In this episode, Marc Caron and Stephen Gray, joined by Casey McFarlane, speak with ethnobotonist Dennis McKenna and film maker Greg Hammer about their two films – “Biognosis: Bridges to Ancestral Wisdom”, and “Back to Camp 41”. Listen in here, or watch on YouTube Here. Biognosis: Bridges to Ancestral Wisdom Biognosis shares stories of people […]
Join Tasha Simms as she speaks to Hayley Gray and Elad Tzadok, directors of Unarchived, a BC film which made its world premiere at VIFF 2022. World Premiere at VIFF For too long, the past has been the exclusive domain of the white colonial power structure. The good news is, we are in the […]
Join Marc Caron and Andrew Rezmer as they speak with Jennifer Stojkovic, Mark Galvin and Udo Erasmus about the new powerful documentary “Eating Ourselves to Extinction”, premiering in Canada June 4, 2022 at 6:30 PM PDT at the Planted Expo right here in Vancouver. This film – like others before it – continues to piece […]
Join Tasha Simms and Marc Caron as they speak with Tyson Sadler, the director for the Last Tourist – playing at the VIFF. As the world is poised to re-open for international travel and we consider how to move forward in the face of mounting global challenges, could tourism be a part of the solution? […]
Join Tasha Simms and Marc Caron as they speak with Danny Abel, director of the “King of North Sudan, THE KING OF NORTH SUDAN, which will be having its World Premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival , Tuesday, October 5th at the VIFF Centre -Vancity Theatre. Jeremiah Heaton: Farmer. Father. Monarch? “The King of North Sudan” chronicles one […]
Join us in celebrating the 40th Vancouver International Film Festival! The 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival begins October 1 and runs until October 11. Join Tasha and Marc as they interview creators of our favourite consciousness expanding films! With over 110 feature films, 75+ shorts, talks and conferences there is lots to discover at VIFF […]
Join Tasha Simms and Marc Caron as they Speak with Sandy Gow, the VIFF programmer for the short Films Series. An often overlooked aspect of the Vancouver International Film Festival is the must-see Short Films series, programmed by the estimable Sandy Gow. https://viff.org/ 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival International Shorts Programs Animated Tales Various Countries, 2019-20, 102 min. There is […]
In this episode, join Tasha Simms as she speaks with Jennifer Abbott, about her new documentary playing at VIFF2020, The Magnitude of All Things merges stories from the frontlines of climate change with recollections of the loss of her sister, drawing intimate parallels between personal and planetary grief. When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, […]
In this episode of CLR, join Tasha Simms and Marc Caron as they speak with Catalyst Programmer & Mentorship Coordinator, Rylan Friday and Catalyst member, Carter Kirilenko, two upcoming film makers who are part of the VIFF Catalyst Program. The 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival (September 24 – October 7, 2020) will welcome up to […]
Join Tasha Simms as she speaks with Galen Watts about millennial’s and what is attracting them to a hip urban evangelical church movement in Toronto. Galen was featured in #Blessed, a documentary that goes inside a fast-growing millennial church where Pastor Sam spreads his message of 21st century salvation to his young and hip churchgoers […]