Gain tools to identify and lean into your personal leadership style. You will learn about the continuum of confidence and how articulating what you love about being a storyteller for screen can give you a competitive advantage.
Call for submissions opens: November 28, 2022 Application period closes: January 15, 2023 Workshop sessions run one 2-3 hours session per week through the months of March to June 2023, coinciding with host festivals. In addition to workshop sessions designed to build a strategic career plan, participants receive passes to both festivals’ online offerings, and interspersed with 1+1 career coaching [...]
For WIDC Alumnae only. For an ultra-low budget debut feature film directed by a WIDC alumna, the Advantage Award offers a spot at WIDC Story & Leadership, a 1-year mentorship for the director and WIDC's nomination to Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch production program. Soft deadline: February 17, 2024 (subject to change)
A one-of-a-kind professional development award program delivered in four parts over the course of four months; focusing on the development of live-action screen fiction (feature film, web and TV series) and offering pathways to effective authentic leadership.
$200,000 in-kind prize towards a first or second, scripted fiction live-action feature film project directed by a Canadian woman*, anywhere in Canada.
Presented with major support from Telefilm Canada and the participation of St John's International Women's Film Festival and Reelworld Film Festival and Screen Institute. Session Dates: October 2024 to March 2025, one day per week Workshop Summary: Coinciding with host festivals, In addition to Zoom workshop sessions designed to build a strategic career plan, participants receive passes to both festivals [...]
Up to 8 director participants attend an intensive, tailored masterclasses and roundtables for mid-career women and non-binary filmmakers focusing on career advancement and scripted content development. For this specially designed module that dovetails with partnering Canadian Film Festivals, director participants are selected by a WIDC alumni peer jury along with representatives from host festivals. DEADLINE: January 15, 2025 PROGRAM DATES: March 1 to September 30, 2025 First week - intensive Followed by once per week sessions for total 6 months.