Beyond Our Stories | Podcast

Beyond Our Stories | Podcast

The movie ends. The conversation begins.

Beyond Our Stories goes beyond the screen to explore the real questions, experiences and emotions behind the movies on AlefCine Stream. Join filmmakers, actors, experts and people with stories worth hearing for honest conversations about relationships, family, identity, loss, healing, fear, love and the choices that shape our lives.

Because sometimes the most interesting part of a story begins after the credits.

I particularly like the final line for the category. It creates curiosity while reinforcing why Beyond Our Stories belongs inside AlefCine Stream, rather than feeling like a separate podcast that happens to be hosted there.

Beyond Our Stories | Podcast
  • How 1 Story Changed Everything | The Beginning of Beyond Our Stories

    The movie ends. The conversation begins.

    Some stories stay with us long after the credits roll. They make us reflect, challenge the way we see the world, and sometimes even change how we understand ourselves and the people around us.

    Every person has a story.

    Some are filled with joy. Others w...

  • Why Who You Let In Has Consequences | Beyond Our Stories with Kimberly Weeks

    Who we let into our lives can change us in ways we may not recognize until much later.

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories*, we welcome *Kimberly Weeks for a deeply personal conversation about narcissistic abuse, emotional manipulation, identity, healing, and finding your voice after experienc...

  • Why You Have to Experience Life to Truly Grow | Beyond Our Stories with Marine

    Can we truly grow without allowing ourselves to experience life?

    In this episode of *Beyond Our Stories*, we sit down with *Marine Bohin*, lead actress of _Belle Enfant_, for an honest and personal conversation that begins with a movie about family, unresolved conflicts and the complicated ways ...

  • Why We Need to Stop Sugarcoating Difficult Experiences | With Livi North

    Why do we feel the need to make difficult experiences sound better than they actually are?

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Livi North, creator and host of Unfuck Your Coparenting, and talk about what happens when you stop sugarcoating the things you've been through and s...

  • Can Our Regrets Change the Way We Live? | Beyond Our Stories with Henk Pretorius

    If you could live forever, would you?

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Henk Pretorius, director of Forever Young, for a conversation that begins with a seemingly simple question about getting older and gradually becomes something much more personal.

    When Henk first began ...

  • Can Becoming Someone Else Help Us Understand Ourselves? | With Cybèle Villemagne

    Why do we sometimes feel the need to apologize for taking up space?

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Cybèle Villemagne, actress in Belle Enfant, for a conversation that begins with the characters we play and gradually becomes something much more personal.

    As an actress, C...

  • Can Leaving Help You Discover Who You Really Are? | With Giada Joys

    What if leaving isn't only about getting away from someone, but also about discovering parts of yourself you never knew existed?

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Giada Joys to talk not only about losing yourself in a relationship, but more importantly about finding the cou...

  • Can Thinking About Death Change the Way We Live? | with Constance Brenneman

    What if thinking about what happens after we die could change the way we live while we're here?

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Constance Brenneman, director and producer of Afterlife: Beyond the Light, to talk about death, near-death experiences, the possibility of an af...

  • How Much of Who We Become Comes From Our Family? | With Caroline Bourg

    What happens when you've spent so much of your life being there for everyone else that you forget to ask what you need?

    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Caroline Bourg, who plays Salomé in Belle Enfant, to explore how family and childhood shape us and what it can take to b...

  • How Do We Know When It's Time to Let Go? | With Jennifer Van Gessel

    What happens when the answers you're searching for may never come?
    In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Jennifer Van Gessel, writer and director of Water Horse, to explore our need for answers, the difference between persistence and obsession, and one of the hardest questions o...