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Now, onto my favourite part.

‘What is The Produced and what can I expect?’

This newsletter aims to unearth all the most important conversations on art and film: the creative processes, the humans behind them, and the essential knowledge needed to nourish the human soul artistically. We platform emerging creative folks who are doing the groundwork to represent their community through film, music, art, photography, writing, you name it. Lastly, we aim to ground art in ongoing social, political, economical and cultural contexts and conversations.

Here’s how we do it, for free.

  • Every Saturday, I send out an in-depth article interview with an emerging creative on their work and creative process. These folks are astronomically incredible at what they do: film, photography, writing, art and more.

  • Monthly, I send out a newsletter with curated list of readings, film recommendations and unique finds that I think are helpful to continue nourishing the inner artistic child in all of us.

Dive into my best works.

Top interviews:

  • Alexander Farah: SXSW-winning director and the mastermind behind One Day This Kid, a short recently premiered at 2024 TIFF.

  • Kaayla Whachell: cinematographer & associate member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.

  • Carol Nguyen: TIFF-winning director of Nanitic and award-winning documentary No Crying at the Dinner Table.

  • Priscilla Galvez: director of A Fermenting Woman and producer of Motherland, a short up for consideration for the Best Live Action Short Category at the Oscars.

Top curations:

Reach out to me!

Make sure to follow The Produced on Instagram @the.produced.

If you’re a creative and want your work to be featured, please DM me on Instagram or send me an email at [email protected].

If you just want to chat or grab coffee also let me know. I want to learn more, grow our community and push myself to be in more nuanced conversations. That’s the only way you and I, as humans, can evolve with art.

With so much love and admiration,

Thanh