CUT TO: A WGC Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Presented by the Writers Guild of Canada, each episode of CUT TO: will explore a particular subject relevant to Canadian screenwriters and their art, whether it's an individual screenwriter and their body of work, an aspect of the craft, or a pressing issue in the industry.
In this episode, we CUT TO: three of our 2021 WGC Screenwriting Awards Best Comedy Series nominees, interviewed by 2020's category winner, Jennica Harper (JANN). Listen in as finalists Kayla Lorette (New Eden), Evan Rosen (New Eden) and Winter Tekenos-Levy (Schitt's Creek) discuss their nominated scripts, the fun (or not) of writing during Covid and the evolution of TV comedy in Canada.
In this episode, we CUT TO: five of our 2021 WGC Screenwriting Awards Best Drama Series nominees, interviewed by 2020's category winner, Noelle Carbone (Coroner). Listen in as finalists Sarah Dodd (Cardinal), Lynne Kamm (Transplant), Floyd Kane (Diggstown), Joseph Kay (Transplant) and Tamara Moulin (Transplant) discuss how they wrote their nominated scripts, what drives their storytelling and what absolutely does not.
In our first episode, we CUT TO: Susin Nielsen, screenwriter extraordinaire whose work includes writing for the OG 'Degrassi High' and creating CBC series 'Robson Arms'. Her most recent creation is 2021 Global TV series 'Family Law', on which she also serves as showrunner. Host JP Larocque and Susin discuss everything from what happened when COVID-19 struck two weeks into the production of Family Law, to the challenges of making overtly Canadian content in Canada, to the true glory of naps.