FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, BC – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 cohort for their flagship four-part program, Story & Leadership, which includes a Whistler Film Festival Industry Immersion at the powered by Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada. This year’s award-winning director participants are: Dani Kind - Toronto, Ontario-based member of both UBCP/ACTRA [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We gratefully acknowledge that the WIDC program originates from the traditional and unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples, including the xmkym (Musqueam), Swxwu7mesh (Squamish), and slilwta (Tseil-wau-tuth) Nations. We also acknowledge the Indigenous Nations on whose traditional lands our guests and participants live, work and create. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Novmeber 2020: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, BC -- For anyone who’s ever wondered where they can find more films directed by women, First Weekend Club's Canada Screens will launch a new VOD channel dedicated exclusively to female directors, curated by Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC). In addition, each feature film will be paired with a complimentary woman-directed short film, courtesy of the National Film Board [...]