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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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01:14:47

Episode 278: Osric Chau

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/07/28

Actor Osric Chau is equally adept at comedy and drama, and at being a supportive member of an ensemble while still shining on his own. Osric played Kevin Tran, a high school student turned ghost turned prophet, on Supernatural, and Vogel, a member of the quartet known as the Rowdy Three, on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. He won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series for portrayal of Charles in Blood and Water, the first television drama series produced

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Episode 277: A new global summit aims to elevate and...

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2023/07/28

East by North West is a new global summit designed to highlight, elevate, and empower racialized creatives in and across film, TV, streaming, gaming, and animation.Produced by the Racial Equity Screen Office in association with Gold House, East by North West runs July 28-30 in Vancouver and connects screen professionals with world film markets so that they can network, establish contacts, and gain invaluable insights into conquering the complex realm of international distribution avenues – something

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Episode 276: Gary Hawes

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2023/07/20

Gary Hawes has directed multiple episodes of the most-watched television drama series on the planet (ABC’s hit drama, The Good Doctor). He’s also the director of some critically acclaimed indie projects, including the comedy Leap 4 Your Life, a feature-length mockumentary about a community dance competition starring some of our local industry’s finest, and The Charlie Da Clown Show, a trippy short about the behind the scenes shenanigans of a talk show hosted by a washed up clown named Charlie. Gary

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Episode 275: Voice actors and the threat of A.I.

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2023/07/17

For months, voice actors on both sides of the border have been sounding the alarm about the ways that artificial intelligence (A.I.) can be manipulated, not only to fool audiences, but to exploit artists. It’s already happening. Like Ursula in The Little Mermaid, A.I. and the companies who wield it are stealing voices and pushing artists out of the equation altogether – something that an astounding number of voice actors in Vancouver have experienced firsthand. In this special episode, voice actors

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Episode 274: Donia Kash

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/06/02

Donia Kash is an actor, performer, storyteller, and filmmaker whose growing list of credits includes Motherland: Fort Salem, So Help Me Todd, The 100, Snowpiercer, A Million Little Things, Hearts in the Game, and a couple of impressive “firsts”: The Secrets of Bella Vista, which represented the very first time that a Hallmark Movie featured an openly non-binary actor, and The Holiday Sitter, which marked the very first time Hallmark Channel put a gay couple at the centre of one of their films. In

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Episode 273: Aliza Vellani Returns

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2023/05/25

Aliza Vellani originally joined us in July 2021 to talk about her work in the first season of Netflix’s Sweet Tooth. Sweet Tooth draws its inspiration from Jeff Lemire’s comic book series about a boy who’s half-human and half deer navigating a world that has been devastated by a virus that has killed a lot of people and led to the mysterious emergence of human-animal hybrid babies. Aliza plays Rani Singh. Rani has the virus, but is a rare long-term survivor, thanks to her doctor-husband Aditya’s

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01:15:43

Episode 272: Marci T. House Returns

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2023/05/23

It’s been three years since we last had the phenomenally talented Marci T. House in the YVR Screen Scene Podcast hot seat. Back then, we spoke about her then-upcoming role in Julie and The Phantoms, #covidlife, stage acting vs. screen acting vs. architecture, the many ways CBC’s Strange Empire was ahead of its time, and why she stays in Vancouver. Since then, Marci has been busy in an array of projects. She lit up the stage in Harlem Duet, a performance that critics called “stellar” and “superb.”

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Episode 271: How a motorcycle saved filmmaker lori...

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2023/05/16

lori lozinski is an acclaimed producer who works closely with some of our industry’s leading directors to bring evocative stories to the screen (among them: Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn). lori is also the director of A Motorcycle Saved My Life, a documentary short that ruminates on mental health, the often complicated relationship between parent and child, and how to negotiate a relationship with grief. In A Motorcycle Saved My Life, we learn how lori hit the road on the back of a

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Episode 270: Dhirendra

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2023/05/12

Dhirendra is an accomplished actor whose career spans all manner of characters and genres and continents. To contemporary audiences, Dhirendra might be best known as Imran, Sabi’s father on the groundbreaking and big-hearted CBC and HBO Max comedy Sort Of. Sort Of is one of the few series in the history of television with a gender fluid protagonist: Sabi Mehboob, played with courage and conviction by series creator Bilal Baig. Imran arrives from Dubai at the beginning of the second season to

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Episode 269: Markian Tarasiuk

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2023/05/10

Actor Markian Tarasiuk has been busy: making rom-coms and thrillers; fielding acting nominations from leading industry organizations; working with Ukrainian Canadian organizations to preserve and promote Ukrainian culture during this war. In recent years, Markian has made a name for himself as a romantic lead in holiday rom-coms like Welcome to Valentine, A Homecoming for the Holidays, Wedding Cake Dreams, Christmas at the Golden Dragon, Our Italian Christmas Memories, the delightfully named Why

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Episode 268: Filmmaker Karen Cho on the battle for...

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2023/05/04

What is Chinatown? That question and the myriad of emotions it invites sit at the heart of Big Fight in Little Chinatown, the stirring documentary film from Montreal-based filmmaker Karen Cho. The film explores the battles for survival currently being waged in four Chinatowns: in Montreal, Toronto, New York, and Vancouver. We meet the stewards of these Chinatowns, consider the role that Chinatown plays in building and sustaining community, and bear witness to the destructive power of urban

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Episode 267: Karen Lam brings it with Bring It On:...

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/05/02

Bring It On was a pop culture juggernaut from the moment it somersaulted into multiplexes back in 2000. Audiences loved the saucy, sarcastic, scheming, and stuntin’ squads battling for cheer supremacy at regionals, all leading up to that shining moment when the It of the title has been Brought and the cheer squads do their thing. More than two decades after that first film, the Bring It On ’verse continues with Bring It On: Cheer Or Die – and its director is none other than Vancouver filmmaker Karen

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Different Than Before: A YVR Screen Scene Masterclass

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2023/05/01

A masterclass with filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida and the Different Than Beforecreative team exploring how the SXSW-winning music video was made

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Episode 266: Satan Wants You

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2023/04/28

Few cultural phenomena of the 1980s were as as destructive or widespread as the Satanic Panic. The Satanic Panic led to arrests, ruined reputations, and more than 12,000 unsubstantiated reports of Satanic ritual abuse that were reportedly “recovered” via the now discredited practice of “recovery memory therapy.” While the Satanic Panic is now largely discussed with derision, there was a period in time when fear of devil worshippers was earnestly reported about on the nightly news – and Patient Zero

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Episode 265: Sonita Henry

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2023/04/25

Sonita Henry’s filmography would make for one hell of a marathon on SyFy. Sonita played the President’s Aide inThe Fifth Element, present in that iconic final scene where Milla Jovovich’s Leeloo and Bruce Willis’ Korben get it on in the regeneration chamber. She was the doctor who delivers James T. Kirk in the heart-stopping opening minutes of 2009’sStar Trek. She portrayed a colonel (who’s transformed into a Dalek) in the 2013Doctor WhoChristmas special. And she was the archetype of every female

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Episode 264: Ukrainian activist Olga Prodan on her...

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2023/03/03

Olga Prodan is a somatic psychologist and psychosocial rehabilitator working in Vancouver – and when she isn’t doing that, she’s in Ukraine helping children who have lost a parent on the frontlines. This year’s YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine – which takes the form of a gala on March 29 and an online auction of film and television memorabilia and Ukrainian art running March 27 to April 7 – is a fundraiser for the Ukrainian Canadian Advocacy Group’s rehabilitation program for the children of fallen

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Episode 263: Luisa D'Oliveira

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/02/28

Luisa D'Oliveira is a phenomenal actress with keen instincts, a sharp mind, and a big heart. She’s beloved around the world for her nuanced work as Emori on The 100, a role that positioned her as a disability advocate due to the grace with which her character navigated life as a person with a disability. Other highlights include The Good Wife, where she played a young lawyer going up against Julianna Margulies’ character, a co-starring role as a detective on CBC’sCracked, a phenomenal arc on Motive,

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Episode 262: Alessandro Juliani

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/02/23

Alessandro Juliani is beloved for many things: for his acting work on stages on both sides of the Atlantic in productions of classical and brand-new work; for his performances as a voice actor in an array of animated projects, including multiple Barbie movies, Dinosaur Train, Super Monsters, and Death Note; for his nuanced on-camera work on iconic genre shows like Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina; for his work as a composer on numerous projects, including Agam

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01:08:16

Episode 261: Bob Frazer Returns

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/02/17

Bob Frazer returns to the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to pour one out for Alban Hearst, the anti-witch terrorist leader he played for all three seasons of Freeform’s brilliant Motherland: Fort Salem. In seasons one and two, Alban toyed with all of Motherland: Fort Salem’s favourite witches – and in the series’ third and final season, Alban plunged to new depths of unhinged hate, while also revealing himself to be intimidated by his sneering sister (played by Emilie Ullerup). Bob reflects on his time in

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YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine gala fundraiser

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast ·

2023/02/16

YVR Screen Scene presents a gala evening in support of humanitarian efforts in Ukraine featuring a special screening of Viddana

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