Christian Zyp interviews Vincent Brulotte (Production Coordinator & Programmer) from the Edmonton International Film Festival discuss the 4th and final edition of the EIFF ROAD TO 40 screenings. This time it's the EIFF's Road to 40: Parasite on Thursday, August 27, 2026 7:00 PM MDT at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. 

PARASITE (2019) which was directed by Bong Joon Ho, revolves around a poor family of parents, son, and daughter, who struggle to survive in a society with the least luxuries. They were managing their lives, obviously criticizing the wealthy, until one day Choi-woo-sik, the son of the family received an opportunity to tutor a wealthy girl, through a friend’s invitation.  This is when the whole comedy turns into a tragedy, for the time being, because of the human desire for luxury and the prevailing avarice for pampered commodities.

The film is a critical portrayal of contemporary society, where the wealthy get the best while the poor suffer to the fullest. The way the poor family slowly fuses into the wealthy, pretending like they don’t know each other illustrates how crooked people can go to achieve their needs and desires. But at the same time, I sort of felt like, “why are the wealthy family members showing this much ignorance and trusting someone who is totally new to them?” 

EIFF WEBSITE & TIX INFO: https://eiffroadto40.eventive.org/schedule/eiff-s-road-to-40-parasite-69f4da137bdc1c081401cbd7

Christian Zyp interviews Andrea Werhun (co-writer/co-producer) and Nicole Bazuin (director/producer) about their documentary MODERN WHORE. It's available on CRAVE in Canada and VOD platforms everywhere. Sean Baker (Anora) serves as an executive producer on the film.

Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin challenge toxic misconceptions about sex work and sex workers with great audacity and high style. An impassioned and insightful rebuttal to the assumptions, misconceptions, and faulty representations that surround sex work and sex workers, Modern Whore may also be the most audacious and engaging movie ever made about the oldest profession.

Successfully expanding on their 2020 short film and book of the same name, director Nicole Bazuin and subject and co-writer Andrea Werhun take viewers on a very eventful journey through Werhun’s experiences as an escort and exotic dancer, a career she began when she was a university student in Toronto. As Werhun recounts with great flair and frankness in the film’s stylized, fourth-wall-breaking re-enactments, there were many lessons to be learned and challenges to be faced, including the lack of protection from toxic clients and her own internalized versions of the shame that society associates with female pleasure and the sex industry.

Though Modern Whore doesn’t flinch from portraying the darker and more disturbing aspects of sex work, its greater aim is to validate and celebrate the people who perform it, presenting them as fully complex individuals. The film also ventures beyond the scope of Werhun’s career to include experiences and perspectives that are different from her own as a white cisgendered woman, resulting in a wider view of the sex worker community.

NICOLE BAZUIN WEBSITE: https://www.nicolebazuin.com/
INSTAGRAM: @nicobazuin
@weenerwoman

Christian Zyp interviews Adrian Dean (Executive Producer/Co-Director) from the AMI+ series HOW WE DO IT! This series brings children of all abilities together to show viewers how they live their best lives. Hosts Carly (Allison Lang), who has a limb difference; Isaac (Donovan Whyte), who is a paraplegic and wheelchair user; and puppet Howie the Dog (Crispi Lord) explore topics relevant to preschoolers, with a special focus on the disability community. Whenever Carly, Isaac or Howie need insight or advice, they call on a diverse group of their clubhouse friends to help them share, laugh and play. How We Do It! is designed to empower and uplift all voices, disabled or able-bodied, by creating a welcoming and inclusive space.

STREAM THE SHOW ONLINE: https://www.amiplus.ca/HWDI
INSTAGRAM: @hwdi.tv
@accessiblemediainc

Christian Zyp interviews Vincent Brulotte (Production Coordinator & Programmer) from the Edmonton International Film Festival discuss the 3rd edition of the EIFF ROAD TO 40 screenings. This time it's the documentary IT MIGHT GET LOUD from director Davis Guggenheim. See it Thursday July 23rd @ 7PM at Metro Cinema. 

IT MIGHT GET LOUD tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing favourite instruments, guitars both found and invented. Concentrating on the artist’s musical rebellion, travelling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments and hear new music from each artist.

TIX & INFO: https://metrocinema.org/event/eiff-road-to-40-it-might-get-loud/
EIFF WEBSITE: https://edmontonfilmfest.com/
INSTAGRAM: @edmfilmfest

Lindsey Campbell interview Phil Moniz (co-director/co-writer/executive producer) about his film RACEWALKERS. It's screening across Canada in theatres during July. 

RACEWALKERS...  Will Lester (Phil Moniz) could never compete in the sport he’s always loved: racewalking. While struggling to find respect as a coach, Will’s fortunes change when he spots a burnout pitcher with the most impeccable racewalking stride he’s ever seen. Together, Will and Matt (Kevin Claydon) team up, face the challenges of a sport that doesn’t want them, and to try to take down the best walker in the country. 

Phil's journey in filmmaking began with a deep dive into the world of cinema at the University of Toronto. His degree in History/ Cinema Studies ignited a lifelong passion for the power of storytelling through moving images. 

INSTAGRAM: @racewalkersmovie
@philmoniz
WEBSITE: https://www.racewalkers.com/ 

Lucas Anders interviews Tasha Hubbard (director/co-writer) about her film MEADOWLARKS. See it streaming now on Crave or VOD.

MEADOWLARKS... Inspired by her own acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY, the film tells the story of four Cree siblings, Connie, Marianne, Gwen, and Anthony, separated as babies through Canada’s notorious Sixties Scoop, which saw indigenous children taken from their homes to be adopted by white families. Excited and curious, but also scared and afraid of rejection, they agree to meet for the first time over a holiday weekend in the mountains of Banff.

INSTAGRAM: @meadowlarksmovie

Christian Zyp interviews Michael Stasko (director/writer/producer/editor) about his film VAMPIRE ZOMBIES... FROM SPACE! You can see it on Apple+, Amazon Prime, VOD and on Blu-Ray/DVD. 

VAMPIRE ZOMBIES... FROM OUTER SPACE! - From the darkest corners of space, Dracula has hatched his most diabolical scheme yet: transforming an unsuspecting small town into a bloodthirsty army of vampire zombies! Facing this interstellar horror is a motley crew like no other—a grizzled detective haunted by former cases, a skeptical rookie cop desperate to prove herself, a chain-smoking greaser with attitude to spare, and a determined young woman whose courage might just save the world. Together, they must stop Dracula before his undead minions turn all of humanity into cosmic snacks!

Overflowing with gruesome special effects, retro B-movie miniatures, and laugh-out-loud comedy, VAMPIRE ZOMBIES…FROM SPACE! is a gloriously gory, black and white homage to 1950s horror and the irreverent humour of Mel Brooks. It’s a blood-soaked, side-splitting ride that proves even the undead can’t escape a good punchline.

WEBSITE: www.vampirezombiesmovie.com/
INSTAGRAM: @vampirezombiemovie
FACEBOOK: @vampirezombiesfromspace

Christian Zyp interview Zola Grimmer, the star of the film CAMP from director Avalon Fast. See it at the Metro Cinema Sunday July 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM and Wednesday July 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM. The Wednesday screening will feature a virtual Q&A with Avalon Fast.

 Girls. Ghosts. Grief. Avalon Fast’s CAMP is an out-of-body experience that brings you about as close as you can get to witchcraft and otherworldly spirits. After accidentally causing two fatal accidents, Emily spends the summer as a counsellor at a Christian grief camp in the woods in order to process her guilt. The film takes a sharp turn towards the surreal as she grows unexpectedly close with the other counsellors, participating in eccentric rituals which begin to unearth the roots of her trauma and push her towards catharsis, but not without consequence. Camp captures the raw emotions of guilt to create an ethereal and uncanny experience of growing up despite feeling frozen in time. Grief can’t nearly be solved in one summer, but it can begin to heal.

INFO & TIX: https://metrocinema.org/event/camp/
DISTRIBUTOR: https://darkskyfilms.com/
INSTAGRAM: @zolagrimmer
@madvalon
@darkskyfilms

Lucas Anders interviews Jacqueline Doorey (director) about her documentary THE HOCKEY PLAYER. You can see the Canadian Premiere at the Metro Cinema on Friday June 26th at 8:30PM. This red-carpet event will feature a VIP reception, Guests (Luke Prokop, Jacqueline Doorey and more) and more as they celebrate an important and deeply personal hockey story in the city that helped shape it.

Shot over the last five years, The Hockey Player follows Canadian-born defenseman Luke Prokop as he decides to become the first — and still only — professional athlete playing under contract to an NHL team to come out as gay. Growing up in Edmonton steeped in Canada’s tough, often homophobic hockey culture, and playing without gay role models throughout professional sports, Luke’s path to coming out of the closet has been neither easy nor obvious. The film charts Prokop’s personal journey against the backdrop of a professional hockey industry that has had, at best, an ambivalent relationship to diversity. As the film sensitively reveals, being publicly out certainly came as an earthquake to his family, especially his father Al, who as Luke’s mentor and sometime coach represents the most complex and moving relationship in the film.

TIX & INFO: https://metrocinema.org/event/the-hockey-player/
DISTRIBUTION: https://www.uppercanadafilms.ca/ourwork
INSTAGRAM: @jackydoorey
@lukeprokop_
@uppercanadafilms

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Christian Zyp interviews Corey Payette (writer/director/composer) about the feature film STARWALKER. It will be screening as part of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival at Metro Cinema on Saturday June 20th at 9:15pm. 

STARWALKER is a luminous celebration of Indigenous and queer resilience — a love letter to self-expression, chosen family, and the unapologetic joy of authenticity. Bursting with music, movement, and spirit, it’s a dazzling journey from pain to pride, and from survival to radiant self-love. In the beating heart of East Vancouver’s drag scene, Star, a Two-Spirit Indigiqueer performer, struggles to rise above the city’s shadows and claim their true identity. Lost and longing for belonging, Star finds refuge in the glittering world of the House of Borealis, a chosen family of bold and brilliant drag artists led by the radiant Mother Borealis. Surrounded by sequins, light, and sisterhood, Star begins to transform — discovering the healing power of performance and the courage to embrace who they truly are.

TIX & INFO: https://metrocinema.org/event/starwalker-rvff/
WEBSITE: https://www.starwalkerfilm.com/
INSTAGRAM: @starwalkerfilm
@coreypayatte