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Vancouver is one of the busiest film and television production centres on the planet. But who powers this thriving local industry? The YVR Screen Scene Podcast seeks to answer that question.
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Episode 370: Karen Lam’s neon-drenched journey into the apocalypse (opens the original)
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Filmmaker Karen Lam is a bundle of delicious incongruities in human form. On one hand, Karen is a master of highly stylised horror. Films like The Curse of Willow Song , Evangeline , and Mrs. Chang’s Perfect Teeth are terrifying and thoughtful, gruesome and evocative – and you wouldn’t be faulted for thinking that the writer-director behind these films is a spooky word-slinger. But on the other hand, Karen is whimsical. She loves knitting and sewing, cats and Muppets, and does Manitoba proud wit
Episode 369: Daniel Bacon (opens the original)
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Daniel Bacon has amassed a long list of credits: more than 150 credits in film and television and more than 20 in the theatre. He played Bonecruncher, one of the man-eating giants, in The BFG – which was directed by an up-and-coming indie director – maybe you’ve heard of him – Steven Spielberg. He appeared in The Smashing Machine and Secrets of a Marine’ s Life. He’s guest starred on shows like The Irrational, Motherland Fort Salem , Limetown , and The Good Doctor. He played in all three seasons
Episode 368: Philip Granger enters ‘Backrooms’ (opens the original)
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Philip Granger returns to the #YVRScreenScenePodcast to discuss Backrooms , the feature-length horror film that enjoyed the biggest global opening weekend in A24’s history. Based on Internet lore, Backrooms takes place beyond a hidden doorway discovered in the basement wall of a failing furniture store, in an endless, unsettling dimension populated by office corridors, warped furniture, and echoes of reality. The film is a phenomenal depiction of liminal space, and conveys the thrill and the hor
Just announced: YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine (opens the original)
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September 9 film gala @ VIFF Centre will raise funds to save the lives of Ukrainian defenders
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