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VIFF Podcast

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Bringing you exclusive in-depth conversations with industry-leading filmmakers, creators and cultural luminaries, recorded live at the Vancouver International Film Festival and year round at VIFF Centre.

~ About VIFF ~ 

Beyond film exhibitions, VIFF strives to engage and empower communities, encourage dialogue and champion local artists. With decades of experience and an unwavering commitment to creating exceptional programs, VIFF has transformed into a highly esteemed annual festival and a premier arthouse cinema. 

Founded in 1982, the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a not-for-profit cultural society and federally registered charitable organization that operates the internationally acclaimed Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) and the year-round programming at VIFF Centre. All year, VIFF produces screenings, talks, conferences and events that act as a catalyst for the community to discover the creativity and craft of storytelling on screen. 

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‘Les Filles du Roi’ Director on Transforming a Stage Production into a Full-Blown Movie Musical

March 19, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MB

In this episode we welcome Corey Payette, director of the movie musical Les Filles du Roi, in conversation with the film’s editor Christian Díaz Durán. Adapted from Urban Ink’s stage production, this locally-shot film screened at VIFF 2023. Les Filles du Roi tells through song the powerful story of the young Kanien’kehá:ka girl Kateri and her brother Jean-Baptiste, whose lives are disrupted upon the arrival of the “Daughters of the King” in ‘New France’ (now Montreal) in 1665. Corey Payett...

‘Rutherford Falls’ Co-Creator Sierra Teller Ornelas on breaking down Indigenous stereotypes through humour

May 11, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

In this episode, we’re featuring a conversation with Sierra Teller Ornelas –  co-creator, showrunner and executive producer of the critically-acclaimed, native-centred comedy series Rutherford Falls. Ornelas had written for Superstore, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Selfie and Happy Endings before coming on board with Mike Schur and Ed Helms to bring Rutherford Falls to life, becoming the first Native American showrunner in history.    Speaking to writer/producer Duana Taha at the 2021 festival, Orne...

‘Mare of Easttown’ Director Craig Zobel on “humanistic” crime drama

April 27, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

In this episode, we’re featuring a creator talk from the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival with Craig Zobel – the director behind the wildly popular HBO crime drama, Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet. The Emmy-nominated director spoke to host Zach Lipovsky about crafting a crime series that leaves room for soulful human drama and humour, shooting emotional and technically daunting scenes, and working with Director Of Photography Ben Richardson on letting characters guide the ...

‘The Green Knight’ Production Designer Jade Healy on creating the look, feel, and shape of a fantasy realm

April 13, 2022 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

In this episode, we revisit a conversation from the 2021 Festival with award-winning Canadian production designer Jade Healy. Jade Healy has created the look of some of our favourite films, including A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Marriage Story, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon, Mississippi Grind, and Ain’t Them Bodies Saints. 2021 saw Healy reunite with her frequent collaborator David Lowery on the visual masterpiece and epic fantasy adventure, The Green K...

‘The Suicide Squad’ Editor Fred Raskin on how the story takes its final shape in the editing room

March 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MB

In this episode, we bring you a masterclass in editing with BAFTA-nominated editor, Fred Raskin. Fred Raskin is best known for his collaborations with Quentin Tarantino on Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Kill Bill, and The Hateful Eight, Justin Lin on The Fast and the Furious films, and James Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and 2.  Speaking to two-time Canadian Screen Award-winning editor Mathew Hannam, at VIFF 2021, Raskin breaks down his process editing the superhero blockbuster The Su...

‘The Suicide Squad’ Editor Fred Raskin on how the story takes its final shape in the editing room

March 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MB

In this episode, we bring you a masterclass in editing with BAFTA-nominated editor, Fred Raskin. Fred Raskin is best known for his collaborations with Quentin Tarantino on Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Kill Bill, and The Hateful Eight, Justin Lin on The Fast and the Furious films, and James Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and 2.  Speaking to two-time Canadian Screen Award-winning editor Mathew Hannam, at VIFF 2021, Raskin breaks down his process editing the superhero blockbuster The Su...

The legendary Linda Perry on songwriting, mentoring and her transition to composing for film and TV

March 16, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

In this episode, we’re joined by a Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee – artist, producer, composer and all-around powerhouse, Linda Perry. Linda Perry began her journey as the lead singer and songwriter of 4 Non Blondes – penning the band’s hit song “What’s Up?” – before turning her hand to production. As a songwriter-producer, Perry quickly established herself as one of the industry’s heavyweights, shaping the sounds of musicians such as Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, ...

'My Name is Pauli Murray' Co-Director Julie Cohen on preserving the legacy of the LGBTQ and civil rights activist

March 02, 2022 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

In this episode, we’re throwing it back to a creator talk from the 2021 Festival, with one of the filmmakers behind the documentary My Name is Pauli Murray.  Co-directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West received an Academy Award nomination for their documentary RBG, on the life and career of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was from RBG that they first learned about their next subject – the late Pauli Murray – a non-binary Black lawyer, priest, poet, and LGBTQ and civil rights ...

'Shiva Baby' Writer/Director Emma Seligman on the organised chaos of indie film making

February 16, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

In this episode, we’re revisiting a conversation with Canadian writer-director Emma Seligman, about her debut feature – the darkly comic, utterly chaotic coming-of-age story, Shiva Baby. Based on Seligman’s 2018 South By Southwest eight-minute short, Shiva Baby finds twenty-something Danielle (played by Rachel Sennott), dutifully attending a shiva for a family friend, where she spends her time lurching from one potentially catastrophic encounter to another, navigating spilled drinks, wailin...

‘Flee’ Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen on animating memory

February 02, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MB

In this VIFF podcast episode, we’re featuring a special talk from the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival with Jonas Poher Rasmussen, the writer & director behind the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film, Flee. Blurring the line between documentary and narrative filmmaking styles, Flee tells the personal story of pseudonymous Amin Nawabi (a longtime friend of Rasmussen’s) and his harrowing journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan. Using a blend of animation and archival footage...

‘Dune’ Production Designer Patrice Vermette on creating epic sci-fi universes

January 19, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

This week on the VIFF podcast, we’re featuring a conversation from our year-round virtual Creator Talk series with Dune Production Designer, Patrice Vermette When it comes to making movies, it’s a production designer’s job to transport audiences to a different world. But in the case of Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi film Dune, that also involved creating entire planets. To pull off the godlike feat, Villeneuve teamed with frequent collaborator and fellow Canadian Patrice Vermette, a two-ti...

Returning January 19, 2022

January 12, 2022 17:00 - 53 seconds - 664 KB

Hello! And welcome to the VIFF Podcast – a place to revisit some of our favourite conversations recorded at the Vancouver International Film Festival and year-round. We’re back with another season of in-depth interviews with some of the film industry’s most exciting creators including the Production Designer for sci-fi epic, Dune , Patrice Vermette; Editor of The Suicide Squad, Fred Raskin; The Green Knight Production Designer, Jade Healy; House of Gucci cinematographer, Dariusz Wolski, and...

Mark Friedberg on creating the cinematic worlds of The Ice Storm, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Underground Railroad

May 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

In this episode, Emmy Award-winning production designer Mark Friedberg dives into the process behind creating the iconic cinematic worlds of films such as The Ice Storm, Joker, If Beale Street Could Talk, Selma and Barry Jenkins' limited series adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for Amazon Studios, The Underground Railroad. Speaking to writer and film critic Nathalie Atkinson at VIFF 2020, Friedberg discusses collaborating with a long list of beloved directors inc...

Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott on calling corporate social responsibility’s bluff in 'The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel'

April 28, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

In this episode, Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott join us for a conversation to dissect their approach to The Corporation follow-up.  After Mark Akbar and Jennifer Abbott transformed VIFF audiences in 2003 with The Corporation, Bakan and Abbott returned to the 2020 Festival with  The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel.  Refreshing the corporation’s evolution as a legal "person" to a virtue signalling chameleon, the second film is a comprehensive exploration of power and hypo...

Terence Blanchard on scoring ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and ongoing collaborations with Spike Lee

April 14, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MB

In this episode, we’re joined by one of the most iconic musical voices in the world.  From his start in 1980 as trumpeter with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra to his collaboration with Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods (for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score), Terence Blanchard has been an idol in the worlds of jazz, theatre, film and television.  Headlining the 2020 VIFF AMP Music in Film Summit, Terence joined Variety journalist and editor Jazz Tangcay in a keynote event. ...

Charlie Kaufman on adapting 'I’m Thinking of Ending Things' for the screen

March 31, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MB

In this episode, we’re joined by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman who shares insights into his Netflix adaptation of Iain Reid’s novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things – a tightly wound metaphysical thriller that tackles our assumptions about identity and relationships in Kaufman’s signature surrealistic style.  Speaking with VIFF’s Associate Director of Programming, Curtis Woloschuk at the 2020 Festival, Kaufman discusses why he was drawn to adapting Reid’s novel for the scr...

Eliza Hittman, Kris Rey and Amy Seimetz on employing both vision and resourcefulness in independent filmmaking

March 17, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

In this episode, filmmakers Eliza Hittman, Director of Never Rarely, Sometimes Always, Kris Rey, Director of I Used To Go Here and Amy Seimetz, Director of She Dies Tomorrow, discuss how they navigated the disrupted 2020 festival-circuit to ensure their stories were brought to life – earning them multiple awards and rave reviews along the way. This conversation is hosted by VIFF’s Associate Director of Programming, Curtis Woloschuk and was recorded at the Festival’s 2020 Totally Indie Day –...

Tony McNamara and Alena Smith on creating satirical comedies – 'The Great' and 'Dickinson'

March 03, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MB

In this episode, we’re joined by the creators behind two of the most audaciously funny series of the last year.  Tony McNamara is the creator of the Emmy-nominated The Great, a genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th-century Russia – following the wildly comedic rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great. Tony is joined by Peabody Award-winning Alena Smith, creator of Dickinson – a coming of age story featuring Hailee Steinfeld that takes place during Emily Dickinson's e...

VIFF Talks: Bill Lawrence on Ted Lasso

February 17, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB

In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Bill Lawrence – the creator behind hit sitcoms Scrubs, Cougar Town, Spin City, and the animated series Clone High.  Joining us online as part of our 2020 virtual Creator Talk series, Bill shared a behind the scenes look at his latest big-hearted comedy Ted Lasso.  The Apple TV+ show finds Jason Sudeikis recruited to manage an English Premiere League soccer team, despite having no experience in the role (or even a clear concept of the sport). ...

Bill Lawrence on 'Ted Lasso' and the need for heart in comedy

February 17, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB

In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Bill Lawrence – the creator behind hit sitcoms Scrubs, Cougar Town, Spin City, and the animated series Clone High.  Joining us online as part of our 2020 virtual Creator Talk series, Bill shared a behind the scenes look at his latest big-hearted comedy Ted Lasso.  The Apple TV+ show finds Jason Sudeikis recruited to manage an English Premiere League soccer team, despite having no experience in the role (or even a clear concept of the sport). ...

Tracey Deer on Oka, the Legacy 30 Years On

February 03, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB

In this episode, filmmakers Tracey Deer and Jules Koostachin discuss the legacy of resistance.  Tracey’s powerful feature debut Beans is inspired by her own coming of age as a Mohawk girl in Kahnawake during the 1990 Oka Crisis – the turbulent 78-day standoff between the Mohawks, the Quebec provincial police, and the Canadian military. This conversation was recorded at VIFF 2020, on the day that marked 30-years since the end of the Oka Crisis. Together, Tracey and Jules explore that pivota...

VIFF Talks: Oka, the Legacy 30 Years On

February 03, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB

In this episode, filmmakers Tracey Deer and Jules Koostachin discuss the legacy of resistance.  Tracey’s powerful feature debut Beans is inspired by her own coming of age as a Mohawk girl in Kahnawake during the 1990 Oka Crisis – the turbulent 78-day standoff between the Mohawks, the Quebec provincial police, and the Canadian military. This conversation was recorded at VIFF 2020, on the day that marked 30-years since the end of the Oka Crisis. Together, Tracey and Jules explore that pivota...

We're back!

January 27, 2021 20:00 - 50 seconds - 623 KB

Hello! And welcome to the VIFF Podcast – a place to revisit some of our favourite conversations with filmmakers and storytellers that were recorded at the Vancouver International Film Festival and year-round, as part of our VIFF Talks program. We’re back with another season of in-depth interviews with some of the film industry’s most exciting creators including, I’m Thinking of Ending Things director, Charlie Kaufman, Award-winning Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, World-renowned jazz musician...

VIFF Talks: Alex Gibney, Director 'Citizen K'

July 15, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Oscar and multiple Emmy award-winning director, Alex Gibney, whose critically acclaimed credits include Taxi to the Dark Side and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Alex Gibney was hailed as “the most important documentarian of our time” by Esquire Magazine and has a signature cinematic style that lends itself to penetrating, gripping, and deeply insightful documentaries. He recently joined VIFF Year-Round Programmer, Tom Char...

Alex Gibney on trying to pin down a Russian oligarch in 'Citizen K'

July 15, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Oscar and multiple Emmy award-winning director, Alex Gibney, whose critically acclaimed credits include Taxi to the Dark Side and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Alex Gibney was hailed as “the most important documentarian of our time” by Esquire Magazine and has a signature cinematic style that lends itself to penetrating, gripping, and deeply insightful documentaries. He recently joined VIFF Year-Round Programmer, Tom Char...

VIFF Talks: Cliff Martinez – Composer, 'Drive', 'Traffic', 'Spring Breakers', 'The Knick'

July 01, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Cliff Martinez, film composer and regular collaborator of Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.  Cliff Martinez is widely known for his idiosyncratic and iconic scores for Drive, Traffic, Spring Breakers, and The Knick. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Martinez joined critic AA Dowd on the VIFF AMP stage to chart his dynamic career, talk about his approach to compositio...

Cliff Martinez on scoring 'Drive', 'Traffic', 'Spring Breakers' and 'The Knick'

July 01, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Cliff Martinez, film composer and regular collaborator of Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.  Cliff Martinez is widely known for his idiosyncratic and iconic scores for Drive, Traffic, Spring Breakers, and The Knick. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Martinez joined critic AA Dowd on the VIFF AMP stage to chart his dynamic career, talk about his approach to compositio...

VIFF Talks: Cliff Martinez, Composer (Drive, Traffic, Spring Breakers, The Knick)

July 01, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Cliff Martinez, film composer and regular collaborator of Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.  Cliff Martinez is widely known for his idiosyncratic and iconic scores for Drive, Traffic, Spring Breakers, and The Knick. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Martinez joined critic AA Dowd on the VIFF AMP stage to chart his dynamic career, talk about his approach to compositio...

VIFF Talks: Rob McElhenney

June 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with one of the creative forces behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney, who joined us at the Festival to discuss how, 15 years on, a show about a ragtag gang of narcissistic deadbeats continues to push the boundaries of what makes us laugh. Chatting with writer Tim Goodman, Rob speaks about his unlikely path to success, punching up instead of down, and how he hasn't always got it right, fight milk, interpretive dance routines, an...

VIFF Talks: Rob McElhenney – 'Always Sunny In Philadelphia'

June 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with one of the creative forces behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney, who joined us at the Festival to discuss how, 15 years on, a show about a ragtag gang of narcissistic deadbeats continues to push the boundaries of what makes us laugh. Chatting with writer Tim Goodman, Rob speaks about his unlikely path to success, punching up instead of down, and how he hasn't always got it right, fight milk, interpretive dance routines, an...

Rob McElhenney on evolving 'It’s Always Sunny' and making 'Mythic Quest'

June 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with one of the creative forces behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney, who joined us at the Festival to discuss how, 15 years on, a show about a ragtag gang of narcissistic deadbeats continues to push the boundaries of what makes us laugh. Chatting with writer Tim Goodman, Rob speaks about his unlikely path to success, punching up instead of down, and how he hasn't always got it right, fight milk, interpretive dance routines, an...

VIFF Talks: Rob McElhenney (Always Sunny In Philadelphia)

June 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with one of the creative forces behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney, who joined us at the Festival to discuss how, 15 years on, a show about a ragtag gang of narcissistic deadbeats continues to push the boundaries of what makes us laugh. Chatting with writer Tim Goodman, Rob speaks about his unlikely path to success, punching up instead of down, and how he hasn't always got it right, fight milk, interpretive dance routines, an...

VIFF Talks: Rob McElhenney – 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia'

June 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with one of the creative forces behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney, who joined us at the Festival to discuss how, 15 years on, a show about a ragtag gang of narcissistic deadbeats continues to push the boundaries of what makes us laugh. Chatting with writer Tim Goodman, Rob speaks about his unlikely path to success, punching up instead of down, and how he hasn't always got it right, fight milk, interpretive dance routines, an...

Arianne Phillips on the power of costume in 'Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood'

June 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-nominated costume designer, Arianne Phillips who speaks about the ‘twist of fate’ that led her to Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood', how Sharon Tate's family helped shape Margot Robbie's onscreen look and which items best identified Rick (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff (Brad Pitt). Known for her cutting-edge designs, and for being Madonna’s stylist, Phillips has had her work recognized with three Oscar nominations— Walk...

VIFF Talks: Arianne Phillips, Costume Designer (Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood)

June 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-nominated costume designer, Arianne Phillips who speaks about the ‘twist of fate’ that led her to Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood', how Sharon Tate's family helped shape Margot Robbie's onscreen look and which items best identified Rick (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff (Brad Pitt). Known for her cutting-edge designs, and for being Madonna’s stylist, Phillips has had her work recognized with three Oscar nominations— Walk...

VIFF Talks: Arianne Phillips – Costume Designer 'Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood'

June 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-nominated costume designer, Arianne Phillips who speaks about the ‘twist of fate’ that led her to Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood', how Sharon Tate's family helped shape Margot Robbie's onscreen look and which items best identified Rick (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff (Brad Pitt). Known for her cutting-edge designs, and for being Madonna’s stylist, Phillips has had her work recognized with three Oscar nominations— Walk...

VIFF Talks: Arianne Phillips

June 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-nominated costume designer, Arianne Phillips who speaks about the ‘twist of fate’ that led her to Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood', how Sharon Tate's family helped shape Margot Robbie's onscreen look and which items best identified Rick (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff (Brad Pitt). Known for her cutting-edge designs, and for being Madonna’s stylist, Phillips has had her work recognized with three Oscar nominations— Walk...

VIFF Talks: RZA

May 20, 2020 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with RZA, hip-hop producer, director and leader of legendary group, The Wu-Tang Clan. Born Robert Diggs, RZA was inspired by kung fu classics at a young age, and he and his fellow Clan members would later incorporate them into their iconic debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang, and since then RZA has, while remaining loyal to hip-hop, moved into the film world. After scoring a number of films, he wrote and directed his own: The Man with the Iron Fists (20...

RZA on Wu-Tang, The Man with the Iron Fists and kung-fu film influences

May 20, 2020 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with RZA, hip-hop producer, director and leader of legendary group, The Wu-Tang Clan. Born Robert Diggs, RZA was inspired by kung fu classics at a young age, and he and his fellow Clan members would later incorporate them into their iconic debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang, and since then RZA has, while remaining loyal to hip-hop, moved into the film world. After scoring a number of films, he wrote and directed his own: The Man with the Iron Fists (20...

Dr. Jane Goodall on seeing her life's journey on screen

May 06, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall who reflects on seeing her life's journey to becoming one of the world’s most prominent conservationists chronicled through archival footage in Brett Morgen's 2017 documentary, Jane. In 1960, at the age of 26 and with little academic training, Jane Goodall set off into the Gombe Stream National Park forests to study the relatively unexamined life of the chimpanzee. Her discoveries led to a lifelong fascination with our primate...

VIFF Talks: Dr. Jane Goodall

May 06, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall who reflects on seeing her life's journey to becoming one of the world’s most prominent conservationists chronicled through archival footage in Brett Morgen's 2017 documentary, Jane. In 1960, at the age of 26 and with little academic training, Jane Goodall set off into the Gombe Stream National Park forests to study the relatively unexamined life of the chimpanzee. Her discoveries led to a lifelong fascination with our primate...

VIFF Talks: Dan Goor, Co-Creator (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with the Co-Creator of the Golden Globe-winning cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dan Goor, who talks about meeting fellow show creator and longtime collaborator Mike Schur, attending clown school over becoming a doctor and not shying away from tackling topical subject matter such as gun control, sexism, and racial profiling.   Goor got his start writing for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy Award in 2001. He was also a writer f...

VIFF Talks: Dan Goor

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with the Co-Creator of the Golden Globe-winning cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dan Goor, who talks about meeting fellow show creator and longtime collaborator Mike Schur, attending clown school over becoming a doctor and not shying away from tackling topical subject matter such as gun control, sexism, and racial profiling.   Goor got his start writing for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy Award in 2001. He was also a writer f...

Dan Goor on creating 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with the Co-Creator of the Golden Globe-winning cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dan Goor, who talks about meeting fellow show creator and longtime collaborator Mike Schur, attending clown school over becoming a doctor and not shying away from tackling topical subject matter such as gun control, sexism, and racial profiling.   Goor got his start writing for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy Award in 2001. He was also a writer f...

VIFF Talks: Dan Goor – Co-Creator 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

In this episode, we present a conversation with the Co-Creator of the Golden Globe-winning cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dan Goor, who talks about meeting fellow show creator and longtime collaborator Mike Schur, attending clown school over becoming a doctor and not shying away from tackling topical subject matter such as gun control, sexism, and racial profiling.   Goor got his start writing for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy Award in 2001. He was also a writer f...

VIFF Talks: Michael Moore

April 08, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

For our first episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-winning director, activist and political pundit Michael Moore, who shares his thoughts on Canada, Justin Trudeau and how the themes in his first documentary Roger & Me still resonate 30 years on. In 1989, Moore burst onto the American film scene with Roger & Me, which chronicled the efforts of General Motors to turn his home of Flint, Michigan into a ghost town. When the groundbreaking film screened at VIFF that year, it immediate...

Michael Moore on the 30th anniversary of Roger & Me

April 08, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

For our first episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-winning director, activist and political pundit Michael Moore, who shares his thoughts on Canada, Justin Trudeau and how the themes in his first documentary Roger & Me still resonate 30 years on. In 1989, Moore burst onto the American film scene with Roger & Me, which chronicled the efforts of General Motors to turn his home of Flint, Michigan into a ghost town. When the groundbreaking film screened at VIFF that year, it immediate...

Michael Moore on the 30th anniversary of Roger & Me

April 08, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

For our first episode, we present a conversation with Oscar-winning director, activist and political pundit Michael Moore, who shares his thoughts on Canada, Justin Trudeau and how the themes in his first documentary Roger & Me still resonate 30 years on. In 1989, Moore burst onto the American film scene with Roger & Me, which chronicled the efforts of General Motors to turn his home of Flint, Michigan into a ghost town. When the groundbreaking film screened at VIFF that year, it immediate...

Coming Soon...

March 26, 2020 17:00 - 1 minute - 873 KB

The VIFF Podcast brings you exclusive in-depth conversations with industry-leading filmmakers, creators and cultural luminaries recorded live at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Listen as Michael Moore, Jane Goodall, Rob McElhenney and RZA (just to name a few) share expertise on their craft, providing candour and insights into their creative process. New episodes will be released bi-weekly in the lead up to this year’s Festival.  Subscribe to get each new episode as it drops and ...