Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

In her feature documentary A SISTERS' TALE, filmmaker Leila Amini reveals her sister Nasreen's journey to finding the pieces of herself lost over 14 years of being a wife and mother, through her passion to become a professional singer in Iran.

Joining Leila for the interview was producer Afsaneh Salari who acted as interpreter and shared her own challenges and blessings of producing a film like this.

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#ASistersTale had its International Premiere at #TIFF24

*Images and trailer courtesy of TIFF

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Writer and director Akihiro Toda 戸田彬弘, spoke with me for #CarolynTalks about his dramatic feature IICHIKO starring Hana Sugisaki as Ichiko, the enigmatic young woman running from a past she fears and doesn't understand, and a possible future with her boyfriend Hashikawa (Ryuya Wakaba) who finds more questions than answers the more he searches for her.

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#Ichiko had its North American Premiere at the 2024 @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival.

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During #TIFF24 I had the pleasure of speaking with writer and director Lakshmipriya Devi about her debut feature film BOONG, about the precocious Boong (Gugun Kipgen), who travels from his home in Manipur to Moreh, in Northern India to find his long lost father in the hope of increasing his mother Mandakini's (Bala Hijam), happiness.

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#Boong premiered in the Discovery and Net Wave programs at the 2024 #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival.

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Filmmaker Gabrielle Brady joined me for #CarolynTalks to chat about her hybrid docu-drama THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT cowritten by the film's leads Daava (Davaasuren Dagvasuren) and Zaya (Otgonzaya Dashzeveg), about the far reaching effects of climate change on the the Mongolian steps, the people and their culture.

#TheWolvesAlwaysComeAtNight #MongolianFilm #Mongolia #AsianCinema #TIFF24 #TIFF

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Director and actress Rachel House spoke with me during #TIFF24 for the premiere of her debut feature film THE MOUNTAIN about three best friends Sam, Bronco, and Mallory who decide to go on their first grand adventure to the top of the Taranaki Maunga in New Zealand.

#TIFF #Maori #RachelHouse #CarolynTalks #FilmCritic #Interview

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Award-winning filmmaker Alicia K. Harris joined me during #TIFF24 to talk about her short film ON A SUNDAY AT ELEVEN, that depicts the importance of natural hair in all its forms and intricacies for Black girls through the eyes of young aspiring ballerina Angel.

#TIFF2024 #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival #ShortFilm #CarolynTalks

#OnASundayAtEleven premiered in the Short Cuts Program @TIFF 2024.

To learn more about Alicia's work, visit her official website at https://www.aliciakharris.com/

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Taking the traditional form of Cantonese theatre from the stage to film, Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat Aun explores a rarely discussed and little known time in the country's history, the May riots of 1969, when politics created a rift between the many ethnic tribes, leading to the massacre and disappearance of an unknown number of members of the Chinese community.

#SnowInMidsummer had its U.S. Premiere at the 2024 #NYAFF24  @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival , where it won the Uncaged Award for best feature film.

#MalaysianFilm #AsianCinema ##FilmFestival #FilmCritic #Interview

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Directors Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Chang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-Se, and their creative muse actress Shim Eun-kyung joined me for #CarolynTalks to talks about their multi-genre omnibus film, and homage to noir, THE KILLERS, which had its World Premiere at  @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival .

#TheKillers #ShimEunKyung #KoreanFilm #AsianCinema #NYAFF24 #NYAFF2024 #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #FilmCritic #Interview

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For the North American premiere of their emotional family feature HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES หลานม่า, filmmaker Pat Boonnitipat พัฒน์ บุญนิธิพัฒน์ and actor Billkin Assaratanakul พุฒิพงศ์ อัสสรัตนกุล, joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss creating new bonds with our elders, the challenges of going from creating and starring in drama series to film, and what aspects of the film has resonated with them the most.

#หลานม่า #PatBoonnitipat #พัฒน์ บุญนิธิพัฒน์ #Billkin #BBillkin #พุฒิพงศ์#อัสสรัตนกุล #ThaiFilm #AsianCinema #FamilyFilm #NYAFF24 #NYAFF2024 #FilmCritic #Interview

#HowToMakeMillionsBeforeGrandmaDies #หลานม่า premiered at  @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival  where it won the Audience Award. I co-stars stars Usha Seamkhum and Tu Tantevejakul.

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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 North American Premiere at the 2024  @NewYorkAsianFilmFestival  #RerversiFilm #MalysianFilm #AsianCinema #SciFiFilm #FilmCritic #NYAFF24 #NYAFF2024

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