When you’re on set and your film deals with the potentially triggering subject of suicide, how do you provide for the physical and emotional needs of a diverse cast and crew? This was the challenge that led filmmaker Ana de Lara to collaborate with Women In the Director’s Chair to develop a ground breaking new program called Safer Creative Spaces. In this episode, Ana shares how the program helped her create a more caring environment on the set of her upcoming web series Best Friend Me. Ana de Lara has 17 awards and 5 nominations for her award-winning short films and features All In Madonna and Open for Submissions. She’s a Women in the Director’s Chair alumna, winner of Telefilm’s New Voices Award, Talent to Watch, Whistler Film Festival MPPIA Award, Vancouver Women in Film Matrix and Best Narrative Short awards, Broad Humor Film Festival’s Best Director, and Asians on Film Best Comedy and Best Screenplay Awards.More information on Women In The Director's Chair: https://www.widc.ca/Watch a few of Ana’s shorts: Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/anadelaraYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqXaXMzVXEqtTt3ttNY6tvAMore about Ana: IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1891405/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anadelaraonline/WIDC: https://www.widc.ca/director/ana-de-lara/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Is your concept brave enough to be “not safe, taboo," or “mean and awful”?  Filipina/Canadian filmmaker Ana de Lara thinks it just might make a great comedy! In Part I of our interview with this multiple award-winning Filipina/Canadian actor/writer/director/producer, Ana tells us about Best Friend Me—her six-episode comedy web series that involves the topic of...suicide? Learn from this comedy pro how she  works with family, knows when an idea has legs, and how you too, can “make anything funny.” Ana has 17 awards and 5 nominations for her award-winning short films and features All In Madonna and Open for Submissions. She’s a Women in the Director’s Chair alumna, winner of Telefilm’s New Voices Award, Talent to Watch, Whistler Film Festival MPPIA Award, Vancouver Women in Film Matrix and Best Narrative Short awards, Broad Humor Film Festival’s Best Director, and Asians on Film Best Comedy and Best Screenplay Awards.Watch a few of Ana’s shorts: Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/anadelaraYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqXaXMzVXEqtTt3ttNY6tvAMore about Ana: IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1891405/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anadelaraonline/WIDC: https://www.widc.ca/director/ana-de-lara/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

The brutal “treatments” that the Canadian government and CIA jointly funded at the height of the Cold War era’s brainwashing paranoia are the stuff of nightmares. Patients with diagnoses as innocent as postpartum depression were rendered virtual zombies for life, creating a legacy of intergenerational trauma and perpetrator guilt that inspired filmmaker Emanuel Foucault’s riveting short film Washer. In this episode Emanuel describes:·      The devastating mind control experiments conducted at Montreal’s notorious Allen Memorial Institute.·      Adapting history for a short film.·      Finding amazing actors. ·      Crowd-funding three times more money than he asked for.·      His plans for a tree planting horror story!EMANUEL FOUCAULT is an actor, writer, editor and producer for both stage and screen dividing his time between Montreal and Victoria.Mentioned in this episode:Washer  website: https://www.washerfilm.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090440931002More about Emanuel:Watch Emanuel’s Old Chain music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ffoBqU9Xs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foucault_emanuel/IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12355968/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

If you’re interested in ways a filmmaker’s career can advance, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!  Listen up as multiple award-winning Vancouver writer/director Connor Gaston shares the roots of his fascination with reincarnation, the value of graduating from programs like the Canadian Film Centre and the TIFF Talent Lab, and what ultimately got him meetings in Hollywood that landed him an LA manager.Connor’s films have screened in prestigious festivals around the world including TIFF, Busan, Sapporo, Sedona, Newport Beach, Whistler, and Vancouver Film Festival—along the way winning multiple Leos and other awards including a Grand Prix in Paris’s Courts Devant short film festival. He won the BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at Vancouver International Film Festival, graduated from Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre, and was a member of the 2017 TIFF Talent Lab. He currently teaches at the Vancouver Film School.Mentioned in this episode:Watch The Cameraman on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/323984793Other films:Watch Encore on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/601186469Watch Adam in the Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqMx4zJwDu0More about Connor:IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4497477/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-gaston-94560068/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connorgaston/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connor.gastonX: https://twitter.com/connorgastonSubscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

There’s certain to be lots that filmmakers and other creatives can relate to in part one of Joyce Kline’s two-part interview with Vancouver based, internationally award-winning, writer/director Connor Gaston. With humour and rare honesty, Connor shares the joys and challenges of growing up in a household of writers, adapting his own father’s novel, collaborating with his brother Vaughn, directing children, and how he bounces back when something doesn’t work. Connor’s films have screened in prestigious festivals around the world including TIFF, Busan, Sapporo, Sedona, Newport Beach, Whistler, and Vancouver Film Festival—along the way winning multiple Leos and other awards including a Grand Prix in Paris’s Courts Devant short film festival. He won the BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at Vancouver International Film Festival, graduated from Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre, and was a member of the 2017 TIFF Talent Lab.  He currently teaches at the Vancouver Film School.Mentioned in this episode:Watch The Cameraman on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/323984793Other films:Watch Encore on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/601186469Watch Adam in the Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqMx4zJwDu0More about Connor:IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4497477/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-gaston-94560068/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connorgaston/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connor.gastonX: https://twitter.com/connorgastonSubscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Last episode, we heard from one of the most requested camera operators in Canada, award-winning, daredevil cinematographer DAVID MALYSHEFF.  David is known for delivering the goods under extreme conditions - filming from horseback, helicopters, and even Zodiacs crashing their way through rapids. This episode, David fills us in on his quieter, but no less moving, personal passion project - creating a 90-minute documentary on the late Jewish composer Peter Gary and Gary’s epic holocaust oratorio A 20th Century Passion. Listen in as David explains how holocaust survivor Gary worked to “Stamp Out Hate” through both music and lectures to 60,00 youngsters, what drew him to his story, and how the current situation in Israel and Gaza have affected crowdfunding to complete the film.With more than 25 years of television production experience in film and broadcast video, David Malysheff has been behind the camera on numerous Canadian TV shows including The Nature of Things, The Fifth Estate, The Amazing Race, Moosemeat & Marmalade, Canada’s Next Top Model and the moving documentary Us and Them, which he also co-produced.  Mentioned in this episode: Listen to a performance of Peter Gary’s A Twentieth Century Passion oratorio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGpv4fNO4tYA Twentieth Century Passion Go Fund Me campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gxp8kd-a-20th-century-passion-film David’s website: https://gamutproductions.com/about IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540926/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-malysheff-95686018/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamut_productions/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gamutproductions/ Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Not many cinematographers shoot on submarines or from horseback, helicopters and kayaks - but today’s guest filmmaker, award-winning industry veteran David Malysheff, has done exactly that.  With more than 25 years of television production experience in film and broadcast video, David Malysheff has been behind the camera on numerous Canadian TV shows including The Nature of Things, The Fifth Estate, The Amazing Race, Moosemeat & Marmalade, Canada’s Next Top Model and the moving documentary Us and Them, which he also co-produced. Buckle up as he shares tales of his scariest moment, helping out Dennis Hopper, and getting Harrison Ford on board for his documentary The Immortal Beaver.Mentioned in this episode:The Immortal Beaver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wQjAB-jnI8&themeRefresh=1 Website: https://gamutproductions.com/about IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540926/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-malysheff-95686018/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamut_productions/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gamutproductions/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Film sets are high pressure environments with brutally long hours and the traditionally hierarchical structure of a military campaign. In this episode, filmmaker and much sought-after editor Lesley Marshall tells us how she balances the needs of her young daughter with her work in the film industry, why she thinks we should demand on set childcare, and what employing anti-oppression based filmmaking and horizontal leadership structures would look like.Lesley is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have screened in 40 festivals nationally and internationally, whose music videos have been featured on sites like Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Vice and Exclaim!, whose projection art has been performed at the National Art Centre, Montreal Jazz Fest, CentrePHI, and in galleries in NYC, the Netherlands and across Canada. Her production company MAVNetwork, has worked with Netflix, Vox Media, TD Bank, and MLB, among others. Lesley’s website: https://les666.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesley.demon?locale=en_GBMentioned in this episode:Lesley’s Cinevic Workshop: https://cinevic.ca/event/film-production-workshop-location-sound-and-red-camera-2023-12-02-03/Murder at the Circus: https://les666.com/portfolio/murder-at-the-circus/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Unless you’re already a well-heeled nepo baby, this might be the one Push In episode you literally can’t afford to miss! Last episode, Push In interviewed filmmaker Denver Jackson, the brilliant creator and one-man animation team behind the web series Esluna: The Crown of Babylon, the feature Esluna: The First Monolith and the upcoming feature The Worlds Divide. This episode, Denver shares how he’s financed his films, why he picked Kickstarter as his crowd funding platform, his fundraising hook and donor perks, and how he built a social media fan base that helped him raise over $102,000.Denver has singlehandedly written, directed, animated and edited numerous award-winning short animations, an entire animated web series - and he’s currently in post on his second animated feature film. His films have screened around the world - including at three Academy Award-qualifying festival, been a prestigious Vimeo Staff Pick, and won Best Animated Film at San Diego Comic Con International Film Festival and Heartland Film Festival. Denver’s films:YouTube video on the making of The Worlds Divide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twwChA4OjjsEsaluna: The Crown of Babylon trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcbhSvw3d1QThe Worlds Divide teaser trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E56og3Eog0MLearn more about Denver:IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3364672/Website: http://www.cloudrisepictures.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denver.jackson/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/denver.jacksonSubscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Pride yourself on being hard working and dedicated to your art? Well, this interview with award-winning Victoria animator Denver Jackson will make you feel like a total slacker! Buckle up as this one-man powerhouse shares how he got into animation, the brutal details of his typical work day, the importance of keeping focus to complete projects, and why he’ll never use generative AI.Denver Jackson has singlehandedly written, directed, animated and edited numerous award-winning short animations, an entire animated web series--and he’s currently in post on his second animated feature film. His films have screened around the world—including at three Academy Award-qualifying festivals—been a prestigious Vimeo Staff Pick, and won Best Animated Film at San Diego Comic Con International Film Festival and Heartland Film Festival. Mentioned in this episode:YouTube video on making of The Worlds Divide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twwChA4OjjsEsluna: The Crown of Babylon trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcbhSvw3d1QThe Worlds Divide teaser trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E56og3Eog0MIMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3364672/awards/?ref_=nm_awdWebsite: http://www.cloudrisepictures.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denver.jackson/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denver.jacksonSubscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

This September, after over 40 years, Victoria’s iconic Pic A Flic Video will close, imperiling its unrivaled collection of 25,000 cult classics, musicals, foreign films, sci-fi, short films, silent movies, independent animations and rare documentaries you can’t find anywhere else. Video stores may be an endangered species, but losing this treasure trove of film history would be an extinction event! That’s why Push In’s host Joyce Kline and director Paul Ruta teamed up to interview film buff and Pic A Flic owner Kent Bendall on the store’s history, holdings, zany customers, and the future of the collection.Gentle listeners, Pic a Flic needs an action hero to come to its aid. So if you’re out there,  Atom Egoyan or Ryan Reynolds, or if you don’t want to see the collection terminated, James Cameron, or you want to foster parent it, David Foster, or you don’t want this good thing to come to an end, Nelly Furtado, please listen up!Read more about Pic a Flic’s closure:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-video-store-closing-1.6853653https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/pic-a-flic-victoria-movie-rentalhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-vancouver-islands-last-video-store-plays-on-for-new-generations-of/Pic a Flic website: https://pic-a-flic.videoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/picaflicvideo/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/picaflicvideo/Shaw TV Spotlight Interview with Kent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbJ5ixrnJa8Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Host Joyce Kline reaches across the Pacific for a fun chat with Singapore based, BAFTA-nominated animator Calleen Koh.  Calleen’s short To Kill the Birds and the Bees—a real highlight of this year’s Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival—will screen again in Ottawa June 21st as part of Short Circuit’s National Tour. Hear how this talented young filmmaker stays gutsy with her daring and quirky material and her take on everything from Catholic Sex Ed and the  filmmaking scene in Singapore, to getting a BAFTA Student nomination, and the weird responses men have had to her blatantly sexual animated films.Referred to in this episode: To Kill the Birds and Bees trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH98qHfZFJw Hot Buns trailer: https://vimeo.com/809648470 Watch Sexy Sushi: https://calleenkohart.myportfolio.com/sexy-sushi About Calleen: Website: https://calleenkohart.myportfolio.com/films IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13461008/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calleen-koh-4b740b117 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calleenkoh/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul RutaSubscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

In this fun episode, Joyce meets up with writing/directing team Sonya Chwyl and Anik Desmarais-Spencer. Their latest short horror comedy Slip poses a sadly relatable question for these inflationary times: “How far will you go to keep your shitty rental?” Slip just won Audience Choice at this year’s Short Circuit Pacific Film Festival and you can watch it on the big screen for free in Regina, Ottawa and St. John’s as part of Short Circuit’s 2023 National Tour.  Anik and Sonya’s last film Baby Teeth won Outstanding BC Film in  Short Circuit’s 2020 festival and both films have screened in festivals US and Canada wide. Listen up as this dynamic duo not only “dissects” the glory—and the gory—of using fake blood on screen, they also share:·      What they learned from previous films.·      Why, for them, co-directing is like "being in a solid, committed relationship.”·      What they did to get a corpse’s POV shot for Baby Teeth. Referred to in this episode:Slip trailer: https://vimeo.com/809648470 Watch Slip as part of Short Circuit’s 2023 National Tour: https://cinevic.ca/short-circuit-film-festival-2023-national-tour/ Baby Teeth trailer: https://vimeo.com/387733966 Follow Sonya:IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10533132/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyachwyl/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonya.cyl/ Follow Anik: IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11335305/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

What’s it like to pitch to a panel of judges in front of a live theatre audience— when you think you’re awful at pitching? That was the challenge for multi-talented filmmaker Daniel Kwon, the writer, director, editor and co-producer of 2022’s Cinespark winning film The Girl in the Forest.Daniel is a true renaissance man: filmmaker, screenwriter, director, editor, colorist, set decorator, videographer, graphic designer, motion graphic design, storyboard artist and animator. Fresh from his film’s premiere in 2023’s Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival, Daniel had lots to share with host Joyce Kline, including:·      How he managed to successfully pitch The Girl in the Forest in spite of being “terrified.”·      Shooting shorter days on a limited budget.·      His desire to make a film that unites cultures.Follow Daniel: Stage 32: https://www.stage32.com/Danielkwon IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3321053/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.kwon.1982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hooyoun1982/The Girl in the Forest:Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVRKbHQ_rYAWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/tgitf.shortfilm/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Every screenplay has at least one element that a filmmaker knows is going to be tricky to carry off. But when the script demands you track down an elusive rare bird and find a location where an actor can safely fell a giant tree with a hand axe, you’re going to have to get extra creative. How director James Hunter, with the help of producer Faith Gouga, managed to pull all this off in their haunting short film NEST—is a fascinating tale all on its own. James is an award-winning Australian writer, director, editor and producer whose 16mm black and white “gothic psychodrama” NEST is one of the outstanding films in the 2023 Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival.  The film is currently making the festival rounds and has screened in such prestigious Academy Award Qualifying festivals as Melbourne, St. Kilda, Atlanta, HollyShorts, FlickerFest, and SITGES film festivals. Follow James:Website: https://www.jameshunterfilm.co IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3741370/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshunterfilm/Watch NEST online through May 2023:https://cinevic.ca/short-circuit-film-festival-2023/Follow NEST:https://www.instagram.com/nest.short/https://www.facebook.com/nestshortSubscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Revealing what your family’s really like behind the scenes can be a giant leap of faith that few have the courage—and family support—to take. In her sensitive short The Mess We’re In, emerging Vancouver writer/director JAMIE LAM draws upon personal experience growing up in the loving home—of a hoarder!While the film never sugar coats the stress this caused Jamie growing up, it’s a triumph of love over tidying up. It was a hit in this year’s Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival and won Best Cinematography, Best Direction and Best Film at the 2022 Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon.If you’ve ever considered making your family the subject of a film, this revealing interview might just give you the push you need to take the plunge.Follow JAMIE:IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8635386/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-lam-4b5061161/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Is it possible to use surreal, magical realist narrative methods to engage audiences in an experience best described as visually immersive, especially when the protagonists are young black men and the antagonists are police officers?JOHNNY KIRK is a graduate of California State University in LA and is the Creative Director and Founder of the digital film production company DARK BLU PRODUCTIONS. All three of the short films he’s previously written and directed have won awards and he’s been featured in cable and independent films as an actor. A passionate advocate for his community, Johnny created TRIBE, a group to help local teens find themselves through acting.Listen as Johnny explains that:Every character is the hero of their own movieSometimes sound is more powerful than pictureEyes speak volumesThe secret to writing great dialogue is editingHis next film will be a horror feature.Watch The Fourth online through May 31, 2023 as part of Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival:https://cinevic.ca/short-circuit-film-festival-2023/About Johnny:IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1778529/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-kirk-23a4781a/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:Technical Director: Paul RutaSound Editor & Copywriter: Michael KoricanHost & Researcher: Joyce KlineCo-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

Wondering how much you should budget for insurance in your Telefilm Talent to Watch application, or what insurance you actually need for making a short film? This interview with Front Row Insurance Brokers VP Mike Groner covers everything you ever wanted to know about insurance but were afraid to ask! Pure information gold — and just in time to make that Telefilm deadline. Since starting his insurance career twenty years ago in LA, Mike has worked with Hollywood creators providing insurance and risk management for countless feature films, TV and DICE producers, distributors, film festivals, and entertainment related enterprises like musicians, equipment operations, and rental houses. He now resides in Victoria and works out of Front Row’s Vancouver and LA offices. Listen up as Mike explains:·      How much you should budget for insurance for a Telefilm Talent to Watch feature.·      The difference between Production, Errors & Omissions and Cast insurance. ·      The connection between clearance and E & O.·      What to keep in mind when insuring equipment.·      Why documenting a location before you shoot is crucial.·      Pros and cons of having volunteers on set.Referred to in this episode:Front Row Insurance Brokers: https://www.frontrowinsurance.com(Lots of helpful information on their blog.)Telus Storyhive: https://www.storyhive.comContact Mike: mike@frontrowinsurance.com Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

A traumatic work injury would stop most of us, but that’s what it took to steer Chris Vautour from her beloved 25-year career as a location scout and manager towards her original goal of becoming a filmmaker. With refreshing candor, the self-proclaimed “gatherer of certificates” describes how she got her start in film, why the PA role is so important, her “Year of Trying Things,” and how she shifted creative focus to start afresh as a producer.Chris is a Directors’ Guild of Canada location scout and manager with an impressive 41 IMDb credits. She produced the CBC short documentary The Pilgrimage about a 2 day, women-only, “mindful” motorcycle quest and just recently received Canada Council funding to research a new documentary on The Robin’s Nest a beloved Cambridge, Ontario, lesbian bar that flourished for over 30 years.Referred to in this episode:The Robin’s Nest Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/379902460099955Watch The Pilgrimage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjXEqybqgAbout Chris:IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1496834/fullcreditsTelus Storyhive: https://www.storyhive.com/creators/81041Contact Chris: https://www.dgc.ca/en/british-columbia/memberView?m=11294Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta

In today’s info-packed episode, Push In interviews veteran film industry location scout and manager Chris Vautour.  With astounding clarity, Chris concisely sums up the most important things to know when location scouting. If you want tips on scoring that perfect location, this is an episode not to be missed! Listen up as Chris tells host Joyce Kline: ·      Who makes a good locations person?·      What’s the most important thing to look for in a location?·      When’s the ideal time to lock locations?·      How do you prepare for unexpected location nightmares?·      And why she organized an unconventional women's “pilgrimage.”  Chris is a Directors’ Guild of Canada location scout and manager with an impressive 41 IMDb credits. She produced the CBC short documentary The Pilgrimage about a 2 day, women-only, “mindful” motorcycle quest and recently received Canada Council funding to research a new documentary on The Robin’s Nest--a beloved Cambridge, Ontario, lesbian bar that flourished for over 30 years.Referred to in this episode:The Robin’s Nest Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/379902460099955Watch The Pilgrimage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjXEqybqgAbout Chris:IMDb: https://imdb.com/name/nm1496834/fullcreditsTelus Storyhive: https://www.storyhive.com/creators/81041Contact Chris: https://www.dgc.ca/en/british-columbia/memberView?m=11294Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:·      Technical Director: Paul Ruta·      Sound Editor: Michael Korican·      Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline·      Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta