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 recipient of the WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award. Made possible through [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2022, Vancouver, BC. – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce that award-winning Canadian/UK writer/director, Carolyn Saunders is the 2022 recipient of the WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to provide one WIDC alumna with the opportunity to network and advance her projects [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2019 - WIDC organizers are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 WIDC BANFF Fellowship sponsored by Telefilm Canada. WIDC alumnae Cjay Boisclair and Melanee Murray Hunt will attend the BANFF World Media Festival, June 9 to 12, 2019. Cjay Boisclair is the recipient of the 2018 WIDC Short Works Award: Kamloops edition [...]
Vancouver, Canada (June 2011) – Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Fellowship. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to provide one WIDC alumna the opportunity to network and advance her projects at BANFF. Award-winning filmmaker Wendy Ord [...]
June 14th, 2005, Banff, AB – Three Canadian women filmmakers are being honored June 14th during the 10th Annual Launch Event for Canada’s one-of-a-kind Women In the Director’s Chair Workshop (WIDC) at the 2005 Banff World Television Festival. Annie Bradley whose latest award-winning film ‘Tongue Bully’ screened at over 20 festivals around the world including the 2005 Sundance Festival, and [...]