Season 3 Episode 3: Playing with Fire

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It only seems appropriate to close our third season with one of our all-time favourite guests, the talented filmmaker Jasmin Mozaffari. Her recent film Firecrackers generated at lot of buzz at TIFF this past year, where it screened to sold-out audiences.

Firecrackers tells the story of redhead Lou and her best friend Chantal as they try to make their dreams of escaping their small Ontario town a reality. Since premiering at TIFF, the film has screened at festivals worldwide and won Best Film at the Stockholm Film Festival. Recently, it was featured in Canada’s Top Ten screening program and was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, including Achievement in Direction.

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In this episode, we sit down with Jasmin and her producing partner-in-crime, Caitlin Grabham. Together they discuss the struggles and joys of turning their successful short into a feature film, and establishing their production company Prowler Film.

• Check out Prowler Film’s official website: https://www.prowlerfilm.com/
• Learn more about Firecrackers at TIFF: https://www.tiff.net/films/firecrackers/
• Check out a clip from the film below.

A big thank you to Phèdre for The Gaze theme music and to Michelle Irving for the sound mix.