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GG Hawkins talks with writer-director Chandler Levack about making I Like Movies, Mile End Kicks, and Roommates, and how Levack protects a specific filmmaking voice while moving between indie features and studio comedy. They discuss the realities of Canadian film financing, directing with limited time and bigger resources, building cinematic worlds through research and memory, and why filmmakers have to keep making work instead of treating one movie as their only chance.
In this episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins and guest Chandler Levack discuss...
How I Like Movies helped open doors for Mile End Kicks
Why Mile End Kicks had to be shot in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood
The overlap of finishing one film while prepping and shooting another
What changed when Levack moved from indie filmmaking to a studio comedy
How music journalism shaped Levack’s directing and world building
Why specificity in props, costumes, locations, and character details matters
Navigating male-dominated creative spaces as a woman filmmaker
The value and complications of film criticism
Building a body of work through collaboration, experimentation, and persistence
Memorable Quotes:
“For me, I mean I'm obsessed with specificity.”
“I think for me once I realized that filmmaking is just talking about treating fake people like they're real…”
“It's weird. It's the only job where you're failing in public…”
“The greatest thing you can do as a filmmaker is just exist and keep making stuff good and bad and having a body of work is like the most important thing…”
Guests:
Chandler Levack
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