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tmtm 7 sept 25 TIFF50 Coverage Part 2

Filmmakers Tyler MacKenze EVANS (Sea Star) and Kalainithan Kalaichelvan (Karupy) join me to talk about having their respective films screen in the Short Cuts Programme at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025.
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tmtm 7 sept 25 - TIFF50 Coverage Part 1

Filmmakers Tanya Talaga and Lucía Aleñar Iglesia join me to talk about their respective films, Ni-Naadaamadiz Red Power Rising and Forestera. Both films debut at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025.

tmtm 31 August: Lisa Haller, Atlantic International Film Festival

Lisa Haller, Interim Executive Director / Director of Programming for the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) joins me to talk about the New Waves and Shorts Programme sections of the festival. Held in Halifax, the AIFF runs from September 10 to 17, 2025, and showcases a diversity of international and domestic films while proudly holding space for films and filmmakers from Atlantic Canada. Post-festival, films will be available in the region for those unable to attend in Nova Scotia. Whether you're planning a vacation in time for the festival or just love film discussions, this show is for you. https://atlanticfilmfestival.ca/ 
Music selections: Molly Johnson (Boogie Street 🇨🇦), Lillian Allen (Dis ya Mumma Earth 🇨🇦), Four the Moment (In My Soul 🇨🇦), Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (Che Che Cole Makossa), Lorraine KLAASEN (Jolinkomo 🇨🇦), Nubya Garcia (Together is a Beautiful Place to Be)
 

tmtm 24 August 25 Guest: Brennan Clost (The Legend of Cloudy Falls + Loathe thy Neighbor)

BRENNAN Clost joins me to chat about his journey from ballet dancer at Julliard to acting and producing. 'The Legacy of Cloudy Falls' is now available on VOD and 'Loathe they Neighbor' opens Canada-wide August 29, 2025.
I also share and audiobooks and videos available free via the KANOPY and Libby apps, with a special nod to Terence Stamp.
Music: 'Crabapples' by Bruce Peninsula 🇨🇦

tmtm 17 August 25 Guests David and Sydney Dacks chat about the music and Arts festival Intersection

David and Sydney Dacks talk about their collaboration on 'Radio Active Community,' part of this year's Intersection Festival
Plus spoken word and audio from Elizabeth Acevedo, Nikita Gill and Sunnah Khan.
Music: 'Close' by LAL 🇨🇦

tmtm 10 August 25 - Looking for Good Film - Check our TIFF 2019 Faves

With TIFF 2025 celebrating 50 years next month, I revisit TIFF 2019 with Daniel Garber of Daniel Garber at the Movies and https://culturalmining.com/ and Heidy M of https://hyemusings.ca/ to remind you of some worthy films that you may have overlooked. 
 
 

tmtm 27 july 2025 A Cree thriller and a Trinidadian "pan man"

Director, Dr Jules Arita Koostachin joins me to talk about her latest film 'Angela's Shadow' screening at the Carlton Cinema for one week only, beginning July 25. The film then moves on to various streaming platforms.
Then "pan man" Alvin Rostant joins me to talk about learning the steel pan back in Trinidad when he was 14 years old, his travels around the globe playing pan, writing his book "Carnival is Me" (also a song) and living and working in Australia.

tmtm 20 july 2025 - Pretty Blind and a Sami Homecoming

The hilarious, Jennie Bovard joins me to chat about starting in AMI+ tv 's 'Pretty Blind' Canada's first TV show about a blind woman with albinism.
Then an archival interview (TIFF 2023) featuring filmmakers Suvi West and Anssi Kömi talking about the repatriation of Sami cultural artifacts from museums back to their original Sami locations in their doc, 'HOMECOMING.' Suvi is Sami and Anssi is Finnish.

tmtm 6 july 2025 40 Acres and Elo

Frequent collaborator, Heidy M joins me for a discussion of the film '40 Acres' by R. T. Thorne, starring Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes as a couple trying to hold their land and protect their children from cannibalistic outliers in a post-apocalyptic future. Were my expectations too high? Why, when I enjoyed the film, did I expect more from a Black writer/director because he made a film about a Black and Indigenous family?
Then Portuguese animator, Alexandra Ramires and I talk about the process involved in making her short film, Tie (Elo). This is an archival interview from TIFF 2020.
Music: 'bom feeling' by the late Portuguese singer, Sara Tavares.

tmtm 16 feb 25 Guest: Alica Hall (ED. Nia Centre for the Arts) + Spoken word and poetry

Alica Hall, the executive director of Nia Centre for the Arts joins me to talk about the the importance of of it programming for Black youth, artists, and the community. Plus a mix of poetry, dub poetry, spoken word and music by Black Canadian women.