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The YVR Screen Scene Podcast

Sabrina Furminger

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. Award-winning film and television journalist Sabrina Furminger conducts revealing interviews with the actors, filmmakers, and other talented artists who power the Vancouver film and television industry in this eye-opening twice-weekly podcast.

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00:47:41

Episode 337: We love short films

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/03/28

It’s a short film extravaganza! This double-header features interviews with not one but two fearless filmmakers who’ve created something very special in the short film space. First, Jackie Hoffart talks about The Reveal, a comedy about nonbinary Stevie, who struggles to support their sister’s gender reveal party while harbouring some news of their own: that they have started on testosterone, that they are transitioning. The Reveal has its world premiere on March 29 at the 2025 Crazy8s Film Gala, AKA

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00:56:17

Special Episode: Sabrina talks Ukraine + activism...

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/03/14

Our very own Sabrina Rani Furminger recently joined Sasha Pobochii on the Cultural_Front.UA Podcast to talk about her upcoming documentary Our Hall (about her family’s long history of activism), how the events of February 24, 2022 altered Ukrainians (in Ukraine, displaced, and diaspora), and how non-Ukrainians can hold space for Ukrainians during this tumultuous time. And before that, Sabrina gives an update on the new season of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast.

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Episode 335: Maja Aro and Dani Johnson

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/03/07

Maja Aro and Dani Johnson are two of the talented dynamos behind Abby and the Muffins. The series – which dropped on YouTube in late 2024 and quickly amassed more than 100,000 subscribers – stars the wildly talented Dani as Abby, a singing, stunting, and dancing tour-guide who leads pre-schoolers through an imaginative world of fun, play, movement, learning, and exploring. In this fascinating conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Maja and Dani talk about the joys and challenges of putting

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00:057:18

Episode 334: War Tails follows heroes saving animals...

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/02/27

War Tails tells the story of a small group of volunteers in Ukraine working tirelessly to prevent a continent-wide rabies outbreak. Displaced filmmaker Olha Byrledianu’s feature-length documentary – which screens on March 3 as part of the 2025 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival – takes us into the world of a handful of volunteers from Canada and Ukraine as they work to rescue, heal, vaccinate, and sterilise dogs and cats in some of the most dangerous parts of Ukraine. At the heart of War

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Episode 333: Praneet Akilla talks SkyMed, Allegiance,...

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/02/14

Friend of the pod Praneet Akilla returns to reflect on his recent on- and off-screen adventures – including SkyMed, currently airing its third seasonon CBC Television and CBC Gem. Praneet is back as Chopper, who is still coming to terms with the death of his astronaut dreams in season two while exploring what it means to be a leader and also the possibility of a new entanglement with recently arrived chief nurse from the big city, Marianne (portrayed by Nicola Correia-Damude). It’s fun to watch

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Episode 332: Natalie Moon

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/02/05

Actress Natalie Moon is fully bidialectal, meaning she’s equally proficient in using two or more dialects of the same language. In fact, she’s so proficient at being bidialectal that she’s an in-demand accent coach, and has coached big bold names like Jon Voight and Kristin Chenoweth. She also produced How To Make it in Hollywood (When You’re Foreign AF), Alessandro Miro’s hilarious web series that skewered stereotypes around accents in the film biz. In addition to her work in the accent realm,

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01:15:56

Episode 331: Chris Haddock

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2025/01/31

Chris Haddock’s impact on the Vancouver and Canadian television landscapes is undeniable. He’s a showrunner, writer, producer, and all-round storyteller whose filmography includes Da Vinci’s Inquest, Da Vinci’s City Hall, Intelligence, Boardwalk Empire, and The Romeo Section. He’s been instrumental in launching the careers of some of our local industry’s shining stars, and centred Vancouver in the majority of his shows. All of this is to say that, if anyone knows the television landscape in this

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01:10:33

Episode 330: Kandyse McClure returns

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/12/19

Late last month, Kandyse McClure won a 2024 UBCP/ACTRA Award for her work as fearless firefighter Kaia Bryant on Netflix’s wildly popular dramatic serial Virgin River. Audiences first met Kaia early on in season five, when she delivers a baby on the side of a mountain with Mel and Cameron consulting over FaceTime. From the jump, it’s clear that Kaia is an alpha woman: she’s confident, shoots back sipping tequila, and goes after what she wants, which by the end of that first episode is Preacher,

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01:05:52

Episode 329: Sharon Taylor talks ‘Cross’

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/11/29

Powerhouse actress Sharon Taylor swings by the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about her role on Cross, the number one Amazon Prime series in the world. Cross stars Aldis Hodge as the famous detective from James Patterson’s books and, later, films starring Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry – but this is not your grandparents’ Alex Cross. Yes, this Alex Cross, like the Alex Crosses of yore, uses forensic psychology to identify murderers and bring them to justice. But the Alex Cross of 2024 is more of a

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Episode 328: New Heritage Minute celebrates female...

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/11/14

If you live in Canada, you’re probably familiar with Heritage Minutes. Produced by Historica Canada, these sixty-second short films educate viewers on fascinating or little-known stories from Canada’s history. Dozens of Heritage Minutes have been released since 1991, and many of them are iconic, like “Doctor Penfield, I can smell burnt toast!” and “You never know, it might be worth something someday” and especially “Both of you know I canna read a word.” The latest short film to join the pantheon of

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Episode 327: Nicholas Carella and Matthew Clarke

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/11/07

“If the Ghostbusters and the Scooby-Doo gang got stoned together in Stanley Park and Frankensteined a high-larious single-camera sitcom, it would probably look something likeParanormal Solutions Inc.” That’s how our valiant host Sabrina Rani Furminger opened an article she wrote in 2016 for the Westender newspaper about the first season of Paranormal Solutions Inc., a fabulous series from the funniest people in Vancouver. Eight years later – and nearly 10 years after visiting their set in Gastown

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Episode 326: Angela Moore

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/10/30

One of the most deliciously terrifying shows on the planet recently returned for its third season. From –an MGM series that airs on Paramount Plus in Canada – takes place in a town in the middle of America that imprisons everyone who enters. As the residents struggle to maintain a sense of normality and seek a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest. There’s a lot to love about From: how it’s at once a scary show about monsters AND a show about how humans can thrive and

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Episode 325: Teagan Vincze

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/10/24

To say that actress Teagan Vincze’s filmography is varied is an understatement. Her lengthy list of credits includes critically acclaimed roles in indie hits –like when she played a compassionate sex worker inDaughter, Anthony Shim’s critically acclaimed first feature that screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, or when she played a fiery adult film star in The Cannon, a nuanced role for which she was nominated for a Leo Award – as well as nuanced performances in an array of studio

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Episode 324: Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/10/21

In this special episode, Sook-Yin Lee, the iconic radio and TV broadcaster, musician, film director, actress, and trailblazing MuchMusic veejay, and Chester Brown, the acclaimed alternative cartoonist, swing by the YVR Screen Scene Podcast studio to talk about Paying For It. The feature film – which had its premiere in Toronto and screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival – is a live-action adaptation of Chester’s best-selling graphic novel that was inspired by the end of his

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Episode 323: We are mentally ill

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/10/10

Content warning: This episode contains frank and graphic talk about mental health, mental illness, and suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide or are worried about a friend or a loved one, the Suicide Crisis Helpline is available 24/7/365 at 9-8-8. You can also find links to international suicide prevention and mental health support services in the footnotes for this episode at YVRScreenScene.com. You matter. You’re not alone.In honour of World Mental Health Day on October 10, Sabrina Rani

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Episode 322: Nathalie Boltt

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/10/08

Actress Nathalie Boltt and Riverdale’s Penelope Blossom don’t have all that much in common, despite the fact that the former portrayed the latter for all seven seasons of the wildly popular teen drama, but one thing they DO have in common is that both make a habit of defying expectations. This is particularly evident in Nathalie’s lengthy filmography, which includes memorable roles in an array of seemingly disparate genres and projects, including District 9, the BBC’s Inspector George Gently, The

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00:52:12

Episode 321: Lynda Boyd Returns

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/10/01

Lynda Boyd first appeared on the YVR Screen Scene Podcast in 2020 to discuss her incredible acting journey (which includes an exceptional six-season run on Republic of Doyle), and in the years since, she’s been busy. She had a wonderful run on Virgin River that ended with a river of tears when her character Lilly passed away. She reunited with Victor Garber on Family Law, where she played a divisive, cunning, and kinda really awful talk show host named Crystal Steele. She’s a mainstay of Hallmark

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Episode 320: Jerome Yoo

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/09/27

Jerome Yoo (the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed short films Gong Ju, Idols Never Die, and Recess: Third Street) stops by the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to discuss Mongrels, his feature film directorial debut that has its world premiere at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival. Set in rural Canada in the 1990s, Mongrels follows a Korean family attempting to find footing in a new land while navigating the dark forests of grief. Dad Sonny has been hired to eradicate the feral canines

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Episode 319: ‘Novelette is Trying’ @ VQFF

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/09/11

Vancouver will finally get to watch its first-ever Black+Queer dramedy web series this week when five episodes of Novelette is Trying screen at the 2024 Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Novelette is Trying follows Novelette, a cynical, anti-social, bisexual woman who finds herself newly single at 30, and decides, rather reluctantly, to take on a roommate. At first, the extroverted, outspoken Audre seems like an odd choice for a roommate. But, although their personalities clash, Audre’s boldness and

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00:45:58

Episode 318: Veena Sood Returns

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2024/07/18

300 episodes after her first appearance on the YVR Screen Scene Podcast, actress Veena Sood returns to talk about her three seasons (soon to be four!) playing cool mama Nisha on CTV’s Children Ruin Everything, and going back to her improv roots in Colin Mochrie’s Arts Club Reunion (which takes place July 19 and 20 at Vancouver’s historic Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre). Also: What impact is “wokeness” having on the comedy scene? Is the film and television industry actually, truly, and *really*

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