Canada Screens

WIDC Alumni Nominated for 2025 CSAs

Congrats to all the 2025 #CSA nominees, especially WIDC alumni and their projects who have earned 63 nominations, including... 7x BEST DIRECTION NOMINATIONS: Naomi Jaye, Darkest Miriam (feature film) Nimisha Mukerji, Allegiance (drama series) Marie Clements, Bones of Crows (drama series) Sharon Lewis, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (drama series) Katelyn McCulloch, Everybody's Meg (digital series) Vanessa Magic, [...]

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Canadian Women Directors Get VOD Channel on October 27

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, BC -- For anyone who’s ever wondered where they can find more films directed by women, First Weekend Club's Canada Screens will launch a new VOD channel dedicated exclusively to female directors, curated by Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC).  In addition, each feature film will be paired with a complimentary woman-directed short film, courtesy of the National Film Board [...]

By |2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00October 27th, 2016|Categories: Canada Screens, Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC)
Offering tailored mentorship, project development, workshops, production awards, and made-to-order outreach initiatives, WIDC builds capacity for women and non-binary screen directors to advance their careers and narrative screen projects in a safe collegial setting.

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WIDC recognizes the term Woman/Women is in an evolution of language and note that our intention in our use is to be fully inclusive of underrepresented persons who may identify as she/her and or they/them and share the goals and values of WIDC to promote these marginalized voices and stories.

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Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC)
PO Box 51505, 802 Main Street South, Park Royal
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V7T 2X9

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We gratefully acknowledge that the WIDC program originates from the traditional and unceded lands of the Coast Salish people, including the xmkym (Musqueam), Swxwu7mesh (Squamish), and slilwta (Tseil-wau-tuth) Nations. We also acknowledge the Indigenous Nations on whose traditional lands our guests, participants, and colleagues live, work and create. We commit to working together in the spirit of collaboration and respect for the generations that came before, those living now, and the generations to come.

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