Karen Lam – WIDC

Eight directors selected for WIDC’s Career Advancement Module: collaborating with Vancouver International Women in Film Festival and Female Eye Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 2021: Women In the Director’s Chair organizers are pleased to announce the eight women directors selected to take part in the latest WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM). This edition of the CAM marks a first-ever combined collaboration with two of Canada's international women's film festivals, the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival and the Female [...]

By CW|2021-06-10T19:07:41-07:00March 8th, 2021|Categories: Career Advancement, Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements|Tags: Annelise Larson, Camille Hollet-French, CBC Films, Gloria Mercer, Independent Production Fund, Joy Haskell, Karen Lam, Mayumi Yoshida Telefilm Canada, Panta Mosleh, rebeka Herron, Ruth Lawrence, Shazia Javed, Tanya Lemke, Vortex Media, Winnifred Jong|

WIDC alumnae rack up 37 nominations: Leo Awards 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2020, Vancouver, BC - An announcement made by the Leo Awards this week, confirms that Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) alumnae and their projects have garnered a whopping thirty-seven nominations, including six for Best Direction and eight for Best Program. Leading the pack with ten nominations, Karen Lam's latest feature film, The Curse [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:11:52-07:00May 20th, 2020|Categories: Awards & Accolades, Featured Voices, Media Release, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: Alayna Silverberg, Ana de Lara, Carol Whiteman, Hayley Gray, Karen Lam, Leo Awards, Loretta Todd, Mary M. Frymire, Nimisha Mukerji, Siobhan Devine, Sonia Bonspille Boileau, Tara Hungerford, Wendy Ord|

WIDC Alumnae at 30th St John’s International Women’s Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 11, 2019 - WIDC alumnae are playing a huge part of this year's 30th annual St John's International Women's Film Festival. This is an historic must see must be at event at one of the world's oldest and highly respected women's film festivals. Six WIDC alumnae-directed feature films are screening including the opening and closing [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:26:24-07:00October 10th, 2019|Categories: Back Stories, Media Release, Outreach, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: Black Conflux, Body and Bones, Deanne Foley, Emily Bridger, Honey Bee, Jordan Canning, Karen Lam, Kathleen Hepburn, Latonia Hartery, Lori Lozinski, Lulu Keating, Martine Blue, Mary Walsh, Melanie Oates, Nicole Dorsey, Rustic Oracle, Sherry White, Sonia Bonspille Boileau, St John's International Women's Film Festival, Stephanie Morgenstern, Tamara Sagura, Telefilm Ca, Telefilm Canada, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Winnifred Jong|

Five BC-based filmmakers selected for WIDC career advancement during Vancouver International Women In Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - On March 7, 2016 five BC-based female filmmakers will have a jump start to the 11th annual Vancouver International Women In Film Festival (March 8 to 13, 2016) as they begin the Women In the Director's Chair Career Advancement Module (WIDC CAM) at the Sandman Hotel and Suites on Davie. These directors are offered the rare [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00March 3rd, 2016|Categories: Career Advancement, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Adelina Suvagau, Brianne Nord-Stewart, Carol Whiteman, Fumiko Kiyooka, John Dippong, Julia Hutchings, Karen Lam, Kate Green, Marina Cordoni, Melanie M. Jones, Sara McIntyre, Siobhan Devine, Telefilm Canada, VIWIFF, WIFTV, Women Directors|

Top-notch Talent to Attend Whistler Film Festival for WIDC Story & Leadership Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October, 2015 – Vancouver BC: Eight women directors from across Canada have been selected to attend the 20th annual session of Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), which includes the pilot program, WIDC Story & Leadership. Over the coming months this top-notch group of content creators will develop their feature films and web [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00October 13th, 2015|Categories: Media Release, Uncategorized, WIDC|Tags: Ana de Lara, Anita Reilly McGee, Feature Films, Frances-Anne Solomon, Jordan Canning, Karen Lam, Marie Clements, Mary Walsh, Maya Gallus, Nicole Dorsey, Rachel Talaley, Siobhan Devine, WIDC, Women Directors, Women screen directors|