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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'Monster' with Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda joined me for an episode of Carolyn Talks..., to share his persptives on what the monster is in his latest dramatic feature MONSTER (Kaibutsu), starring Hiiragi Hinata as Hoshiwaka Yori a young boy whom no one understands or seems to care for, Sōya Kurokawa as Mugino Minato a shy boy who believes he's become a monster, Sakura Andō as his mother whose actions to protect her child lead to extreme unintended consequences.
Co-written with Sakomoto Yuji, #Monster was scored by Sakomot Ryuichi before his passing in 2022. The film had its North American premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
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TIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'Gülizar' with Filmmaker Belkıs Bayrak
41:53|Writer and director Belkıs Bayrak spoke with me about her debut feature film about Gülizar (Ecem Uzan), a Turkish young woman whose life is traumatically changed when she's sexually assaulted on her way to meet her fiancé Emre (Bekir Behrem)to begin final preparations for their wedding in Kosovo.#Gulizar #CarolynTalks #TIFF24 #SHWHTIFF24 #TIFF #TurkishFilmImages courtesy of TIFF and https://www.youtube.com/@Saba_Film/videosFind me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushTIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'Before They Joined Us' with Filmmaker Arshile Egoyan
21:20|Writer and director Arshile Egoyan joined me for #CarolynTalks during #TIFF2024 to discuss his short film BEFORE THEY JOINED US in which he depicts how war and immigration changes the ways children look at their parents and the choices they're forced to make in unimaginable circumstances.#BeforeTheJoinedUsFilm #ArmenianFilm #CanadianFilm #TIFF24 #TIFF #Interview Images courtesy of TIFFFind me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushTIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'Village Keeper' with Filmmaker Karen Chapman and Lead Cast
42:44|Writer and Director Karen Chapman, and actresses Olunike Adeliyi and Zahra Bentham joined #CarolynTalks to chat about VILLAGE KEEPER, Karen's debut feature film about the secrets mothers keep, how women can subconsciously deprive themselves of the most simple pleasures, and the effects of shared trauma between mothers and daughters.#VillageKeeper premiered in the Discovery program of the 2024 #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival #TIFF24 #TIFF #BlackCinema #CanadianFilm Find me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushFantasiaFest24 - Carolyn Talks 'Kryptic' with Director Kourtney Roy and Actor Jason Deline
42:36|Director Kourtney Roy and actor Jason Deline joined me for #CarolynTalks, to chat about their supernatural thriller KRYPTIC, about a woman Kay (Chloe Pirre) who's venture into the forests of British Columbia in search of a missing cryptozoologist leads to cryptic and undefined supernatural encounters.Written by Paul Bromley, KRYPTIC premiered at 2024 @FantasiaFest 2024. #Fantasia #FantasiaFest24 #SupernaturalFilm #CanadianFilm #filmcritic Find me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushTIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'A Sisters' Tale' with Filmmaker Leila Amini and Afsaneh Salari
41:15|In her feature documentary A SISTERS' TALE, filmmaker Leila Amini reveals her sister Nasreen's journey to finding the pieces of herself lost over 14 years of being a wife and mother, through her passion to become a professional singer in Iran.Joining Leila for the interview was producer Afsaneh Salari who acted as interpreter and shared her own challenges and blessings of producing a film like this.#TIFF24 #CarolynTalks #Documentary #TIFF #FilmCritic#ASistersTale had its International Premiere at #TIFF24 *Images and trailer courtesy of TIFFFind me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushNYAFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'Ichiko 市子' with Filmmaker Akihiro Toda 戸田彬弘
33:00|Writer and director Akihiro Toda 戸田彬弘, spoke with me for #CarolynTalks about his dramatic feature IICHIKO starring Hana Sugisaki as Ichiko, the enigmatic young woman running from a past she fears and doesn't understand, and a possible future with her boyfriend Hashikawa (Ryuya Wakaba) who finds more questions than answers the more he searches for her.#JapaneseFilm #AsianCinema #FilmFestival #FilmCritic #Interview#Ichiko had its North American Premiere at the 2024 @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival.#JapaneseFilm #AsianCinema #FilmFestival #FilmCritic #InterviewFind me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushTIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'Boong' with Filmmaker Lakshmipriya Devi
17:21|During #TIFF24 I had the pleasure of speaking with writer and director Lakshmipriya Devi about her debut feature film BOONG, about the precocious Boong (Gugun Kipgen), who travels from his home in Manipur to Moreh, in Northern India to find his long lost father in the hope of increasing his mother Mandakini's (Bala Hijam), happiness. #TIFF #SHWHTIFF24 #CarolynTalks #IndianFilm #AsianCinema #FilmCritic#Boong premiered in the Discovery and Net Wave programs at the 2024 #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival.Find me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushTIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'The Wolves Always Come at Night' with Filmmaker Gabrielle Brady
21:08|Filmmaker Gabrielle Brady joined me for #CarolynTalks to chat about her hybrid docu-drama THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT cowritten by the film's leads Daava (Davaasuren Dagvasuren) and Zaya (Otgonzaya Dashzeveg), about the far reaching effects of climate change on the the Mongolian steps, the people and their culture.#TheWolvesAlwaysComeAtNight #MongolianFilm #Mongolia #AsianCinema #TIFF24 #TIFF Find me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushTIFF24 - Carolyn Talks 'The Mountain' with Director Rachel House
22:30|Director and actress Rachel House spoke with me during #TIFF24 for the premiere of her debut feature film THE MOUNTAIN about three best friends Sam, Bronco, and Mallory who decide to go on their first grand adventure to the top of the Taranaki Maunga in New Zealand.#TIFF #Maori #RachelHouse #CarolynTalks #FilmCritic #Interview Find me on Twitter and Instagram @CarrieCNH12Buy me a coffee or pizza at https://buymeacoffee.com/carolynhinds?status=1paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrush