Face2Face with David Peck

Heather Young and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Murmur, loneliness, solitude and quiet desperation, relationships and our desire for love, inclusion and connection with others.   Trailer   Synopsis:  Murmur  follows Donna, a sixty-something year-old who is scheduled to perform community service in an animal rescue shelter following a DUI charge. Over time Donna...

Dekel Berenson and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his beautiful new short film Anna , hard work and luck, politics and activism, child labour, allegory and truth and why movies should never just be entertaining.    Trailer   Synopsis:  Anna, a middle-aged single mother, lives in a small industrial town in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. She works in a meat processing plant, lives i...

Sophie Deraspe and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Antigone, Greek tragedies, empathy, dignity, resistance and trusting and following your heart Trailer Synopsis:  Antigone is a moving, compassionate and beautiful story and it won the best film at TIFF 2019. Gripping, powerful, and of-the-moment,  Antigone  loosely adapts Sophocles' Greek tragedy and situates it in con...

Karl Markovics and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Nobadi, national socialism, guilt, fear and shame, fairytales for grown ups, Ulysses and why freedom scares us.   Trailer   Synopsis:   Heinrich Senft, a 93 year old, cranky pensioner, lives on a small allotment in Vienna. His dog died during the night and he wants to dig a hole behind his cabin to bury him. But fa...

François Girard and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film The Song of Names, history, remembrance, choices, mystery and discovery, film as music, the paradox of technology and musical, archeological digs.   Trailer   Synopsis:   Martin Simmonds (Tim Roth) has been haunted throughout his life by the mysterious disappearance of his “brother” and extraordinary best friend,...

Yaron Zilberman, Yehuda Nahari Halevi and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Incitement, the complicated history of the Middle East, justice, peace and racism, inclusion, war and the real cost of radicalization.    Trailer   Synopsis:   “This rigorous psychological thriller by American-Israeli director Yaron Zilberman ( A Late Quartet ) depicts the lead-up to t...

Robert Fisk and Yung Chang and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film This Is Not A Movie, fake news and journalism, our addiction to social media, complicity, a “dead language”, and something called, “apparent clarity.”   Trailer   Synopsis:   For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world: No...

Klaudia Reynicke Barbara Giordano and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Love Me Tender, anti-superheroes, mental health issues, agoraphobia, connecting with others and the sometime difficult journeys we all seem to take.   Trailer   Synopsis:   The daily life of a 32-year-old woman suffering from agoraphobia, SECONDA, suddenly changes when her mother dies and her f...

August Diehl and Valerie Pachner and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Terence Malik’s new film A Hidden Life, true love, pacifism and evil, truth and justice, taking an ethical stance and standing up to power.   Trailer   Synopsis:   “..for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might...

Mahnaz Mohammadi, Farzad Pak and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Son/Mother, activism, family, choices and women’s rights, tradition, values and storytelling, patriarchy, empathy and how things do change bit by bit, over time.    Trailer   Synopsis:   Leila is a single working mom of two. The factory she works at faces a crisis and jobs are at stake. Kazem,...

IGG Nabwana, VJ Emmie and Alan Ssali Hofmanis talk about their new film Crazy World, African storytelling, action films, traditions and taking chances and the super success of the Ugandan Wakaliwood .   Trailer   Synopsis:   In the latest from Uganda’s gonzo action auteur IGG Nabwana, a gang of child-snatching mobsters make a fatal mistake when they kidnap the Waka Stars, a tea...

Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film And We Go Green, the environment, Climate Change, eco-capitalists, Electric Cars, Formula E and social innovation.    Trailer   Synopsis:   Formula E, the groundbreaking electric car racing series, has grown from upstart championship to the world's fastest growing sport in 4 short years....

Jan Komasa and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his brilliant, engaging, thoughtful new film Corpus Christi, redemption and the power of communities to reconcile and restore , the Polish Bible Belt, shame, guilt and forgiveness and the ability to healing through our relationships with others.    Trailer   “Komasa directs with an impressive rigor that fits the subject matter, and...

Rebecca Snow and Steve Gamester and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust , survivors guilt , meaningful history and the power of memory, pivotal moments in personal stories and why we never should forget.   Trailer   You can watch the film here.   Synopsis:   Rose, Maxwell and Helen were 10, 9 and 7 years old when the Seco...

John Walker and Aaron James and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Assholes: A Theory, the public good, economics and indifference , activism and authoritarianism, capitalism and greed, public spaces and shared prosperity.   Trailer   You Can Buy the Book here .   Synopsis: Ever get the feeling that assholes are taking over the world? Bad behaviour is as old as huma...

Coky Giedroyc and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film How To Build a Girl, friendship, loyalty and family, discovery and how life unfolds in front of us in a real, messy and wonderful way and the uncertain personal journeys we all seem to take.   Synopsis:   Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a sixteen-year-old, extrovert from the outskirts of Wolverhampton with raging...

Shawney Cohen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new Rat Park , addiction, mental health, context and environment, boredom and drug decriminalization and rats that meditate.   Trailer   Watch on CRAVE TV and for more info on the film head here .     Synopsis:   The secret to solving the world’s drug crisis lies in a forgotten psychology experiment involving rats...

Garin Hovannisian, Serj Tankian and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film I Am Not Alone , politics and protest, Armenia and the Velvet Revolution, citizen protests, activism, advocacy pessimism and hope. Trailer   Synopsis:   On Easter 2018, a man put on a backpack and went live on Facebook to announce that he was beginning a walk across Armenia. His mission: to inspire a...

Lisa Fiorilli and Face2Face host David Peck talk about working in the cultural sector, diversity and inclusion, passion and people, statistics, and the perception and definition of art.   Making It Work:   WorkInCulture is a non-profit arts service organization that supports the people who work in the cultural sector in Ontario through life-long career development and entrepreneurial and...

Andrea Hummel and Face2Face host David Peck talk about cultural diversity, political correctness, policy over practice, trauma and safe space, empathy and understanding and why being a hermit might not be a great idea.   Improve for Peace is a group that helps organizations, communities and professionals actively resolve miscommunication. Participants re-script their past via experiential lea...

Laura MacNiven and Face2Face host David Peck talk about ADHD and hyperactivity, mental health stigma, neurotransmitters and relationship building, self-awareness, being free of judgment and the fullness of hope.   New Book: May We Have Your Attention Please ? A Springboard Clinic Workbook for Living and Thriving with Adult ADHD.   About our Guest:   Laura MacNiven, M.Ed . , is Direc...

Natasha Luckhardt and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Town of Widows , human rights, public engagement and picket lines, trust in the system, workplace justice, and why evidence is rarely neutral.   Trailer   Watch here on CBC Docs .   Synopsis:   Directed by Natasha Luckhardt and Rob Viscardis, Town of Widows is a documentary exposé of widows and workers in t...

Ian Toews and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new TV series Ageless Gardens , citizen science and the environment, hope, fertility, nature and art, eating locally and why you can always find energy in the soil.    Trailer   Synopsis:   Ageless Gardens is a visual celebration of gardens – and the gardeners behind them. Viewers have commented that even just watching the...

Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Freaks, permanent residency, science fiction with a conscience, perspective, fear and vision and how thematic elements in a story sneak up on you.   Trailer   Synopsis:   A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's prote...

Steven Warshaw and Gabe Polsky and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film, Red Penguins , the politics of hockey, national pride, optimism and hope, cultural peculiarities, listening to others and capitalism run amok.   Synopsis:   Complete with gangsters, strippers, and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink, Red Penguins tells the wild forgotten true story of capitalism...