Between Once, Begin Again, and Sing Street, John Carney has already proven he’s one of the strongest voices in the movie musical space, but now he further confirms it with his latest release, Flora and Son, which premieres in select theaters on September 22nd and on Apple TV on September 29th.

The movie features a top-tier performance from Eve Hewson as one of the title characters, Flora. She’s a single mom struggling to figure out how to put her son, Max (Orén Kinlan), on a better path. She brings home a beat-up acoustic guitar in hopes of encouraging him to pick up a new hobby, but it turns out, a new creative endeavor is just what she needs as well. Between her Zoom lessons with an LA-based musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Max sparking to electronica, the two finally find some common ground.

While in Toronto for Flora and Son’s international premiere at TIFF 2023, Carney took the time to swing by the Collider media studio at the Cinema Center at MARBL to discuss his experience making the film. He recapped the writing process, pinpointed qualities that make Hewson a standout actor and collaborator, revisited Sing Street’s unforgettable Oscar snub, and loads more.

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