On this week's podcast, I speak to director Chen Shi-Zheng about his debut film Dark Matter which screens as part of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival .

Also on this week's podcast:

* blogTO film Writer, Matt Brown stops by to talk about the One Minute Film and Video Festival
* Win a pair of tickets to Mobifest



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This week Amil and I got back in the studio to talk about some of the great art exhibitions happening around the city, including a beautiful show by Olena Kassian going on at the Mittica Gallery and Kent Monkman's exhibitions at MOCCA and the ROM.

We enjoyed two great interviews with Ana Serrano the Director & Founder of the CFC Media Lab, plus we also spoke to contemporary dancer Susie Burpee and choreographer Serge Bennethan about how Japanese anime has influenced their latest performance called Manga happening at Harbourfront Centre's Enwave Theatre opening November 22.

This week's podcast is sponsored by the CFC Media Lab.



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The Arts Now is a weekly podcast all about the Toronto arts scene hosted by Ella Cooper & Amil Niazi.

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Photo of Susie Burpee and Linnea Swan taken by Ella Cooper.

On this week's podcast, editor Elaine Chang talks about Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen the first anthology of its kind that focuses on the independent Asian film community in Canada.

Also on this week's podcast:

The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Programming Manager, Heather Keung drops by to discuss this year's line-up. Justin Lin's Finishing the Game, Getting Home and closing night Sakuran are just some of the highlights.



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On this week's podcast, an exclusive interview with Bruce McDonald. The director talks about his latest film The Tracey Fragments, why he likes working with musicians and confirms some rumored film projects.



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This week Amil & I had a great show talking about everything from Halloween costumes, to the Toronto International Art Fair, the Hysteria Festival and more.

We enjoyed two really interesting interviews. One with Jason Goodman, who is both CFC Media Lab Alumni and president of Cieo Creative a new interactive toy company that grew out of a group project initially created at the CFC.

Plus Malgorzata Nowacka, Artistic Director & Choreographer of The Chimera Project came into the talk to us about her piece in this weeks Hysteria Festival North America's largest multi-disciplinary showcase of work by women that is happening at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre through til November 3rd.

This week's podcast is sponsored by the CFC Media Lab.



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The Arts Now is a weekly podcast all about the Toronto arts scene hosted by Ella Cooper & Amil Niazi.

Contact us with feedback, upcoming shows or anything in between at artsnow [at] blogto.com

On this week's podcast, I speak with Bryan Friedman, director of The Bodybuilder and I.

Also on this week's podcast:
* Nisha Pahuja, Programming Coordinator of The Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival drops by to talk about this year's lineup.
* Win a pair of tickets to a promo screening of P2



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