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The YVR Screen Scene Podcast
Vancouver is one of the busiest film and television production centres on the planet. But who powers this thriving local industry? The YVR Screen Scene Podcast seeks to answer that question. Award-winning film and television journalist Sabrina Furminger conducts revealing interviews with the actors, filmmakers, and other talented artists who power the Vancouver film and television industry in this eye-opening twice-weekly podcast.
Episodes
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 258: Alison Araya
Alison Araya’s work can be summed up in a single word: bold. Whether she’s playing a loving if slightly overzealous Tia on Julie and the Phantoms, a family…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 257: Avan Jogia and Nhi Do
Door Mouse is the feature film directorial debut from Avan Jogia, the celebrated writer and actor from Vancouver who is well known for a lot of projects…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 256: Hiro Kanagawa Returns
Actor and playwright Hiro Kanagawa (Star Trek: Discovery) returns to the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about Forgiveness, his adaptation of Mark Sakamoto’s…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 255: Brenna Coates and Jessica Steen
Brenna Coates lit up the screen as Lucy on CBC’s Coroner and in the indie horror thriller The Sinners, and also won a 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Theatre Award for…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 254: Johannah Newmarch and John Emmet Tracy
Johannah Newmarch and John Emmet Tracy are equally matched in terms of talent, fearlessness, and generosity of spirit. Johannah is beloved for her work as…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 253: Michelle Harrison
Michelle Harrison has portrayed Nora Allen on The Flash for all of its nine seasons. Being Nora Allen is a big responsibility: Nora’s untimely death in the…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 252: Amanda and Sabrina go to Paris
Amanda Tapping is beloved around the world for iconic roles on Stargate SG-1 and Sanctuary and her ever-growing list of television directing credits (including…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 251: Jules Koostachin
Dr Jules Arita Koostachin wrote and directed Broken Angel, a thrilling dramatic feature that premiered at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, won…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 250: Jewel Staite and Paul McGillion
Jewel Staite and Paul McGillion are two wildly talented actors with lengthy filmographies and stellar reputations. Jewel is beloved for her work on Firefly…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 249: Leah Gibson
Leah Gibson has lit up the screen in an array of critically acclaimed shows like Manifest, Arctic Air, Batwoman, and Jessica Jones, where she played troubled…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 248: Brady Roberts and Sachin Sahel
In the fifth episode of our ongoing #IndustryBFFs series, actors Brady Roberts (Paper Champions) and Sachin Sahel (The 100) talk about their friendship forged…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 247: Karin Konoval
Karin Konoval is a highly accomplished actress with a knack for disappearing into complex, sometimes non-human, roles. Karin portrayed an orangutan named…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 246: Meredith Hambrock and Jennifer Siddle
In the fourth episode of our ongoing #IndustryBFFs series, screenwriters Meredith Hambrock (Corner Gas Animated) and Jennifer Siddle (Some Assembly Required)…
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YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine: Pendants For The People
YVR Screen Scene is proud to present YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine: Pendants For The People, a fundraiser for Ukrainian humanitarian relief
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 245: Adrian and Sabrina talk about Ukraine
Actor Adrian Petriw appeared on the YVR Screen Scene Podcast in 2019 and 2020 to talk about his voice acting career and eat babka with host (and fellow…
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Gary Harvey: “I’m disabled and I’m a director”
Gary Harvey joined the ranks of the disabled in 2014. He reflects on his journey as a disabled television director in this new essay for YVR Screen Scene
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 244: Women in Film and Television Vancouver is changing its name; Eli Morris explains why
On October 4, Women in Film and Television Vancouver – AKA WIFTV – announced that it would be making some significant changes to its name, its long-running…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 243: Actor Patrick Keating shares his prison story
Patrick Keating is the creative force behind Inside/Out: A Prison Memoir, a theatrical performance film in which Patrick shares his real-life story of years…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 242: What working in the film industry can be like for people with disabilities
Roughly 6.2 million Canadians – or 25% of the population – live with some form of disability, but that high number hasn’t led to an accessible society. In the…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 241: Kai Bradbury
Over the last several years, Kai Bradbury has made a name for himself playing characters who dabble in deception. On Motherland: Fort Salem, he played the…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 240: Catherine Lough Haggquist Returns!
For three seasons, Catherine Lough Haggquist portrayed General Petra Bellweather on Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem. The dramatic series imagined a world…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 239: Morgan Holmstrom
Morgan Holmstrom plays a nurse who takes no guff and gives everything she has to the people she loves on CBC and Paramount Plus’ action-packed dramatic series…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 236: Filmmaker Kat Jayme investigates a sprawling sports mystery
You would be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan of the Vancouver Grizzlies than Kat Jayme. Not only did Kat grow up a fan of the ill-fated NBA franchise, but…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 237: Nisha Platzer and Joella Cabalu
back home premieres this month at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film follows filmmaker Nisha Platzer’s journey to get to know her older…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 238: Anthony Shim
Anthony Shim (Daughter) directed, wrote, edited, produced, and acted in Riceboy Sleeps, the staggering coming of age film that screens at the 2022 Vancouver…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 235: The Imperfects showrunner Dennis Heaton
Showrunner Dennis Heaton returns to the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about The Imperfects, his latest fantastical series that premiered on Netflix earlier…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 234: Kandyse McClure
Kandyse McClure’s filmography is populated by a staggering range of characters. On the critically acclaimed and beloved Battlestar Galactica, Kandyse portrayed…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 233: Richard Harmon, Emilija Baranac, Jennifer Tong and David Turko
Fakes is the story of two best friends – played by Emilija Baranac and Jennifer Tong – who accidentally build one of the largest fake ID empires in North…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastSeason Finale: Thomas Elms
Thomas Elms stars in SkyMed, the action-packed CBC dramatic series about the up-and-coming pilots and nurses who work at an air ambulance service; the show…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 231: Praneet Akilla Returns
Actor Praneet Akilla (Nancy Drew, Motherland: Fort Salem) returns to the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about his leading role in CBC's SkyMed. The sexy…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 230: Jesse Inocalla
Jesse Inocalla is a wildly talented voice actor best known for his stunning work voicing Soren on Netflix’s The Dragon Prince. Soren can be cocky and brash but…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 229: Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond is a versatile voice artist with more than 325 credits to his name. He’s wielded this versatility in beloved projects like Death Note, Ninjago…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 228: Keilani Rose
Keilani Rose is a scene-stealer in Shoresy, a spin-off of Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney’s beloved comedy series, Letterkenny. Shoresy follows the foul-mouthed…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 227: Ukrainian filmmaker Khrystyna Syvolap shares her refugee story
Khrystyna Syvolap arrived in Canada with her 8-year-old daughter nearly three months ago, seeking refuge from Russia’s unjust assault on Ukraine. Khrystyna is…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 226: Aliyah O’Brien
Aliyah O’Brien is a versatile actress, an advocate for self-love, and a happy wanderer who has ambled ’round the world. Aliyah is beloved for her work as one…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 225: Aleks Paunovic and Tahmoh Penikett
Aleks Paunovic (Snowpiercer) and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) didn’t exactly hit it off when they first met in acting class more than 20 years ago…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastSeason Finale: #StopAsianHate with Amanda Sum and Mayumi Yoshida
This is the fifth episode in our ongoing #StopAsianHate series where we explore the intersection between anti-Asian hate and the film and television industry…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 223: Erin Karpluk
Actress Erin Karpluk is known around the world for her starring role in CBC’s Being Erica, which aired for four seasons in 180 countries and won Erin a Best…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 222: Bill Newton
Bill Newton’s filmography is chock-full of voice performances that are exciting, adventurous, daring, and damn funny. Bill has voiced everyone’s favourite God…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 221: William B. Davis
By the time William B. Davis debuted in the pilot episode of The X-Files as the Cigarette Smoking Man, he’d already built a storied career as a director…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 220: Doug and the Slugs and Me
What comes to your mind when you hear the words “Doug and the Slugs”? If you live in Canada and grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, you probably think of one of…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 219: Love in the Time of Fentanyl
It’s been six years since the British Columbia government declared the opioid overdose crisis a public health emergency. More than 9,400 British Columbians…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 218: Shakil Jessa
Filmmaker Shakil Jessa is determined to make the kind of films he needed to see when he was a queer Muslim teenager. This determination is particularly evident…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 217: Gabrielle Rose and Camille Sullivan
Veteran actresses Gabrielle Rose (The Sweet Hereafter) and Camille Sullivan (Intelligence) like each other very much, and like to work together too. So who…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 216: Why are some filmmakers calling for leadership change at Knowledge Network?
Knowledge Network is the public broadcaster in British Columbia. But what many in the public didn’t know until an equity audit laid it bare in February was…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 215: Kathleen Robertson
Kathleen Robertson visits the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about her years acting on Maniac Mansion and Beverly Hills 90210 and her current gig showrunning…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 214: ‘Peacemaker’ choreographer Charissa Barton
Charissa Barton is responsible for choreographing one of the most universally beloved opening credits sequences of all time: that of Peacemaker on HBO Max…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 213: Why comedian Ryan Beil set out to make an unfunny sci-fi pilot
Let’s Make A Sci-Fi is audacious. The new CBC podcast follows three Vancouver comedians – Ryan Beil, Maddy Kelly and Mark Chavez – as they set out to write a…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 212: Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga is the beloved singer and performer who won a Tony Award for originating the role of Kim in Miss Saigon, and who built a global fanbase for her…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 211: Agam Darshi Talks ‘Donkeyhead’
Agam Darshi returns to the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about Donkeyhead, the feature film that she stars in, wrote, and directed. Agam plays Mona, a…
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YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine
YVR Screen Scene presents an evening of film, music, and food in support of humanitarian efforts in Ukraine on March 30 at VIFF Centre
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 210: Natasha Burnett
Natasha Burnett plays Minnie Canfield, matriarch of the Canfield family, on Hallmark Channel’s When Calls The Heart. The Canfields joined the wildly popular…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 209: Dan Payne
Dan Payne is a versatile actor. From John Dover on The Good Witch to Traeger in Mech X-4, from Beast in Disney’s wildly popular Descendants films to a…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 208: Keegan Connor Tracy Returns!
When actress-director Keegan Connor Tracy (The Magicians, Once Upon A Time) turned 50 years old in December, she vowed to take this milestone year to really…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 207: Katie Boland
We’re All In This Together is a feature film about three sisters who struggle to find a way to work together when their mother’s long tenuous mental health…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 206: Dennis Heaton and Rachel Langer
In the first of our series of episodes featuring #IndustryBFFs, screenwriters Dennis Heaton (The Order; The Imperfects) and Rachel Langer (Transplant) join…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 205: Kazumi Evans
Kazumi Evans has worked steadily as a voice actress since she entered the industry at the age of nineteen. Her many credits include Monster Beach, Polly…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 204: Bob Frazer
Actor Bob Frazer’s filmography is packed with ne’er-do-wells, evil puppet masters, and smarmy bastards. Bob was Roger Hayden, also known as the Psycho Pirate…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 203: Jewel Staite
Jewel Staite is the actress behind a veritable parade of dynamic characters, including the volatile and feisty Abigail on Family Law, the kind-hearted mechanic…
The YVR Screen Scene PodcastEpisode 202: Comedy in the age of COVID with David Milchard and Ken Lawson
Comedians David Milchard and Ken Lawson – AKA the duo behind David and Ken: Comedy with Music! – talk about comedy in the age of COVID, how comedy has changed…