Canadian
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talk show
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that premiered on
CBC Television
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on July 22, 2017. Each episode focuses on a specific Canadian film which airs in full after the episode. It is produced by
CBC Arts
CBC Arts () is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that creates and curates written articles, short documentaries, non-fiction series and interactive projects that represent the excellence of Canada's diverse artistic communitie ...
.
The first season was hosted by journalist
Johanna Schneller
Johanna Schneller is an American-born Canadians, Canadian film journalist and television personality, who hosted the film talk show ''The Filmmakers'' on CBC Television.
A freelance celebrity interviewer for such publications as ''Vanity Fair (ma ...
and focused on "the greatest Canadian films and filmmakers of the last 20 years." Those films included '' The Sweet Hereafter'', ''
Stories We Tell
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'', ''
I Killed My Mother
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Water
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'', ''
Incendies
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'', ''
War Witch
''War Witch'' () is a 2012 Canadian war drama written and directed by Kim Nguyen and starring Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien and Serge Kanyinda. It is about a child soldier forced into a civil war in Africa, and who is believed to b ...
'' and ''
Manufactured Landscapes
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''. Guests on the first season included creators, directors and artists like
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature ...
,
Sarah Polley
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,
Director X
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,
Atom Egoyan
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,
Mina Shum
Mina Shum (born 1966) is an independent Canadian filmmaker. She is a writer and director of award-winning feature films, numerous shorts and has created site specific installations and theatre. Her features, ''Double Happiness (film), Double Ha ...
,
Kim Nguyen
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Early life
Bor ...
,
Don McKellar
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He is known for directing and writing th ...
,
Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta, (; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2 ...
,
Zacharias Kunuk
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and
Jennifer Baichwal
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer.
Biography
Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.
, as well as guest panelists
Connor Jessup
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,
David Suzuki
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,
Stephanie Morgenstern
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Samantha Wan
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,
Emmanuel Jal
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Childhood
Jal wa ...
,
Elisapie Isaac
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,
Cameron Bailey
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Biography
Born in London, England to parents from Barbados,Sook-Yin Lee
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,
Peter Knegt
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Knegt began his career as ...
,
Edward Burtynsky
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Sylvain Bellemare
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.
The second season saw Schneller joined by co-host
Amanda Parris
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, and focus shifted to exclusively celebrate Canadian films directed by women. Films highlighted over the season included '' Meditation Park'', ''
Into the Forest
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Angry Inuk
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Ava
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Places Asia and Oceania
* Ava Kingdom, in upper Burma from 1364 to 1555
** Inwa, formerly Ava, the capital of Ava Kingdom
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* Ava, Iran, Gilan Province, a village
* Iva ...
Window Horses
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''.
The series won the
Canadian Screen Award
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for Best Talk or Entertainment Program or Series at the
CBC News
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