleischman, AKA Flesh, AKA one of the most tortured and complex characters in recent years, on SyFy's bonkers vampire apocalypse series, Van Helsing. In this thoughtful and wide-ranging episode, Vincent reflects on watershed moments in his childhood, why he considers acting his side hustle, the impact that his accomplished wife Jennifer Clement has had on his career, his horrifying visit to San Diego Comic-Con, and the joys and challenges of playing Phil “Flesh” Fleischman on Van Helsing. Episode sponsor: Almiro Studios' ‘Foreign AF' web series

It's difficult to categorize actor David Lewis. Is he a comic actor? We've certainly seen him be funny: in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; as Lance in Morning Show Mysteries; as the perplexed dad in half of the commercials that are filmed in Vancouver. But he's also an incredibly powerful dramatic actor, as evidenced by his performance in Unspeakable, Robert Cooper's gripping miniseries about Canada's tainted blood scandal. David has also done his fair share in the horror realm, from Karen Lam's creepy Evangeline to the most recent Child's Play film, in which he faced off with a Chucky doll driven mad by AI. In what YVR Screen Scene Podcast host Sabrina Furminger considers one of her favourite interviews of all time (no joke!), the Leo Award-winning actor reflects on his ability to jump between genres, why redheads are the butt of so many jokes, why Karen Lam wants to kill him in everything, as well as his wacky childhood, elements of which sound like they were written by Martin Scorsese. Episode sponsor: Almiro Studios' ‘Foreign AF' web series

This episode serves as the end of our Women TV Writers series and the beginning of our Canadian TV Market series, which will run through the month of March.Today we meet Daegan Fryklind: a well-established Canadian writer who lives in Vancouver, but often comes to Toronto for writing jobs. In addition to working on well-known series Being Erica, The Listener, and Cold Squad, she has won a Leo Award for Best Dramatic Series Screenwriting (JPod), has been nominated for a Canadian Screenwriter Award (Robson Arms), and co-wrote the animated feature Edison & Leo, which won “Best Animated Feature” at the Bangkok International Animation Film Festival.In our longest interview yet, she touches on many aspects of the Canadian writing market, from why animated shows are an excellent way to develop dialogue writing skills, to how Canadian TV writing fellowships differ from US fellowships, to rewriting scripts to meet Canadian funding guidelines, to the changing landscape for writers in Vancouver vs Toronto.Because the Canadian writing market is in many ways tougher than the US market, writers like Daegan can offer great tips to US writers who are trying to break in… plus, find out what part of the Canadian industry might actually entice US writers to move north!Follow Daegan Fryklind on Twitter: @daeganfBuy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray’s YouTube channel.First published February 25, 2011.

This episode serves as the end of our Women TV Writers series and the beginning of our Canadian TV Market series, which will run through the month of March. Today we meet Daegan Fryklind: a well-established Canadian writer who lives in Vancouver, but often comes to Toronto for writing jobs. In addition to working on well-known series Being Erica, The Listener, and Cold Squad, she has won a Leo Award for Best Dramatic Series Screenwriting (JPod), has been nominated for a Canadian Screenwriter Award (Robson Arms), and co-wrote the animated feature Edison & Leo, which won “Best Animated Feature” at the Bangkok International Animation Film Festival. In our longest interview yet, she touches on many aspects of the Canadian writing market, from why animated shows are an excellent way to develop dialogue writing skills, to how Canadian TV writing fellowships differ from US fellowships, to rewriting scripts to meet Canadian funding guidelines, to the changing landscape for writers in Vancouver vs Toronto. Because the Canadian writing market is in many ways tougher than the US market, writers like Daegan can offer great tips to US writers who are trying to break in… plus, find out what part of the Canadian industry might actually entice US writers to move north! Follow Daegan Fryklind on Twitter: @daeganf Buy Gray's book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray's YouTube channel. First published February 25, 2011.

Galaxy recently sat with a true survivor. Actor Brendan Fletcher is a rising star in Hollywood, but a few years ago his dreams almost ended when he was hospitalized after sustaining an injury during a scene involving a firearm on the set of a drama series. Don't miss out as Brendan chats about his career, gun violence, his favorite celebrity, Arrow, siren, ghosts and more. Brendan Fletcher is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He first gained recognition as a child actor, winning a Leo Award and being nominated for a Gemini Award his acting debut in the made-for-television film Little Criminals. He subsequently won the Genie Award for Best Leading Actor for John Greyson’s The Law of Enclosures, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Turning Paige. Fletcher is known for playing arrow, troubled, eccentric, or unhinged characters, and is considered a character actor. He has appeared in high-profile films like Tideland, Freddy vs. Jason, Citizen Gangster, and The Revenant. He had the leading role in Uwe Boll’s Rampagetrilogy, playing mass murderer Bill Williamson. He has also appeared in television series such as Smallville, The Pacific, Rogue, Hell on Wheels, and Siren. He portrays Stanley Dover in the DC Arrowverse. For more amazing episodes like this one go to: www.ComicCon-Radio.com Follow us on Instagram  @ComicConRadio Please subscribe to Comic Con Radio on any platform you like! Always give us 5 stars. Please share this episode with the world! We love you all… Thank you for loving us back!

Rhona Rees always brings the funny: as an on-camera actress; as a voice performer; as a screenwriter. She's been in the business for more than two decades, getting her start at the age of 11 in a film with Australian screen legend Ernie Dingo. These days, she acts in screen and animation projects like Polly Pocket, Wu Assassins, and Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu, and she was nominated for a 2018 Leo Award and a 2019 Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Award for Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own, for her work as Beverly "Bev" Gilturtle. Rhona is also the face and star of Shuttlecock, a sports mockumentary in which she played a washed-up badminton player whose Olympic dreams are dashed when her rival smashes a shuttlecock into one of her eyes – and Freya, a dark comedy set in a near-distant future. Rhona wrote the script for Freya, which received funding from Creative BC and the venerable Harold Greenberg Fund. In this hilarious and at times emotional interview, the Australian ex-pat (who – true story – becomes a Canadian citizen during our sponsor break) talks about child stardom, what she learned shouting “cock!” in crowded theatres across North America, filming Freya, and how Canadians can help the humans and animals affected by the Australian bushfires. Episode sponsor: Fish Flight Entertainment

Kate Besworth of "Spine - A Fierce and Timely One Woman Play" and Lori Watt and Siobhan McCarthy, producer and director of "Red Eye", the Leo Award-winning short.

Sonja Bennett is an award-winning actress and screenwriter with a knack for portraying and creating fierce, flawed, and fantastically funny characters. As an actress, Sonja jumps back and forth between indie fare and network shows. She lit up the screen as Detective Samantha Waters in Cold Squad, as Daisy in Godiva's, as Karla in Ghost Wars, and as Mia in YPF – and in 2018, she won the Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for Kayak to Klemtu. Sonja's screenwriting work includes the feature film Preggoland, about a 30-something who fakes a pregnancy in order to be accepted by her peer group, and the digital series Sunnyhearts Community Centre, about a dysfunctional but relatable community centre. She's also written and story edited on Ghost Wars, Kim's Convenience, and Letterkenny. In this funny and thoughtful interview, Sonja discusses juggling her acting and screenwriting hats, failing at tap dancing, and that horrific Ghost Wars birthing scene. Episode sponsor: Liquid Amber Tattoo and Art Collective

Robert Cooper is a writer, producer, and director who served as showrunner for a little franchise that changed the face of the BC television industry: the record-breaking Stargate television franchise for MGM. Robert co-created Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe and served as executive producer, writer, and director of multiple episodes of all three series as well as two direct-to-video movies. In 2018, Robert created, wrote, and directed episodes of CBC's Unspeakable, a remarkable miniseries that told the story of Canada's tainted blood scandal and won the 2018 Leo Award for best dramatic series. Robert served as showrunner of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency for BBC America, Netflix and AMC Studios. In 2009, he was presented with an outstanding achievement award for his contributions to the British Columbia television industry – and more recently, he was announced as showrunner for the Pacific Screenwriting Program's 2020 Scripted Series Lab. In this wide-ranging episode, Robert talks about the hows and whats of showrunning, his time in the Stargate universe, and the joys of creating (and the challenges of marketing) Unspeakable. Episode sponsor: Fish Flight Entertainment

Rachel Langer is all about words – specifically, twisting and turning words like a centuries-old magician to bring characters to life and put them through the ringer. Rachel is a Leo Award winning screenwriter whose growing list of credits includes episodic fare like This Life, Ghost Wars, The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, and The Order, as well as short films directed by her partner in life and creativity, Derek Langer. Her storytelling crosses genres and platforms, and wherever she happens to be writing, she infuses the characters with undeniable energy and nuance and flaws. In other words, Rachel Langer writes must-see TV. Rachel has leveraged her position in the film and television community to draw attention to the pain and stigma of endometriosis. Rachel first opened up about her long health battle in a widely circulated essay entitled “3 Surgeries, Fiery Pain, Dismissive Docs: My Life With Endometriosis” that ran in Chatelaine and Medium. By choosing to talk about it, Rachel is quite literally saving lives – while also changing the culture in writers' rooms and on screen. In this riveting and often funny episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast, Rachel speaks about storytelling, writers' rooms, Transplant, her weirdest Google searches, and the ways in which Canada is afraid of risk. Episode sponsor: Liquid Amber Tattoo and Art Collective

The Pacific Screenwriting Program (PSP) is pleased to announce Writer/Producer/Director Robert Cooper as Showrunner for the 2020 Scripted Series Lab. Cooper will be a mentor to six up-and-coming BC-based screenwriters selected to participate in next year’s program starting in January 2020. With Cooper leading the story room, they will work together to develop his original series in the PSP’s flagship training program now in its second year. Combining real-world story room experience, mentorship, boot camps, workshops and information sessions, the program equips writers with the skills, experience and connections necessary to establish a sustainable career in the province’s dynamic screen industry. The Pacific Screenwriting Program is a collaboration between Netflix, CMPA, the Writer’s Guild of Canada and Creative BC. “We are tremendously excited to welcome Robert Cooper as this year’s showrunner for the Scripted Series Lab. Rob has been a key member of the PSP community from the very outset and has demonstrated time and again his commitment to developing and mentoring upcoming screenwriters,” said Brian Hamilton, PSP Board Chair. “Rob’s track record creating and showrunning world-class television series speaks for itself. We are extremely fortunate to work with him as this year’s SSL showrunner.” Robert Cooper most recently created, wrote and directed episodes of CBC’s Unspeakable, following Canada’s tainted blood scandal. A lifelong dream project, the mini-series recently won the Leo Award for best dramatic series. Previously, he served as showrunner of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for BBC America, Netflix and AMC Studios, and is probably best known for having been showrunner of the record-breaking Stargate television franchise for MGM. He co-created Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe and served as executive producer, writer, and director of multiple episodes of all three series and two DTV movies. Cooper has been nominated and won several awards for both writing and directing, including two Hugo nominations and a Canadian Writer’s Guild award for best dramatic screenplay. In 2009, he was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award for contribution to the British Columbia television industry. “It’s an amazing opportunity for me to develop an original idea with a room of eager, talented minds,” said Cooper. “Everyone involved with the PSP wants to see a more vibrant community of experienced screenwriters able to work and ultimately create home grown television series right here in BC. The passion for storytelling is clear in the applicants for this year’s program. I'm looking forward to us learning from each other.” The Scripted Series Lab is a 15-week intensive training program providing support and career- advancement opportunities for active and aspiring screenwriters from across British Columbia, where they receive the necessary support to expand their portfolio and pursue opportunities in the evolving TV marketplace. Throughout the program, participants hone their craft, strengthen their collaboration and presentation skills, and obtain a deeper understanding of the global television industry and how to market themselves within it. As the Scripted Series Lab showrunner, Cooper will mentor the six selected participants within a real-world story room over 10 weeks, breaking stories and writing scripts for the original project he brings to the room and will subsequently be pitching to streamers and networks around the world. Follow https://twitter.com/alias_swarren https://www.facebook.com/sharon.warren.779 https://www.instagram.com/smwarren32/ Courtesy of Sharon Warren Photo by Jeff Weddel

Join our super duper host Galaxy as he goes close and personal with the cool villain Brendon Zub from CW's newest hit show Batwoman.  Brendon Zub is a Canadian actor whose life adventures and diverse skill set have helped him carve out a unique career and emerge as a sought after and versatile actor. This fall Brendon can be seen playing Chuck Dodgson in the highly anticipated CW series "Batwoman" which brings Bruce Wayne's cousin Kate Kane, to the Arrowverse. Born in Vancouver, Brendon's family soon moved to Calgary, Alberta where he grew up as a Pastor's kid, class clown, and sports junkie, channeling most of his energy into becoming a professional baseball player. However, at age 10 his family moved to Hungary as missionaries where his dreams of baseball were quickly replaced with soccer, basketball, and embracing a new culture. Here his love of acting was born while watching old Classic Hollywood era movies on the sole English-speaking channel. But it wasn't until being transferred to an international boarding school in Germany where he began to hone his acting skill with drama class and a lead role in the High school play. Realizing he had a better chance at acting than pro sports, Brendon set his sights on pursuing an acting career. Brendon can be recognized from numerous roles on TV such as ABC's "The Good Doctor", FOX's "Fringe", The CW's "Supernatural", "iZombie", "Emily Owens", "The 100" and "The Flash" and more recently starred in The CW's re-imagination of "Charmed" and A&E's highly anticipated series "Blue Book". He has also starred in various Hallmark movies, most notably "The Christmas Calendar" in which he starred opposite Laura Bell Bundy and received a 2018 Leo Award nomination for Best Lead Actor. Off Camera, Brendon can be found scuba diving off BC's coast, skiing in Whistler, playing hockey, training Brazilian Jiujitsu, or roaming bookstores for the latest in high fantasy. For more amazing episodes go to: www.ComicCon-Radio.com   Follow us on Instagram  @ComicConRadio   Please subscribe to Comic Con Radio Always give us 5 stars.   Please share this episode with the world!   We love you all… Thank you for loving us back!  

Niall Matter grew up on a dairy farm and worked on oil rigs until an accident forced him to confront the fact that he really wanted to be was an actor. Fast-forward a few years, and Niall is living his dream. He played a bad-boy genius on Eureka and a bad boy inventor on Primeval New World. In recent years, Niall has become a go-to leading man in the Hallmark realm. He portrays a college professor named Nick Miller in the Aurora Teagarden movies, acting opposite Candace Cameron Bure (Full House) – and earlier this year, he won the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance By A Male in a Television Movie for Frozen in Love. Niall spoke with Sabrina Furminger about his remarkable origin story, working in sci-fi and on the Hallmark Channel, and why he considers himself a member of the crew first and foremost.

One of Johannah Newmarch's first roles was an episode of 21 Jump Street where her character asked Johnny Depp's if he wanted to “get it on” – and shortly after that, she left the acting business for nearly a decade. Johannah says now that she needed to walk away from acting in order to really commit to it – and in 2001, she felt able to do just that. Since then, Johannah has shone in dozens of roles in big budget and indie projects, including Smallville, Supernatural, Motive, Polaris (for which she won the 2014 Leo Award for Best Performance by a Female in a Web Series), Gracepoint, and multiple Garage Sale Mystery films. Johannah played the Big Bad in the second season of Netflix's Project Mc², she plays Molly Sullivan in Hallmark's hit family drama, When Calls the Heart – and this holiday season, you'll be able to see her working her sharpened claws and sky-high heels as the evil step-mama in A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish. In this engrossing and often emotional interview with Sabrina Furminger, Johannah talks about walking away from the biz, her profound love for the #Hearties, how she deals with dark nights of the soul, playing Doc Holliday in Last Stand to Nowhere, and how to pronounce her name.

Veena Sood comes from a culture where girls are told to keep quiet. But Veena has a big voice, and she chooses to use it to teach, to perform, and to inspire, both as an improviser and as an in-demand actress. Over the course of her illustrious career, Veena has played comedic and dramatic roles in feature films like The Accused, Anne Wheeler's Loyalties, and Welcome to Marwen, television shows like Ghost Wars, The Indian Detective, and Corner Gas Animated, and web series like Yoga Town. In recent years, Veena has been recognized for her craft by her community: with UBCP/ACTRA's Sam Payne Award in 2014, the Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award in 2017, and a 2018 Leo Award nomination for Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for playing the principal of a school that's hired a robot to teach a kindergarten class in Android Employed. In this poignant and often hilarious episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast, Veena reflects on her childhood as a brown girl with a big voice, talks about how things have changed for South Asian actors since she entered the biz, and explains why she really, really wants to play a cowgirl.

Lee Majdoub played Silas Dengdamor on BBC America's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. The role was a dream come true for Lee, who – as an actor of Middle Eastern descent – never thought he'd have the chance to play a Prince Charming type character, let alone a soulful prince from a magical realm who was head over heels for another prince (played by a pink-haired Christopher Russell). Lee won a Leo Award for playing Silas, and he also scooped up a couple of film festival awards for playing an actor of colour in The Prince, Kyra Zagorsky's short film about the challenges faced by Middle Eastern and North African actors in Hollywood. Next February, Lee will hit the big screen in another dream role: that of Agent Stone in the highly anticipated feature film Sonic the Hedgehog. In this deeply personal and slightly off-kilter episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast (Lee and Sabrina do bad impressions of Sabrina's dad! Sabrina's computer has a meltdown!), Lee talks about Middle Eastern stereotypes, what it meant to him to play Silas on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and act opposite Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog, and why he's committed to speaking out about his journey with depression. Also: cats!

Paul McGillion is one of the busiest actors in the Vancouver screen scene, but he's also something of an enigma. Yes, he built a globe-spanning fan base playing Dr. Carson Beckett on Stargate Atlantis, but he's played dozens of other characters in numerous television series and films, too. Recent additions to the Paul McGillion filmography include the Bollywood dance film Heartbeats, the Jason Momoa period piece Frontier, the critically acclaimed CBC miniseries Unspeakable (about Canada's tainted blood scandal), The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, and The Flash (on which he plays Earl Cox, and for which he was nominated for a 2019 Leo Award for Best Guest Performance Male Dramatic Series). So what exactly is a Paul McGillion role? In this wildly entertaining episode, Paul attempts to answer Sabrina Furminger's burning question, while also reflecting on his time on Stargate Atlantis, his childhood, sci-fi conventions, and his longtime friendship with Tom Cavanagh (Ed; The Flash).

Chelah Horsdal recently wrapped on the fourth and final season of The Man in the High Castle, Amazon Prime's gripping adaptation of Philip K. Dick's alternate history novel. Chelah plays Helen Smith, a citizen of the Greater Nazi Reich of New York and wife of SS-Obergruppenführer John Smith (portrayed by Rufus Sewell). Helen is a complicated woman – a fascist with beliefs that don't necessarily align with Chelah's or most viewers – and yet she still manages to inspire empathy and compassion in audiences. That's the magic of Chelah Horsdal, and why she received the Leo Award in 2017 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for her High Castle role. In this provocative and at times emotional interview with Sabrina Furminger, the veteran actress reflects on her colourful career, her #MeToo and animal activism, and what it was like to grow up the daughter of Canadian folk music legend Valdy.

Cassandra I. Coleman is a Special Advisor to the Office of Governor Tom Wolf. Most recently Cassandra served as Director of Governor Wolf's Northeast & Central offices. In this role, she was responsible for intergovernmental and constituency services on behalf of the Governor in the following 28 counties: Adams, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming and York.Ms. Coleman previously served as Finance Director and Deputy Campaign Manager, respectively, for the Tom Wolf for Governor campaign from 2013-2015. She has also served as Deputy Finance Director for United States Senator Bob Casey from 2010- 2013.In 2014, Ms. Coleman founded and served as President of Coleman & Associates, a company engaged in charitable, private and political creation of fund-raising networks and community and political event planning. Coleman & Associates maintained a client base of state, county and local political candidates, large and small companies, and non-profit organizations.Ms. Coleman has spent a lifetime in public service beginning at a very young age. At the age of twenty, Cassandra was appointed Mayor of her hometown of Exeter Borough to fill her late grandfather, Mayor Joseph Coyne's unexpired term. Following her appointment, Cassandra was re-elected Mayor twice and left office to join the Wolf Administration. In addition to serving as Mayor, Cassandra served as a Junior Council Representative for Exeter Borough during her junior and senior years of high school.Ms. Coleman was one of the youngest female mayors in the history of the United States. She was featured in Oprah Magazine in a segment titled "Women Who Defy Age." Cassandra was also featured in a national NBC segment called "The Smart Woman". The Times Leader Media Group honored Cassandra twice for her accomplishments; in 2008 as a Top 40 under 40 recipient and named her in 2019 as one of 14 Distinctive Women. Also in 2019 she was honored to be chosen one of Northeast Pennsylvania BusinessJournal's Top 25 Women in Business.In her community, Cassandra is a Board Member of Leadership Wilkes-Barre, Junior Leadership of Wilkes-Barre and Children's Service Center.Ms. Coleman is a 2010 graduate of King's College in Wilkes-Barre where she earned a degree in Political Science and was chosen to receive the 2018 Leo Award which is bestowed upon an alumnus/alumna within fifteen years of graduation who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in his/her professional or community activities. Named for the King's mascot, it suggests the energy, pride, and sense of purpose which the recipient personifies. She is also a 2006 proud graduate of Wyoming Area High School in Exeter, PA, where she frequently returns to talk to high school students about Government and their roles in their communities.Ms. Coleman can also regularly be found at her family's Italian restaurant, Vino Dolce, in Hanover Twp, where, over 18 years in business she held every position in the establishment, from salad maker toeventually manager to assist her parents. She truly enjoys all their customers, especially their “regulars”who have become more like family.Cassandra is the proud mother to Jimmy IV and continues to reside in Exeter, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Patrick Sabongui is an actor, producer, teacher, and unrelenting advocate for diversity in the entertainment industry. Patrick's screen credits include plum roles on Homeland, The Art of More, Beyond, Godzilla, and The Flash, where he's played Captain Singh, the first openly gay character in the DC Universe, since season one. In 2018, Patrick was nominated for a Leo Award for his work in Drone, in which he played a Pakistani father whose family is killed in a hellfire missile attack. Patrick's experiences navigating discrimination in the film and television industry were the inspiration for Kyra Zagorsky's award-winning short film, The Prince. In this poignant episode, Patrick talks with Sabrina Furminger about growing up Egyptian Canadian, #stuntlife, and MENA representation in the film and television industry.

Actress Tantoo Cardinal, a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honors. The Order of Canada recognizes Cardinal for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada.Arguably the most widely recognized Native Actress of her generation; Tantoo has appeared in numerous plays, television programs, and films, including Legends of the Fall, Dances With Wolves, Black Robe, Loyalties, Luna, Spirit of the Whale, Unnatural & Accidental, Marie-Anne, Sioux City, Silent Tongue, Mother's & Daughter's and Smoke Signals. Recent work includes the films Eden, Maina, Shouting Secrets and From Above.Her stirring performance in Loyalties earned her a Genie nomination, American Indian Film Festival Best Actress Award, the People's choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, plus Best Actress Awards at International Film Festivals in Zimbabwe and Portugal.Cardinal was just honored with the 2015 ACTRA Award of Excellence, other honors include Best Actress - Elizabeth Sterling Award in Theatre for All My Relations, First Americans in the Arts Totem Award for her portrayal of the character Katrina in Widows at the Forum Stage in Los Angeles. She won the American Indian Film Festival's Best Actress Award as well as the first Rudy Martin Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Native American in Film for Where the Rivers Flow North, a Gemini Award for North of 60 and a Leo Award for Blackstone.Her television credits include recurring roles on the series: Blackstone, The Killing, Arctic Air, Strange Empire,The Guard, North of 60, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, The Lightening Field, Street Legal, The Campbell's, Gunsmoke, Tom Stone, Myth Quest, Lonesome Dove and Renegade Press.com. MOW's include Full Flood, The Englishman's Boy, Dreamkeeper and the PBS documentary Nobody's Girls.For her contributions to the Native Artistic community, Cardinal won the Eagle Spirit Award. She has also been honored with the MacLeans' magazine Honor Roll as Actress of the Year, the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Toronto Women in Film and Television, an International Women in Film Award for her lasting contribution to the arts, and induction to the CBC/Playback Hall of Fame. Meet: Tantoo Cardinal.

Mike Dopud was very thrilled to be cast recently in the lead role in the feature film VIRTUAL REVOLUTION a dark, futuristic movie about the technological revolution. Mike plays shadow agent NASH. Mike can also be seen in MISTRESSES, a series for ABC staring Alyssa Milano, and Jes Macallan. Mike plays the European business tycoon named Olivier Dubois. As well Mike can be seen in the feature HALO 4: Forward Unto Dawn where he plays the stern General Black. Mike has just accepted a lead role in the movie PROJECT EDEN which will be released in 2016. Mike Dopud is currently RECURRING on SYFY's DARK MATTER where he plays ARAX NERO and he can be seen on the SYFY series CONTINUUM as part of Liber 8, the intense Stefan Jaworski. Also, Mike just wrapped up his second season on Hallmark's CEDAR COVE as Roy Macaffe Mike has had lead roles on such Television series as SGU as Varro, the critically acclaimed Canadian show DURHAM COUNTY where he played the loyal detective Glen Stuckey, and on the MTV series KAYA where he played a no- nonsense business manager of the band Crossing Coldwater, of which, is daughter is the lead singer. Mike has also had recurring roles on NBC's GRIMM, and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and most recently on USA's COVERT AFFAIRS to name a few. Mike was nominated for a 2013 LEO AWARD in the “Best Performance by a Supporting Actor” Category for his portrayal of Mike Anderson in TASMANIAN DEVILS as well as “Best Performance by a Lead Actor” in the 2013 Action on Film International Film Festival for his moving portrayal of ‘Agamemnon‘ in the feature CHAINED. Mike can also be seen in the features released in the last couple of years called THIS MEANS WAR, and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL. Some of his other film credits include GODZILLA, 300, SKINTRADE, IN THE NAME OF THE KING, WHITE NOISE AND ROLLERBALL. www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304   HOSTS: David S. Dawson @theintellexual Kristin Naomi Garcia @Knaog1

In this episode Tim and Scott talk about:   Ben Affleck given an Executive Producer title for Justice League? What does an Executive Producer actually do? When is the Batman v Superman Ultimate cut rumored to be released? What are the names of the Blu-ray extras? Batman v Superman beat Civil War on opening night domestically! What did Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje say about Killer Croc? What did Jay Hernandez say about playing Diablo? What new photo made its way to the internet involving Harley Quinn and Joker? Are there new locations being filmed for Wonder Woman? Will Alfred be in Justice League? Are Zack Snyder and Warner Brothers really at odds, and is it surprising? We get a new look at Jason Momoa's Aquaman tattoos! Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller make a charity support video from the Justice League set! How did James Wan respond to blog reports about his reconsidering directing Aquaman? What DC shows got Leo Award nominations? Who is rumored to be the big bad for Season 5 of Arrow? Why did Colton Haynes leave Arrow? What did Stephen Amell say about Laurel Lance's future with Arrow? Will Supergirl be moving to the CW network? What is the release date of The Killing Joke? What do we think of the new DC Comics Rebirth costumes?   All this, and much much more...   This episode's outro music clip is "Traveling" by Nitzer Ebb. This band has made such fun and moving music... You can buy this song and other music from them here!   Enjoy the show!   This is a weekly show where we discuss the DC Films news, including the DC cinematic, TV, animated, and comic universes (DCEU, DCCU, DCTV, DCAU, DC Comics)!   Follow The Suicide Squadcast on Twitter at @SuicideSquadcst Follow Tim on Twitter at @Allenfire Follow Scott on Twitter at @ScottDC27 Email us at SuicideSquadcast@gmail.com   We are a proud member of the Batman Podcast Network! Please go check out the other great shows that can be found there!

  Photo credit: Véro Boncompagni   Check out the trailer of their new NFB film Ninth Floor making its world premiere at TIFF 2015.   Synopsis of Film It started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever known. Over four decades later, Ninth Floor reopens the file on the Sir George Williams Riot – a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation’s history. It was the late 60s, change was in the air, and a restless new generation was claiming its place– but nobody at Sir George Williams University would foresee the chaos to come. On February 11, 1969, riot police stormed the occupied floors of the main building, making multiple arrests. As fire consumed the 9th floor computer centre, a torrent of debris rained onto counter-protesters chanting racist slogans – and scores of young lives were thrown into turmoil. Making a sophisticated and audacious foray into meta-documentary, writer and director Mina Shum meets the original protagonists in clandestine locations throughout Trinidad and Montreal, the wintry city where it all went down. And she listens. Can we hope to make peace with such a painful past? What lessons have we learned? What really happened on the 9th floor? In a cinematic gesture of redemption and reckoning, Shum attends as her subjects set the record straight – and lay their burden down. Cinematography by John Price evokes a taut sense of subterfuge and paranoia, while a spacious soundscape by Miguel Nunes and Brent Belke echoes with the lonely sound of the coldest wind in the world.   Mina Shum: Biography Born in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, Mina Shum is an independent filmmaker and artist. “I’m the child of the Praxis Screenwriting Workshop, Cineworks Independent Film Co-op, the Canadian Film Centre and working class immigrant parents,” she says. With Ninth Floor, a production of the National Film Board of Canada, Shum has written and directed her fourth feature film and first feature documentary. Her first feature Double Happiness (1994) – developed while she was resident director at the Canadian Film Centre – premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Feature Film and the Toronto Metro Media Prize. It went on to win Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino Film Festival. Following its American premiere at Sundance, it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fine Line/New Line Features. It was nominated for multiple Genie Awards, Canada’s top film honour, winning Best Actress for Sandra Oh, and Best Editing for Alison Grace. Shum’s second and third features – Drive, She Said (1997) and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002) – also premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity was subsequently invited to both Sundance and the Vancouver Film Festival, where it won a Special Citation for Best Screenplay (shared with co-writer Dennis Foon). It was released theatrically in Canada and the U.S. Shum’s short films include Shortchanged; Love In; Hunger; Thirsty; Me, Mom and Mona, which won a Special Jury Citation the 1993 Toronto Film Festival; Picture Perfect, nominated for Best Short Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival; and most recently I Saw Writer’s Guild Award. Her TV work ranges from Mob Princess, a TV movie produced for Brightlight Pictures/W Network, to episodic directing on About A Girl, Noah’s Arc, Exes and Oh’s, Bliss, The Shield Stories and Da Vinci’s Inquest. Shum’s interests extend beyond film and television. Her immersive video installation You Are What You Eat was held over at the Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Centre A, and her cinematic theatre piece All, created in collaboration with the Standing Wave Music Ensemble, was presented at the 2011 Push Festival. She has hosted sold-out events for the experimental Pecha Kucha program, and her Internet hit Hip Hop Mom was featured in Calgary’s official Canada Day celebrations. In 2004 she was invited to deliver the inaugural UBC/Laurier Institute Multicultural Lecture, entitled New Day Rising: Journey of a Hyphenated Girl, and in 2011 she was the recipient of the Sondra Kelly Writer’s Guild of Canada Award. She is currently preparing her next feature, Meditation Park.   Selwyn Jacob: Biography Selwyn Jacob was born in Trinidad and came to Canada in 1968 with the dream of becoming a filmmaker. It was a dream that wouldn’t die: he became a teacher and eventually a school principal but eventually chose to leave the security of that career to educate a wider audience through film. He has been a producer with the National Film Board of Canada since 1997. His early work as an independent director includes We Remember Amber Valley, a documentary about the black community that existed near Lac La Biche in Alberta. Prior to joining the NFB, he directed two award-winning NFB releases – Carol’s Mirror, and The Road Taken, which won the Canada Award at the 1998 Gemini Awards. In 1997 he joined the NFB’s Pacific & Yukon Studio in Vancouver, and has gone on to produce close to 50 NFB films. Among his many credits are Crazywater, directed by the Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen; Hue: A Matter of Colour, a co-production with Sepia Films, directed by Vic Sarin; Mighty Jerome, written and directed by Charles Officer; and the digital interactive project Circa 1948, by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas. Released in 2010, Mighty Jerome addresses issues of race and nationalism while paying tribute to Harry Jerome, one of the most remarkable athletes in Canadian history. The film went on to win multiple honours, including a Leo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary and the 2012 Regional Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Photo credit: Véro BoncompagniListen in today as these filmmakers, Mina Shum and Selwyn Jacobs, talk about Canada’s hidden history, implicit and explicit racism, why we need to listen to others and why they’re confident we can overcome our fears.Check out the trailer of their new NFB film Ninth Floor making its world premiere at TIFF 2015.Synopsis of FilmIt started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever known. Over four decades later, Ninth Floor reopens the file on the Sir George Williams Riot – a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation’s history.It was the late 60s, change was in the air, and a restless new generation was claiming its place– but nobody at Sir George Williams University would foresee the chaos to come.On February 11, 1969, riot police stormed the occupied floors of the main building, making multiple arrests. As fire consumed the 9th floor computer centre, a torrent of debris rained onto counter-protesters chanting racist slogans – and scores of young lives were thrown into turmoil. Making a sophisticated and audacious foray into meta-documentary, writer and director Mina Shum meets the original protagonists in clandestine locations throughout Trinidad and Montreal, the wintry city where it all went down. And she listens. Can we hope to make peace with such a painful past? What lessons have we learned? What really happened on the 9th floor?In a cinematic gesture of redemption and reckoning, Shum attends as her subjects set the record straight – and lay their burden down. Cinematography by John Price evokes a taut sense of subterfuge and paranoia, while a spacious soundscape by Miguel Nunes and Brent Belke echoes with the lonely sound of the coldest wind in the world.Mina Shum: BiographyBorn in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, Mina Shum is an independent filmmaker and artist. “I’m the child of the Praxis Screenwriting Workshop, Cineworks Independent Film Co-op, the Canadian Film Centre and working class immigrant parents,” she says.With Ninth Floor, a production of the National Film Board of Canada, Shum has written and directed her fourth feature film and first feature documentary.Her first feature Double Happiness (1994) – developed while she was resident director at the Canadian Film Centre – premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Feature Film and the Toronto Metro Media Prize. It went on to win Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino Film Festival. Following its American premiere at Sundance, it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fine Line/New Line Features. It was nominated for multiple Genie Awards, Canada’s top film honour, winning Best Actress for Sandra Oh, and Best Editing for Alison Grace.Shum’s second and third features – Drive, She Said (1997) and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002) – also premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity was subsequently invited to both Sundance and the Vancouver Film Festival, where it won a Special Citation for Best Screenplay (shared with co-writer Dennis Foon). It was released theatrically in Canada and the U.S.Shum’s short films include Shortchanged; Love In; Hunger; Thirsty; Me, Mom and Mona, which won a Special Jury Citation the 1993 Toronto Film Festival; Picture Perfect, nominated for Best Short Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival; and most recently I Saw Writer’s Guild Award.Her TV work ranges from Mob Princess, a TV movie produced for Brightlight Pictures/W Network, to episodic directing on About A Girl, Noah’s Arc, Exes and Oh’s, Bliss, The Shield Stories and Da Vinci’s Inquest.Shum’s interests extend beyond film and television. Her immersive video installation You Are What You Eat was held over at the Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Centre A, and her cinematic theatre piece All, created in collaboration with the Standing Wave Music Ensemble, was presented at the 2011 Push Festival. She has hosted sold-out events for the experimental Pecha Kucha program, and her Internet hit Hip Hop Mom was featured in Calgary’s official Canada Day celebrations.In 2004 she was invited to deliver the inaugural UBC/Laurier Institute Multicultural Lecture, entitled New Day Rising: Journey of a Hyphenated Girl, and in 2011 she was the recipient of the Sondra Kelly Writer’s Guild of Canada Award.She is currently preparing her next feature, Meditation Park.Selwyn Jacob: BiographySelwyn Jacob was born in Trinidad and came to Canada in 1968 with the dream of becoming a filmmaker. It was a dream that wouldn’t die: he became a teacher and eventually a school principal but eventually chose to leave the security of that career to educate a wider audience through film. He has been a producer with the National Film Board of Canada since 1997.His early work as an independent director includes We Remember Amber Valley, a documentary about the black community that existed near Lac La Biche in Alberta. Prior to joining the NFB, he directed two award-winning NFB releases – Carol’s Mirror, and The Road Taken, which won the Canada Award at the 1998 Gemini Awards.In 1997 he joined the NFB’s Pacific & Yukon Studio in Vancouver, and has gone on to produce close to 50 NFB films. Among his many credits are Crazywater, directed by the Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen; Hue: A Matter of Colour, a co-production with Sepia Films, directed by Vic Sarin; Mighty Jerome, written and directed by Charles Officer; and the digital interactive project Circa 1948, by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas.Released in 2010, Mighty Jerome addresses issues of race and nationalism while paying tribute to Harry Jerome, one of the most remarkable athletes in Canadian history. The film went on to win multiple honours, including a Leo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary and the 2012 Regional Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eileen Hoeter has been directing and producing since l983. She is currently the chair of Women in Film International, a Director member of the Directors Guild of Canada, and the president of the British Columbia Industry of Film Professionals. She has won numerous awards for her work, including a Leo Award for Best Informational Series - The Creators, as well as being nominated for a Genie for Dying to be Perfect. Her career has covered numerous areas including, Television, Documentaries, Drama, Animation and Photography. She has taught film at UBC, and BCIT, and was the Director of Film Related Studies at The Vancouver Film School. Her activity in the film industry has kept her a visible and respected resource and contact. Eileen received her MFA in Film and Television Production from the University of British Columbia in 1989.  She also owns a beautiful bed and breakfast in Mexico called Villa Star of the Sea.  www.VillaStaroftheSea.com  

March 22, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm The On Edge Readings Series presents World Water Night: readings by Lee Maracle and Michael Blackstock with a special screening of Samaqan: Water Stories, with director Jeff Bear. Lee Maracle is one of the most prolific aboriginal authors in Canada. Her books include Daughters Are Forever (fiction, Raincoast, 2002), Will's Garden (Theytus, 2002), Bent Box (poetry, Theytus Books, 2000), Sojourners & Sundogs (fiction, Press Gang, 1999), Ravensong (Press Gang, 1993), I Am Woman (nonfiction, Press Gang, 1988) and Bobbi Lee, Indian Rebel (fiction, Women's Press, 1975). She received the J.T. Stewart Voices of Change Award, and she contributed to First Fish, First People, which won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award. Maracle has taught at the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, Western Washington University, South Oregon University, and many more places. Michael Blackstock has published two books of poetry: Salmon Run: A Florilegium of Aboriginal Ecological Poetry (Kamloops: Wyget Books, 2005) and Oceaness (Kamloops: Wyget Books, 2010). Of Gitxsan (Hazelton) and Euro-Canadian descent, Blackstock has a MA in First Nations Studies. His first book, Faces in the Forest (McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, 2001), examines tree art in conjunction with First Nations cosmology, citing carvings, paintings and writings on trees within Gitxsan, Nisga'a, Tlingit, Carrier and Dene traditional territories. He has served as a member of the UNESCO-IHP Expert Advisory Group on Water and Cultural Diversity. Jeff Bear (Maliseet) produces, writes and directs independent documentaries with director Marianne Jones (Haida) at Urban Rez Productions in Vancouver. Since 2000 Urban Rez has produced the 26-part series Ravens and Eagles, for broadcast on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, as well as Storytellers in Motion, a 39 part documentary series about indigenous storytellers, and currently, Samaqan: Water Stories. The first documentary that Bear and Jones shot together, Burnt Church: Obstruction of Justice won the 2001 Telefilm/APTN award for Best English Language Production. Bear received the 2000 Leo Award for Best Information Series as the producer of First Story, an aboriginal current affairs program broadcast in Canada on CTV. Bear speaks the Maliseet language fluently and was raised in Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick. The On Edge series gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council and Emily Carr University