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Nobuo Kubota is a Vancouver-born multi-media artist who incorporates his years of architectural experience to make video and film that explore the variety of structural possibilities...

Howie Shia is a young, multi-talented artist, whose name can be found on over a million Google search results. Under his name, you will find numerous animations, illustrations, designs and scores for independent films and commercial projects. Born in Saskatoon, Howie—along with his musician brothers Tim and Leo—is the founding partner of a Toronto-based music, design and film studio known as PPF House.

As a continuation of last week’s interview of Louise Bak, the co-writer of The Ache, we meet the director of the film, Keith Lock. Keith Lock is a Toronto-based film writer and director. He graduated from York University with a M.F.A in film and has worked on producing many documentaries and short films. His earlier work include a documentary of Chinatown as well as The Brighter Moon, a short film created in 1987 which was nominated for a Gemini in the Best Short Drama category. His first film festival movie, Small Pleasures, premiered in 1993 and received a theatrical release on CBC’s Cinema Canada in 1995. With filmmaking experiences dating back to 1981, Keith has directed and written over a dozen completed projects. This year, Keith directed and co-wrote, with Louise Bak, The Ache, featured in this year's Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival..

Composer and performer Jonah Rapino spent much of his youth in Ohio, where he took interest in violin at the young age of five. Moving to Boston in 1993, Jonah attended Boston University for the Arts and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in classical violin. Filled with years of violin experience, Jonah created his first project, New Millennium String Ensemble, which allowed him to experiment with other forms of artistic expression.

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David Boyle is unlike any 27-year-old you’ve ever met. With an astonishing number of accomplishments under his belt, he has directed his second film, White on Rice, which will be screened at the 2009 Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival (Saturday Nov 14th, 5pm at Innis Town Hall). When he was 19, David lived in Sydney, Australia, where he learned to speak Japanese through a language course. Ever since then, he has been deeply interested with all things Japanese, and went on to direct his film, Big Dreams, Little Tokyo in 2006. This year, he brings us White on Rice, a highly anticipated comedy featuring Hiroshi Watanabe, Lynn Chen and James Kyson Lee. I was excited to pick his brain about inspiration, filmmaking and the meaning behind White on Rice.

Louise Bak is multitalented, to say the least. While the average person might reach one or two goals in his or her lifetime, Louise Bak has managed to become a successful writer, editor, broadcaster, actor and sexuality counsellor. Since the release of her first poetry book, Emeighty, Louise Bak has published Tulpa and Gingko Kitchen, and co-hosts Sex City, a sexuality and culture show that airs on Toronto’s CIUT-FM 89.5. As a performance artist, Louise Bak has appeared in independent films like Cheese, Amidst Us, and The Wall. Recently, I talked to Louise Bak about her upcoming film, The Ache, featured in this year’s Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival...