Junkie Run

Post-screening Q+A with writer-director Kire Paputts, and moderated by Lou Molinaro!

Your local dive bar is probably the last place you’d expect to get rich quick. But that’s what the regulars at a bar called Good Eats are hoping for when they find out that one of their own, Foggy, is on the run with a bag of money from a botched drug deal. With criss-crossing storylines and high stakes black comedy, Junkie Run follows the intertwined, desperate lives of seven distinct characters. Each has their reasons for wanting – and needing – the money.

Kire Paputts

Kire Paputts is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and educator whose films center around outsider culture. People and characters on the fringes whose voices are often silenced or overlooked. His sophomore feature film The Last Porno Show (2019), had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. His debut feature The Rainbow Kid (2015) premiered at TIFF and was released by A71 Entertainment. His documentary works include T he Last Pogo Jumps Again (2013), a deep dive into the first wave of Southern Ontario punk and new wave music. Always Had A Nice Time (2024) follows several residents living in Toronto’s Parkdale community who are going through transitional moments. His films have screened at festivals worldwide including SXSW, Sitges, Torino, Beijing, VIFF, and The Edinburgh International Film Festival. His television credits include Gerrard St East and Chillin’ With Dylan , two documentary series for Bell Media. He is a producer on Michael Pierro’s debut feature film Self Driver (2024), which took home Best Feature at the Fantaspoa Film Festival and Best First Feature at Fantasia Film Festival.

Lou Molinaro

Lou has long been recognized as one of the most active live music promoters in Hamilton. He managed the Corktown for six years, was the booker and co-owner of the beloved club venue This Ain’t Hollywood, and remains active booking shows in the city and hosting the popular ‘Lou’s Control’ radio show on CFMU.