WIDC Story & Leadership program
Part 1: Hosted via Zoom (online), director participants developed their fiction feature film, television and web series projects through intensive script analysis and workshopping their scripts with an ensemble of ACTRA and UBCP/ACTRA actors and ICG cinematographers from across Canada.
Part 2: Presented in collaboration with the Whistler Film Festival (WFF), during this in-person Industry Immersion, powered by Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada, in addition to closed door sessions with industry experts, participants were provided festival passes to attend the festival and summit activities, screenings and one to one meetings with WFF Industry Guests.
Part 3: Story Polish, back online, participants were offered an opportunity to polish a promotional one-page, receive script notes or feedback on their story treatment.
Part 4: Leadership Follow up, online, participants received 3 x 1-hour coaching session to advance their careers and projects’ strategies.
Mentors & Instructors: Directors, Nimisha Mukerji, Dr. Jules Koostachin; DOPs, Kim Derko CSC, Gayle Ye; Instructor, Dr. Carolyn Mamchur; Story Editor, Karen Walton; Actors, Lori Triolo, Veena Sood; Producer, Sonya di Rienzo; Digital Media Marketing, Annelise Larson; EDI work, Dr. Dorothy Cucw-la7 Christian, Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell, C.M.; WIDC Producer, Dr. Carol Whiteman
Acting Ensemble:
WIDC Industry Guests: Telefilm Canada, Peggy Lainis; CBC, Gosia Kamala; Independent Production Fund, Carly McGowan; Bell Media, Natalie Igelfeld.