Hosted at The Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, this WIDC program session included a 5-day Story Incubation Module in the fall of 2007, followed by 5 weeks of story editing, culminating in a 3-week Production Module in January 2008. Through workshops, hands-on production and post, directors developed their original fiction scripts and workshopped them with professional (ACTRA) actors; (DGC and IATSE) crew; volunteers (SAIT and ECUAD students doing crew practicums); and supported by Banff Centre staff.
Mentors: Director: Donna Deitch; DOPs: Roger Vernon, Richard Walden; Actor: Janet Laine Green; Production Designer: John Blackie; Editors: Daria Ellerman, Richard Schwadel; Sound Editor: Michael Nunan; Instructors / Story Editors: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur, Linda Coffey, and WIDC Producer, Carol Whiteman