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Christian Zyp interviews Sinakson Trevor Solway (director) about his documentary SIKSIKAKOWAN: THE BLACKFOOT MAN. It screens at the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) on September 24th & 28th. It will also be at the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) September 27th & 30th at Landmark City Center CInemas.

in SIKSIKAKOWAN: THE BLACKFOOT MAN, Siksika filmmaker Sinakson Trevor Solway intimately portrays the lives of Blackfoot men as they navigate identity, kinship and the complex expectations of manhood. Amidst a sweeping Prairies backdrop, this luminous exploration of strength and vulnerability spans generations of Siksika men and boys as they learn to embrace the intricacies of self-discovery, identity and love in a world that often misunderstands and stigmatizes them.

EIFF Website: edmontonfilmfest.com/schedule/
CIFF Website: www.ciffcalgary.ca/films/2025/siks…-blackfoot-man/
NFB Website: collection.nfb.ca/film/siksikakowa…he-blackfoot-man
Instagram: @trevorthecreator

Christian Zyp interviews Madhan Selvaraj (Executive DIrector) about the INDIA FILM FESTIVAL OF ALBERTA (IFFA). It takes place from Fri Sept 5th - Sun Sept 7th, 2025. There will be over a dozen screenings at various locations (Windspear Centre, Zeidler Hall at the Citadel Theatre and more). See VILLAGE ROCKSTAR 2 at the Opening Night Gala with guest, director Rima Das. There will also be a rendez-vous with Dr. Kamal Haasan and a screening of DASAVATHAARAM. The Closing Night Gala will be a screening of AMARAN with several guests from the film.

The India Film Festival of Alberta Foundation (IFFA) was established in 2015 to showcase films made by independent filmmakers from India and Canada, as well as those from smaller film industries within India.

Website: 2025.indiafilmfestival.ca/

Instagram: @indiafilmfestivalofalberta

Facebook: IFFA

Tickets: 2025.indiafilmfestival.ca/schedule/

Christian Zyp interviews Neil Grahn (director/producer) and Jay Peeaychew (rider for Poitras Relay) about Season 2 of HORSE WARRIORS on APTN. The 13-part docuseries premieres Thursday September 4, 2025 and will broadcast nationally on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. MT. It will also be available on the APTN Lumin streaming app. The Blackfoot
version will premiere September 1, 2025 on APTN Languages and will air on Mondays at 8:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. MT.

The new season follows three teams: River Cree from Enoch Nation, Alberta (also featured
in Season 1), Poitras Relay from Saulteaux Nation in Saskatchewan, and Two Medicine from
Browning, Montana. During the summer of 2024, documentary cameras followed the three
teams as they competed in the biggest and most prestigious relay races, including the
Calgary Stampede and Enoch Gold Cup.

Website: www.aptn.ca/media-centre/shows/horse-warriors/

Instagram: @horsewarriors.tv
@jaypeeaychew

Streaming: aptnlumi.ca/home

Christian Zyp Interviews Edmonton Underground Film Festival  (EUFF) filmmakers Cassandra Paige, Tommy Aashildrød, Ahmed Al Noor, John Osborne & Malcom Parker about their work. See all their films Saturday October 18th at Freemasons Hall (10318 - 100 Ave NW) from 12 pm till late. 

EUFF.02 is a celebration of creative, low-budget filmmaking. EUFF encourages filmmakers to explore their unique process while challenging the conventions of typical film production. EUFF is committed to screening experimental, fringe, subversive short films that exude creative freedom, energy and experimentation.

TIX: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/edmonton-underground-film-festival-tickets-1331417859659?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

FILM FREEWAY: https://filmfreeway.com/EdmontonUndergroundFilmFestival

INSTAGRAM: @euff.02
@cassandrapaigej
@tommydobbela
@malcomjparker

Christian Zyp interviews Christine Miller (Founder/Creative Director) about the Edmonton Underground Film Festival (EUFF). It takes place Saturday October 18th from 12 pm - 11:30 pm at the Freemasons Hall (10318-100 Ave NW). 

EUFF.02 is a celebration of creative, low-budget filmmaking. EUFF encourages filmmakers to explore their unique process while challenging the conventions of typical film production. EUFF is committed to screening experimental, fringe, subversive short films that exude creative freedom, energy and experimentation.

TIX: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/edmonton-underground-film-festival-tickets-1331417859659?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

FILM FREEWAY: https://filmfreeway.com/EdmontonUndergroundFilmFestival

INSTAGRAM: @euff.02

Christian Zyp interviews Dale Kristensen about the docuseries he stars in, UNDERDOG INC. It airs Fridays on AMI-TV or you can stream episodes anytime, for free, on AMI+.

UNDERDOG INC. is an adrenaline-fueled 8 episode docuseries following Dale Kristensen—heavy-machinery operator, truck driver and mechanic—who stands just four-foot-two but takes on jobs built for giants. Navigating the brutal terrain and unforgiving weather of the Western Canadian mountains, Dale battles blizzards, breakdowns and backbreaking labour to prove that skill and determination matter more than size.

Born with dwarfism, Dale has never let his disability define him. This resilience and dogged determination are qualities he is passing onto his seven-year-old son, Cooper, who is also a Little Person. Living in a world that is not designed for them, Dale is forced to adapt in every aspect of life. From grocery shopping and cooking to farm work and driving enormous machines, he must be creative to get the job done.

Stream UNDERDOG INC. www.amiplus.ca/Underdog

Instagram @accisablemediainc
@dale_kristensen
@underdog.inc.tv

Christian Zyp interviews Becca Kozak (writer/director) about her film SUGAR ROT. It has screened as part of the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) and Shock Stock. SUGAR ROT will make it's Eastern Canadian Premiere on Fri Aug 1st, 2025 at Fantasia Festival in Montreal.

SUGAR ROT may be candy-coloured, but its embrace of pink avoids anything cute or twee. This isn’t a bubblegum pink film; it’s Pepto-Bismol pink, genital pink, earthworm pink. Set in an ice-cream shop, Becca Kozak’s film is a relentless sensory onslaught—depraved, delicious, and unafraid to plunge into the darkest, dankest corners of the imagination.

Website: beccakozakfilmmaker.wordpress.com/

Instagram: @sugar_rot_productions

Fantasia Info: fantasiafestival.com/en/film/sugar-rot

Christian Zyp interviews Bruce Pittman (director) in this episode of MOVING RADIO REWIND from 2017. Bruce discusses the legendary horror sequel that was filmed right here in Edmonton... HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II. They discuss filming locations, local tallent hired for the film and schnitzel.  

HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT (1987) is a Canadian supernatural slasher film directed by Bruce Pittman, written by Ron Oliver, and starring Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon, Louis Ferreira, and Lisa Schrage. It follows Vicki Carpenter, a high school student who becomes possessed by Mary Lou Maloney, a student who died at her high school prom in 1957. It was a sequel to the slasher film PROM NIGHT (1980) originally intended to be a standalone film titled "The Haunting of Hamilton High", but was retitled in order to capitalize on the success of the original "Prom Night". The only story connection between the two films is that they are set at the same high school.

Christian Zyp interviewed Tanya Lapointe in 2020 about the documentary THE PAPER MAN (Lafortune en Papier). The film examines the creativity and career of Claude Lafortune, who needed nothing more than glue, paper and scissors to create his famous characters, from Van Gogh to Louis XIV. Claude was a visual artist who made a lasting impression on countless children as the host of the television shows "Parcelles de Soleil" and "L’Évangile en Papier". This touching documentary does justice to a man with a big heart who believed in inclusiveness and was very popular with Quebec audiences, but who struggled to earn his peers’ recognition.

Tanya Lapointe is a Canadian filmmaker and former journalist. Her debut as a documentary filmmaker, 50/50, was broadcast by Radio-Canada in 2018, and examined the gender gap between men and women in society. She began working with Denis Villeneuve on ARRIVAL and BLADE RUNNER 2049. That lead to becoming a an Oscar nominated producer on DUNE: PART ONE and DUNE: PART TWO. Her next project will be as a producer on the next installment of Amazon's James Bond franchine.

Christian Zyp interview Tim Folkmann about an event designed to look back at the creative history of one of Edmonton's most creative space. It's called AN AFFECTIONATE SALUTE TO THE ORTONA ARMOURY ARTS BUILDING. It begins at 5:30 pm on Thursday June 26th, 2025. Tickets are by donation at the door. 

ORTONA DIASPORA celebrates a dispersed arts community. The Ortona Artists’ Reach Society (OARS) is proud to present artists of the Ortona Armoury—a unique arts community in flux—from past and present.

An Affectionate Salute to the Mighty Ortona Armoury Arts Bldg. starts the evening with the Ortona Diaspora Group exhibit reception in the theatre lobby followed by Reel Ortona, a retrospective of short films from local filmmakers sprung from the Ortona and a music performance by the Trincan Steel Orchestra. The evening wraps up with “Edmonton Tonight”; join host Tom Bernier for laughs, music and tips for living in a late night talk show format featuring a who’s who of Edmonton’s art & cultural scene with musical guest Danielle George of Trincan.

Filmmakers include: aAron Munson, Adolfo Ruiz, Alex Vizmeg, Conor McNally, Dave Morgan, Eva Colmers, Helen Folkmann, John Osborne, Ken Berry, Kyle Armstrong, Patrick Higgins, Lindsay McIntyre, Matthew Rankin, Mike McLaughlin, Tim Folkmann, Tom Bernier, and Trevor Anderson.

https://metrocinema.org/production/an-affectionate-salute-to-the-mighty-ortona-armoury-arts-bldg/