Blake Winston Rice | Toronto Film Festival Premiere Director of DISC

About this episode

Blake Winston Rice discusses his short film DISC and the experience of premiering it at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Blake Winston Rice joins She's All Over the Place to discuss the world premiere of his latest short film DISC at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival . Blake is an award-winning writer-director whose breakout short Tea premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival , with Patty Jenkins serving as Executive Producer. Since Cannes, Tea has screened at 13 Oscar-qualifying festivals, earned multiple awards, and is now a Vimeo Staff Pick streaming on Kanopy . In this conversation, Blake breaks down: The making of DISC , starring Jim Cummings ( Thunder Road , The Wolf of Snow Hollow ) and Victoria Ratermanis (Oscar-nominated A Lien ) Crafting intimate, character-driven stories under pressure Navigating festival premieres at Cannes and TIFF Transitioning from actor and comedian to narrative filmmaker DISC is a sharp dramedy about connection, vulnerability, and the unexpected intimacy that emerges after a one-night stand—featuring an original score by Grammy-nominated Kevin Garrett ( Beyoncé's Lemonade ). Stay connected with the filmmaker: https://www.instagram.com/blakewrice Stay connect with me: https://www.instagram.com/shesallovertheplacepodcast/

People in this episode

Host: Chonacas

Guest: Blake Winston Rice

Topics covered

• film making
• Toronto International Film Festival
• short films
• character-driven stories
• festival premieres
• intimacy in storytelling

Keywords

• Blake Winston Rice
• Toronto International Film Festival
• short film
• Cannes Film Festival
• character-driven stories
• intimacy
• film director
• award-winning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toronto International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival

Books & works: DISC, Tea, Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, A Lien, Lemonade

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