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In this episode of the podcast, Alex Heeney discusses one key element of character dramas (world-building) and how The Girl With the Needle exemplifies this, then talks to director Magnus von Horn about it.
On today’s episode, we’ll be doing something a little different. Instead of our usual discussions of films with a panel of critics, Alex interviews British actress Olivia Vinall about performing Shakespeare. In this conversation, we talk about each of Olivia’s four Shakespearean roles: Desdemona, Cordelia, Juliet, and Rosalind. We talk about how she finds a way into the text, what it’s like working with different directors, and why she loves Shakespeare so much.
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This episode presents our June masterclass with Agnieszka Holland. She discusses her body of work, what drives her, and her newest film, Charlatan.
This episode highlights a session from last summer’s Lockdown Film School with Penny Lane and Carol Nguyen. Lane and Nguyen discuss their approaches to creative nonfiction.
This episode presents our Lockdown Film School master class with writer-director Alice Winocour in podcast form. We discuss her three features including the recently released Proxima, her writing process, and her cinematic interest in the body. Read more on Proxima >>
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This episode highlights a session from our Lockdown Film School with writer-directors Mina Shum and Philippe Falardeau. In it, the two discuss their craft, compare notes on process, and discuss how they were inspired by each other.
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We just hosted an amazing discussion between two guest writer-directors, both Canadian national treasures: Mina Shum (Double Happiness, Ninth Floor, and Meditation Park) and Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar, The Good Lie, My Internship in Canada). We discovered that Philippe was very influenced as a filmmaker by Double Happiness, and that Mina took inspiration from Monsieur Lazhar when she made Meditation Park.
Together, they discussed the desire to challenge themselves as filmmakers with each project, working in the Canadian film industry, the importance of casting people of colour, why they like having long-term collaborators (and are also inspired by new blood), how much they love actors, how they approach working with them….and much more!
Mina Shum was born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada, and is based in Vancouver. Shum has directed multiple feature films: Double Happiness (1994), Drive, She Said (1997), Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002), the documentary Ninth Floor (2015), and Meditation Park (2017). She has also directed for television, including for October Faction (2020) and Murdoch Mysteries (2019). Double Happiness won the Best Canadian Feature Special Jury Citation at the Toronto International Film Festival, Ninth Floor was one of Canada’s Top Ten films, and Shum has been nominated for multiple Genie Awards.
Click here to read our interview with Mina Shum on Meditation Park.
Click here to read our interview with Mina Shum on Ninth Floor.
Meditation Park (2017): Stream on 🇨🇦 CBC Gem; rent on 🇨🇦 iTunes, Google Play, YouTube
Ninth Floor (2015): Stream 🇨🇦 free on the NFB website, 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧 Prime; rent on 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧i Tunes
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002): 🇺🇸 Rent on Amazon
Double Happiness (1994): Stream on 🇨🇦 CBC Gem, 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Prime; rent on 🇨🇦 iTunes
Click here to read our interview with Mina Shum on Meditation Park.
Click here to read our interview with Mina Shum on Ninth Floor.
Philippe Falardeau is a Quebec-based screenwriter and director whose latest film, My Salinger Year (2020), was the opening night gala at the 2020 Berlinale. His feature Monsieur Lazhar (2011) was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, and won Genie awards for direction and adapted screenplay. His political satire My Internship in Canada (2016) was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for original screenplay and was one of Canada’s Top Ten films. Falardeau has also directed several features in the US, including The Good Lie(2013), Chuck (2016), and My Salinger Year.
Read our interview with Philippe Falardeau on My Internship in Canada
Listen to our podcast on In the Loop and My Internship in Canada
Chuck (2017): 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧 iTunes, Google Play, YouTube 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Amazon
My Internship in Canada (2016): 🇨🇦 iTunes, YouTube
The Good Lie (2014): 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧 iTunes, Google Play, YouTube 🇺🇸🇬🇧Amazon
Monsieur Lazhar (2011): 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Kanopy, Google Play, YouTube 🇨🇦CBC Gem 🇺🇸Fandor 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧 iTunes 🇨🇦 Hoopla 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Amazon
It’s Not Me, I Swear! (2008): 🇨🇦🇺🇸 iTunes, Google Play, YouTube 🇺🇸 Amazon
Congorama: 🇨🇦 iTunes
We asked Mina and Philippe if there are any young Canadian filmmakers they’re particularly excited about. Together, they mentioned three films we also absolutely loved, and we’ve actually interviewed all of the filmmakers. Here’s a list of the films, where to find them, and our coverage.
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