Program Announcements

Program Announcements2021-06-11T22:18:56-07:00

Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada Sponsors Women In the Director’s Chair to attend 2023 Whistler Film Festival: Announcing Eight Directors Selected for Story & Leadership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 2023 (Vancouver BC) For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) will present an in-person Industry Immersion at the Whistler Film Festival through a director-focused sponsorship provided by Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada.  From BC: Amy [...]

Directors Announced for WIDC Career Advancement Module Fall 2023

Pictured (L-R): Martina Monro, Teresa Alfeld, Kathleen Cummins, Rosie Choo Pidcock 2nd Row: Shonna Foster, Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt, Eva Tavares, Émilie Martel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 2023: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organisers are pleased to announce the eight women and non-binary directors selected to take part in [...]

WIDC Presents Alumnae Awards at 27th Edition Launch Event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2023, Vancouver, BC. – The 27th annual Launch Event of the acclaimed Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), held June 8,  2023 presented two awards to BC-based alumnae, and announced the call for submissions for the 2023-24 slate of WIDC programming. Hayley Gray is the 2023 [...]

Joy Haskell to receive 2021 WIDC Banff World Media Festival Fellowship

Vancouver, Canada (May 2021) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce that BC-based Indigenous filmmaker, Joy Haskell is the 2021 recipient of the WIDC Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Fellowship. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to provide one WIDC [...]

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