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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”

Wednesday, 29 June, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 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 the Slamdance Film Festival. His

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Mark O'Brien
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Interview: Mark O’Brien on his film “The Righteous”

Thursday, 2 June, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 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 AMC’s Halt & Catch Fire, and

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Emerson Moore
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Interview: Director Emerson Moore on his film “Escape the Field”

Saturday, 14 May, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 2023By Matthew

Greetings programs! Writer and director Emerson Moore’s first feature, Escape the Field, a story about six strangers stranded in an endless cornfield, is on-demand now. I

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Jack Blum
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Interview: Reel Canada Executive Director Jack Blum on National Canadian Film Day

Tuesday, 19 April, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 2023By Matthew

The third Wednesday of every year is National Canadian Film Day, a nationwide event that celebrates the best in Canadian cinema. This year is no

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Jonas Chernick
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Interview: Actor, Writer, and Producer Jonas Chernick on his film Ashgrove

Thursday, 14 April, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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Shawn Doyle
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Interview: Shawn Doyle on his film Ashgrove (and also Star Trek: Discovery)

Sunday, 3 April, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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

Wednesday, 23 March, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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Seth A Smith
Interviews

Interview: Seth A Smith on his film “Tin Can”

Friday, 18 March, 2022Saturday, 11 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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Slamdance 2022
Interviews Podcasts

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

Sunday, 6 February, 2022Tuesday, 7 March, 2023By Matthew

This week we’re joined by Avalon Fast, director of Honeycomb, a new indie feature playing as part of the Slamdance Film Festival. We talk with her

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Interviews

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

Monday, 18 October, 2021Thursday, 9 March, 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 Girls, Sugar Daddy and The Retreat just in the

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Danis Goulet
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Interview: Danis Goulet on her film “Night Raiders”

Friday, 8 October, 2021Thursday, 9 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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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”

Monday, 27 September, 2021Thursday, 9 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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Nicole Dorsey
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Interview: Nicole Dorsey on her film “Black Conflux”

Wednesday, 25 August, 2021Wednesday, 8 March, 2023By Matthew

Black Conflux, the first feature film from director Nicole Dorsey, had its premiere at TIFF 2019, and then with the outbreak of COVID-19, the film

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

Friday, 20 August, 2021Wednesday, 8 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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TJ Cuthand
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Interview: Thirza Cuthand on their film “Kwêskosîw (She Whistles)”

Thursday, 19 August, 2021Wednesday, 8 March, 2023By Matthew

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

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