This book captures the spirit of Canadian filmmakers through interviews with the most accomplished and dynamic of yesterday's, today's, and tomorrow's film greats. Funny, provocative, and enlightening, the filmmakers reflect on their careers and explore with the interviewers the issues that challenge them. This book is divided into three sections: an interview with a late director (Jean-Claude Lauzon) whose work is recognised in the canon as outstanding; interviews with filmmakers who are accomplished in their fields and have a major body of work (Guy Maddin, Lynne Stopkewich, Anne Wheeler, Gary Burns, and Mina Shum); and, finally, interviews with young directors just entering the business (Michael Dowse, Blake Corbett, Andrew Currie, and Trent Carlson). Together these players in the Canadian film scene capture the energy, success, and tribulations of a fascinating cultural industry. This is the first volume in a series of interviews with key cultural creators in the field of cinema. It seeks to bring to a wide audience the insights and emotions, the trials and achievements of significant figures in Canadian film.