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MOVING RADIO correspondent Lindsey Campbell interviewed Amelia Moses (director) about her feature film BLOODTHIRSTY. It originally streamed as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2020.In the feature film BLOODTHIRSTY, indie singer-songwriter Grey Kessler suffers anxiety over having released a successful album and feels pressure for a successful follow-up. She also takes medication to try to stop dreams of herself as a wolf, and she appears to have other medical issues too, though her doctor can find nothing physically wrong.

Christian Zyp of "Moving Radio" interviews Anthony Scott Burns (director/writer/composer) about his feature film "Come True". Shot in Edmonton, you can see the film on most VOD platforms OR find physical copies at RavenBannerReleasing.comThe film stars Julia Sarah Stone and Landon Liboiron. The plot follows a teenage runaway who takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews w/ Villiam Chahal (dir), Catherine Mondragon (prod) & Kimberly Philpott (actor) about their short film CRISALIDA. In the spirit of Ibsen’s "A Doll’s House", this short film explores the emotional and physical circles a woman creates to avoid a volatile relationship.  The narrative hovers between past and present, as the woman moves away from the external conflicts with her partner and inside her head. The true power of this story is that is based on real life experiences of women, their words woven into the script. Violent memories are accompanied by impossibly high heels tapping across the wooden floors of an old house.

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviewed Robert Cuffley (director/composer) and Susie Moloney (writer) about their film "Bright Hill Road". You can find it on most VOD streaming services.SYNOPSIS: When a misstep after a workplace shooting puts alcoholic Marcy on leave, she heads out to see her sister in California. Halfway there, she stops for a few days at the Bright Hill Road Boarding House. The walls start to close in on the deeply troubled Marcy, as she loses touch with reality and comes face to face with the misdeeds of her sordid past. Once Marcy begins to think that things are not as they seem, she finds out that Bright Hill Road is hard to leave.

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews Guy Lavalee (director/writer) and Tammy Lavalee (subject) about their documentary FAMILY EVER AFTER. You can find it streaming on CBC Gem. An Alberta couple gets more than they bargained for when their attempt to adopt a child through the foster system results in a transformative path to parenthood they never could have imagined.gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-ca…a_homepage_shelfnew

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews Elle–Máijá Tailfeathers. Her documentary "Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy" opens at The Metro Cinema Friday November 19th, 2021.Her film witnesses radical and profound change in her community. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic.

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interview Jeff Erbach (writer/director) about his THE NATURE OF NICHOLAS. It screens at The Metro Cinema Sunday October 17th @ 9:30 pm. PLOT... Set in a vaguely late-’50s/early-’60s rural milieu, story centers on the awkward pubescence of sixth grader Nicholas (Jeff Sutton), whose pilot father died in a crash some time before. That event left a huge gap in the lives of both son and mother (Ardith Boxall), and mom is distressed that her only child seems to be growing more remote.

AWA ISKWÊW KÂ-ÂPIHKÊW (THE SASH MAKER) - DIrectors Rebecca Sadowski (Métis) and Tamarra Lessard collaborate on a Métis film with contemporary dance, Cree and English translated poetry, and traditional finger- weaving. The Sash Maker promotes the healing of long- standing cultural wounds. The work communicates a collective yearning for family, understanding, and peace. By reflecting on our past, together we can move forward as people woven from diverse strands and circumstances.Rebecca is an Edmonton-based Métis performer, choreographer, and dance instructor. She has recently joined the Good Women Dance Collective as a collective artist as well as a curator for the NextFest Festival. She currently teaches dance with dancED Movement Project, and the City of Edmonton.

Jarret Kamm interviews Courtney Montour (director) about her documentary short film MARY TWO-AXE EARLY: I AM INDIAN AGAIN. The film is focused on the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for over two decades to challenge the discrimination against Indigenous women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.You can see it in person Sun, Oct 3rd @ 3:15 PM OR Wed Oct 6th @ 1:30 pm at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. If you want to watch it online, find it at edmontonfilmfest.com with several more films. 

Christian Zyp interviews TJ Parsell (dir) about his documentary INVISIBLE. It screens as part of The Edmonton International Film Festival in person Fri Oct 8th 6:30 pm & Sat Oct 9th @ 2:30 at Landmark City Center Cinemas. You can also stream it from Oct 1st - Oct 10 by going to edmontonfilmfest.comINVISIBLE - Growing up gay in the South is hard enough, but to be an openly gay woman in country music is nearly impossible. Nashville is a man's town, yet this group of gay women have persevered anyhow - making an indelible impact on country and southern music. This film explores their deeply personal journeys while taking a piercing look at family, religion and the patriarchy of country music. Featuring Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, Chely Wright and more.

Christian Zyp interviews Christopher Donaldson (dir/writer) about his film DITCHED. See it Sun, Oct 3rd, 8:30 PM and Mon, Oct 4th, 4:00 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre.In the film, after a routine prison transfer crashes in the forest, young Inuit paramedic Melina finds herself surrounded by murderers with a mere 100 feet to climb out of a ditch to escape. When they are attacked by an unseen force in the forest, Melina's short journey to safety becomes the ultimate contest of wills.

Christian Zyp interviews Justin S. Monroe (director/producer/writer) and Tim Carey (subject/artist) about the documentary HOLY FRIT. It's playing as part of The Edmonton International Film Festival on Sat Oct 9th at 6:30 pm and an encore screening happens Sun Oct 10 @1:30 pm at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Center Cinemas.Tim Carey is a talented, yet unknown Los Angeles-based artist. He is also a bit of a jackass, who uses wit and humor to charm you into forgiving his flaws. As a Hail Mary, Tim and the company he works for, Judson Studios, bluff their way into winning the commission to make the world’s largest stained-glass window of its kind, beating out 60 companies from around the globe.

MOVING RADIO host Christian Zyp speaks with Mattie Cuvilier about the VHS & Pop Culture Expo. Check it out on September 11, 2021 at BlakBar Tavern (10726 Whyte Ave)from 3 - 7 pm.

MOVING RADIO host Christian Zyp interviews Trevor Mack about his film "Portraits From a Fire". It screens as part of The Edmonton International Film Festival and will be the Opening Night film. Catch it Fri, Oct 1st, 6:30 PM and Mon, Oct 4th, 2:30 PM at The Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre.It's a coming-of-age film that follows Tyler, an eccentric and lonely teenager who spends his days filmmaking, vlogging his Indigenous community, and hanging out with his grandparents. The film follows Tyler’s journey to heal the wounds of the past by opening them once again.

Christian Zyp speaks with Director/Screenwriter Daniel Roby about his latest film "Target Number One". Inspired by real events that took place in 1989, "Target Number One" follows three interconnected stories: an ex-heroin junkie who gets trapped by a criminal organization to set up a drug deal in Thailand; an undercover cop who’s humiliated and decides to take a short cut to enhance the performance of his team; and an investigative reporter who’s forced to re-evaluate his core convictions and maverick methods after the birth of his first child. Stream it on all platforms. 

Each holiday season Moving Radio host Christian Zyp challenges correspondent Mark Davies with watching a questionable film based around the season. On Nov 17th, 1978 CBS to milk North America's fascination with A New Hope. This special has it all: Bea Arthur... I feel like that's all I need to say even though there's much much more. Viva la Life Day!

Moving Radio contributor Lindsey Campbell watches movies for a living. Sometimes she sees film that makes her think, "Thanks Telefilm..." In this edition, Lindsey discusses the film "SuperGrid" with Darcy Twarog. SuperGrid is a 2018 Canadian post-apocalyptic directed by Lowell Dean, who previously directed horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop. In a future where a plague has infected much of the population, two brothers are tasked with retrieving a mysterious package by traveling to Canada, which mining conglomerates have turned into a wasteland. Two brothers must travel the same road that claimed their sister's life in their quest to deliver mysterious cargo that they received to its proper destination. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.

THE KILLING OF PHILLIP BOURDEAU is the story of a death that tore apart the Nova Scotia community of Isle Madame, a postcard-perfect collection of Acadian fishing villages off the coast of Cape Breton Island. Phillip Boudreau, a local man known for poaching lobsters, was killed by fishermen in a crime the media dubbed “murder for lobster,” which made international headlines seven years ago. But as anyone from the area will tell you, it’s a lot more complicated than that. Director Megan Wennberg unpacks a complicated and tangled web of blame in The Killing of Phillip Boudreau. The film looks at Boudreau himself, the challenges of policing this area and the role the community played as a whole: everyone knew there was a problem, but no one did anything before it was too late.

Christian Zyp interviews documentary director/writer Anthony Goertz about the film THE LINE. The critical work of reducing Edmontonians’ ecological footprint is done by some of the most marginalized members of our community. At the world-renowned Edmonton Waste Management Centre, a company called Quality One hires people with barriers to employment: criminal records, addictions, newcomer status, and disabilities of various kinds. The result: real community in an unlikely place. THE LINE is a documentary that sheds light on their stories and reveals what happens to the things we throw away. Watch it at http://www.anthonygoertz.com/movies.html

Moving Radio correspondents Lindsey Blais and Mark Davies took over the show the show on CJSR FM 88.5 this month. They team up for an edition of "Thanks Telefilm" where Lindsey examines some of her favorite nationally funded films... The good, the bad and the ugly. Their focus is on 2017's DARKEN.