Reelworld is the oldest and largest national platform dedicated to changing the face of the media landscape by empowering and showcasing Canadians identifying as Black, Indigenous, Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American in the Canadian screen based productions industries.
Founded by Tonya Williams in 2000, the Reelworld Film Festival (non-profit) and Reelworld Foundation (renamed Reelworld Screen Institute) (charity) are groundbreaking initiatives in Canada that advocate and draw attention to the lack of racially diverse and Indigenous talent in mainstream media – both in front of and behind the screen.
Reelworld is changing the face of film.
June 11, 2021 Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) and the Reelworld Film Festival announced that they would become official community collaborators. Together with the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF), the three organizations co-presented the Fall 2021 Online Edition of the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM) for a combined cohort of eight Canadian women directors.
This edition of the CAM aims for this cohort to be comprised of at least 50% from racialized backgrounds.
CAM Submission deadline: August 2, 2024
