Hosted at Canada’s top three international women’s film festivals, these separate sessions of WIDC offer an immersive experience for mid-career women directors to hone their pitching skills while they zero in on career goals and create strategic plans to move their careers and screen projects forward. Following a week of tailored master classes and one to one meetings during the host festival, each director receives 3 monthly coaching sessions to keep up the momentum generated during the face to face intensive.
Host Festivals:
Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival, March 2017
Female Eye Film Festival, June 2017
St John’s International Women’s Film Festival, October 2017
Mentors & Guests: Producer MCE, Marina Cordoni; Telefilm Canada, John Dippong, Dan Lyon, Laurie McCurdy; TELUS, Smita Acharyya, Erin Mussolum; Independent Production Fund, Andra Sheffer; RBC, Nan MacDonald; Directors: Karen Lam, Lulu Keating; WIDC Producer, Carol Whiteman