From small-town Manitoba to the glittering glitz of Los Angeles, Angelo’s traveled many roads since graduating from Writing well back in 2000. In fact, he’s just arrived back from a private screening of his film Flickering Blue at the Director’s Guild of America.

Cinematic Stories

“I grew up in a small farming community in Southern Manitoba called Rosenort, which, more-or-less, means rose-village. I don’t think I ever saw a single rose anywhere.” Angelo’s upbringing is, he admits, one of the primary sources of inspiration for his stories, which tend to explore themes of isolation and abandonment. “A small town like Rosenort is a microcosm – you have all the archetypes that you’ll find in every segment of society all over the world.”

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From dancing queen to drama queen, Jovanna Huguet had tons of show biz experience prior to pursuing acting. Now she’s Bloody Mary, the newest in a horde of villains assailing the heroes of WB’s new show Supernatural.

Like many children, Jovanna was born with a craving to perform. She studied dance at The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Walnut Hill School, the Boston Ballet, and, at 15, moved to New York to pursue a lifetime of professional dancing.

Starving in New York

“I remember an audition for Cats… I was the first choice for a part in the national tour, but I lost the role due to citizenship. That crushed me. My parents had to send me money to pay for rent.” Thankfully, she received an internship at the Broadway Dance Center and then, on a whim, booked an off-Broadway play.

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Despite fears that returning to Moncton might prematurely terminate his acting career, VFS grad Liam MacNamara has amassed an impressive rack of credits - and all of them far from the hustle of Hollywood, North or South.

“It the most stressful thing I’ve ever done,” he explains. “It was down right traumatizing for my cat.”

Before attending VFS, Liam struggled to get his acting career off the ground. “Producers would hardly even look at local actors because we don’t have a really big acting pool to draw from down here - and then there’s the maritime accent issue. I knew if I wanted to be competitive even in my own market I’d have to get training somewhere else.”

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Once upon a time, a long time ago, a little Canadian boy or girl could walk down a cold Canadian street wearing his or her Jim Carrey-embroidered t-shirt and proudly say “I am Canadian, and so is he.” But those days are long gone.

With Carrey betraying his country by turning American in 2004, not to mention others like him (cough: Michael J. Fox), Canada’s acting elite has turned to the dark side and there seems little hope for the future of Canadian superstars.

But, then again, we have Tara Spencer-Nairn.

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