Women screen directors

Sonia Bonspille Boileau wins WIDC Feature Film Award: Cash and in-kind totaling close to $200K to be presented at Whistler Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, Canada (November 30, 2017) – Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau is the winner of the Women In the Director’s Chair’s 2017 national WIDC Feature Film Award, a cash and in-kind prize valued at nearly $200K, designed to encourage more feature films directed by women. Bonspille Boileau, whose first feature was the Telefilm MicroBudget supported [...]

By CW|2017-11-30T21:22:40-08:00November 30th, 2017|Categories: feature film, Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: Feature Film Award, Sonia Bonspille Boileau, WIDC, Women Directors, Women screen 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|

Women In the Director’s Chair and Whistler Film Festival co-present WIDC Story & Leadership: A new 4-month intensive for women screen directors

For Immediate Release, July 8, 2015, Whistler BC - Following a successful collaboration last year, Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) and the Whistler Film Festival have officially launched the WIDC: Story & Leadership, a new 4-month intensive for women screen directors focusing on fiction feature film and web series development that takes place in part at [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:38-08:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: Story Incubation Module, WIDC|Tags: ACTRA, Director Development, Feature Films, Telefilm Canada, Web Series, Whistler Film Festival, WIDC, Women Directors, Women screen directors|

Diverse Directors Selected for WIDC at Female Eye Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2015, Toronto, ON - The Women In the Director’s Chair Career Advancement Module (WIDC CAM) kicks off the Female Eye Film Festival (June 16 to 21, 2015). The award-winning director participants selected for this session of the CAM include, Toronto-based filmmakers Jackie English (Nimby), Nadine Valcin (In Between/Entre Deux), and Vancouver filmmaker, Maryam Najafi (Kayan). [...]

By CW|2021-04-27T11:06:10-07:00June 14th, 2015|Categories: Career Advancement, Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Christine Buijs, Director Development, Female Eye Film Festival, filmmaking, Jackie English, Maryam Najafi, Nadine Valcin, Telefilm Canada, WIDC, Women Directors, Women screen directors|

Stellar Group of Women Gather for Celebrated Women In the Director’s Chair Program

and Two-day Pilot Session of WIDC Whistler Film Festival Industry Immersion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 28, 2014 – Vancouver, BC, A stellar group of eight Canadian women directors, along with an ensemble of hand-picked Industry professionals, mentors, actors and crews, have been selected to attend the 19th annual Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) program, and the two-day pilot session [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00November 27th, 2014|Categories: Media Release, WIDC|Tags: Actors, ACTRA, Banff, Mentorship, The Banff Centre, Vancouver, WFF, Whistler, Whistler Film Festival, WIDC, Women screen directors|

New WIDC WFF Industry Immersion to send women directors to Whistler

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 20, 2014 – Vancouver, BC Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce a first-time collaboration with the Whistler Film Festival. The WIDC WFF Industry Immersion will offer a practicum to eight mid-career women screen directors as part of the upcoming session of the popular Women In the Director’s Chair Story Incubation Module, WIDC SIM [...]

By CW|2016-11-15T00:08:39-08:00August 20th, 2014|Categories: Media Release|Tags: Actors, Carol Whiteman, Development, Feature Films, Mentorship, Shauna Hardy Mishaw, SIM, Story Incubation Module, Web Series, Whistler Film Festival, WIDC, Women screen directors|