Kevan Funk's guest appearances

Kevan Funk

Arts & Ideas

Face2Face with David Peck

Someone Else's Movie

Puck Talks

Barry Stevens

Hugh Gibson

Judy Wood

Larry Weinstein

Pat Mills

Alan Zweig

Sarah Kolasky

Sami Khan

Charles Officer

Kalina Bertin

Chandler Levack

Jay Baruchel

Mike Johnson

Pamela Hawley

Megan Abbott

OwlTail

Kevan and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his Canadian Screen Nominated film Hello Destroyer, truth, identity, ”ambiguity with intention,” “curious empathy” and why context is so important.More about the film here.TrailerIMDBSynopsisA young junior hockey player's life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up illuminating troubling systemic issues around violence.BiographyKevan Funk is an award winning filmmaker, whose work has screened and won awards at various prestigious festivals around the world. His debut short, A Fine Young Man, premiered at TIFF and won the Grand Jury Prix at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Kevan's short films Yellowhead and Bison both premiered at TIFF, the former being awarded a Special Jury Prize, and both were named to Canada's Top Ten in their respective years. Kevan's short Destroyer, created through the TIFF Talent Lab, was runner-up for the RBC Emerging Filmmaker Award. He also recognized as a highly regarded music video director, his video for BRAIDS' Miniskirt was shortlisted for this years Prism Prize award. Kevan was raised in Banff, AB, around his parent's grassroots theater company. He holds a degree in Film, Video and Integrated Media from Emily Carr University of Art &amp; Design in Vancouver, BC. ----------For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevan and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his Canadian Screen Nominated film Hello Destroyer, truth, identity, ”ambiguity with intention,” “curious empathy” and why context is so important.More about the <a href="http://hellodestroyer.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">film here</a>.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLureJ46gQ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2489736/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">IMDB</a>SynopsisA young junior hockey player's life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up illuminating troubling systemic issues around violence.BiographyKevan Funk is an award winning filmmaker, whose work has screened and won awards at various prestigious festivals around the world. His debut short, A Fine Young Man, premiered at TIFF and won the Grand Jury Prix at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Kevan's short films Yellowhead and Bison both premiered at TIFF, the former being awarded a Special Jury Prize, and both were named to Canada's Top Ten in their respective years. Kevan's short Destroyer, created through the TIFF Talent Lab, was runner-up for the RBC Emerging Filmmaker Award. He also recognized as a highly regarded music video director, his video for BRAIDS' Miniskirt was shortlisted for this years Prism Prize award. Kevan was raised in Banff, AB, around his parent's grassroots theater company. He holds a degree in Film, Video and Integrated Media from Emily Carr University of Art &amp; Design in Vancouver, BC. ----------For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">my site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Kevan Funk - Hello Destroyer

Writer-director Kevan Funk, whose first feature Hello Destroyer is now playing in Toronto and Ottawa before rolling out across Canada in the coming weeks, digs into the context and commentary of Todd Haynes’ devastating 1995 drama Safe. Your genial host Norm Wilner had an immunity suit on hand in the studio.

Writer-director Kevan Funk, whose first feature Hello Destroyer is now playing in Toronto and Ottawa before rolling out across Canada in the coming weeks, digs into the context and commentary of Todd Haynes’ devastating 1995 drama Safe. Your genial host Norm Wilner had an immunity suit on hand in the studio.

Kevan Funk on Safe

Joe &amp; Josh hit the stage for their first live Puck Talks podcast, and episode 10, for a chat with Director Kevan Funk about his new film Hello Destroyer premiering at TIFF.  In Hello Destroyer, Jared Abrahamson (Fear the Walking Dead) plays a painfully shy but ruggedly capable enforcer on a minor-league hockey team who discovers the cutthroat nature of his locker-room “family,” in the forceful first feature from Canadian director Kevan Funk. Follow along at @PuckTalksLive and check out Hello Destroyer at hellodestroyer.net

Joe &amp; Josh hit the stage for their first live Puck Talks podcast, and episode 10, for a chat with Director Kevan Funk about his new film Hello Destroyer premiering at TIFF. In Hello Destroyer, Jared Abrahamson (Fear the Walking Dead) plays a painfully shy but ruggedly capable enforcer on a minor-league hockey team who discovers the cutthroat nature of his locker-room “family,” in the forceful first feature from Canadian director Kevan Funk. Follow along at @PuckTalksLive and check out Hello Destroyer at <a href="http://hellodestroyer.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hellodestroyer.net</a>

Puck Talk Live: Kevan Funk (TIFF)