Women Directors – Page 6

WIDC Feature Film Award winner, Marie Clements’ much-anticipated feature-length drama, Red Snow has begun principal photography in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22nd, 2018, Vancouver, BC) Producers Marie Clements (MCM Inc.), Lael McCall (Principia Productions), Michelle Morris (Lily Pictures), and the Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers announce the start of production on Marie Clements’ much-anticipated feature-length drama, Red Snow. Principal photography began in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, March 20, 2018. The production then moves to the [...]

By CW|2018-04-30T14:46:37-07:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: #CBCBreakingBarriers, #RedSnow, APTN, Creative BC, Harold Greenberg Fund, Lael McCall, Lily Pictures, Marie Clements, Mehernaz Lentin, Michelle Morris, Northwest Territories Film Rebate program, Principia Productions, Red Snow, Telefilm Canada, WIDC|

WIDC Announces Vancouver Career Advancement Module Director Participants: Supported with the participation of TELUS STORYHIVE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 2018: Organizers of the Women In the Director’s Chair program are pleased to announce the four directors selected to take part in the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM) at the Vancouver International Women In Film Festival, March 5 to 11, 2018. Aiming to generate career momentum while they develop pitch [...]

By CW|2018-03-01T22:57:18-08:00March 1st, 2018|Categories: Career Advancement, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: Alayna Silverberg, Laura Adkin, Lindsey Connell, Telefilm Canada, TELUS STORYHIVE, Vancouver International Women In Film Festival, Veronika Kurz, WIDC, Women Directors|

Sonia Bonspille Boileau wins WIDC Feature Film Award: Cash and in-kind totaling close to $200K to be presented at Whistler Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, Canada (November 30, 2017) – Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau is the winner of the Women In the Director’s Chair’s 2017 national WIDC Feature Film Award, a cash and in-kind prize valued at nearly $200K, designed to encourage more feature films directed by women. Bonspille Boileau, whose first feature was the Telefilm MicroBudget supported [...]

By CW|2017-11-30T21:22:40-08:00November 30th, 2017|Categories: feature film, Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: Feature Film Award, Sonia Bonspille Boileau, WIDC, Women Directors, Women screen directors|

Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Announces Eight Director Participants For Story & Leadership Program to take place at the Whistler Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 8, 2017 (Vancouver BC) Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the eight Canadian women directors who will attend the highly acclaimed script development and director mentoring program WIDC: Story & Leadership, that takes place in part at the Whistler Film Festival (November 29 to December 3). Developing their second [...]

By CW|2017-11-08T09:13:10-08:00November 8th, 2017|Categories: Media Release, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: CBC, Elizabeth Lazebnik, Harold Greenberg Fund, Independent Production Fund, Jessica Bradford, Katia Cafe Febrissy, Leah Cameron, Sandi Gisbert, Shannon Walsh, Sonia Bonspille Boileau, Sophie Jarvis, STORYHIVE, Telefilm Canada, Whistler Film Festival, WIDC|

WIDC Feature Film Award-winning Director Kathleen Hepburn Sweeps BC Spotlight Gala at VIFF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 2017: On the heels of sold out screenings at its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and at home at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Kathleen Hepburn and her debut feature, Never Steady, Never Still swept VIFF’s Spotlight on BC Awards winning three top awards of the night. Presented by TELUS, the [...]

By CW|2020-02-26T17:27:06-08:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: DGC, Kathleen Hepburn, TELUS, VIFF, WIDC Feature Film Award, William F. White International, Women Directors|

WIDC Organizers to Deliver New TELUS STORYHIVE Career Accelerator For Emerging Content Creators in Prince George, BC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2017 (Vancouver, BC) – Organizers of the internationally respected Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) program are pleased to announce that they have been funded by TELUS STORYHIVE to deliver a new professional development offering for emerging content creators this summer. The Career Accelerator presented by Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA), supported by STORYHIVE, [...]

By CW|2018-03-01T22:11:09-08:00July 21st, 2017|Categories: Career Advancement, Media Release, Women Directors|Tags: Career Accelerator, Career Advancement, Content Creators, TELUS STORYHIVE, WIDC|

Three Award-winning Directors Selected for WIDC Career Advancement in Toronto

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 31, 2017: WIDC organizers are pleased to announce the four women directors selected to partake in the next edition of the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM) slated to take place June 19 to 24, 2017 during the Toronto's Female Eye Film Festival which is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The CAM is specially designed to [...]

By CW|2018-03-01T22:12:43-08:00May 31st, 2017|Categories: Career Advancement, Media Release, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: Career Advancement Module, Female Eye Film Festival, Telefilm Canada, Virginia Ambramovich, WIDC, Women Directors|

WIDC Launches Directory of 220 Women Directors across Canada: And Calls for Feature Film Award Submissions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Vancouver (May 22, 2017): As part of its 20th anniversary celebration and also in answer to the question, "Where are the women directors?", Canada's one of a kind national professional development initiative, Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) has launched a new alumnae directory featuring the profiles of 220 Canadian women directors from coast to coast [...]

By CW|2017-05-23T07:45:33-07:00May 23rd, 2017|Categories: Media Release, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: Alison Reid, Alumnae Directory, Ana Valine, Carol Whiteman, Gloria Ui Young Kim, Jordan Canning, Kathleen Hepburn, Katrin Bowen, Lulu Keating, Marie Clements, Stephanie Morgenstern, WIDC, Women Directors|