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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Riversi' with Filmmaker Adrian Teh
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Malaysian writer, Director, and producer Adrian Teh joined me for #CarolynTalks to chat about RIVERSI, his time loop dramatic action film and feature directorial debut about Akdid (Beto Kusyairy), a hostage negotiator man desperate to beat time and reverse fate no matter the cost. #Reversi which also stars Shiqin Kamal, and Hasnul Rahmat, had its N…
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Carolyn Talks 'You Think You Grown: Dismantaling Adultification" with Filmmaker Chanel Dupree
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Independent filmmaker Chanel Dupree joined me to talk about her debut feature film and documentary "YOU THINK YOU GROWN: Dismantling Adultification", in which she and a group of Black women in various fields of studies and vocations including trauma counselling, discuss and examine how the "adultification" of young Black girls creates lasting indiv…
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Frankenstein Father 프랑켄슈타인아버지' with Filmmaker Choi Jae-young
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For the @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival International Premiere of his debut feature FRANKENSTEIN FATHER 프랑켄슈타인아버지, writer and director Choi Jae-young spoke with me about its themes of the nature and responsibility of parenthood and the dynamics of fathers and sons and men and boys. #CarolynTalks #FrankensteinFather #KoreanFilm #KoreanCinema #NYAFF24 #NYA…
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Operation Undead ชพ๑สมรภูมิคืนชีพ' with Creative Team and Cast
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OPERATION UNDEAD ตัวอย่างเต็ม 'ช.พ.๑ สมรภูมิคืนชีพ', director Kongkiat Komesiri, producer Lakkana 'Naam' Palawatchai, and actors Nonkul, Awat Ratanapinth, and Ping Guntapatt, joined me for the World Premiere of their film to talk about war making monsters of boys and men, and the forgotten history of Thailand's place in WWII. #ชพ๑ #ชพ๑สมรภูมิคืนชีพ…
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Breaking and Re-Entering' with Director Leo Wang and Actor Kent Tsai
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For the @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival World Premiere of their heist/reverse heist film BREAKING AND RE-ENTERING [還錢], director Leo Wang and actor Kent Tsai joined me to chat about balancing the comedy and action, and creating chemistry between the actors to make their found family dynamic work. #NYAFF2024 #NYAFF24 #CarolynTalks #AsianCinema #FilmFestiv…
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Front Cover' with Actor Jake Choi
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Actor Jake Choi joined me for #CarolynTalks to share his thoughts on looking back at his 2016 film FRONT COVER written and directed by Ray Yeung. We spoke about the film being as much about the burgeoning romance between Chinese-American fashion stylist Ryan (Choi), and Ning the proudly Chinese actor played by James Chen, as it is about the culture…
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Three Seasons' with Filmmaker Tony Bui
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Writer and Director Tony Bui joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss his award winning film THREE SEASONS, which broke ground in 1999 as the first Vietnamese-American film to be filmed in Vietnam after the lifting of the post-war embargo. The film serves as a window into life of the people in Ho Chi Minh City at juncture of the people trying to adj…
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NYAFF 2-24 - Carolyn Talks 'Fly Me to the Moon' with Writer and Director Sasha Chuk
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For the North American Premiere of her debut feature film FLY ME TO THE MOON, writer and director Sasha Chuk spoke with me about using her own life as a young girl learning to adapt to a new life and city in Hong Kong as inspiration for the film and her decision to step in front of the camera to play the grown up version of her lead character Yeun …
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'The Cursed Land' with Filmmaker Panu Aree
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Noted Documentarian Panu Aree joined #CarolynTalks, to chat about his debut dramatic feature and the second ever Thai Muslim horror film, THE CURSED LAND แดนสาป, Co-written with Kong Rithdee, and starring Ananda Everingham and Jennis Oprasert, the film portrays a father and daughter learning to coexist in their new home amidst supernatural horrors …
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Supposed' with Actors Ananda Everingham and Pat Chayanit
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For the North American premiere of their film #สมมติSupposed at #NYAFF2024, actors Ananda Everingham and Pat Chayanit joined me to talk about how their characters Non and Dear build a romance while not showing their true selves to each other. สมมติ SUPPOSED @MajorGroup was written and directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan, who passed away in 2020. #Carol…
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NYAFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Not Friends' with Lead Actors and Creative Team
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In this Interview for #CarolynTalks, I speak with Director Atta Hemwadee, actors Anthony "Tony" Buisseret, Thitiya “Baipor” Jirapornsilp, and producer Baz Poonpiriya for their film NOT FRIENDS, about a group of students who in the quest to make the perfect short film in memory of their friend Joe, realize the importance of cherishing the people in …
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Carolyn Talks 'How the West Was One' with Filmmaker Razieme Iborra
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Writer and Director Razieme Iborra joined Carolyn Talks..., to chat about recontextualizing the idea of what a "Cowgirl" is in her documentary HOW THE WEST WAS ONE. In the film, Razieme follows three young women, Elle, Annie, and Morgan as they define what being a 'Cowgirl' means to them, and their place in the American west. #CarolynTalks #Documen…
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TorontoJFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Tsugaru Lacquer Girl' with Director Tsuruoka Keiko
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For Carolyn Talks..., I spoke with director Tsuruoka Keiko about her film TSUGARU LACQUE GIRL starring Hotta Mayu as Miyako, a young woman who doesn't let her shyness and the doubts of others deter her from achieving her dream to be a professional Tsugaru-nuri lacquer artisan. #TsugaruLacquerGirl also stars Kaoru Kobayashi, Ryota Bando, Toshiya Miy…
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Carolyn Talks 'Love, Jamie' with Producer Andrew Fredericks
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In this episode of #CarolynTalks, I speak with Producer Andrew Fredericks about the documentary short LOVE, JAMIE directed by Karla Murthy. The film shares some of the experiences of Jamie Diaz, a transgender female artist who used whatever tools available to her in prison to create amazing paintings, and aspires to create the world's largest colle…
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Toronto JFF 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Matched' with Filmmaker Uchida Eiji
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During the 2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival, filmmaker and author Uchida Eiji 内田英治, joined me to chat a bit about his mystery MATCHED (マッチング), starring Tsuchiya Tao as a wedding planner who makes a dangerous match on a dating app. Based on his Novel "Matching", the film had its North American Premiere at the festival and stars Sakuma Daisuke #Sn…
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HotDocs 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Death of a Saint' with Documentary Filmmaker Patricia Bbaale Bandak
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Filmmaker Patricia Bbaale Bandak, joined me for Carolyn Talks Podcast, to chat about her documentary DEATH OF A SAINT, which is a personal visual diary to her late mother Imelda who was killed when Patricia was a child, and her own daughter Imelda. In the film, Patricia journeys from her home in Denmark, to her homeland in Uganda in search of answe…
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HotDocs 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'So This is Christmas' with Documentary Filmmaker Ken Wardrop
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Writer and Director Ken Wardrop spoke with me about his new film #SoThisIsChristmas, a documentary about what Christmas, a time meant to be about communal support and happiness means to regular people for whom the holiday has become a burden to live up to social standards they can't meet or afford. #ChristmasFilm #Christmas #Documentary #FilmCritic…
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Carolyn Talks '7 Beats Per Minute' with Filmmaker Yuqi Kang and Free Diver Jessea Lu
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For #CarolynTalks, filmmaker Yuqi Lu, and champion free diver Jessea Lu joined me to chat about their documentary 7 BEATS PER MINUTE, in which audiences are given a unique in depth into what it takes for Jessea to push her physical and mental limits to reach record breaking depth. #7BeatsPerMinute #Documentary #FreeDiver #JesseaLu #filmcritic Visit…
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HotDocs 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'XiXi' with Documentary Filmmaker Fan Wu
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In my interview for #CarolynTalks with filmmaker Fan Wu, we discussed knowing one's self and be freeing that knowledge takes everyone years to achieve, and for multimedia artist Wanru 'XiXi' Yang, being a singer, dancer, composer, world traveler, and mother, and daughter it's a difficult journey XiXi undergoes during the years filming, taking Fan a…
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Hot Docs 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'A Mother Apart' with Filmmaker Laurie Townshend
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For her feature documentary debut with A MOTHER APART, filmmaker Laurie Townshend followed poet, orator, LGBTQ+ advocate, and feminist activist Staceyann Chin over 6 years as she sought answers on why her mother abandoned her as a child in Jamaica, and making intentional efforts to correct past wrongs as a parent for her own daughter Zuri. #HotDocs…
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Carolyn Talks 'Mad Props' with Documentary Filmmaker Juan Reinoso
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Filmmaker Juan Reinoso joined me to chat about his feature documentary MAD PROPS which takes an in-depth look into the world of amateur collecting and professional curation of some of the world's most valuable, rear, beloved and popular film props, costumes, and set pieces. To find out where you can watch, rent/buy copies of #MadProps go to https:/…
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Carolyn Talks 'With Love and a Major Organ' with Actors Anna Maguire and Hamza Haq
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n this episode of Carolyn Talks Podcast, Anna Maguire and Hamza Haq joined me to talk about what love means to them and their characters in the new whimsical and slightly Sci-Fi emotional coming-of-age drama WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN written by Julia Lederer and directed by Kim Albright. Find me on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok at: @CarrieCnh12 T…
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Carolyn Talks 'Los Mosquitos' with Filmmaker Nicole Chi and Composer Diego Rojas
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Writer and director Nicole Chi, along with composer Diego Rojas, joined me to chat about crafting the sound of the story of LOS MOSQUITOS, Nicole's narrative short film about two young girls,15-year-old Aby, and her younger cousin Nata learning to create their own bond in the city of Austin, as while families and home country of Honduras. #LosMostu…
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Carolyn Talks 'Unbraided with Writer and Director Caroline Renard
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In this episode of Carolyn Talks Podcast & YouTube Channel, I speak with writer and director Caroline Renard about making her first independent short film UNBRAIDED. We discussed wanting control of the narratives she creates being her inspiration to pursue directing, and how that need to have control relates to the character of Frankie's (Aleah Qui…
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Carolyn Talks 'We Are Not Alone' with Writer and Director Adebukola "Buki" Bodunrin
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For her first live-action short film WE ARE NOT ALONE, writer, director, and animation artist Adebukola "Buki" Bodunrin, joined me for this episode of Caroln Talks..., during which we spoke about learning to find connection in the cosmos and the people around us, and her use of laser etching on the physical film to give it a unique visual fingerpri…
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SXSW 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story' with Filmmakers Michael Mabott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
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In this episode of Carolyn Talks Podcast, filmmakers Michael Mabott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee about their documentary biopic ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY, uncovering the life of Jackie Shane, a transgender performer who broke barriers and stereotypes from her childhood in Nashville, to singing on stage in Toronto in the 1960s, and her nomina…
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Carolyn Talks 'Mamifera' with Writer and Director Liliana Torres
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For Carolyn Talks..., Writer and Director Liliana Torres spoke with me about her latest feature film MAMIFERA in which the female protagonist Lola (#MariaRodríguezSoto) experiences a bit of an existential crisis with an unplanned pregnancy. Liliana and I spoke of the power in women choosing not to have children, the ways society and culture stigmat…
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SXSW 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'The Black Sea' with the Creative Team
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Actor-director Derrick B. Harden, co-director Crystal Moselle, and producer Izabella Tsenkova joined #CarolynTalks to chat about finding the order in chaos during the making of their unscripted feature about Khalid (Harden), a Brooklyn native learning to adapt to his chaotic circumstances when he becomes stranded in a small Bulgarian coastal town. …
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SXSW 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'We Were Dangerous' with the Creative Team
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During #SXSW2024 writer Maddie Dai, director Josephine Stewart-Te Whui, and producer Morgan Waru joined #CarolynTalks to talk about WE WERE DANGEROUS, their dramatic feature that gives a unique look at what colonization, colonialism, and Western Christian imperialism look like from the perspective of young Maori girls sequestered on a small New Zel…
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SXSW 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'Can' with Writer and Director Kailee McGee
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Filmmaker Kailee McGee joined me for Carolyn Talks..., to discuss her short film CAN, in which she shares an intimate look into her thoughts and feelings of anger, confusion, insecurities, and bewilderment over the changes her body went through during months of treatment for Stage 4 breast cancer. CAN in which #MamoudouAthie stars, had it's World P…
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SXSW 2024 - Carolyn Talks 'An Army of Women' with Filmmaker Julie Lunde Lillesæter
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For the #SXSW2024 world premiere of her documentary AN ARMY OF WOMEN, I spoke with filmmaker Julie Lunde Lillesæter about the journey she and this army, Marina, Hanna, "Amy", and their fellow claimants, were on during the making of the film as Julie followed the process of their class action lawsuit against the Austin, Texas judicial system for fai…
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Carolyn Talks 'Past Lives' with Filmmaker Celine Song
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In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., writer and director Celine Song joined me to talk about Past Lives, her critically acclaimed debut feature film which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Greta Lee as Nora, an aspiring playwright whose forgotten memories of her past life in South Korea is awakened when her childhood best…
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Carolyn Talks 'Jesa' with Student Filmmaker Jee Hoon Seo
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For Carolyn Talks..., I spoke with Jee Hoon Seo, student filmmaker at the NYU Tisch about his short film JESA, inspired be his own experiences with the Korean tradition as a boy, the ins and outs of funding and making an independent film as a student, and developing his brand and identity as a filmmaker. To learn more about #JesaFilm and to support…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'Ru' with Director Charles-Olivier Michard and Cast
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For the premiere of their beautifully shot feature film RU, director Charles-Olivier Michaud, lead cast Chloé Djandji, Chantal Thuy, Jean Bui, and award-winning author Kim Thúy, joined me to talk about the ways RU shows how forming community is an integral part of learning to see a new country as your home. Adapted for the screen by Michaud and co-…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks Festival Programming with Director of Canadian and Industry Programming Norm Wilner
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Following a very successful festival season, Acting Director of the Canadian and Industry Program for 2023 Norm Wilner joined me for Carolyn Talks..., to discusses the rigorous process of selecting films to platform, the joys of watching filmmakers see audience reactions to their films, and how his 35 year career as a film critic lead to working wi…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'Mimang' with Filmmaker Kim Taeyang and Cast
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During TIFF 2023 Spoke with Writer and Director Kim Taeyang and lead cast Lee Myung-ha, Ha Seong-guk, and Park Bong-jun about their narrative feature MIMANG. Having it's World Premiere at the festival #Mimang is Kim's debut feature that was filmed over the course of four years depicting the intimate and at times seemingly ambiguous conversations be…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'Bad Boy' with Series Co-Creator Ron Lesham and Director Hagar Ben-Asher
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For the TIFF23 World Premiere of their soon to be released dramatic series BAD BOY, co-creator Ron Lesham, and series director and co-creator Hagar Ben-Asher, joined me to talk about the importance on crafting a show where violence isn't the point in a story where violence and traumatic events shapes the life of its teenaged protagonist Dean (Menas…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'Swan Song' with Director Chelsea McMullan and E.P. Sean O'Neal
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Director Chelsea McMullan and Executive Producer Sean O'Neil joined Carolyn Talks..., to share their thoughts and observations during the filming of SWAN SONG, their feature that is an intimate and painfully honest look and chaotic lives of the Core de Ballet, Principal Dancers, creative teams of the National Ballet of Canada during the making of '…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'Monster' with Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda
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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, Sa…
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'A Road to A Village' with Director Nabin Subba and Cast
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For the TIFF 2023 World Premiere film of their film A ROAD TO A VILLAGE, Co-Writer and Director Nabin Subba, lead actors Dayahang Rai and Pashupati Rai, and Line Producer Minsho Limbu joined me to talk about the effects of westernization and globalization on a small village in the mountains of Nepal. #ARoadToAVillage also stars Presan Rai, and was …
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TIFF23 - Carolyn Talks 'A Match' with Filmmaker Jayant Somalkar and Producer Shefali Bhushan
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Director-writer Jayant Digambar Somalkar and Producer Shefali Bhushan joined me to talk about STHAL/A Match, their award-winning dramatic feature about a 19-year-old college student at a major crossroads in her life where her fate lies not in her hands as it should, and the destructive nature of patriarchy. Sthal / A Match won the NETPAC Award at t…
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Carolyn Talks 'Korea's Golden Decade of Cinema: The 1960s' with Film Curator Goran Topalovic
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In this episodes of Carolyn Talks..., Film Curator Goran Topalovic, joined me to talk about what makes the Korean films of the 1960s a defining era of Korean cinema, and curating one the world's largest retrospectives for the Lincoln Film Centre's celebration of Korean filmmakers, actors, and culture. The retrospective in collaboration with Subway …
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NYAFF2023 - Carolyn Talks 'Mountain Onion' with Director Eldar Shibanov
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Director and co-writer Eldar Shibanov joined me to chat about his wonderfully weird and nuanced feature MOUNTAIN ONION, about a young brother and sister on a quest from their home in the mountains of Kazakhstan, to China to find a magic pill to help their father's relationship with their mother. #MountainOnion had its North American premiere at the…
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NYAFF2023 - Carolyn Talks 'The Abandoned' with Filmmaker Tseng Ying-tin and Producer David Tang
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Taiwanese filmmaker Tseng Ying-ting, and producer David Tang joined me for an episode of Carolyn Talks..., to discuss their dramatic feature film THE ABANDONED, which had its North American premiere at the 2023 New York Asian Film Festival. #TheAbandoned stars Janine Chang, Chen Wei-min, Ethan Juan, and Chloe Xiang. To learn more about #NYAFF visit…
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Carolyn Talks 'Walid' with Filmmaker Areel Abu Bakar and Actor Megat Sharizal
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Director and writer Areel Abu Bakar and lead actor Megat Sharizal joined Carolyn Talks..., for the U.S. Premiere of their film WALID, in which Megat plays the title character Walid, a teacher who witnesses the abduction of one of his students and takes matters into his hands to find her, at all costs. #Walid is Areel's second film to feature the Ma…
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NYAFF2023 - Carolyn Talks 'Abang Adik' with Filmmaker Lay Jin Ong
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For the US Premiere of his award-winning dramatic debut feature film, ABANG ADIK, Malaysian producer Lay Jin Ong spoke to me OF centering his film around two orphaned brothers Abang (Kang Ren Wu), and Adi (Jack Tan), whose love and dedication to each other is threatened in a world where their undocumented status poses a threat to their lives. To le…
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NYAFF2023 - Carolyn Talks 'A Light Never Goes Out' with Filmmaker Anastasia Tsang
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For the US Premiere of her film at the 2023 New York Asian Film Festival, writer and director Anastasia Tsang joined me for an episode of Carolyn Talks..., to chat about her debut feature A LIGHT NEVER GOES OUT, about the emotional connection the recently widowed Heung Kong has to her husband Bill's creations, the brilliant neon signs that once lig…
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NYAFF2023 - Carolyn Talks 'Back Home' with Actress Bai Ling
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In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., actress Bai Ling and I share our thoughts on her latest performance as the character of Wai-Lan, in BACK HOME, the feature fil debut by Hong Kong filmmaker Nate Ki. Also starring Anson Kong, the film an atmospheric horror about the ways the past and those who've passed on haunts those still around. #BackHome had…
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NYAFF2023 - Carolyn Talks 'Geylang' with Director Boi Kwong and Actor Jason Ho
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For the North American premiere of their action thriller GEYLANG, named after a district in their native Singapore, director Boi Kwong and actor Jason Ho joined me for an episode of Carolyn Talks..., during the 2023 season of the New York Asian Film Festival. To learn more about NYAFF visit the official website at www.nyaff.org Links to all of my p…
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