The Filmmakers
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| The Filmmakers | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Talk show |
| Created by | CBC Arts |
| Presented by | Johanna Schneller, Amanda Parris |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | July 22, 2017 – present |
The Filmmakers is a half-hour Canadian talk show that premiered on CBC Television on July 22, 2017.[1]. Each episode focuses on a specific Canadian film which airs in full after the episode. It is produced by CBC Arts.
The first season was hosted by journalist Johanna Schneller and focused on "the greatest Canadian films and filmmakers of the last 20 years." Those films included The Sweet Hereafter, Stories We Tell, I Killed My Mother, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Water, Incendies, War Witch and Manufactured Landscapes[2]. Guests on the first season included creators, directors and artists like Xavier Dolan, Sarah Polley, Director X, Atom Egoyan, Mina Shum, Kim Nguyen, Don McKellar, Deepa Mehta, Zacharias Kunuk and Jennifer Baichwal, as well as guest panelists Connor Jessup, David Suzuki, Stephanie Morgenstern, Bob Martin, Eli Glasner, Samantha Wan, Emmanuel Jal, Elisapie Isaac, Cameron Bailey, Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Knegt, Edward Burtynsky, Nyla Innuksuk, Anita Lee, Cazhhmere and Sylvain Bellemare[3]
The second season saw Schneller joined by co-host Amanda Parris, and focus shifted to exclusively celebrate Canadian films directed by females[4]. Films highlighted over the season included Into The Forest, Gabrielle, Angry Inuk, Jean of the Joneses and Window Horses.
References
- ^ "This summer, spend your Saturday nights with Canadian movies on The Filmmakers | CBC Arts". CBC. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ The Filmmakers, retrieved 2018-09-26
- ^ "Everything you've ever wanted to know about Canadian film but were too polite to ask | CBC Arts". CBC. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ "This year, The Filmmakers celebrates women who got in the door | CBC Arts". CBC. Retrieved 2018-09-26.