Face2Face with David Peck

Karim Sayad and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Of Sheep and Men , ram fighting, Eid al-Adha, Algeria, colonization, democracy and the Arab Spring, empathy and gender injustice.  Biography Karim Sayad was born in Lausanne, Switzerland and completed a master's degree in international relations at Geneva's Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. He has dir...

Leslea Mair and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Losing Our Religion , trauma, atheism and non-belief, the power of community and preachers who have no faith. Biography Leslea Mair is a writer and producer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has been the President and CEO of Zoot Pictures Inc. since 1998. Following completion of her BFA at the University of Regina, Leslea spent a num...

Mouly Surya and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Marlina The Murderer in Four Acts , multiple possibilities, writing with images, violence, stillness and why women need to fight back. Biography Born in Jakarta in 1980, Mouly Surya is considered one of the most promising female filmmakers in Indonesia. Surya had a degree in media and literature before studying film in Australia. Sh...

Alanis Obamsawin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Our People Will Be Healed , the Sundance ceremony, remnants of colonialism, indigenous peoples, the power of story and why hope isn’t a big enough word. Biography Alanis Obomsawin was born in New Hampshire and raised in Quebec. A singer, songwriter, printmaker, and engraver, she has also written and directed many documentary fe...

Michael, Sean and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Five Fingers for Marseille , land rights, Apartheid, heroes and colonization, nationalism, pride and race relations and Spaghetti Westerns. Biography Michael Matthews Directing technically complex productions under pressure, has earned Michael a reputation for executing ambitious projects. Michael has a strong focus on emotive,...

Robert Schwentke, Frederick Lau, Max Hubacher and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Captain , WW II, misplaced power, violence from a perpetrators perspective, the banality of evil and why this is a story about uniforms. Biography Robert Schwentke was born 1968 in Germany. He studied Literature and Philosophy at the Eberhard Karl University in Tuebingen and later earned an MF...

  Stephen McCallum and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film 1% , violence, loyalty and the bonds of friendship, a sense of belonging, finding our way home and why people need story. Biography Stephen graduated from AFTRS in 2011 where he won the Foxtel Exceptional Talent award and the AFTRS EU scholarship. Since graduating Stephen has directed multiple award winning short films a...

Govinda Van Maele, Frederick Lau and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Gutland , irony, cynicism, childhood dreams, fairytales for adults, and why evil doesn’t think its evil. Biography Govinda Van Maele , born 1983 in Luxembourg to Belgian-Sri Lankan parents, started making films as a teenager. After high school he took on an apprenticeship of sorts in producer-director Pol Cruc...

Jonas and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Valley of Shadows , Freud, fairy-tales, fantasy and fatalism, dream life, cognitive dissonance and why good questions are so much more important than answers. Biography Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen was born in Bjørkelangen, Norway, and he studied directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. He is the director of the shorts  Dare...

Urszula Antoniak and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her gorgeous new film Beyond Words , Identity, voice, racism and otherness, immigration and empathy and how a film is rarely about the plot. Biography Urszula Antoniak studied Film Production at the Polish Film Academy and Film Directing at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. Her feature film NOTHING PERSONAL  won six awards in Loc...

Iram Haq and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her stunning new film What Will People Say , gender, oppression, moralism, family, anger, fear and shame and why validating voice and identity are critical to a better future. Biography Iram Haq (b. 1976) is an actress, writer and director. She made and starred in her directorial debut, the short film Little Miss Eyeflap, which screened at the Sund...

Boudewijn Koole and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Disappearance , looking closer, the wonder and mystery of life, Mother and daughter relationships and death as an inspiration. Biography Boudewijn Koole won the Discovery Award of the European Film Academy in 2012. He started as a documentary filmmaker after his studies at the University of Delft. His first documentary series fo...

Kathleen Hepburn and Face2Face host David Peck talk about a Mother’s strength, life and the Canadian landscape, empathy, coming of age, Parkinson’s disease and death as a beautiful part if life. Biography Kathleen Hepburn is a Vancouver born writer and director who holds an MFA in Creative Writing, and a BFA in Film Production from the Universities of Guelph and Simon Fraser respectively, and is a...

Amr Salama and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Sheikh Jackson, pop music, cinematic language, identity, Islam, father figures, inclusion, imagination, and. Michael Jackson. Biography Amr Salama is a prominent young Egyptian writer and director whose credits include the prize-winning AIDS drama Asmaa and the coming-of-age comedy Excuse My French, which swept the board at Egypt’s e...

Jenna Bass and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film High Fantasy , the body swap genre, political satire, apartheid, land rights in South Africa, responsibility and racism. Biography Jenna Bass is a South African writer, filmmaker and former magician. Her multi-award winning films - Zimbabwe-set short, The Tunnel, and entirely-improvised debut feature, Love The One You Love, have scre...

Brian O’Malley and Face2Face host David Peck talk about ghosts, fear, love, freedom, choice and responsibility, Gothic overtones in life, art, sculpture and psychological horror. Biography Before moving into Directing, Brian studied Sculpture in the DIT School of Fine Art. Whilst there his fascination with the exploration of three-dimensional space inevitably led to him picking up a video camera a...

Emmanuel and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new award winning film Makala , charcoal, life experience, cosmic materialism and liberalism, capitalism and the beauty of hard work. Biography Emmanuel Gras is a French director whose films deal with contemporary social issues and are marked by a commitment to form. He studied film photography at ENS Louis Lumière. His film Bovines was nominat...

Matt and Face2Face host David Peck talk Living Proof, about the medical community, MS, science and alternative approaches to health, activism and patient funded research. Biography Matt Embry is one of the most prolific producer/directors in Canada. Embry has produced and directed non-fiction programs for CBC, Global, CTV, TELUS, HBO Canada, PBS, OMNI, Animal Planet, OLN and Telefilm. His document...

Sam and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film premiering at TIFF race relations in America, courage and why Sammy Davis Junior was the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. Biography Sam Pollard is an accomplished feature film and television video editor, and documentary producer/director whose work spans almost 30 years. His first assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989...

Wayne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about “glib patriotism”, community as the way to healing, how talent and bravery are connected, love and the importance of “powerful fiction”. Biography Wayne Wapeemukwa is a filmmaker of Métis and settler heritage from Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast-Salish Territories). Luk’Luk’I is his debut feature film. His previous short works include Foreclosure (TIFF’1...

Violeta and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Cocaine Prison, freedom, power and politics, the “War on Drugs” and indigenous history and truth. Biography Violeta Ayala is an award-winning indigenous filmmaker and writer born in Bolivia. Her credits include Cocaine Prison (2017) premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Fight (2017) distributed by The Guardian Shorts, winner of...

Erika and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Shari’a law, gender justice, and life for women in the Middle East, education, power, politics and storytelling. Biography Erika Cohn has received numerous accolades for her work, including a Director’s Guild of America award for her film,  When the Voices Fade , a narrative profile of the Lebanese-Israeli war of 2006. Erika co-directed/produced,  In...

Peter Gajdics talks about "The Inheritance of Shame", dealing with trauma, surviving conversion therapy and how remembering helps in his recovery. Photo by  Erich Saide Photographer Biography Peter Gajdics (pronounced “Guy-ditch”) was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, to immigrant parents from Europe. Gajdics knew from an early age that he was gay, but, for myriad reasons, that truth only...

Tanya and Face2Face host David Peck talk about mutual trust, Smart Risks , peace-building, mattresses, innovation and a grassroots manifesto for change. Biography Tanya Cothran is Executive Administrator at Spirit in Action International , a granting organization that supports community organizations and individuals in Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda. She started working for Spirit in Action in 2007. In...

Chris and Face2Face host David Peck talk about engaged Buddhism, Cambodia, power and politics, photographs as symbols and hope. Trailer Synopsis Fading from black, the frame fills with the image of a rice field, leaves of grass billow in the wind. Cut to construction along the Mekong river in the capital Phnom Penh. On the soundtrack the metronome of steel girders being pushed deep into the ground...