WIDC Awards – Page 5

WIDC Nominates alumnae Shelley Thompson and Winnifred Jong for Telefilm Canada MicroBudget Program

2017 Telefilm Canada MicroBudget Production Program Nominees FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National, February, 2017 - The organizers of Canada's acclaimed Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) program are delighted to announce that recent Story and Leadership alumnae Winnifred Jong and Shelley Thompson have been nominated for consideration for the 2017 Telefilm MicroBudget Production program. Nominated with producer Lynn Matheson, writer/director Shelley [...]

By CW|2017-04-03T11:14:56-07:00February 17th, 2017|Categories: Media Release, Telefilm Canada Talent to Watch Program, WIDC|Tags: Feature Films, Shelley Thompson, Telefilm Canada, Web Series, Winnifred Jong, Women Directors|

WIDC Feature Film SUCK IT UP Tapped for World Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival

Suck It Up: 1 of 5 Films, and only Canadian Film in the “Beyond” Program Facebook: www.facebook.com/suckitupmovie Twitter: www.twitter.com/suckitupmovie Instagram: www.instagram.com/suckitupmovie FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2016 - Toronto, ON; Suck It Up, the second feature film by WIDC alumna director Jordan Canning (We Were Wolves, TIFF’14) will have its World Premiere at the 2017 Slamdance Film Festival, [...]

By CW|2016-12-12T12:25:39-08:00December 12th, 2016|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Harold Greenberg Fund, Jordan Canning, Suck It Up, WIDC Feature Film Award, William F White Intl|

Gloria Ui Young Kim wins WIDC Feature Film Award: $190K Prize Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, Canada (November 2016) – Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Gloria Ui Young Kim is the winner of the Women In the Director’s Chair’s 2016 national WIDC Feature Film Award, a cash and in-kind prize valued at $190K, designed to encourage more feature films directed by women. Administered by the organizers of Canada’s respected Women In the Director’s Chair [...]

By CW|2016-11-22T09:58:10-08:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: Feature Film Award, Feature Films, Gloria Ui Young Kim, Harold Greenberg Fund, Tattersall Picture and Sound, Technicolor Toronto, Telefilm Canada, WIDC, William F. White, Women Directors|

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 CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00October 27th, 2016|Categories: Canada Screens, Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Anita Adams, BC Federation of Labour, Canada Screens, Carol Whiteman, NFB, Siobhan Devine, The Birdwatcher, UBCP/ACTRA, VOD, Women Directors, Women's Rights Committee|

WIDC Feature Film Award: Now valued at $190K

WIDC Signs $120K Three-year Agreement with William F. White International – Technicolor, Skylab, MELS, and The Research House offer support to Feature Film Award for Women Directors Next submission deadline: June 30, 2016 For more information: Applications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June, 2016: Toronto, ON – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to announce a new sponsorship agreement [...]

By CW|2016-06-28T05:57:18-07:00June 20th, 2016|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Ana Valine, Jordan Canning, Kathleen Hepburn, Katrin Bowen, Lulu Keating, MELS Studios, Siobhan Devine, Skylab, Technicolor Toronto, WIDC, William F. White International Inc.|

WIDC Feature Film Award-winning ‘SUCK IT UP’ goes to camera, Jordan Canning directing

“SUCK IT UP” STARRING ERIN CARTER, GRACE GLOWICKI DIRECTED BY JORDAN CANNING, GOES TO CAMERA IN THE HEART OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES DAN BEIRNE AND MICHAEL ROWE JOIN THE CAST For immediate release - (May 31, 2016 – Invermere, B.C.) Principal photography is underway on the comedic drama SUCK IT UP directed by Jordan Canning (We Were Wolves). The feature is [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00June 3rd, 2016|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: Jordan Canning, Suck It Up, WIDC, Women Directors|

Soda Pictures Picks up Never Steady, Never Still for Canadian and UK Distribution as Shooting Recommences

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 9 May 2016: Following an extraordinary winter shoot, which saw cast and crew taking on the challenge of filming in freezing conditions in Northern British Columbia, shooting recommences on Never Steady, Never Still, the debut feature from award-winning filmmaker Kathleen Hepburn. Principle photography begins again May 20th in historic Fort St. James, BC. “Soda Pictures UK has [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00May 9th, 2016|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Christie Street Creative, Experimental Forest Productions, Feature Film Award, Harold Greenberg Fund, Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still, Shirley Henderson, Soda Pictures, Telefilm Canada, TIFF, VIFF, Women Directors, Women In Film|

Women In the Director’s Chair Launches 2016 Slate of Programs

Director Participants Selected for Career Advancement Module at Female Eye Film Festival For Immediate Release, Vancouver, BC – Over this coming year, twenty-two Canadian women directors will receive the equivalent of over $300,000 in kind in mentorships and awards from Canada’s one-of-a-kind Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), a celebrated career and project development program specially designed for mid-career women [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00June 9th, 2015|Categories: Career Advancement, Feature Film Award, Media Release, Story Incubation Module, WIDC|Tags: Actors, ACTRA, Feature Films, FeFF, filmmaking, funding, Mentorship, professional development, screen writing, Story Incubation Module, Web Series, WIDC, Women Directors|

Jordan Canning Wins $120,000 Prize: WIDC Feature Film Award Announced

Vancouver, Canada (March 2015) – Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Jordan Canning is the winner of the 2015 WIDC Feature Film Award, a $120,000 in-kind prize designed to encourage more feature films directed by women in British Columbia and supported by some of Canada’s most influential screen-industry companies. This year’s award, administered by Creative Women Workshops Association, will support Canning to complete [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Amazon Falls, Ana Valine, Camile Sullivan, Canadian Screen Awards, Feature Film Award, Feature Films, Gabrielle Rose, Jordan Canning, Kathleen Hepburn, Katrin Bowen, Lucille's Ball, Lulu Keating, Marie Clements, Never Steady Never Still, Red Snow, Siobhan Devine, Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, Suck It Up, The Birdwatcher, WIDC, WIFT, Women Directors, Women In Film|

Award-Winning Director, Kathleen Hepburn Receives $120,000 WIDC Feature Film Award

Banff, Canada (June 2014)– Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce that Kathleen Hepburn is the recipient of the 2014 WIDC Feature Film Award, a $120,000 in kind prize designed to encourage more feature films directed by women in Canada and supported by some of Canada’s most influential western screen-industry companies. Administered by CWWA, the award will help [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00June 10th, 2014|Categories: Feature Film Award|Tags: Ana Valine, Banff Centre, FFA, Kathleen Hepburn, Katrin Bowen, Lulu Keating, Marie Clements, Siobhan Devine|