Congrats to all the 2025 #CSA nominees, especially WIDC alumni and their projects who have earned 57 nominations, including... 6x 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) Vanessa Magic, Near or Far (digital series) Zarqa [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 2025: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) is delighted to announce the eight women directors chosen by a peer jury for their Spring/Summer 2025 Career Advancement Module (WIDC CAM). Included in this impressive cohort are creators from BC, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Meet the Directors: (listed in alphabetical order by first name) Alexa [...]
Vancouver, Canada (December 2024) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to announce that Toronto-based filmmaker, Lu Asfaha will receive the 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award, which includes an impressive $350,000 worth of in-kind services. Lu’s feature-length screenplay, They Echo, is a psychological horror about a young woman, Trevi who returns to her childhood home to [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, BC – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 cohort for their flagship four-part program, Story & Leadership, which includes a Whistler Film Festival Industry Immersion at the powered by Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada. This year’s award-winning director participants are: Dani Kind - Toronto, Ontario-based member of both UBCP/ACTRA [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 15, 2024: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the eight women and non-binary directors selected to take part in this session of the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM), presented in collaboration with the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival celebrating its 35thAnniversary (October 22 to 26, 2024) and the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to share the news that WIDC alumni and their projects have received multiple nominations for the 2024 DGC Awards. The WIDC alumni nominees include: ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY Shannon Walsh – Adrianne & the Castle DGC JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DISCOVERY AWARD Melanie Oates – Sweet Angel Baby [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, BC – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to uplift the tremendous showing of WIDC alumni, including WIDC co-creator and producer, Dr. Carol Whiteman, at the 2024 Leo Awards, presented by the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate and promote the achievements [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2024 – The organizers of Canada’s acclaimed Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) program are delighted to announce that recent Story & Leadership alum, Jenny Lee-Gilmore is the recipient of the 2024 WIDC Advantage Award for her debut feature film, Dormant. The prize includes a one-year mentorship for Lee-Gilmore, a spot at an upcoming WIDC Career Advancement [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2024, Vancouver, BC.) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the award-winning writer/directors Virginia Abramovich (Between Waves) and Kate Green (NarcoLeap) are the 2024 recipients of the WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award. Made possible through a long-standing partnership with the BANFF World Media Festival which [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 2024: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the eight women directors selected to take part in the 2024 spring / summer session of the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM). Presented in collaboration with GEMFest (formerly Vancouver International Women in Film Festival) and Toronto’s Female Eye Film Festival with major [...]
