Ten Short Films Podcast

In this episode of  Ten Short Films Podcast , Tara Mühlberghuber shares the deeply personal story behind Forget Me Not — the film that ultimately inspired the creation of the Ten Short Films Festival. What began as  So I Can Remember You , a series of interviews with Tara’s grandparents, became an archive of love stories, family history, war, art, humour, and memories that might otherwise have dis...

In this special episode of  Ten Short Films Podcast , Charles Paquin and Tara Mühlberghuber look back on the creative journey behind their three speculative short films inspired by  Ffern  — a fragrance house whose cinematic world first sparked their imagination. What began as a simple love letter to a brand became an ongoing filmmaking experiment: three seasonal films, new collaborations, ambitio...

In this episode of  Ten Short Films Podcast , Charles Paquin and Tara Mühlberghuber speak with  Andrew Brennan  and  Hannah Bacon Brennan , the creative team behind  Audiophile , about building a cinematic world from the first spark of an idea to the final image on screen. The conversation explores how a concept becomes a story, how colour and light can define characters, and how a short film can...

Interviewer: Rebecca Zandbergen 91.5 FM Radio Ottawa-Gatineau. In this 7-min segment of her Ottawa Morning radio show, Rebecca Zandbergen talks with filmmaker Tara Mühlberghuber about her short film Forget Me Not. Watch Forget Me Not today on CBC Gem: https://gem.cbc.ca/ottawa-reel-shorts-eps-8

In this episode of  Ten Short Films Podcast , Charles Paquin and Tara Mühlberghuber explore the paranormal, horror, and our fascination with the unknown. Featuring  James Lessard , director of  Animus , and  Tara Mühlberghuber , cinematographer and director of  Oneironaut , the conversation looks at why supernatural stories stay with us, from haunted houses and ghost-hunting games to Ouija boards,...

In this episode of Ten Short Films Podcast, Tara Mühlberghuber continues the filmmaker conversations with Laurie Caron,  Thomas Hinse, and Hanna Brennan-Bacon, exploring how grief, memory, family, and emotional restraint can shape a film from the inside out. The discussion moves between two deeply personal creative approaches: one filmmaker reflects on grief through the story of a teacher, a child...

In this episode of  Ten Short Films Podcast , Tara Mühlberghuber speaks with  James Lessard, Delroy Goveas, Gracie Henneberry, and J-S Boyer  about men’s mental health, vulnerability, love, isolation, and the emotional force behind genre storytelling. Through a candid conversation about dark, romantic creature horror, they explore how masculinity can teach men to suppress pain, how regret and grie...

In this episode of Ten Short Films Podcast, Charles and Tara host a filmmaker conversation exploring documentary and family stories — films that begin close to home and grow into something much bigger than memory. Joined by Gagan Preet Singh, Tara Mühlberghuber, Nicole Bedford, and Laurie Caron, the discussion explores grandparents, parents, home, distance, grief, love, and the quiet everyday mome...

In this episode of Ten Short Films Podcast, Charles and Tara host a filmmaker conversation from the Ottawa edition of the Ten Short Films Festival at the Mayfair Theatre. Joined by Cristi Parpalita, Jean-Philippe Grignon, Thomas Hinse, Laurie Caron, Aisha Lasfar, Delroy Goveas, and Gracie Henneberry, the discussion explores what makes a film feel distinctly French-Canadian beyond language. From Qu...

In Episode Zero of the Ten Short Films Podcast, Tara and Charles introduce the story behind the Ten Short Films Festival — a nomadic Canadian festival born from Tara’s wish to screen her short film "Forget Me Not" for family and friends in honour of her grandmother. What began as one cinema screening in Kitchener soon travelled to Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre, with curated programs, filmmaker Q&As...