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Christian Zyp interviews several people from the EDMONTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (EUFF). Joining the conversation is Christine Miller (Creative Director) and filmmakers Allan Halls, Sandy MacLellan, Eryn Tempest and Matthew Gooding. EUFF is a curated collection of 32 short films that celebrate creative, low-budget filmmaking and exude creative freedom, energy and experimentation. See EUFF at The Aviary (9314 111 Avenue NW) Sunday Oct 20th. Doors open at 12pm and tickets are available at the door and online. 

Christian Zyp interviews Marc Coleman (writer/director) about his new film MEMBERS CLUB. It's screening Oct 16th, 2024 at 9:30pm as part of NorthWest Fear Fest at the Metro Cinema.

In MEMBERS CLUB, "Wet Dreams," a middle-aged male stripper group, have hit rock bottom. After a string of disastrous gigs, the gang considers disbanding. Alan, the group's happy-go-lucky front man, takes over the business and books the boys a lucrative and mysterious gig in rural Essex. But when the group arrives at the desolate club, their night quickly turns dark when they find themselves tangled up in a plot to raise a murderous 16th-century witch from the dead! Marc Coleman's outrageous, splattery, wildly entertaining horror comedy is an unholy meeting of "The Full Monty" and "Green Room", filled with winning performances and big laughs, as only the British can do!

Christian Zyp interviews Guy Lavallee (Festival Director) about the 2024 lineup for Northwest Fear Fest. All screenings take place at Metro Cinema from Oct 16-22.

Guy discusses several of the films screening at NWFF. The Closing Night film is PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE with special guest Paul WIlliams. Other films featured that will be Alberta Premieres SMILE 2, HEAVIER TRIP, HUSH - SHUSH CUT and more. There are also 40th anniversary screenings of screenings of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and FRIDAY THE 13th: THE FINAL CHAPTER. Northwest Fear Fest also features Canadian genre films SCARED SHITLESS and MOM as well as short films before the majority of the screenings.

Christian Zyp interviews writer/director Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, The Void, Leprechaun Returns) about his film FRANKIE FREAKO. It screens at Metro Cinema on Oct 6th, 7th and 10th, 2024.

In FRANKIE FREAKO, Connor (Connor Sweeney) calls a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun. Once he hangs up the phone, he unleashes three pint-sized forces of evil led by the maniacal rock ‘n’ roll goblin Frankie Freako and his life will never be the same.

Lucas Anders interviews cinematographer Daniel Katz about his work on the Ant TImpson film BOOKWORM starring Elijah Wood. See it as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival on Wed, Oct 2nd, 6:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre.

In BOOKWORM, eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

Lucas Anders interviews Michael Clowater (writer/director) about his film DRIVE BACK HOME. It screens as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival Fri, Sep 27th, 6:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas City centre with a Q&A with director Michael Clowater after. The encore screening is on Tue, Oct 1st, 4:00 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre as well.

DRIVE BACK HOME starts Alan Cumming. It's the winter of 1970, a conservative plumber from a small east coast village who travels to Toronto in order to get his brother out of jail after he is arrested for having sex with another man in a public park. At the insistence of their strong willed mother, the two brothers must drive the 1000 mile trip back home to New Brunswick, together - discovering each other and themselves along the way. Inspired by a true story.

Christian Zyp interviews Joel Stewart (director) about the film SOUL'S ROAD. It screens as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival on Sun, Sep 29th, 7:30 PM (SOLD OUT) and Wed, Oct 2nd, 2:00 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre.

SOUL'S ROAD follows Ronan Garrett (country star Dallas Smith), a disgraced rock star who returns to his hometown and people he had forsaken a decade earlier. Following massive success, and an even more massive fall from grace, Ronan returns with little more than a suitcase, a well-worn knit cap, and a heart full of regret. Reconnecting with the town he once knew, he also rediscovers his passion for music.

Christian Zyp interviews co-hosts/producers Jessica Truong, Salvador Garcia (a.k.a. food reviewer Fat Sal), and Cynthia Lo about the docuseries EATING EDMONTON.

The series EATING EDMONTON uses food, the people who make it, and their experiences as second-generation immigrants to tell richer stories about Edmonton communities. It premieres in full on TELUS Optik TV on Sept. 24, though the episodes will be staggered for release on STORYHIVE’s YouTube page starting the same day.

Christian Zyp interviews Karen Chapman (writer/director) about her feature film VILLAGE KEEPER. It screens as part of the Edmonton International FIlm Festival Mon, Sep 30th, 7:00 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. There will be a Q&A following this screening with director Karen Chapman and producer Enrique Miguel Baniqued.

In VILLAGE KEEPER, Jean is a widow paralyzed by anxiety and struggles to protect her kids in a Toronto neighborhood gripped by violence. As her kids grow and find themselves desperate for independence, and as her mother hides secrets from her own past from her, Jean tries to find happiness and peace. However while finding solace in cleaning, she inadvertently uncovers her own long-buried trauma while tidying a bloody crime scene.

Christian Zyp interviews Lowell Dean (director/writer) about two different films he helmed, DARK MATCH and DIE ALONE. You can see DARK MATCH as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival Sat Sept 28th @ 6:30pm at Landmark CIty Centre Cinemas with Lowell Dean in attendance for a pot-screening Q&A. See DIE ALONE in Cineplex Odeon theatres across Canada on Sept 27th, 2024.

In DARK MATCH, Miss Behave and her fellow wrestlers reach a creepy destination for an unsanctioned car. They realize too late that the weekend won’t go as planned. Once the event begins, Miss and her friends are pitted against each other, one at a time, in a kill or be killed event that’s part gladiator match, part ritual sacrifice.

In DIE ALONE (starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Frank Girllo) a young man with amnesia bands together with a rugged survivalist after a devastating virus causes a zombie-like outbreak.