The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

Working on the themes I was interested in, through the context of a particular family, was a very economical way of dealing with a lot of the issues I was concerned with.

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.

We're lucky to be making films. My crew and I have been working together for a long time. I think that that's what emanates.

The biggest problem with the independent film sector in Toronto is that they find themselves having to make that budget show on screen.

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television.