Film Festivals - Contra Zoom Pod

248: 2023 Fantasia Film Festival Wrap Up

August 15, 2023

For the third year in a row we are covering Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, which celebrates the best in horror and genre cinema with an emphasis on international movies.

242: 2023 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

July 4, 2023

We cover the Toronto Japanese Film Festival and talk about movies we saw. They include ⁠Plan 75⁠, ⁠BL Metamorphosis⁠, ⁠Roleless⁠, and ⁠Father of the Milky Way Railroad⁠.

235: Hot Docs 2023

May 9, 2023

The ⁠Hot Docs⁠ festival that celebrates the best new documentaries just concluded in Toronto. We discuss 6 films seen with guest Courtney Small.

212: 2022 VIFF Wrap Up

October 11, 2022

While Rachel got to have her fun covering TIFF, those of us on the west coast got to enjoy the Vancouver International Film Festival….

210: 2022 TIFF Wrap Up

September 27, 2022

Rachel Ho continues to captain the CZP ship as she recaps the Toronto International Film Festival. Joining her is Prabhjot Bains, a writer for…

207: TIFF 2022 Preview

August 30, 2022

With the Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner, running from September 8-18th, we decided to preview what movies we are most excited…

204: Fantasia Festival 2022 Wrap Up

August 8, 2022

With Montreal’s Fantasia Festival wrapping up, we look back at one of the premiere genre film festivals. We discuss several films we saw including…

201: 2022 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

July 21, 2022

We return with coverage of this year’s Toronto Japanese Film Festival which showcases the finest Japanese films that are often getting either Canadian or…

193: Hot Docs 2022

May 17, 2022

For the third year in a row, we cover the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which celebrates the best documentaries in the world….

170: VIFF 2021 Wrap Up

October 22, 2021

On this episode we wrap up the 2021 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Joining the show to talk about movies watched is…