Marjan Hashemi

Marjan Hashemi receives 2023 WIDC Feature Film Award $250,000 worth of in-kind services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, Canada (November 2023) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to announce that award-winning Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, Marjan Hashemi will take home the 2023 WIDC Feature Film Award, for her dark comedy debut feature, After Love about an Iranian-Canadian immigrant wife who learns from her defiant daughter and her murderously amorous husband how to [...]

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Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada Sponsors Women In the Director’s Chair to attend 2023 Whistler Film Festival: Announcing Eight Directors Selected for Story & Leadership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 2023 (Vancouver BC) For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) will present an in-person Industry Immersion at the Whistler Film Festival through a director-focused sponsorship provided by Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada.  From BC: Amy Bohigian, Impact Doc Award winner (Only In Nelson) is developing [...]

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