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Dan MIrvish
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Interview: Director Dan Mirvish on his latest film, the 70s set Watergate thriller-comedy “18 1/2” | Awesome Friday Podcast

Wednesday, 29 June, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Dan Mirvish is an award-winning filmmaker known for films like Omaha: The Musical! and Bernard & Huey, as well as co-founding

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Mark O'Brien
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Interview: Mark O’Brien on his film “The Righteous” | Awesome Friday Podcast

Thursday, 2 June, 2022Monday, 18 September, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Canadian actor Mark O’Brien has been working steadily since the mid-2000s with roles in CBC’s The Republic of Doyle and

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Emerson Moore
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Interview: Director Emerson Moore on his film “Escape the Field” | Awesome Friday Podcast

Saturday, 14 May, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Writer and director Emerson Moore’s first feature, Escape the Field, a story about six strangers stranded in an endless

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Jack Blum
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Interview: Reel Canada Executive Director Jack Blum on National Canadian Film Day | Awesome Friday Podcast

Tuesday, 19 April, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

The third Wednesday of every year is National Canadian Film Day, a nationwide event that celebrates the best in Canadian

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Jonas Chernick
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Interview: Actor, Writer, and Producer Jonas Chernick on his film Ashgrove | Awesome Friday Podcast

Thursday, 14 April, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Welcome to another Awesome Friday interview! Joining me this time is Jonas Chernick, who produced, co-wrote, and stars

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Shawn Doyle
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Interview: Shawn Doyle on his film Ashgrove (and also Star Trek: Discovery) | Awesome Friday Podcast

Sunday, 3 April, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

Salutations applications, and welcome to an Awesome Friday Interview with actor Shawn Doyle! A native of Newfoundland, Shawn has been

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Katie Boland
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Interview: Katie Boland on her film “We’re All In This Together” | Awesome Friday Podcast

Wednesday, 23 March, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Katie Boland is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer. She is probably best known for her television

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Seth A Smith
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Interview: Seth A Smith on his film “Tin Can” | Awesome Friday Podcast

Friday, 18 March, 2022Monday, 18 September, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Welcome to a special episode of the Awesome Friday Podcast in which I sit down with director Seth

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Slamdance 2022
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2022 Slamdance Festival Recap & Interview w/ Director Avalon Fast | Awesome Friday Podcast

Sunday, 6 February, 2022Saturday, 15 April, 2023By Matthew

This week we’re joined by Avalon Fast, director of Honeycomb, a new indie feature playing as part of the Slamdance Film

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Festival Coverage Interviews

Interview: Lauren Grant on her directorial debut short film “Things We Feel But Do Not Say” | Awesome Friday!

Monday, 18 October, 2021Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

Lauren Grant is a prolific producer of Canadian film and television, having worked on the series Killjoys as well as the films Riot

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Danis Goulet
Festival Coverage Interviews

Interview: Danis Goulet on her film “Night Raiders” | Awesome Friday!

Friday, 8 October, 2021Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

Matthew: How was the production process? I understand you had Taika Waititi on board as an executive producer and a

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Junta Yamaguchi
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Interview: Junta Yamaguchi on his one-take time travel film “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” | Awesome Friday!

Monday, 27 September, 2021Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

Matthew: The whole film feels like it must have been planned to the second; given that, how were you able

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Nicole Dorsey
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Interview: Nicole Dorsey on her film “Black Conflux” | Awesome Friday!

Wednesday, 25 August, 2021Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

Black Conflux, the first feature film from director Nicole Dorsey, had its premiere at TIFF 2019, and then with the

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Sera-Lys McArthur
Festival Coverage Interviews

Interview: Sera-Lys McArthur on her films “Kwêskosîw” & “Don’t Say Its Name” | Awesome Friday!

Friday, 20 August, 2021Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

2021 is turning out to be a big year for Sera-Lys McArthur. The alum of series such as Arctic Air

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TJ Cuthand
Festival Coverage Interviews

Interview: Thirza Cuthand on their film “Kwêskosîw (She Whistles)” | Awesome Friday!

Thursday, 19 August, 2021Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

Earlier this week I was able to watch and review a number of short films, including Kwêskosîw (She Whistles), a story

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