Our guest on the podcast today is writer, producer, director KAY CANNON! Kay is the writer of the Pitch Perfect franchise, a writer on 30 Rock, New Girl AND the creator of Netflix’s Girlboss. Her newest gig has her writing AND directing the upcoming feature film reimagining of CINDERELLA, starring Camila Cabello! We talk about the different chapters of her life, what production looks like during COVID, remote schooling, smart sets, tone, solving problems, the moment you call yourself a writer, and more.

Jerrica shared so many goals, writing and career advice, and our team fell in love! We talk about all her wisdom, how you live affects your art, and coming out to yourself.

Our guest this week is writer, actor, comedian JERRICA LONG! She’s called herself a ‘recovering hollywood assistant,’ and has worked in writers rooms on Veep, Black-Ish, Diary of a Future President, Love & Hip Hop, and we talk about all of them and more! We get into her journey in stand up comedy so far, coming out onstage, feeling like a token, hearing your jokes on TV for the first time, and so! much! more!

Our guest on the podcast this week is Writer, Producer, Director, LESLI LINKA GLATTER! You may know her as the Executive Producer of a little show wrapping up its 8th and FINAL season, called HOMELAND! She’s directed episodes of Freaks and Geeks, ER, Weeds, The Walking Dead, Mad Men, The Newsroom, The Leftovers, and so many more! Her directorial debut, NOW AND THEN, is celebrating its 25 year anniversary this fall! Can you say ICON?

Trigger Warning: This episode contains some sensitive talk about sexual assault.

Our guest this week is author, actor, playwright, activist, literal revolutionary, CARMEN AGUIRRE. We talk about her journey to Vancouver from the revolution in Chile, building community pockets, auditioning, bravery, insecurities, her ongoing PTSD, the “right” time to speak vs. listen, and so so SO much more! 

Bella Ciao! is streaming On Reel Causes from June 25th to July 16th. Live Q&A on July 9th at 5pm PST.

Helen Zukerman is the Artist Director and Co-Founder of one of Toronto's best festivals, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF). She leant Naomi her wisdom on leadership, being okay with the answer "no" and never taking less than best. We loved her episode!

Catch up with Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Camille Adams @camilleadamsfilm on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

Our guest on the podcast today is HELEN ZUKERMAN! Helen is the Artist Director and Co-founder of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF).  Helen also runs the Zukerman Family Foundation with her daughters Aviva and Yona and she just has so many funny, awesome stories we’re able to get into this episode! 

The online festival goes live this SATURDAY MAY 30th, and runs until SUNDAY JUNE 7th!

Our guest on the pod this week is writer, producer ANDRA GORDON! We go through Andra’s journey from academia to festivals to Head of Development and Production at AEI! We dig into so many different aspects of the film industry, from developing to pitching to finance and everything in between.

You can watch her newly released film CASTLE IN THE GROUND starring Neve Campbell and Imogen Poots on digital and on demand RIGHT NOW all across Canada.

Marie has been changing the world with her stories for decades and this week her new film Red Snow is being released! We loved listening to her interview and chatting about the incredible viewpoints she offers the world. Join us!

Catch up with Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Camille Adams @camilleadamsfilm on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

Our guest this week is writer/director Marie Clements! Marie's first dramatic feature RED SNOW comes out digitally THIS FRIDAY! That’s right, Friday May 15th you can find RED SNOW on Apple TV. I had a chance to watch the film … which, by the way, is shot in FOUR languages! Truly incredible. Follow Marie @marie.clements