WIDC Awards – Page 6

WIDC Award-Winner Siobhan Devine’s debut feature building momentum: The Birdwatcher launches IndieGoGo campaign

VANCOUVER (February 25, 2014) – To keep project momentum going on Siobhan Devine’s Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Feature Film Award-winning debut feature The Birdwatcher, the BC-based filmmaking duo, director Devine, and writer, Roslyn Muir are creating an IndieGoGo campaign to help supplement the in kind rentals and services being provided by some of Canada’s pre-eminent industry organizations, including [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: FFA, Lori Lozinski, Siobhan Devine|

Award-winning director, Siobhan Devine receives $120,000 WIDC Feature Film Award

Vancouver, Canada (March 2013) – Siobhan Devine is the recipient of the 2013 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 Creative Women Workshops Association, the award will help Devine complete her feature film directorial [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00March 11th, 2013|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: Ana Valine, FFA, Katrin Bowen, Lulu Keating, Marie Clements, Siobhan Devine|

$120,000 WIDC Feature Film Award for director Marie Clements

Vancouver, Canada (May 2012) – Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce that award-winning filmmaker Marie Clements is the recipient of the 2012 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. This year’s award, administered [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00May 10th, 2012|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: Ana Valine, FFA, Katrin Bowen, Lulu Keating, Marie Clements|

Wendy Ord wins 2011 WIDC Banff Fellowship

Vancouver, Canada (June 2011) – Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Fellowship. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to provide one WIDC alumna the opportunity to network and advance her projects at BANFF. Award-winning filmmaker Wendy Ord [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00June 10th, 2011|Categories: BANFF Fellowship, Media Release|Tags: Banff Centre, Banff World Media Fellowship, Wendy Ord|

Carole Ducharme wins $10,000 prize: CTV WIDC Director Development Award winner announced

Vancouver, Canada (June 2011) – Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce the winner of a $10,000 cash prize. Made possible through the support of the CTV-CHUM Benefits, the award is designed to advance the career and next fiction screen-directing project of the recipient. This is the third and final installment of this award. Award-winning filmmaker Carole Ducharme [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00June 2nd, 2011|Categories: Director Development Award, Media Release|Tags: Carole Ducharme, CTV|

2011 winner of $120,000 Feature Film Award is Ana Valine

Through the generous support and leadership from some of the most significant companies in Canada’s film industry, Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) administers an annual award valued at $120,000 in in-kind rentals including one-week studio rental, production equipment rentals, and post production services, towards a feature film project directed by a Canadian woman. Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is a [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00April 11th, 2011|Categories: Feature Film Award|Tags: Ana Valine, FFA|

Keating wins $100,000 WIDC Feature Film Award: western Canadian companies back women Directors

Vancouver, Canada (April 13, 2010) – Award-winning filmmaker Lulu Keating is the 2010 recipient of the Women In the Director’s Chair Feature Film Award to be presented by Creative Women Workshops Association April 17 at the Opening Gala the 2010 Women In Film Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. The WIDC Feature Film Award represents industry leadership and support from some [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00April 13th, 2010|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: FFA, Lulu Keating|

BC motion picture industry backs women Directors: MPPIA WIDC Feature Film Award announced

Vancouver, BC (September 24, 2007) - Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) and the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC (MPPIA) announced a new award designed to encourage more feature films directed by women in British Columbia. Through the combined support of MPPIA members, CWWA will administer an annual award valued at nearly $100,000 in in-kind rentals including one-week studio [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00September 24th, 2007|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: @Wallace, MPPIA, WIDC|

Women Directors, prize-winners at Banff World Television Festival

Banff, AB (June 12, 2007) - Creative Women Workshops Association recently honoured four Canadian women filmmakers at the 2007 Banff World Television Festival. The celebration occurred at the Annual Launch Event for The Women In the Director’s Chair Workshop (WIDC), Canada’s one-of-a-kind workshop. Leslie Ann Coles was presented with the 5th Annual WIDC BWTVF Fellowship, Rita Shelton Deverell won the [...]

By SMc|2015-11-02T14:06:38-08:00June 12th, 2007|Categories: @Wallace Studios Award, BANFF Fellowship, Media Release|Tags: @Wallace, Alana Cymerman, Banff Centre, Leslie Ann Coles, Rita Shelton Deverell, Sibel Guvenc|

Women Directors honoured at Banff

Banff, AB (June 13, 2006) – Creative Women Workshops Association honoured two Canadian women filmmakers at the 10th Anniversary Launch Event for The Women In the Director’s Chair Workshop (WIDC), Canada’s one-of-a-kind workshop at the 2006 Banff World Television Festival. Jinder Oujla-Chalmers was presented the 4th Annual WIDC Banff World Television Festival Fellowship and organizers announced the winner of the [...]

By SMc|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00June 13th, 2006|Categories: @Wallace Studios Award, BANFF Fellowship, Media Release|Tags: @Wallace, Banff Centre, Jinder Oujla-Chalmers, Leslie Ann Coles|