OWC RADiO Host, Cirina Catania, throws back some fun memories and catches up with the news from Justin Thomson, an experienced filmmaker/producer and co-founder, Moscow Misfits. Justin's in demand worldwide for his boundless creativity and extensive knowledge of the world of movies and immersive entertainment. Whether it be on a Lufthansa flight 35,000 ft in the clouds, for the Waldorf Project at Wonder Fruit deep in the jungles of Thailand, or with his director co-conspirator, Rory McKeller, in the icy White River in Russia, Justin's there to solve any problem however large or small. And he'll do it with a smile.

Justin creates events that break boundaries and push people's limits of what is possible, driving deeper human connection and expanding participants' beliefs of what is possible. Justin says, "If you have ever seen the film, The Game starring Michael Douglas, you'll get what we are about." 

There is never a dull moment around the Misfits, thanks in great part to Justin's belief in saying "Yes" to more in life.

More information: www.MoscowMisfits.com

Justin Thomson Donned Russian cold-weather gear rated to Minus 100 Centigrade for the shoot in Russia for Aquatilis

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Transcript

Welcome, everybody. I have Justin Thompson, who is a dear friend and has been since he was a little kid. I think I met you at your mom and dad's house when you were on a trampoline, and you were carrying a video camera. I don't know how old you were, and I think maybe you were eight or nine or 10. And you had a video camera in your hand, and you're jumping on the trampoline, doing flips and recording the video to see what it was going to look like. And all these years later, I don't think you've changed, have you?

No. I still like jumping on trampolines.

So, let's just start and have you take a trip down memory lane and tell us what countries you've been in, in the last year or two, can you think? There's probably about 20 of them.

There's certainly quite a few off the top of my head, India, Italy, Portugal, the UK, Sweden, Germany, France, Bali, the United States, Thailand. I'm trying to think, but that's what I can think off the top of my head.

So how many frequent flyer miles do you have?

It's never enough. I just love collecting.

Well, Justin, I really love watching the work that you're doing, and it's pretty amazing. There's a company you've been involved with for a while called Moscow Misfits. Do you want to tell us about that?

Yeah. So Moscow Misfits is a collective of friends. Despite the name, most of us got to know each other in London. Some of the partners in the group are from Russia or grew up in Moscow. And a couple of years ago, we all decided to embark on this crazy adventure to shoot an independent feature film in Russia. And we decided this film was going to be filmed in the Arctic Circle and northern Russia, near Murmansk. Originally, we went to the traditional production and film partners in Russia that one would go to, and they're a handful. They're all very expensive, and they're all very set in their ways like you can only do this, you can't do that. And we're a very spirited and entrepreneurial group of individuals and decided to try and do it on our own, and go the hardcore route, and so we made this film. And then interestingly enough, after we had made the film, done principal photography,