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Each year Playback names five emerging filmmakers who are just about to hit it big and profiles them at the turning point of their careers.

Jason Filiatrault (Script to Screen) follows Molly McGlynn as the second filmmaker named to the list. Playback talked to Jason about his upcoming projects (including Tracy and Unicorn) and a little Mars Rover-voiced Twitter account … and its fans, like Mila Kunis.

Jason’s Script to Screen-developed film, Entanglement, premiered at the Seattle International Film Fest earlier this year.

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Congratulations to A.J. Demers (NSI Features First) on his acceptance to CFC’s Bell Media Prime Time TV program.

The course, which kicks off next week in Toronto, delivers a real-world story room experience and an intense professional and project development process for six TV writers.

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Each year Playback names five emerging filmmakers who are just about to hit it big and profiles them at the turning point of their careers.

This year Molly McGlynn (NSI Drama Prize) is the first filmmaker out of the gate. Playback spoke with Molly fans including Deepa Mehta about her professional maturity and storytelling instinct.

Molly’s debut feature as writer/director, Mary Goes Round, premiered over the weekend at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film tells the story of an alcoholic substance abuse counsellor who retreats to her hometown to learn her estranged father has terminal cancer.

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Unpredictable the screwball feature screenplay by writer/director Allison Beda (NSI Features First) and writer Eileen Cook won best ensemble screenplay at the Broad Humor Film Festival in LA, and is an official selection of the Oaxaca Film Festival in Mexico in October.

Her latest music video All About You (featuring choreography by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg and music of The Royal Oui) will play in seven international film festivals this month including the Festival Internacional De Videodanz CDMX in Mexico, Salento Film Festival in Italy and the 40 North Dance Film Festival in San Diego.

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