One of the reasons why Canada's identity is not strong is that it has employed the "cultural mosaic" approach rather than the melting pot. Often, people groups come to Canada, bringing their families later on when it's affordable, and settling in but retaining their roots. I have no problem with this, but if you don't come from an immigrant family, or it's been many generations since your family arrived unless you are native, then you are just a dull Canadian citizen, a little sister/brother to the USA. It's actually depressing how inconsequential our "identity' is, it's practically non-existent. The most pride I ever felt as a Canadian was when the truck convoy incident took place, and as a people, we were united during that short but monumental week.

Also interesting when countries form sub-genres as a way to narrate their national history. Like “Westerns” becoming popular in US 20th century to picture the settling of the land and highlight things like manifest destiny’s influence in modern times. Most fascinating example I think is nuclear kaiju (Godzilla) movies in Japan starting post-WW2. Arguably a way to confront Hiroshima and Nagasaki, particularly a means to create catharsis. Stories where a giant nuclear beast topples cities, but through creativity and collaboration the, countrymen are able fight it off

I'm in America but I've also been thinking about this from a state/ local perspective, because even though Hollywood is such a huge force in American culture most mainstream films take place in the same 3 to 5 cities. And even if they don't, the city itself in the film could just be Toronto or some backlot in LA. Of course the indie film scene is different, and The Florida Project comes to mind since it was shot in Orlando, and a lot of locals have praised the film for tapping into the local culture. I don't really have a solid answer for what defines "national cinema" at this point in time, but I think the vibes and aesthetics of the film are a huge part of the reason that a nation (or even a state in the US) can claim a film, whether it was entirely filmed there by a local filmmaker or not. Oh btw my favorite Scottish film is probably Trainspotting. It's been so long since I've seen Braveheart but it's about time that I give it another watch lol

My favourite Scottish film is The Wicker Man! There’s a real lack of genre in Scottish cinema. We don’t really see much outside gritty drama. Even in the independent scene, the only films that really get funding are ones about social issues or driven by a message when there are scottish sci-fi and horror movies that aren’t given any chance of getting funded unless it’s crowdfunded. Why are we not embracing scottish myths, legends, folklore, it’s a goldmine of source material.

What are your favourite short films and why?

❤ great insights to short films

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❤ lovely film, wall looks good with all new art , the cat makes sure it proves it is a live background and not a photo . Will be expecting your own music now with the keyboard there xx

Good to see you posting today. Thanks !!!

Sorry about the crunchy sound! It didn't sound this bad until it went on KZfaq.

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Greek myths are my jam

Omg I bloody love this and love you❤❤❤

Great video! Not that much out there on youtube about the pre-production process so I appreciate the breakdown!

21:26 is so cute!

❤ excellent, so inspiring and interesting xx

Haha incredible!

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Recently started entering another student film into some festivals again and I've started to have similar feelings about how expensive the whole process is (I even make a joke with my friends about how it's like gambling at some point). But this time around, kind of similar to your strategy, I just decided to apply to a few domestic/ local fests and see if I get in that way. Another scam that I keep seeing is that the festival constantly pushes back the deadline wayyyyy over the time that the festival was originally scheduled to take place.

thank you for this video calming my fears, you got a new subscriber!

I so hope i get to do this years!

❤ fantastic experience but a lot of hard work x

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❤ keep things human ❤

This video was incredibly helpful! I'm in the US and have always wanted to attend a major festival and had no idea that the top three in Europe had an application process for some filmmaker passes. I wonder if there's a similar process for some of the fests over here... appreciate you breaking down and demystifying the process!

Call me crazy but AI could be used to bash out a rough first draft and then we could painstakingly rewrite it ourselves?

keep doing what you're doing. I enjoy your take on AI and it's place here.

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❤how fascinating, a very interesting film of film festivals , loved it xx

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15:20 the U-Bahn! (underground track)

❤ fantastic, very informative and interesting, I think Tiger wants you to make a film about him x🙀😿😻

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Yessss I totally forgot about jumping to conclusions 😂 loved that wee series! Excited to see where this new adventure goes!

❤ great film again, so much to do and so much organising , well done 😊

Referred to my Son,battling his way in the Film Industry.Tough for 22year olds.

This is great ❤ so inspiring xx set your goals and go for it xx

Thanks for sharing

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Very good insight to filming , you should always be happy and true to yourself in what you do xx ❤

My late wife was a successful writer with 20+ published books, and countless newspaper/magazine articles. Her first rule of writing was the ABC rule ... Apply Butt to Chair. Love your videos and thanks for sharing them.

❤ very interesting film x

Great video Ash, really enjoyed it and, although it's all a wee bit depressing in the industry right now, tenacity is what'll get us through! Keep up the good work and I look forward to watching your first Feature! As well as being a VO and Presenter, which is challenging in itself, we rent out our house in Berkshire for film shoots and that's been slow since last Summer. We love it so hoping it's going to pick up soon but it's a good way to monitor what state the industry is in. We had a Scout round last week for a Feature so maybe, just maybe, things are looking up!

Great film ❤❤

Well done Ashley, fab new channel ❤❤