Tara Mühlberghuber, Charles Paquin, Ten Short Films Festival

Ten Short Films Podcast

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The Ten Short Films Podcast is the official audio companion to the Ten Short Films Festival — a one-of-a-kind nomadic festival travelling across Canada. Hosted by Canadian-Swiss cinematographer and festival co-founder Tara Mühlberghuber with Canadian camera operator and sound recordist Charles Paquin, the podcast takes you beyond the screen through candid, previously unheard conversations with the filmmakers behind the festival’s selected films. Write to us!tsf@taramuhlberghuber.com(It's easier when you break it down in 3 parts: MUHL-BERG-HUBER)

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Tara Mühlberghuber, Charles Paquin, Ten Short Films Festival

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Episode 5: The Paranormal World 02.07.2026 13:54

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,...

Episode 4: Grief, Dance, and the Stories We Carry 25.06.2026 9:48

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...

Episode 3: Men and Vulnerability on Screen 18.06.2026 17:44

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...

Episode 2: Documentary and Family Stories 12.06.2026 24:24

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...

Episode 1: French-Canadian Cinema: Language, Memory, and Stories Close to Home 08.06.2026 17:02

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...

Episode 0: What Is Ten Short Films? 07.06.2026 13:12

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...