The Filmmakers

The Filmmakers is a half-hour Canadian talk show that premiered on CBC Television on July 22, 2017.^[1] Each episode focuses on a specific Canadian film which airs in full after the episode. It is produced by CBC Arts.

The Filmmakers
Genre	Talk show
Created by	CBC Arts
Presented by	Johanna Schneller, Amanda Parris
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22) – present

The first season was hosted by journalist Johanna Schneller and focused on "the greatest Canadian films and filmmakers of the last 20 years." Those films included The Sweet Hereafter, Stories We Tell, I Killed My Mother, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Water, Incendies, War Witch and Manufactured Landscapes.^[2] Guests on the first season included creators, directors and artists like Xavier Dolan, Sarah Polley, Director X, Atom Egoyan, Mina Shum, Kim Nguyen, Don McKellar, Deepa Mehta, Zacharias Kunuk and Jennifer Baichwal, as well as guest panelists Connor Jessup, David Suzuki, Stephanie Morgenstern, Bob Martin, Eli Glasner, Samantha Wan, Emmanuel Jal, Elisapie Isaac, Cameron Bailey, Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Knegt, Edward Burtynsky, Nyla Innuksuk, Anita Lee, Cazhhmere and Sylvain Bellemare.^[3]

The second season saw Schneller joined by co-host Amanda Parris, and focus shifted to exclusively celebrate Canadian films directed by women.^[4] Films highlighted over the season included Meditation Park, Into the Forest, Gabrielle, Angry Inuk, Jean of the Joneses, Ava, Paper Year and Window Horses.^[5]

The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Talk or Entertainment Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.^[6]

References

1. "CBC series The Filmmakers wants to curate the Canadian film canon". The Georgia Straight, July 21, 2017.
2. "CBC does Saturday Night At The Movies with a Canadian twist". Now, July 22, 2017.
3. "Everything you've ever wanted to know about Canadian film but were too polite to ask". CBC Arts. October 4, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
4. "Season Two of ‘The Filmmakers’ Focuses on Female Directors". Vue Weekly, August 22, 2018.
5. "The Filmmakers returns to TV with a new focus". Media in Canada, July 26, 2018.
6. "Gord Downie's Secret Path, Amazing Race and CBC News among Canadian Screen Awards winners". CBC News, March 26, 2019.