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For a guy nobody wants to talk about, we certainly had a lot to talk about....On yet another very special episode we dive into the underbelly of the world of hacking, illegal surveillance and some occasionally deprived and really weird stuff in the new documentary Nobody Wants To Talk About Jacob Applebaum which is having a second screening tonight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox before it debuts on CBC Gem this coming Wednesday the 26th.Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, had a crucial hearing at London's High Court last week where judges approved a short extension on his appeal to challenge possible extradition to the U.S. to confront 18 charges, predominantly under the Espionage Act. His fate, and the fate of those who worked with him, is still up in the air. If and/or when Assange is extradited to the U.S., attention will surely shift to his closest allies, including American Jacob Appelbaum, referred to as “WLA3” (WikiLeaks Associate 3) in indictments against Assange, who himself is currently residing in exile in Germany.  A new film by Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner, "Nobody Wants To Talk About Jacob Appelbaum" delves into the intriguing yet troubled persona of Appelbaum, whose destiny appears tightly interwoven with Assange's, and the obscure subculture from which they both emerged.  Kastner ("The Skyjacker's Tale”, "There Are No Fakes," + ) embarks on a quest to unravel the mysteries surrounding Jacob Appelbaum.  The film includes interviews reluctantly secured from elusive individuals including Appelbaum himself, woven together with seldom-seen footage and original investigative efforts, forming a cautionary tale relevant to our times.No word of lie, but this one gets a little out there, we had the pleasure of sitting down with friend of the show, director Jamie Kastner about what drew him to this story, how the film sits just on the wrong side of uncomfortable at times plus a little bonus news about how one of his previous films actually helped to generate some positive results in the world.Nobody Wants To Talk About Jacob Applebaum is on CBC Gem this Wednesday June 26th. 

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://efm-industry-insights.podigee.io/48-global-voices-local-roots-producers-blazing-the-way f48362ae565f46d2b5efdb909fe42420 Industry Insights – The EFM Podcast is presented by the European Film Market of the Berlinale. Hosted by filmmaker Yazmeen Kanji, it delves deep into the rapidly evolving film industry. In this episode, join us as we delve into the creative journey of four trailblazing producers from equity-seeking groups; Darcy McKinnon, Gilbert Mirambeau Jr., Inuk Jørgensen and Rolla Tahir. Discover how these producers are not only making a mark on the international stage but also actively supporting and nurturing local film cultures. Gain valuable insights into the challenges they have overcome, the lessons they have learned, and the impact they aspire to make in the cinematic landscape. All four producers and the moderator, Yazmeen Kanji, are alumni of the EFM Toolbox Programmes, an initiative aimed at creating pathways into the global film industry for producers from equity-seeking groups and the Global South. Every year, around 60 feature producers from around the world take part in the programme; you can discover the 2024 Fiction & Documentary cohort here and on the EFM Producers and Project Pages. Inuk Jørgensen is award-winning short film writer/director with a Masters' in Film from Aarhus University. Inuk has been making home movies and animations since his childhood in Greenland. As an Indigenous filmmaker he has a focus on aesthetic images and personal stories that touch upon the identity, history, and culture of the Greenlandic Inuit people. Gilbert Mirambeau Jr. is a creative producer, writer and activist based in Haiti. He is the general manager of Muska Group, a leading production company specialized in advertising, producing commercials and institutional films for more than 10 years. In 2014, he wrote and produced his first TV series for children, Lakou Kajou. In 2015, he co-founded Muska Films to tell stories that matter. ''I believe cinema is a powerful weapon to convey stories, reflect, shape and challenge people's perceptions and beliefs.'' In 2017, he produced his first short film, Kafou, which won several awards and nominations (e.g., Best Film at Austin Film Festival, Orlando Film Festivals 2017). Thanks to Kafou, he was selected as one of the 25 screenwriters to watch in 2018 by Movie Maker Magazine. In 2021, he executive produced the short documentary, Brave, pre-selected at Cannes for the Directors' Fortnight which won a few awards and nominations, and another short in 2022, Port of a Prince which had a few selection (American Black Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, Austin Film Festival). For years, Gilbert has been working on his first feature film that he cowrote and produced, Kidnapping Inc., selected to premiere at Sundance in 2024. Today, Gilbert is focused on his next two documentary projects,The Other Side (2025) and The Picture (2026), and his next fiction, Knox (2026). Gilbert is an alumni of several producer's Labs such as the Fiction Toolbox at EFM (2022), Open Doors at Locarno (2022), Producers under the Spotlight at Cannes (2023) and Eurodoc (2023). Rolla Tahir is an independent filmmaker and cinematographer based in Toronto. She's lensed short, narrative and experimental films, which screened in Canada and internationally and is currently in pre-production on her first feature film, Jude & the Jinn, through Telefilm's Talent to Watch & New Dawn. Darcy McKinnon is a documentary filmmaker based in New Orleans, whose work focuses on the American South and the Caribbean. Recently released projects include Roleplay (SXSW, 2024) Commuted (PBS, 2024), Algiers, America (Hulu, 2023), Under G-d (Sundance 2023), Look at Me! XXXTENTACION (SXSW, Hulu, 2022) and The Neutral Ground (Tribeca, POV, 2021), recipient of LEH Documentary of the Year 2022. Current projects in production include Katie Mathews' Roleplay, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers' The First Plantation, Matthew Henderson's A King Like Me, Abe Felix's Turnaround, CJ Hunt's Unlearned and Suzannah Herbert's Natchez. Her work has been on POV, Reel South, LPB, Cinemax and Hulu, and has screened at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, CPH:DOX and more. Darcy is an alum of the Impact Partners Producing Fellowship and the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellowship, and a recipient of American Documentary's Creative Visionary Award in 2023. The host Yazmeen Kanji is a Muslim Indo-Caribbean filmmaker, Hot Docs Accelerator Fellow, the podcast host of Breaking The 4th Wall powered by BIPOC TV & Film, and the CEO of Films With A Cause - a consulting firm for authentic on-screen storytelling practices. Yazmeen's first documentary, From Syria To Hope (2019), was awarded Best Short Documentary at the 2019 Toronto Short Film Festival. Her short documentary, With Love From Munera (2020), won the audience choice award at the 2021 Breakthroughs Film Festival, was an official selection at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) Next Wave 2021 and is now available to stream on the digital TIFF Bell Lightbox site. Yazmeen is currently developing her first documentary for broadcast in-part funded by the Hot Docs CrossCurrents Fund. The project investigates systemic racism in healthcare through a story of Sickle Cell Disease, for which she took part in the European Film Market's Doc Toolbox Programme in 2022, also attending EFM with the Hot Docs Cohort in 2023. The Berlinale's European Film Market is the first international film market of the year, where the film industry starts its business. Industry Insights - The EFM Podcast puts a spotlight on highly topical and trendsetting industry issues, thereby creating a compass for the forthcoming film year. The year-round podcast is produced in cooperation with Goethe-Institut and co-funded by Creative Europe MEDIA. full no Film Industry,Filmmaker,Yazmeen Kanji,Toolbox,European Film Market,Equity Seeking,Inuk Jorgensen,Rolla Tahir,Gilbert Mirambeau,Darcy McKinnon European Film Market 2576

O cinema brasileiro entra em cena no Canadá neste fim de ano. O país acolhe, a partir desta sexta (23) até domingo (26), o Brazil Film Fest Toronto, que chega à 16ª edição. Depois, de 1° a 7 de dezembro, é a vez do Festival do Filme Brasileiro de Montreal, em sua 17ª edição. Realizados há quase 20 anos, os dois eventos se firmam como os maiores encontros do cinema brasileiro no Canadá e trazem uma série de obras focadas em músicos e artistas do Brasil. Daniella Franco, da RFINo total, 27 títulos nacionais integram a programação do Brazil Film Fest Toronto e do Festival do Filme Brasileiro de Montreal. Entre eles, há grandes sucessos como "Medida Provisória", de Lázaro Ramos, “Eduardo e Mônica”, de René Sampaio, e "Nosso Sonho", de Eduardo Albergaria.Os festivais também exibirão documentários premiados, como “Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você”, de Roberto de Oliveira e Jom Tob Azulay, e "Amazônia, a Nova Minamata?", de Jorge Bodanzky, além das séries documentais "O Canto Livre de Nara Leão", de Renato Terra, e "Vale Tudo Com Tim Maia", de Nelson Motta e Renato Terra.A diretora e curadora dos dois eventos, Katia Adler, explicou à RFI que as escolhas das produções foram feitas com o objetivo de “mostrar o que se faz no Brasil”. “Tem um lado comercial, sempre exibimos uma comédia ou um filme mais leve, mas também temas preocupantes da atualidade, além de documentários.”Para Katia, o cinema brasileiro é caracterizado por sua diversidade e os dois festivais são um espelho disso. “Queremos mostrar um pouco de tudo”, reitera, lembrando que à programação deste ano em Montreal foram integradas duas séries sobre dois ícones da música brasileira, Nara Leão e Tim Maia. “É uma oportunidade única de assisti-las no cinema”, destaca.A música, aliás, marca a programação dos festivais neste ano. Entre as ficções, “Eduardo e Mônica”, de René Sampaio, é uma adaptação cinematográfica de uma faixa mítica do grupo Legião Urbana, enquanto "Nosso Sonho", de Eduardo Albergaria, conta a história da dupla Claudinho e Buchecha.Nos documentários, “Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você”, de Roberto de Oliveira e Jom Tob Azulay, aborda um dos álbuns mais importantes da história da MPB. Um outro destaque da programação dos dois festivais é “Andança – Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho”, que trata da trajetória de uma das maiores vozes do samba no Brasil.Em Montreal, o público também poderá assistir à "Môa, Raiz Afro Mãe", sobre a história e o legado do multiartista e educador Romualdo Rosário da Costa, mais conhecido como Môa do Katendê, fundador do célebre afoxé Badauê, em Salvador, no final dos anos 1970.Môa, assassinado em outubro de 2018, aos 63 anos, após uma briga política, se tornou símbolo do extremismo e da intolerância que invadiram o Brasil nos últimos anos. O crime bárbaro ocorreu durante a produção do documentário.Em entrevista à RFI, o diretor Gustavo McNair contou que a ideia de "Môa, Raiz Afro Mãe" nasceu junto com o início da gravação do álbum do artista, dentro do projeto do filme. “Os dois começaram com Môa em vida e terminaram após sua morte”, explica.No primeiro com o multiartista baiano, a equipe do documentário ficou encantada com suas histórias, sua sabedoria e a importância de sua produção cultural. Depois de vários encontros no início de 2018, Môa viajou à Europa onde desenvolvia vários projetos, e voltou ao Brasil para votar e dar sequência à produção do filme. No entanto, após uma discussão sobre política após o primeiro turno da eleição presidencial de 2018, em 8 de outubro, ele foi brutalmente assassinado a facadas em um bar de Salvador (BA).“Tivemos que enfrentar esse luto, que foi horrível, muito triste e revoltante”, relembra Gustavo. “A gente deu um tempo para passar um pouco do luto e da revolta, conhecemos a família dele em Salvador para saber se eles queriam continuar o filme, mas percebemos que eles se incomodavam com a transformação do Môa em mártir político, deixando de lado a obra e o legado dele”, completa.Assim, a equipe decidiu manter a ideia inicial do projeto, focado na vida e conquistas do multiartista baiano. “O documentário fala muito pouco sobre a morte, que está ali, mas a gente não explora isso como se fosse uma oportunidade. O filme é sobre a vida e o legado eterno do Môa”, ressalta.Em Toronto, é grande a expectativa para exibição do premiado documentário “The Long Rider”, dirigido por Sean Cisterna, que encerra o Brazil Film Fest no domingo (26). O evento contará com a presença da equipe do filme e seu personagem principal, Filipe Masetti Leite, o único brasileiro e a pessoa mais jovem do mundo a percorrer o continente americano a cavalo.Em oito anos, o jornalista radicado no Canadá cavalgou cerca de 27 mil quilômetros em três etapas. Do Alaska até Ushuaia, na Argentina, Filipe atravessou 12 países, uma façanha registrada em 500 horas de gravação.O projeto era um sonho de infância do brasileiro e começou a se tornar realidade desde que se tornou estudante de jornalismo em Toronto. “Eu passei dois anos fazendo o planejamento estratégico para conseguir os recursos, entre equipamentos, cavalos e o dinheiro, que veio de uma produtora que comprou o projeto para eu filmar o documentário para eles”, relembra.O investimento deu certo: desde que foi lançado, no ano passado, o documentário vem rodando o mundo e recebeu 20 prêmios internacionais. “Eu era um menino com um sonho impossível. Todo mundo falava que eu não ia conseguir, que eu ia morrer tentando, e acabei mostrando que com foco, força, fé, planejamento e disciplina absolutamente nada é impossível.”Para o brasileiro, que também é o diretor de fotografia e produtor do filme, o trabalho não é apenas um simples documentário sobre a cavalgada e abordando temas com os quais o público do mundo inteiro pode se identificar.“É uma história muito humana, sobre o meu relacionamento com os meus pais, que não cortaram as minhas asas e eu consegui fazer essa jornada graças a eles. Fala também da minha conexão com Deus; eu era um ateu antes dessa jornada. Tem a minha história de imigrante: eu vim para o Canadá muito cedo, meu pai teve o visto de trabalho negado, a gente teve que sair do país. Enfim, há muitos temas universais que acabam inspirando muitas pessoas”, diz.O Brazil Film Fest Toronto é realizado de 24 de novembro até domingo, dia 26 na sala TIFF - Bell Lightbox, no Centro de Toronto. E o Festival do Filme Brasileiro de Montreal ocorre de 1º a 7 de dezembro no Cinéma du Parc. A programação completa pode ser conferida no site Jangada.org.

Mounting something beautiful can be an act of all out war...On this very special episode we dive into the art of creation in one of the more hallowed halls of performance art in our fair country.  It's time to mount an iconic ballet coming off of the pandemic, it's time for a 'Swan Song'SWAN SONG immerses viewers inside one of the world's leading ballet companies as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement.  The verité-driven feature documentary closely follows Kain and a group of young dancers drawn from the National Ballet of Canada's ranks, weaving Swan Lake's dramatic creation process with intimate scenes from the subjects' personal lives as they push toward one of the most significant opening nights in their company's history. It doesn't only take a village to mount a ballet production, it's actually akin to a war of attrition as director Chelsea McMullan takes us into the thick of the battle, not only following Kain as she prepares for retirement but also in the middle of the company so that we get a sense of how much effort it takes from all involved to make something like this work.We had the pleasure of sitting down with Chelsea and co-writer/producer Sean O'Neill to talk about the challenges of the shoot, the hurdles they had to clear, the magic of dance on screen and how easily this could have turned into something very, VERY different.'Swan Song' is playing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox now and rolling out to various other theatres in the days and weeks to come.

How do you build a Canadian organization into a globally recognizable brand? Piers Handling was CEO of TIFF from 1992 - 2018. Piers is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has been awarded the Order of Ontario. He was named to France's highest cultural insignia. We talk to Piers about his vision for bringing Canadian cinema to a global audience, the similarities and differences between TIFF, Cannes, and Sundance Film Festival, his “pinch me” moments as CEO, how and when directors like Steven Spielberg have launched their films at TIFF, and the 10-year journey to build a forever home to celebrate Canadian cinema – the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

With her new film North of Normal opening across Canada this week, filmmaker Carly Stone is here to support another new release, Celine Song's stunning drama Past Lives. Your genial host Norm Wilner hopes he and Carly will see you at the 6:30pm screening of North of Normal this Friday, July 28th, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Sarah Gadon will be there too!

We can never quite know what it's like to walk a mile in someone else's shoes....On this very special episode we are diving into a very personal and very beautiful piece of Canadiana from a filmmaker and friend of the show.  It's time for 'So Much Tenderness'.So Much Tenderness, is a story about a Colombian environmental lawyer who flees her native country after her husband is murdered.  As a refugee forced to start over, Aurora (Noëlle Schönwald) rebuilds her life in Toronto with her daughter (Natalia Aranguren), only to risk losing everything when her traumatic past re-surfaces.While we've seen stories about the immigrant experience before, what writer/director Lina Rodriguez does here is let us simmer and appreciate the quieter moments rather then hit us over the head with any kind of political statements and lets us appreciate the human experience.We had the pleasure of sitting down with Lina to talk about the origins of the story, the personal nature of it all and how it expands to how she shoots the film and so very much more... 

It's rare that you actually get to confront yourself....On this episode we are hip deep in a brilliant new thriller that just got extended over at the TIFF Bell Lightbox here in Toronto.  It's time for Subtraction.In downtown Tehran, Farzaneh, a young driving instructor, spots her husband, Jalal, walking into a woman's apartment. When she confronts him, Jalal claims he was out of town for work. He decides to check out the building for himself. There, he meets a woman who is the spitting image of Farzaneh. Her name is Bita. Stunned, the two compare family photos: Bita's husband also looks identical to Jalal.This film is a rich and lush ride that isn't afraid to be as cinematic as it can be while making some truly interesting cultural statements.We had the unique pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Mani Haghighi to talk about the origins of the story, the visual language of the film, making cinema that makes a statement while in Iran and so very much more....

Author and actor Priya Guns -- who co-stars opposite Devery Jacobs in V.T. Nayani's This Place, returning to the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto next Friday, July 7th -- throws down for the genius of Boots Riley's 2018 debut Sorry to Bother You, a movie that doesn't get anywhere near the respect it deserves. Your genial host Norm Wilner has Priya's back on this one.

MDFF is a Toronto based film production and distribution company founded by Kazik Radwanski and Dan Montgomery. Their latest film 'The Maiden' (Dir. Graham Foy) is currently screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Kazik and Dan sat down with us to discuss marketing niche films, distribution, Canadian Art, film festivals, making films that resonate with both domestic and international audiences, shooting in Alberta, regional specificity, meeting at film school, their stripped down process, 'MDFF Selects', DIY screenings at Double Double Land, buying and returning projectors from Best Buy, 'Anne at 13,000 Feet', manual labour, balancing creative and commercial work, skydiving, working with Deragh Campbell, non actors, their casting process, grant writing, pitching films, Kaz's upcoming film, the future of MDFF and much more! MDFF Kazik Radwanski Dan Montgomery Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- Cold Pod SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Growing up is rarely easy....On this very special episode we are getting the honor of diving into some incredibly beautiful Can-Con coming of age storytelling which is making it's debut at the TIFF Bell Lightbox tonight with some Q&A's and guests in attendance.  It's time for 'The Maiden'.Shot in glorious 16mm film, 'The Maiden' is a beautifully atmospheric mediation on growing up and all the challenges that it entails.  When a day of youthful abandon turns tragic, a new world opens for three suburban teenagers. Best friends Colton (Marcel T. Jiménez) and Kyle (Jackson Sluiter) skateboard, swim in a ravine, tag bridges, and pick flowers for a cat's burial until a fatal accident changes everything. Meanwhile, Whitney (Hayley Ness) feels her best friend slip away into the world of boys and parties. When their paths cross, time slips, boundaries dissolve and what was certain ceases to exist. Shot in Alberta, 'The Maiden' is very much a film of its place that couldn't have taken place anywhere then in our own beautiful country.  I had the unique pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Graham Foy to talk about the origins of the story, shooting on film and so very much more.

Writer-director Elegance Bratton -- whose autobiographical debut The Inspection is in theaters now, and opening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Friday -- examines the tangled themes of race, class and belonging in Douglas Sirk's 1959 remake of Imitation of Life, and how they resonate with his own work. Your genial host Norm Wilner prefers Sirk's version too.

In this episode, chef Noel is joined by one of Toronto's top chefs Joe Friday to share his culinary journey and to talk more about The chef Collective battle culinary competition. Chef Joe also gave us some tips on how to make the perfect burger and how to own your kitchen confidence when entering a culinary competition.  About Chef Joe Chef Joe Friday is an acclaimed chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur, currently based in Toronto. Born in North Carolina, raised in Japan, and trained in French Cuisine, Chef Joe graduated top of the class in Restaurant Management from The Culinary Institute of America in New York. He started his culinary career at 20 as one of 10 individuals invited to train at Walt Disney World's culinary program.  He then worked across Europe, Asia and the U.S., including staging with Thomas Keller at French Laundry, as a Saucier Nobu in Honolulu, and as the Executive Sous Chef at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. In 2011, Chef Joe moved to Canada to be part of the opening team for Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini's Luma at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. He then joined the team that opened Bar Mozza (now closed) and became part owner and Executive Chef of ViaVai (now closed).  In 2013, Chef Joe Friday founded The Chef Collective, a chef-driven organization committed to supporting local and worldwide chefs by providing them with a platform to showcase their talents through live culinary battles. In 2016, Chef Joe brought his love for Hawaiian cuisine to Toronto, and opened, as part owner and chef, the popular quick service poké restaurant Calii Love. In 2019, Chef Joe opened Friday Roots, a soul food restaurant in Toronto, which marked a return to his North Carolina roots with a menu featuring treasured family recipes.  Follow us on Social  www.instagram.com/whatscookingwithchefnoel www.facebook.com/Iamchefnoel Chef Joe Friday instagram.com/@chefjoefriday --- 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/whatscookingwithchefnoel/message

Filmmaker Julian Higgins, whose latest feature God's Country stars Thandiwe Newton as a retired academic drawn into a confrontation with trespassers on her remote Montana property, delves into the darkness of Andrei Zvyagintsev's 2017 drama Loveless – and Zvyagintsev's cinema as a whole. Your genial host Norm Wilner will be chatting with Julian and co-star Joris Jarsky after the 7:15pm screening of God's Country this Friday, September 23rd, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Just putting that out there.

In 2015, emerging filmmaker Chandler Levack joined your genial host Norm Wilner to talk about her love for Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont's 1998 coming-of-age film Can't Hardly Wait. Seven years later, Chandler's first feature I Like Movies is making its world premiere at TIFF -- and Norm has joined the festival as a programmer. Enjoy the flashback -- and if you want to see I Like Movies, it's screening again at 6:30 pm Wednesday September 14th at the TIFF Bell Lightbox 3, and at 9:45 pm Friday September 16th at the TIFF Bell Lightbox 2. 

It's a special TIFF bonus episode, and Vancouver filmmaker Sophie Jarvis -- whose unnerving first feature Until Branches Bend makes its world premiere this Saturday, September 10th, at 8 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 -- is here to discuss Another Year, the 2010 Mike Leigh dramedy starring Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen as an unassuming English couple who are always inviting friends and family to come out for a meal or a chat, and escape their miserable lives for a little bit. Your genial host Norm Wilner wonders what they're really up to.

We're in the thick of it now as the Toronto International Film Festival which is running from September 8th through to the 18th  and as the cinematic world descends on our fair city, we decided to embrace our dark sides just a little bit.One of the longest running (and most popular) programs in the festival is the Midnight Madness series that ranges from the macabre, the gory and the flat out weird.  In advance of the festival we had the chance to sit down with lead programmer for the Midnight Madness block; Mr. Peter Kuplowsky to not only talk about what's in store for the festival but the monthly does of Midnight Madness that have been and will continue to be happening down at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

There are times in our lives where the questions are just as important as the answers....On this episode we dive into a Finnish coming of age drama that just got held over in Toronto and is expanding to cities like Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton in the coming weeks.  It's time for 'Girl Picture'.Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö have each other's backs, always. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma, on the contrary, has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure.There's a simple and genuinely magnetic charm to this film that is hard to look away from and it makes it something that translates in any language for any gender.We had the unique pleasure of sitting down with the director of the film Alli Haapasalo  to talk about the origins of the story, the craft of telling a personal yet still very visual story and so very much more....

On this week's episode, Matt and Eric discuss Episodes 4 & 5 of Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal and if the HBO “reality” show is fake or real… and if that even matters.They also chat about A24's Bodies Bodies Bodies and Eric gives his thoughts on Heat 2.TIFF TALK 2022 continues as well, with the boys' attending the Canadian press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox.Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro & Heat 2 00:12:30 - TIFF TALK 2022 00:22:00 - BODIES BODIES BODIES 00:37:00 - Crocodile 00:40:30 - Dragon Ball 00:52:30 - The Rehearsal 01:12:30 - The Dead Zone

Sex isn't just a dirty business, it can be a pretty ugly one too...This debut feature film from writer/director Ninja Thyberg is a journey into the Los Angeles porn industry through the lens of newcomer Bella Cherry (Sofia Kappel). Strong, self-confident and determined, Bella embarks on a mission to become the best at any cost.Quite simply a fantastic piece of cinema and a powerful debut feature from both the director AND the star, we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with star Sofia Kappel and asked her about getting the job, having her first film be such a uniquely difficult yet also empowering one and so very much more...'Pleasure' opens at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Friday May 20th.

Michelle Rempel Garner, Chloe Sosa-Sims and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the new film Hunting in Packs, idealism, political inertia, community, the calcification of beliefs, personal change, authenticity and why politics should be about the conversation.Find out more here.Synopsis:What happens when strong-willed women join the circus of politics? How do they create the change? Make the policy real? Achieve their dreams?The 3 female politicians in this film, Jess Phillips (Labour, UK) Pramila Jayapal (Democrat, US) & Michelle Rempel Garner (Conservative, Canada), represent differentends of the political spectrum, with different constituents and vastly different agendas. That said, they share one common fight – enacting bold policy in the face of anoutdated political establishment. Sometimes that fight pits them against their country's leaders, and other times against their own political parties. Taking place in threeWestern countries, the film will explore three democracies currently being rocked by the deep polarization of party politics.Just as they all begin to make progress, they are thrown into elections and leadership campaigns, and are expected to shift gears for “the good” of their leaders orparties. As each woman's portrait becomes fully realized, the viewer must decide whether our system allows for their success.About Chloe:Chloe Sosa-Sims is a Toronto-based director/ producer/ writer committed to documentary & stylized filmmaking. Her chilling and emotionally raw feature debut DANAND MARGOT illuminated the complicated truths of schizophrenia. The film has screened internationally, with special presentations at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and theHot Docs Bloor Cinema. She has participated in the UnionDocs Documentary Lab, RIDM Talent Lab, and the Reelworld E20 Program for her new film on women in politics.Her work spans independent documentary, television, branded content, and narrative shorts for CNN, VICE, CBC, History Channel, Super Channel, TVO, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, and A&E.She takes on issues from politics to pop culture, and advocates for a more equal, fair and sustainable industry through her work with Film Fatales and othercommunity groups. Her previous work includes 5 years as the Industry Programmer at Hot Docs.She holds a BAH in Film & Media from Queen's University.Image Copyright and Credit: Chloe Sosa-Sims & Fathom Film Group.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson With the Rolling Thunder protest making its way into Ottawa this weekend, we look at what law enforcement is planning, to compare with how the convoy protest was handled before and after the invocation of the Emergencies Act. What is the toll taken on the people and the government of China as the nation grapples with COVID-19, and where do they go from here? In a new piece for the Globe and Mail, Dr. David Welch highlights how former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has put the country in a tough energy situation, now with Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine and energy-related tensions rising across Europe. Today marks the National Day of Mourning and family support group Threads of Life is calling on workplaces to take this time to reflect and ensure their organizations put safety first for their employees. Beautiful Scars will have its first screening at Hot Docs on May 2, at 5:15 pm ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox 2. The film traces back in time to unravel musician, artist and author Tom Wilson's biographical history and eventually follows him to the Kanawahke reserve, where he explores his Mohawk heritage and meets for the first time the birth family that didn't even know he existed. Does wearing a mask change the first impression you make on people? A new study from Brock University has looked into that and it might surprise you what they have found. Let's find out what we know so far about the Ontario budget with help from Global News' Queen's Park Bureau Chief, Colin D'Mello. What will come of the Emergencies Act Inquiry? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.  Guests: Sean Sparling, retired Deputy Chief of Sault Ste Marie Police, currently the President of Investigative Solutions Network Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science with the University of Alberta Dr. David Welch, Professor of Political Science and University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo; Balsillie School of International Affairs Shirley Hickman, Threads of Life Executive Director Tom Wilson, Mohawk author, visual artist, and musician (LeE HARVeY osMOND, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Junkhouse), focus of the new documentary film Beautiful Scars Catherine J. Mondloch, Professor, Director, Face Perception Lab, Department of Psychology at Brock University Colin D'Mello, Queen's Park Bureau Chief, Global News Matt Gurney, Cofounder of the line, a substack magazine, and a columnist for the National Post and TVO Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator Host - Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber Podcast Co-Producer - Ben Straughan News Anchors – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://omny.fm/shows/scott-thompson-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toronto filmmaker Martin Edralin, whose award-winning first feature Islands plays the TIFF Bell Lightbox tonight (April 12th) through Thursday (April 14th), unpacks the tensions at play in Korean master Lee Chang-dong's almost unbearably empathetic Secret Sunshine, a study of a woman carrying the weight of unimaginable loss that earned star Jeon Do-yeon the Best Actress prize at Cannes in 2007. Your genial host Norm Wilner is braced for impact, and reminds you the first year of the podcast can be yours at payhip.com/semcast for just twenty dollars. That's 52 episodes, 46 of which are unavailable to stream anywhere, including gems like Scott Thompson on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Chandler Levack on Can't Hardly Wait. Just saying.

Bruce LaBruce is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto. His latest film is "St. Narcisse" a comedy-drama starring Félix-Antoine Duval as a pair of identical twins who were separated at birth and did not previously know of each other's existence, but who fall in love and begin a twincest relationship with each other after being reunited.  The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival.LaBruce's earlier film Gerontophilia won the Grand Prix at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal in 2013, and Pierrot Lunaire, which won the Teddy Award Special Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2014. As a visual artist he is represented by Peres Projects in Berlin, and has had numerous gallery shows around the world, the latest of which, called Obscenity, a photography exhibit, caused a national ruckus in Spain in 2011.His feature film L.A. Zombie was notably banned in Australia in 2010 after having been programmed at the Melbourne International Film Festival. It later premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland that same year. LaBruce has written and directed three theatrical works at the Hau Theater in Berlin, including a production of Arnold Schoenberg's avant-garde piece Pierrot Lunaire at the legendary Hebbel am Ufer Theater. He adapted the latter project into an experimental film, incorporating footage from the stage production combined with additional material shot on location in Berlin. He has also directed theatrical works at the Theater Neumarkt in Zurich, Switzerland, and he participated as a director in the Hau Theater's ambitious X-Homes project in Johannesburg, South Africa. LaBruce has written a premature memoir called The Reluctant Pornographer, and has had two books published about his work: Ride, Queer, Ride, from Plug-In Gallery in Winnipeg, and Bruce(x)ploitation, a monograph from his Italian distributor, Atlantide Entertainment. LaBruce has contributed to a variety of international magazines, newspapers and websites as both a writer and photographer, including index magazine, for which he also acted as a contributing editor, Vice, The National Post, Purple Fashion, The Guardian UK, and many others. He has also been a regular columnist over the years for Eye, Exclaim! and Vice magazines. Additionally, LaBruce has directed a number of music videos, two of which won him MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada. Most recently, LaBruce has been honoured with film retrospectives at both TIFF/Bell Lightbox 2014, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 2015. The MoMA retrospective featured all nine of LaBruce's features as well as a program of short films. All of the films have now become part of MoMA's permanent film collection.

It's SEMcast's seventh anniversary, and filmmaker Igor Drljača -- whose new drama The White Fortress screens at TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of Canada's Top Ten tomorrow night, Wednesday March 16th, before hitting TIFF's streaming platform March 25th -- is here to take us on a trip to Punishment Park, Peter Watkins' distressingly perceptive 1971 thriller about America's slide towards fascism. Your genial host Norm Wilner wants you to know that the first year of this podcast is now available to own for just $20 at payhip.com/semcast . That's 52 episodes of SEMcast goodness, 46 of them no longer available to stream, with guests like Aaron Abrams, Katie Boland, Kristian Bruun, Ennis Esmer, Nelson George, John Maclean, Natalie Merchant, Scott Thompson, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and many, many more. Full track listing at payhip.com/semcast. Support the podcast! Get hours and hours of entertainment! Everybody wins!

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!

Bruce LaBruce is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto. Along with a number of short films, he has written and directed nine feature films, including his most recent, Saint-Narcisse, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2020. As a visual artist he has had numerous gallery shows around the world, the latest of which, called Obscenity, a photography exhibit, which caused a national ruckus in Spain in 2011. His feature film L.A. Zombie was notably banned in Australia in 2010. Bruce has written a premature memoir called The Reluctant Pornographer, and has had two books published about his work: Ride, Queer, Ride, and Bruce(x)ploitation. Most recently, Bruce has been honored with film retrospectives at both TIFF/Bell Lightbox 2014, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 2015. The MoMA retrospective featured all nine of his features as well as a program of short films. All of the films have now become part of MoMA's permanent film collection.

Writer-director Emma Seligman — whose first feature Shiva Baby is now available to rent on digital TIFF Bell Lightbox and goes into wider VOD release across North America on Friday — tackles another directorial debut: Edward Norton’s Keeping the Faith, in which Norton and Ben Stiller play a priest and a rabbi whose lifelong friendship is … Continue reading Emma Seligman on Keeping the Faith →

This episode is part 4 of a 4 part series covering EditCon 2020 that took place on Saturday February 1st, 2020 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Multi-award-winning editor Susan Shipton shares her vast knowledge and experience from a long career in film and network television. Susan has over 40 feature films to her credit. She has cut eight films with director Atom Egoyan (including Oscar-nominated The Sweet Hereafter), as well as many critically-acclaimed television series such as The Book of Negroes, and The Expanse. This panel was moderated by Sarah Taylor.  

Welcome to Creatives Grab Coffee, hosted by Kyrill Lazarov & Dario Nouri.A platform where creatives and business professionals discuss industry topics, ideas and share experiences.Today we welcome our guest Andrew Osborne, the founder of Minifridge Media, one of Toronto's top video production companies, and a freelance director whose work has played on national TV, in Cineplex Theatres, and at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vHd8Bd...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Instagram: @CreativesGrabCoffee Facebook: @CreativesGrabCoffeeProduced by LAPSE PRODUCTIONS - www.lapseproductions.com

This episode is part 3 or a 4 part series covering EditCon 2020 that took place on Saturday February 1st, 2020 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. This panel explores the mechanics of making us laugh--how do you take what's on the page and make it land? From sketch comedy to sitcoms, James Bredin, CCE from Schitt's Creek, Marianna Khoury from Letterkenny and Baroness Von Sketch Show and Jonathan Eagan from Workin' Moms and Carter will explore what makes cutting comedy unique and particularly challenging. This panel was moderated by Elvira Kurt, comedy legend, gay icon and freakin' national treasure!

This episode is part 2 or a 4 part series covering EditCon 2020 that took place on Saturday February 1st, 2020 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. There's no formula to a festival hit, but the three editors behind the recent critically-lauded feature films Freaks, Mouthpiece, and Genesis will share how they did it. In this panel discussion Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Lara Johnston and Sabrina Pitre talk about their process, career trajectories and what lies ahead.  This panel was moderated by Justin Lachance, CCE.

This episode is part 1 or a 4 part series covering EditCon 2020 that took place on Saturday February 1st, 2020 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Massive hours of footage, tight deadlines, and no script? No problem! Elianna Borsa, Jenypher Fisher, CCE, Baun Mah and Ian Sit from the hit shows Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Yukon Gold, and In The Making share how they get to the finish line. Featuring clips from these and other top-rated and award-winning reality and factual programs, this discussion breaks down the process of cutting unscripted programming, both creatively and technically. This panel was moderated by Jonathan Dowler.  

Who Is Mariah Owen & What We Talk About On This Episode of The Andrew Bilak Show:Mariah Owen is an award-winning actress and filmmaker from Toronto. She founded her production company, GTE Productions, at the age of 21 and has been called “The Youngest EP in Hollywood” by numerous outlets. Most recently, she produced SXSW-darling feature M.F.A. and Daddy's Playground (Mammoth FF ‘19). In 2019, she executive produced Canada's largest festival for web series and podcasts; T.O. Webfest; held at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. The emerging powerhouse has been called a “tour de force from the indie film industry” (Broadway World) and “one of Canada's most impressive young producers.” (Indiescreen) In addition, her directorial debut music video for Common Deer's song Glass (Redux) was called “divine” (Indie88). She has been lucky to work with some of the biggest names in the biz such as Eastwood and Roberts, and for some of the largest brands; EA Sports, NHL, UGG, Yamaha to name a few.Resources:Connect with Mariah online - @mariahowenSee Mariah's new film - Pamela & Ivy | The Poison Ivy Origin Storyandrewbilak.comDon't forget to subscribe and rate and review The Andrew Bilak Show on apple podcasts :)

Actor and filmmaker Sofia Banzhaf — whom you may know from Closet Monster, Bitten, Carter and Black Conflux, and whose short film I Am In The World As Free And Slender As A Deer On A Plain screens at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Sunday, January 26th, at 4 pm in the Canada’s Top Ten shorts … Continue reading Sofia Banzhaf on The Canyons →

Actor and filmmaker Deragh Campbell — who is devastatingly good in Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 Ft., and whose latest collaboration with Sofia Bohdanowicz, MS Slavic 7, opens this Thursday in Toronto at the TIFF Bell Lightbox — ponders the intimate ambiguities of Les Rendez-vous d’Anna, Chantal Akerman’s 1978 film about a Belgian director traveling … Continue reading Deragh Campbell on Les Rendez-vous d’Anna →

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In advance of their new film Spice It Up opens in Toronto at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Thursday, August 15th, filmmakers Lev Lewis, Yonah Thomas and Calvin Thomas assembled to make the case for Kidnap, Luis Prieto’s 2017 thriller starring Halle Berry as a mother who’ll stop at nothing to rescue her son from … Continue reading Lev Lewis, Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas on Kidnap →

With her award-winning first feature Roads in February screening in Toronto at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this week, writer-director Katherine Jerkovic sits down to talk about her admiration for, and awe of, the singular intensity of Claire Denis’ 2004 drama L’Intrus (The Intruder). Your genial host Norm Wilner apologizes for the HVAC noise.

Larry Weinstein and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies, consumerism, art and persuasion, demagogues and Donald Trump, Che Guevara and why religion is the ultimate propaganda.Trailer Synopsis: In a world where access to media is unprecedented, the global conversation around the propagation of information, “alternative facts” and “fake news” has never been more heated. As media outlets become increasingly polarized, and as social media rules information feeds, where does propaganda come into play? How is it influencing changes in the world order? Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies demystifies the predominant means and methods of propagandist persuasion that have been employed by those seeking power. It explores and analyzes the present day landscape and contextualizes it by looking back at key epochs of history when propaganda defined nations and kept populations in check. From ancient cave drawings, to the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, to the unbridled stabs of Twitter, every form of media has been exploited in order to sway, awe and intimidate. The intellect is relegated to a distant second place to raw emotion that is fueled by sinister threats and unrealistic promises. The lie overrules the truth and becomes the new reality—alternative facts are dispensed in rants and raves. Propaganda has been at times relatively innocuous, but at others powerful and deadly, especially in the hands of the most infamously demonic demagogues through the ages.About the Director: Weinstein began to make films as a teenager while attending Earl Haig Secondary School.He went on to attend York University's film school. This led to teaming up with Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman to co-found Rhombus Media in 1979.Weinstein's directorial debut came in 1984's Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and won the first-ever Best Documentary Gemini Award in Canada. Best known for classical-music projects such as Ravel’s Brain, Beethoven’s Hair and Mozartballs, Weinstein made 36 films that have garnered dozens of awards from around the world, including three International Emmy Awards (and several other Emmy nominations) and 12 personal Canadian Screen/Gemini Awards, as well as major awards in Canada, the United States, France, The Czech Republic, Mexico, and Australia.His films have been broadcast in over 40 countries and he has been the subject of many International film retrospectives including those at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, The Jakarta International Film Festival in Indonesia, Doc Aviv in Israel, MOFFOM (Music on Film-Film on Music) in the Czech Republic, The Look of Sound in Germany, Impara L’Arte in Italy, the Havana Film Festival in Cuba, and a recent tribute at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. York University awarded him an honorary doctorate.In 2015, Weinstein founded Larry Weinstein Productions and his distribution company, Dead Cow International. Weinstein's 2016 documentary The Devil's Horn premiered at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. His other 2016 film, Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star, a documentary on Leslie Caron, premiered at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Image Copyright: Larry Weinstein and Hawkeye Pictures. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode, Matt and Eric review J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlun and Pedro Pascal.Matt’s Rating: 4.5/5Eric’s Rating: 4/5Triple Frontier is now playing in limited release at TIFF Bell Lightbox and is streaming on Netflix on March 13.

A fitting grand finale for Black History Month, the first Black Canadian-made film of 2019 launches into general theatrical release on Thursday, February 28, 2019. Black Canadian filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon's internationally acclaimed feature film, HERO, makes its Canadian theatrical premiere at TIFF Bell Lightbox, located at 350 King St. W., Toronto, ON. In celebration of HERO's achievement, Ghanian superstar Adjetey Anang, and British rising star Eric Kofi Abrefa (Snowden, The Harlots) are confirmed to attend along with Peter Williams (Canada) and Nickolai Salcedo (Trinidad and Tobago). “Frances-Anne Solomon has done so much to bring crucial stories from the African Diaspora to screen,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF's Artistic Director and Co-Head. “Her portrayal of the Ulric Cross story illuminates an important chapter in Caribbean history. We're honoured to present HERO at TIFF Bell Lightbox, in collaboration with CTFF.” Filmed in Trinidad, Ghana, the UK and Canada, HERO is the story of Ulric Cross, who in 1941, left his small island to seek his fortune, and became the Royal Air Force's most decorated West Indian. Then his life took a dramatically different course when he followed the call of history. He joined the independence movements sweeping the world in the 50s and 60s. Toronto's Canadian premiere launches screenings across Canada and a cinematic world tour that includes Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. HERO features an all-star cast of top international Black actors in powerful roles. Joseph Marcell (Fresh Prince of Belair) plays Trinidadian author CLR James, alongside Fraser James' (Terminator) as Trinidadian revolutionary George Padmore, while British-Nigerian actor Jimmy Akingbola plays Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah, and Adjetey Anang (Adam's Apple, Potomanto) plays Congo's ill-fated first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba. Canada's Peter Williams (Stargate SG1), and Trinidad and Tobago's Nickolai Salcedo co-lead the extraordinary cast, along with Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Informer), Pippa Nixon (John Carter, Unforgotten), and Valerie Buhagiar (Bad Blood, Murdoch Mysteries). Several members of the international cast will be attending the premiere and will participate in the post-film Talk Back session. The official after-party location will soon be announced. “HERO captures a transformative moment in Black global history. Securing a general release for the film presents a significant opportunity for us to share our story with a broad and diverse audience. The film is important especially for young Black people to understand on whose broad shoulders we stand, to learn who led big lives and who were heroes,” says Frances-Anne Solomon, director and producer of HERO. “Launching at the prestigious TIFF Bell Lightbox theatre acknowledges the impact of this film on the Canadian theatre ecology and its capacity for exposure beyond the Caribbean and Africa.” Frances-Anne Solomon Recently, Frances-Anne Solomon, director and producer of HERO was on our show. During our conversation, Ms. Solomon talked about: – A little of her background and Caribbean Tales, CineFam – The background and story behind Hero and the selection of the cast – What message would she like the audience to get from the movie You can find out more about HERO via: HERO Caribbean Tales – Twitter Hero Film – Twitter HERO – Facebook CaribbeanTales is proud to present: The “Hero” World Tour – Facebook Visit The Dr. Vibe Show™ website at https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/ Please feel free to email The Dr. Vibe Show™ at dr.vibe@thedrvibeshow.com Please feel free to “Like” the “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook fan page here God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Dr. Vibe

This week on TIFF Long Take, Geoff chats with actor and screenwriter Zoe Kazan. It’s been a busy few months for Kazan. In October, the feature film 'Wildlife' — which she co-wrote with her partner, Paul Dano, and which had its Canadian premiere at TIFF in September — opened to great critical acclaim. Most recently, she starred in “The Gal Who Got Rattled,” one of six vignettes that make up the Coen Brothers’ anthology film 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs', now playing at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Kazan talks about the films that made her want to pursue a career in show business, how her work as an actor has influenced her screenplays, and the best piece of advice she ever received about writing. She also talks about her all-time favourite film scripts, how her role in 'Meek’s Cutoff '(2010) prepared her for 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs', and what she learned working with the Coen Brothers.

This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob sits down with director Joseph Kahn. Long considered one of the most prolific and commercially successful music video directors, Kahn has recently made his return to feature films with ‘Bodied’, the story of ambitious graduate student who becomes immersed in the world of battle-rap. Written by Canadian battle-rapper Alex Larsen, and produced by Eminem, ‘Bodied’ won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness at TIFF 2017, and is currently playing at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Kahn talks about why he thinks ‘Bodied’ has struck a chord with “repressed” audiences, how Eminem got involved with the film, and the difference between art and entertainment. He also discusses the art of battle-rap, how he honed his craft working on commercials and music videos, and why good art needs to offend.

Recorded live as part of JFL42 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto on September 23rd, 2018. Thanks to Mathew Lewis (@Thelewt) for the photo. Come see Stop Podcasting Yourself LIVE this fall. Oct. 4 - Calgary Oct. 5 - Edmonton Oct. 6 - Saskatoon

This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob and Geoff welcome TIFF’s Director and CEO, Pier’s Handling. This will be Handling’s final festival in charge of TIFF, having assumed his current position in 1994. He originally joined the festival in 1982.   Handling looks back on the films that made him a cinephile, his first exposure to the Toronto International Film Festival, and biggest challenges facing film festivals now vs. 40 years ago.   He also discusses how TIFF’s philosophy has evolved since it was founded in 1976, the long road to opening the TIFF Bell Lightbox in 2010, and what audiences are looking for from a film festival in 2018.

Grace Glowicki — who co-stars in Cardinals this Friday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, and who’ll be back at TIFF in September with Roney’s short film Glitter’s Wild Women — sits down to talk about Love, and how its graphic sex scenes are Gaspar Noe’s gateway to honesty. Your genial host Norm Wilner would like you to know that this … Continue reading Grace Glowicki on Love →

This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob and Geoff sit down with award winning independent film director and writer, Debra Granik. Granik, whose films include Down to the Bone and Winter’s Bone, is recognized as one of film’s great talent spotters, casting actors Jennifer Lawrence and Vera Farmiga in their star-making roles. Her latest film, Leave No Trace, starring Ben Foster and rising star Thomasin McKenzie, is playing now at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Granik discusses what she looks for most in her leading actors, how she’s able to spot talent in relatively unproven actors, and how she prepares her cast for such physically and emotionally demanding roles. She also talks about about why she chooses to set her films in less conventional locations like the Ozarks or the Oregon wilderness, the challenges of making films about the disenfranchised, and where in America she hopes her next film will take her.

This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob and Geoff sit down with one of the industry’s most versatile and compelling actors, Ben Foster. Whether he’s playing a Texas bank robber in 'Hell or High Water', Lance Armstrong in 'The Program', or William S. Burroughs in 'Kill Your Darlings', Foster’s legendary range has earned him a wide variety of eclectic roles over the last decade. He most recently collaborated with filmmaker Debra Granik on 'Leave No Trace', which opens at TIFF Bell Lightbox on July 6. In this episode, Foster discusses how he prepares for physically and emotionally demanding roles, the challenges of leaving a character behind, and what advice he wishes he’d been given when he was starting out in the business. He also talks about what he values most in directors, how he’s avoided being typecast, and the secret to playing historical figures well.

Before writer-director Antoine Bourges brings his first feature Fail to Appear to Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox this week, he stops into the studio to discuss the austere allure of Chantal Akerman’s 2000 Proust adaptation La Captive — a choice that lines up very nicely with his own aesthetic. Your genial host Norm Wilner exerts only the smallest amount of control … Continue reading Antoine Bourges on La Captive →

Inside Out Programming Manager, Jenna Dufton, and Programmer, Charlie Hidalgo, join our hosts to discuss their top picks and some hidden gems of the 2018 festival lineup!!! Inside Out presents Canada's largest LGBT film festival, held in Toronto for 11 days each spring. We are proud to present Ottawa's LGBT film festival each fall, a series of professional development initiatives, and a year-round screening series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Founded in 1991, Inside Out exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the transformative power of cinema. We are committed to providing direct support to LGBTQ filmmakers, and to presenting one-of-a-kind cinematic experiences to our audiences in Toronto and beyond. RBC is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Inside Out LGBT film festivals. The 2018 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival will be held May 24th-June 3rd. www.insideout.ca/ TWITTER: @InsideOutTO FB: @InsideOutFilmFestival IG: insideoutfestival

On this episode we are going to be talking about queer women in film, and the steps Inside Out is taking to support them with our our new fund, The Re-focus Fund. Andria and Andrew host two of this year’s fearless female filmmakers, Shaz Bennett, Director of ALASKA IS A DRAG, and Limor Shmila, Director of MONTANA. The festival kicks off on May 24, 2018. To check out the full festival line-up and to purchase tickets, visit insideout.ca nside Out presents Canada's largest LGBT film festival, held in Toronto for 11 days each spring. We are proud to present Ottawa's LGBT film festival each fall, a series of professional development initiatives, and a year-round screening series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Founded in 1991, Inside Out exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the transformative power of cinema. We are committed to providing direct support to LGBTQ filmmakers, and to presenting one-of-a-kind cinematic experiences to our audiences in Toronto and beyond. RBC is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Inside Out LGBT film festivals. The 2018 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival will be held May 24th-June 3rd. www.insideout.ca/ TWITTER: @InsideOutTO FB: @InsideOutFilmFestival IG: insideoutfestival

Welcome to Inside Out Casts, The Official Podcast of the Toronto LGBT Film Festival! On this episode, join Andria Wilson (Executive Director) and Andrew Murphy (Director of Programming) as they discuss their 'Spotlight on Canada' program, presented by CBC. Todays' guests are Kyle Reaume (Director/Writer/Actor Infinitesimal Productions) and Tricia Hagoriles (Director-super casual productions) Inside Out presents Canada's largest LGBT film festival, held in Toronto for 11 days each spring. We are proud to present Ottawa's LGBT film festival each fall, a series of professional development initiatives, and a year-round screening series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Founded in 1991, Inside Out exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the transformative power of cinema. We are committed to providing direct support to LGBTQ filmmakers, and to presenting one-of-a-kind cinematic experiences to our audiences in Toronto and beyond. RBC is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Inside Out LGBT film festivals. The 2018 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival will be held May 24th-June 3rd. www.insideout.ca/ TWITTER: @InsideOutTO FB: @InsideOutFilmFestival IG: insideoutfestival

Welcome to Inside Out Casts, The Official Podcast of the Toronto LGBT Film Festival! On our first episode, join Andria Wilson (Executive Director) and Andrew Murphy (Director of Programming) as they discuss the cornerstone of Inside Out's industry initiatives, the Film Finance Forum. Andria and Andrew host two of last years participants, Phil Connell and Glenn Wood, and one of this year’s participants, Fawzia Mirza. Inside Out presents Canada's largest LGBT film festival, held in Toronto for 11 days each spring. We are proud to present Ottawa's LGBT film festival each fall, a series of professional development initiatives, and a year-round screening series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Founded in 1991, Inside Out exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the transformative power of cinema. We are committed to providing direct support to LGBTQ filmmakers, and to presenting one-of-a-kind cinematic experiences to our audiences in Toronto and beyond. RBC is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Inside Out LGBT film festivals. The 2018 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival will be held May 24th-June 3rd. https://www.insideout.ca/ TWITTER: @InsideOutTO FB: @InsideOutFilmFestival IG: insideoutfestival

Courtney Small and Barbara Goslawski discuss Radical Empathy: The Films of Agnes Varda

Highlights from the Black Star Series at TIFF Bell LightBox and 21st Edition of The Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, 2017

Best known in cinephile circles for his collaborations with director Richard Linklater in the Before trilogy and BOYHOOD, Ethan Hawke is also no stranger to the Toronto International Film Festival as a writer, director, and actor. His latest directorial effort, SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION, played at TIFF ’15, while he also personified the late jazz trumpeter Chet Baker that year in BORN TO BE BLUE. In 2016, he returned to the Festival for dual appearances in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and MAUDIE. This year at TIFF, the Hawke appears in Paul Schrader’s terse religious drama FIRST REFORMED, playing an ex–military chaplain grieving the death of his son. TIFF UN/CUT has unearthed a career-spanning conversation from 2014 in which the sensitive and soul-searching multi-hyphenate was joined by Jesse Wente, Director of Film Programmes at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Listen as Ethan Hawke tells you the story of his life as an actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, and — first and foremost — film lover.

Musician Luke Lalonde makes his acting debut in Pavan Moondi’s Sundowners (opening in Toronto this Friday, August 25th, at TIFF Bell Lightbox), so he drops in to discuss Spike Jonze’s amazing Adaptation, the one where Charlie Kaufman writes himself into a movie about Charlie Kaufman writing himself into a movie. Your genial host Norm Wilner was pretty psyched about this … Continue reading Luke Lalonde on Adaptation →

Hear from one of our country’s most inspiring artists, who is still making documentaries about her Indigenous community at age 84 At age 84, Alanis Obomsawin is still crafting incisive documentaries about the Indigenous crisis in Canada with over 40 projects to her name in collaboration with the National Film Board. At the heart of her work is the act of listening to other people tell their stories as a way of survival. Her latest work, titled Our People Will Be Healed, is a portrait of the community in one of Manitoba’s largest First Nations populations and will premiere at TIFF ’17. The following audio is a conversation conducted by TIFF Digital Producer Malcolm Gilderdale when Obomsawin’s heartbreaking film We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice played the Festival last year. Hear the filmmaker detail how she first became drawn to telling the stories of her people, why she’s always fought for education, and how being an artist means believing in your own self-worth. You can attend a free screening of her breakthrough 1993 documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance this Sunday, August 27 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, as part of Canada On Screen. Want to hear more inspiring conversations with your favourite filmmakers? Subscribe to TIFF UN/CUT over at iTunes, and please rate and review us!

In 2016, Richard Linklater brought his awesome casual hangout movie — and “spiritual sequel” to DAZED AND CONFUSED — EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! to TIFF Bell Lightbox. After screening the film, Linklater sat down for a talk moderated by Theresa Scandiffio, the Senior Director of TIFF's Adult Learning department. Their conversation spans Linklater’s entire journey in film, from SLACKER, to DAZED AND CONFUSED, to the BEFORE movies, to BOYHOOD, to EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!, viewed through the lens of defining moments. Hear why Linklater is drawn to character-based ensemble films, the joys of working with emerging actors, and the three books every young film lover should read. You can catch a screening of Linklater’s infectious 2003 comedy SCHOOL OF ROCK (written by TIFF '17 filmmaker Mike White) on August 16 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, as part of our TIFF Kids Summer series.

The first wave of Festival announcements has passed, and among the bombshells is the news that honourary Torontonian Guillermo del Toro’s latest film will premiere at TIFF ‘17. THE SHAPE OF WATER is many things — an aquatic love story between a lonely janitor (Sally Hawkins) and an amphibian, an ironic commentary on the American dream, a tribute to star Michael Shannon’s jawline — but fans of the auteur’s creature features and his twisted sense of humour will not be disappointed. Not only has del Toro made a moving ode to old Hollywood cinema, but it is also his most emotional and deftly realized work yet. One of the perks of having the Mexican filmmaker make his home in Toronto is del Toro’s annual Masterclass, held at TIFF Bell Lightbox. 2016 saw him lecture expertly on the work of Luis Buñuel, delivering in-depth analysis on the films Los Olvidados, El Bruto, Nazarin, Virdiana, Susana, and El. This week’s TIFF UN/CUT airs a masterclass conducted while del Toro was deep in production mode for 2015’s Crimson Peak. The topic of conversation is, naturally, Gothic romances, as the cineaste analyzes three films in his identification of the genre’s conventions. In this recording, you’ll hear del Toro do a deep dive into Robert Stevenson’s 1943 adaptation of Jane Eyre, which boasts an impressive pedigree in its cast and crew with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine starring as Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre, a score by Bernard Herrmann, and a script co-written by Brave New World author Aldous Huxley. It’s an engaging and fascination discussion from an auteur who's just as comfortable citing the Brontë sisters as he is breaking down Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead series.

As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday this weekend, it's time to look back at this country's greatest cinematic achievements. A sizeable amount come from Toronto filmmaker David Cronenberg, who having made 21 features between 1969 and 2014, has received top honours at Cannes, the Berlin Film Festival, and TIFF. In 1999, Cronenberg was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002, and received Cannes’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. In 2014, after a worldwide exhibit of his film’s artifacts titled David Cronenberg: Evolution was held at TIFF, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his contribution as “Canada’s most celebrated internationally acclaimed filmmaker.” He also has the uncanny ability to make car crashes sexy and heads literally explode (the moment in SCANNERS, which inspired Morgan Spurlock to become a filmmaker). In fact, Canadian film would be nothing without his signature Cronenbergian "body horror." To honour a living legend, still making movies at age 74, we've unearthed a 2014 onstage talk between David and his two key collaborators, producer Jeremy Thomas and makeup and special effects designer Stephan Dupuis. You can listen to the full TIFF Uncut podcast below and if you're feeling festive, watch a free screening of Cronenberg's 1983 film VIDEODROME, part of a free Canada on Screen marathon of movies screening July 1 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

With her first feature Never Eat Alone making its Toronto premiere at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Saturday, March 25th, writer-director Sofia Bohdanowicz discusses the undeniable pull of Lars Von Trier’s 2000 misery musical Dancer in the Dark — yes, the one where Bjork goes to prison. Your genial host Norm Wilner is … conflicted.

This week, we went on a Meryl-fueled field trip to the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto on the snowiest day of the year. We wanted to see the 1978 classic The Deer Hunter on the big screen because neither of us had seen it before (!!!). Emily ships Meryl and Robert (who can blame her?), while Danita wonders if this movie is all it's cracked up to be. Make sure to find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr. If you're digging us, leave a review - we love hearing from you!

"After the election, I got all these messages from people saying 'I didn't know what to do with myself. So I went and saw your film.' If people need to seek it out as a place of solace, or as a reminder that we can have empathy, I'm happy that I didn't wait any longer to make it." Moonlight Director, Barry Jenkins, talks about discovering another layer of his film's importance following the American election. See it now at TIFF Bell Lightbox: http://www.tiff.net/films/moonlight

Chef Joe Friday was born in North Carolina, raised in Okinawa, Japan, trained in French Cuisine. His impressive culinary journey began when he enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America to train in pastries and savories. At the age of 20, he was one of 10 pastry students selected globally to work in the international culinary program at Walt Disney World. Six months in, Friday's superiors recognized great talent, and placed him on the “hot line.” There, is where Friday found his love and passion for savories and has been refining that talent ever since. Within three years time, he had worked his way up to sous-chef and had successfully moved around to various restaurants within the Disney family. Friday was exposed to different cuisines and cooking techniques while working with influential chefs such as Chef Martin Yan (from “Yan Can Cook”) and Disney's Executive Chef, John State. After he apprenticed in Norway and England, he returned to Japan to perfect the culinary experience of his childhood; the art of Japanese noodle making. Friday took a position at the world renowned Nobu Wakiki, Honolulu. This was a pivotal moment in Friday's career were he understood his identity as a chef. With a love for Honolulu, he furthered his career and established himself as the sous-chef at the Hilton Hawaii Village and shortly after became the Executive Chef at Giovani's. Seeking tutelage from Canadian renowned Chef Jason Bangerter, Friday assisted as the chef-da-partie in the opening of Toronto's Luma by O&B at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. In the Fall of 2011, Friday joined the team at Bar Mozza (part of the Alimento Fine Food Emporium) downtown Toronto, as executive Chef. Chef Joe Friday is also a co-founder and host of The Underground Chef Co.(UCC) which was founded in 2013 with the objective of providing Chefs and restaurateurs a platform to help promote and support the culinary community. UCC works with to-be-discovered Chefs in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa and their battles challenge Chefs to create several dishes from secret ingredients in under one-hour and provide audience goers with a real-time experience of life in the kitchen. Chef Joe Friday will be appearing today (November 12, 2016) at the Gentlemen's Expo. We had the opportunity to speak recently. During of our conversation, he talked about: – Life growing up in North Carolina and Japan at an early age and what he learned during that time – When and how did his interest in cooking start and how his family influenced his start in cooking – Being highlighted in a video at the African American Smithsonian Museum – How has the restaurant industry changed since he started – Some realities of the restaurant business based on his journey – How did he come into contact with The Gentlemen's Expo – What is a gentleman to him – What the future holds for him You can find out more about Chef Joe Friday via: Twitter The Underground Chef Co. To find out more information about this year's Gentlemen's Expo via: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Please feel free to email us at: dr.vibe@thedrvibeshow.com Visit our website at: http://www.thedrvibeshow.com/ God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Dr. Vibe 

On this week's episode, Allison and Vass discuss the resurgence of Jane Jacobs, “The Patron Saint of Stoop-Sitters,” with Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic. In our second segment, we talk about the (female) voices of Artificial Intelligence with Tech Girls Canada’s Saadia Muzaffar. Lastly, we interview comic journalist Sarah Glidden about her amazing new graphic novel “Rolling Blackouts,” which documents a 2010 reporting trip to Turkey, Iraq and Syria. Vass is reading “Future/Sex” by Emily Witt. Instead of reading, Allison is attending a literary event at the TIFF Bell Lightbox featuring a screening of Julie Taymor’s “The Tempest” and a discussion of Margaret Atwood’s new book “Hag-Seed.” TUNES: “Edge of My Dreams” by Only Yours, “Bleeding Heart” by Regina Spekter and “Shelter from the Storm” by Bob Dylan.

His excellent new documentary The Stairs opens this Friday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, and Hugh Gibson marks the occasion by talking about Nicholas Meyer’s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the last big-screen adventure of the original series cast. No, Generations doesn’t count. Your genial host Norm Wilner will explain why.

In the wake of TIFF, we talk film and the city. We talk to director-producer Matt Tyrnauer about his new Jane Jacobs documentary, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. Councillor Michael Thompson explains why Toronto's film industry is booming. And Archaeological Services Inc. founder Ron Williamson walks us through the site of Toronto's first general hospital, (which just so happens to be where the TIFF Bell Lightbox now stands).

In collaboration with the FADER and supported by: Anne-Marie Canning. This past June we explored the intersection of VR, music and art with a pop-up installation at TIFF Bell Lightbox that was filled with beauty, delight and surprises (like moss-covered headsets that we're pretty sure will show up on Paris runways soon). Along with the exhibition we invited Industry experts, creatives, and artists to talk on the past, present, and future of virtual reality. MODERATOR: JOSEPH PATEL VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT + CREATIVE AT THE FADER Joseph Patel is Vice President of Content + Creative at The FADER, leading the award-winning publication through international expansion and development of award-winning programming. Patel has produced a content slate that includes documentaries, scripted shorts, music videos, festival livestreams and social videos. SPEAKERS IN THIS PANEL: ADAM ROBEZZOLI PARTNER, NEW TROPICS Adam Robezzoli is the founding member of Attract Mode and a co-founder at LA Game Space. He is also half of New Tropics, a Canadian/​American company he runs along with Henry Faber, which built the VR project Light Spirit. ERSIN HAN ERSIN DIRECTOR, MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST Ersin Han Ersin is a visual artist and director who is focused on the interaction between virtual spaces, light and body, and the tension between real and synthesized experiences. He has designed, directed, and collaborated with the likes of New Movement Collective Nest, Imogen Heap - "Me the Machine," and Marshmallow Laser Feast on In the Eyes of The Animals. Han’s work has been exhibited around the world including the Lisbon Triennial, Istanbul Design Biennale, Sundance Film Festival, and at showcases in London, New York, and Shanghai. In addition to producing commissioned art projects, Han also works as Director at the technology-driven art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. HENRY FABER VR CONSULTANT Henry Faber is a consultant focused on fostering creative, inclusive, collaborative communities. He is also the co-curator of TIFF's summer POP series. SPECIAL THANKS: Dames Making Games Funktronic Labs Henry Faber, New Tropics/​Gamma Space Collaborative Studio Josh Randall

In collaboration with the FADER and supported by: Anne-Marie Canning. This past June we explored the intersection of VR, music and art with a pop-up installation at TIFF Bell Lightbox that was filled with beauty, delight and surprises (like moss-covered headsets that we're pretty sure will show up on Paris runways soon). Along with the exhibition we invited Industry experts, creatives, and artists to talk on the past, present, and future of virtual reality. MODERATOR: JOSEPH PATEL VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT + CREATIVE AT THE FADER Joseph Patel is Vice President of Content + Creative at The FADER, leading the award-winning publication through international expansion and development of award-winning programming. Patel has produced a content slate that includes documentaries, scripted shorts, music videos, festival livestreams and social videos. SPEAKERS IN THIS PANEL: JON RIERA CO-FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF COMBO BRAVO Jon Riera is the co-founder, executive producer and creative director of Combo Bravo, a company specializing in 360 video and virtual reality production. He has a keen interest in traditional cinema and a passion for the camera. He's an award-winning film maker in narrative and music video content, and is a practicing cinematographer and freelance director. With a keen hunger for arts and culture from all over the world, Riera has been able to translate those experiences into visual storytelling. CONNOR ILLSLEY CO-FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF COMBO BRAVO Connor Illsley is the co-founder, executive producer and technical director of Combo Bravo, a company specializing in 360 video and virtual reality production. A long time collaborator with business partner Jon Riera, Illsley specializes in postproduction, editorial, and sound design. He graduated from Sheridan College in 2013 with a degree in Media Arts, and has since freelanced for some of the top production houses and agencies throughout Toronto. KAREN VANDERBORGHT VIDEO ARTIST, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, DOP, EDITOR Karen Vanderborght studied at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and never lost that typical Belgian imaginative touch. Her cross-platform career stretches from curating the Brussels underground media art scene to creating documentary content for Canadian broadcasters. She picked up a wide range of technical skills, capturing the story alive as a DP, letting the tale testify as an editor, and boldly running with it as a producer and director. Unafraid to code and play with interactive tools, Vanderborght embraces new technologies to take content to spaces where it has never gone before. SPECIAL THANKS: Dames Making Games Funktronic Labs Henry Faber, New Tropics/​Gamma Space Collaborative Studio Josh Randall

An Indigenous broadcaster shares his personal and political perspective on police treatment of Aboriginal people, an issue he recently wrote about in his Huffington Post piece, "This Is Why People Of Colour Fear The Police." Jesse Wente is the director of Film Programmes at TIFF Bell Lightbox, and a long-time CBC Radio pop culture columnist. He joined us from Toronto. // Our theme is 'nesting' by Birocratic.

Siren Jorgensøn considering her options in Revenge (Hevn). The director of the Canadian-Norwegian coproduction Revenge (Hevn), Kjersti Steinsbø, is the first guest of The Canadian Crew podcast. Revenge opens today at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and expands to Vancouver next June 3rd.

  This partial Editor's Blog features edited excerpts from the pre-screening intros of Julian Roffman's The Mask (1961), Canada's first feature-length 3D and horror film, screened in 2012 and 2015 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. The 2012 extract focuses on the fragile state of a rare 35mm  print and the 3D process, while the 2015 extract covers both the book launch of The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul, with editors Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle providing contextual background info on Canadian film history and The Mask's uniqueness. Read the full Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. Read a detailed review of KINO's 3D Blu-ray and DVD editions of The Mask. Additional info on The Canadian Horror Film is also available. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. Also available: HD extracts from visual podast version at Big Head Amusements.com.

As her new film The People Garden opens for a limited run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, actor and filmmaker Nadia Litz sinks deep into the world of Klute, Alan J. Pakula’s singular New York thriller starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland as two very different people united by an inexplicable disappearance. Your genial host Norm Wilner can’t get over the … Continue reading Nadia Litz on Klute →

A 2006 Hot Docs Film Festival Interview with Werner Herzog. This Friday sees the return of the director with his new film Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World playing 9:45pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit: http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=50928~edeed7b8-5598-4ac6-994a-ca71bc407bc4&epguid=1982376d-17a7-4bb4-9959-f38bb053d10d&

Slavoj Žižek delivers a lecture entitled “Welcome to the Desert of Post-Ideology” for post-secondary students and faculty. This Higher Learning event was co-presented with York University and held on October 2, 2012 at TIFF Bell Lightbox

Before the Clonecast returns for regular episodes alongside Orphan Black season 4, enjoy this behind the scenes panel from the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards and presented by the City of Toronto. Featuring Graeme Manson, Kerry Appleyard, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Chris Roberts, Ari Millen, and Kristian Bruun. Recorded at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.Follow us on social!http://twitter.com/clonecast http://clonecast.tumblr.comhttp://instagram.com/orphanblack 

Ridley Scott and Yaphey Kotto from our 2003 TIFF Dialogues event screening the director's cut. We bring his film back to the big screen April 7th at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit http://tiff.net/winter2016-cinematheque/tiff-cinematheque-special-screenings-winter-2016/alien

Following a screening of his Cannes-winning film The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh discussed his approach to the representation of suffering under the Khmer Rouge regime. Co-presented with Visible Evidence, with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Consulate General of France in Toronto, the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto, the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies and the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, this Higher Learning event was held on August 20, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox and was hosted by Deirdre Boyle, Associate Professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School in New York. To learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub, including bibliographies, filmographies, and additional resources associated with this event, visit http://www.tiff.net/higherlearning

As part of the fourth national poll for Canadian Open Vault: The All-Time Top Ten, Guy Maddin provided an introduction to his film My Winnipeg, and disscused a desire to mythologize his prairie hometown through a blurring of fact and fiction. This event was held on July 19, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox and was hosted by Steve Gravestock, Senior Programmer, Festival Programming, TIFF. To learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub, including bibliographies, filmographies, and additional resources associated with this event, visit http://www.tiff.net/higherlearning

http://tiff.net/education/events/robe... Following a screening of Johnny Stecchino, Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi discussed their shared lifetime of work for the Higher Learning audience of postsecondary students and faculty. Co-presented with the Italian Contemporary Film Festival and in partnership with the University of Toronto, this Higher Learning event was held on June 5, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Visit the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub to learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access bibliographies, filmographies and additional resources associated with this event. http://www.tiff.net/education/events

http://tiff.net/education/events/past-present-future-visualization Chris Edwards, CEO of The Third Floor, described the humble beginnings of previsualization, a digital form of storyboarding that renders lighting, camera placement and movement to allow filmmakers to visually experiment and conceptualize complex effects. Panelists included: CEO of The Third Floor Chris Edwards; visual effect supervisor at Spin VFX Wes Sewell; and John Helliker, director of SIRT (Screen Industries Research and Training Centre) and Film and Television professor at Sheridan College, who moderated. In partnership with Sheridan College, Ryerson University, CILECT, and Adobe, this Higher Learning event was held on February 15, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. To learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub visithttp://www.tiff.net/higherlearning

Following the screening of short films directed by each panelist, the discussion explored the processes behind the work of three Cuban women filmmakers as they navigate their experiences as immigrants while trying to maintain a sense of collective Cuban identity. Panelists included: cinematographer, photographer and director Heidi Hassan; award winning actress Yanay Penalba,; and director Tamara Segura. The panel was moderated by Zaira Zarza, a cultural studies doctoral candidate at Queen’s University whose current research focuses on post-2000 Cuban diasporic cinemas. In collaboration with Zarza’s Roots and Routes: Cuban Diasporic Cinemas of the 21st Century project, this Higher Learning event was held on April 2, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. To learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub visithttp://www.tiff.net/higherlearning

This conversation is taken from Natalie's career spanning sit down with TIFF Artistic Director Cameron Bailey on September 9 2015 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in downtown Toronto.

This panel discussion featured different perspectives from Canada's Top Ten Film Festival guests on what makes a film Canadian and was held on January 10, 2014 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Panelists included: University of Alberta film scholar and Canada's Top Ten Film Festival panelist Liz Czach, Senior Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival Steve Gravestock, and Canada's Top Ten Film Festival guests, directors Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes for Young Ghouls) and Alan Zweig (When Jews Were Funny). Visit the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub to learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access bibliographies, filmographies and additional resources associated with this event.

With his comedy Guidance opening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this week — and rolling into the U.S. later this month — writer-director-star Pat Mills brings Mike Nichols’ 1988 comedy Working Girl into the basement to discuss the appeal of a good underdog story, the charm of the young Melanie Griffith and the secret genius of Sigourney Weaver. Mercifully, your genial host Norm Wilner does not attempt a Staten … Continue reading Pat Mills on Working Girl →

With his second feature Diamond Tongues opening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Friday, August 7th, filmmaker Pavan Moondi brings Harold Ramis’ delightful Groundhog Day into the basement for a conversation about philosophy, destiny, comedy and the perfection of Bill Murray’s performance. Your genial host Norm Wilner does not make a single deja-vu joke.

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Piers Handling, Director and Chief Executive Officer, TIFF With TIFF Takes on the World Piers Handling is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of TIFF. He has held this position since 1994, responsible for leading both the operational and artistic growth of the organization. TIFF has a $33 million annual operating budget and employs more than 150 full time staff. For the last four years, TIFF has been named one of the Greater Toronto Area's Top Employers. Under Handling's direction, the organization has grown to become an internationally institution. In 2010 TIFF opened its own permanent home which presents daily programming. TIFF Bell Lightbox, houses five cinemas, two exhibition galleries, and educational and learning studios. He led the $196 million fundraising campaign. Handling has curated numerous film retrospectives and presented programmes of Canadian cinema at The Sundance Film Festival, the British Film Institute, the Havana Film Festival and sat on festival juries including Cannes, Tokyo, Rotterdam, San Sebastian, Torino, and Istanbul. Prior to joining the Toronto International Film Festival in 1982, Handling began his career at the Canadian Film Institute, ultimately becoming Deputy Director. After leaving the CFI, he taught Canadian cinema at Carleton University in Ottawa and Queen's University in Kingston. He has published extensively on Canadian cinema and edited numerous books. Handling has been honoured with the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest cultural insignia. In 2003, he was named CEO of the Year by the Canadian Public Relations Society. He holds three Honorary Doctorates from Ryerson University, York University and OCAD University, and has sat on a number of Boards and advisory Councils including Festivals and Major Events, the Canadian Film Centre, Tafelmusik, Luminato, Telefilm Canada's Feature Film Advisory Committee, and Ontario's Minister of Culture's Advisory Council for Arts and Culture Speaker: Piers Handling, Director and Chief Executive Officer, TIFF *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

7/21/2012 Thanks to Jonathan Bunning both for the image above and for the footage we used for the audio.  You can find the video of this at the Occupy Midian Facebook group.  This was the Cabal Cut Screening (Clive Barker's Nightbreed) at the Tiff Bell Lightbox Theater in Toronto Canada, Thursday July 19, 2012.

Interview with TIFF Bell Lightbox Programmer & Curator Rae Ann Fera regarding the June 17, 2012 installment of the bi-monthly series Packaged Goods, of which the latest installment, "Girls on Film," features a collection of commercials, music videos, and animated short films directed by women.   If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced in-house. For inquiries and demo reels, please visit Mondomark.com.

One of the great things about the new TIFF Bell Lightbox is that it’s not just a movie theatre. Well, it is a movie theatre. But it’s not only that. You know? TIFF could have opted to just run limited engagements and special presentations out of their new digs, but instead, the folks at the creative helm of the Lightbox seem determined to expand the menu of cinema-related goings-on in the city. In keeping with that mandate, September 2010 the Lightbox opens its hypermodern doors to venerable Toronto post-rockers Do Make Say Think, who will be performing a live, partially improvised soundtrack for Eric von Stroheim’s silent era classic Greed. With a curious and convoluted production history, von Stroheim’s film was kind of like the Dune of early Hollywood: an exorbitantly budgeted epic that was rumoured to once exist in a whopping ten hour cut. Detailing the corrupting influence of money (it never sleeps, you know) after a woman (ZaSu Pitts) wins the lottery, Greed remains one of the more hugely ambitious productions Hollywood has ever churned out. And according to Lightbox artistic director Noah Cowan, the film was a perfect match for Do Make Say Think’s experimental rock music. “There’s something about its social consciousness and artistic inventiveness that we thought connected well with this group of Toronto musicians,” says Cowan of the pairing. “It works really well with musicians who improvise. There’s something sort of ephemeral to what constitutes story in a lot of silent era films. I think it allows for a greater reflection by artistic collaborators.” Do Make Say Think are no strangers to coupling their music with a film screening. Indeed, it was their live score for the 1919 German horror film Tales of the Uncanny (performed at Yonge-Dundas Square as part of Luminato in 2009) that informed the Lightbox’s decision to organize this week’s Greed performance. “These guys have expressed a real enthusiasm for engaging in cross-media exploration,” says Cowan. “We want to support that in Toronto. Not just at TIFF Bell Lightbox, but as a larger part of the city’s cultural fabric. This seems like a great vehicle for these sorts of hybrid events.” As Cowan suggests, the interstitial place a performance like this occupies also broadens aesthetic boundaries. Especially for a film like Greed, which has existed piecemeal in different cuts of different lengths over the years, it’s tricky to get a bead on precisely what constitutes the film. “The beginnings of cinema are starting to feel like today’s cinema, where you have all these director’s cuts and innumerable versions of films,” says Cowan. “This was the norm back in the day, where theatres would chop off bits of films. Different versions would be circulated by the studio for different marketplaces. Directors would tear their hair out, but it meant that an audience would have a general sense of what a film was, as opposed to an idea of it tied to a specific running time.” So whereas playing over a classic Bernard Herrmann score to a film like Vertigo or Taxi Driver may seem like cinematic sacrilege, a sin on par with George Lucas and Steven Speilberg’s much-maligned fiddling with their classic films, Do Make Say Think’s live score for Greed functions to tie together a film whose production and screening history was far more amorphous. The accompanying concert provides not just a compliment to the event, but the event itself. It’s something that transgresses time (setting a classic silent film to contemporary instrumental rock music) as well as the boundaries of media. And it’s precisely the kind of thing we’re happy to have the Lightbox around to host. Do Make Say Think perform a live soundtrack to Eric von Stroheim’s Greed Sept 2010 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King Street West). Special Edition. Recording Assistant: Zoe Cunningham, Michael Dal Maso Your donations pledge through paypal go 100% directly to CIUT.FM fund-drives.