The Editor's Cut

In this episode Sarah Taylor sits down with the founding members of the Canadian Cinema Editors Paul Day, CCE, Roger Mattiussi, CCE and Paul Winestock, CCE as well as the current CCE president and vice president Stephen Philipson, CCE and Jane MacRae. We discuss where the CCE came from, where we are currently and what we hope for the future of the CCE. 

This is part four of our four part series covering EditCon 2019. In this episode we will hear from indie feature editors Michelle Szemberg of Un Traductor, Christine Armstrong of The New Romantic and Isabelle Malenfant, CCE of Pieds nus dans l'aube. There's no formula to a festival hit, but these three editors, each with a recent feature film on the circuit, shed light on their respective experien...

This is part three of our four part series covering EditCon 2019.  In this masterclass, award-winning editor Ron Sanders, CCE will be sharing insight from his career, notably his work with celebrated director David Cronenberg . Their collaboration spans 19 films, for which he won four Genie Awards for Excellence in Film Editing and three Best Editor Awards from the Directors Guild of Canada. Ron d...

This is part two of our four part series covering EditCon 2019.  Learn from Canada's leading animation editors about the critical role they play in crafting animated films. How does the process differ from editing live action? At what point does the editor's work start? What does the collaboration look like with team members and the director? These questions and more will be answered in this livel...

This is part one of our four part series covering EditCon 2019.  Unarmed Verses  and  Sgaawaay K'uuna (Edge of the Knife)   are films that have intertwined themes of social justice into compelling stories, bringing important social messages to the screen in their respective genres of narrative and documentary film. Meet editor Andres Landau and producer Lea Marin of Unarmed Verses and editor  Sara...

In this episode we are taking some time to focus on the mental and overall health of editors. Laura Di Vilioa registered psychotherapist and Zack Arnold, ACE offer us a wealth of information on how we can live happier and more productive lives both in and out of the edit suite. Laura has been working as a psychotherapist for over 25 years and her experience has taught her how best to help clients...

In this episode Sarah Taylor sits down with Toronto based editor Jonathan Dowler  to talk about his exciting career in reality and competition editing. He recently won his 4th Canadian Screen Award for his work on The Amazing Race Canada! 

This episode is a recording from the popular panel that took place in Toronto on April 4th, 2019 at Triangle Post! Cutting Drake's Videos.  God's Plan , Hotline Bling , Nice for What - these music videos have hundreds of millions, if not billions of streams - and they're being cut right here in Toronto, Canada by Canadian editors. Editors Laura McMillan , Raj Ramnauth , and Kat Webber will shed li...

In this episode Sarah Taylor sits down with Brenda Terning, Krystal Moss and Scott Parker the edit team behind the Nature of Things series Equus: Story of the Horse. This series has been hugely successful and recently was the most awarded documentary project in Canada at the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards. This included winning the Rob Stewart Award for Best Science and Nature Program. The series has...

In this episode Sarah Taylor interviews Toronto based editor Bryan Atkinson . Bryan has been a passionate student of film since the age of 14, and an award-winning editor of motion pictures for the last fifteen years. Sarah and Bryan talk about his time at the Vancouver Film School , the  Canadian Film Centre and discuss his work on Closet Monster , Mary Goes Round and  Paper Year as well as the c...

This episode is part two of a two part series covering the Vancouver Women in Post event that took place on June 16th, 2018. This episode features award winning drama editors  Daria Ellerman, CCE , Lara Mazur, CCE and Nicole Ratcliffe, CCE as they discuss with moderator Karen Lam some of the impactful projects they have worked on in their editing careers. Daria Ellerman, CCE discusses her work on...

This episode is part one of a two part series covering the Vancouver Women in Post event that took place on June 16th, 2018. This episode features award winning documentary editors Erin Cumming, Carmen Pollard and Jenn Strom as they discuss their work with moderator Sharon McGowan. The Vancouver Women in Post series was generously sponsored by IATSE Local 891.

In this episode Sarah Taylor interviews Toronto based editor Pauline Decroix . Pauline and Sarah talk about her journey from Paris to now Toronto, her time at the Canadian Film Centre and her work on the feature documentary Sans Maman . Pauline shares with us some great insight into her world of editing.

This episode is the Q&A between Sabrina Pitre and moderator Michael J. Bateman, CCE  that took place in Vancouver on  January 24, 2018. Michael and Sabrina discuss her work on the Disney series Mech X4, Sisters and Brothers and Freaks.

This is the final episode of the EditCon series and it covers the ups and downs of working in LA. Matt Hannam , CCE ,  Stephen Philipson , CCE  and Andrew Coutts , CCE share their experiences with Chris Mutton  about cutting shows like Star Trek: Discovery, American Gods and The OA as well as indie feature films in the United States. Andrew Coutts tells us about some of the differences he found wo...

This is episode three of a four part series covering  EditCon  and spotlights  Richard Comeau, CCE , the multiple award winning editor of Maelstrom, Polytechnique, Rebelle, 2 Lovers and a Bear and Eye on Juliet. Richard will talk to director  Jim Allodi  about the importance of the editor's input at script stage and about the strategies he uses when he realizes there is a better way to tell the st...

This episode is part two of a four part series covering  EditCon  and features editors from the hugely successful TV dramas The Handsmaid's Tale , Big Little Lies and Anne  and is moderated by editors Roslyn Kalloo, CCE and Teresa De Luca, CCE . Wendy Hallam  Martin, CCE  talks about how she approached the riveting scenes of  The Handmaid's Tale . Justin Lachance and Véronique   Barbe will reveal...

This episode is part one of a four part series covering EditCon and features multi award winning documentary editors Mike Munn, CCE, Michéle Hozer, CCE and Nick Hector, CCE as they discuss their work with moderator Jay Prychidny, CCE. Mike shares his experiences working with Sarah Polley on  Stories We Tell,  which investigates her family secrets.  Michéle talks about the challenges of being both...

Episode 1 of The Editor's Cut will be released on August 1st! Here is a sample of what's to come!

The Canadian Cinema Editors are proud to announce The Editor's Cut! Coming Soon!