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 [...]
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). [...]
Director Participants Selected for Career Advancement Module at Female Eye Film Festival For Immediate Release, Vancouver, BC – Over this coming year, twenty-two Canadian women directors will receive the equivalent of over $300,000 in kind in mentorships and awards from Canada’s one-of-a-kind Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), a celebrated career and project development program specially designed for mid-career women [...]
Vancouver, Canada (March 2015) – Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Jordan Canning is the winner of the 2015 WIDC Feature Film Award, a $120,000 in-kind prize designed to encourage more feature films directed by women in British Columbia and supported by some of Canada’s most influential screen-industry companies. This year’s award, administered by Creative Women Workshops Association, will support Canning to complete [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(Toronto, ON) June 22, 2014 Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) alumnae directors, Paula Kelly, Lulu Keating, Annie Bradley and Christine Buijs received top honours at the 12th Annual Female Eye Film Festival’s closing ceremonies held at the prestigious Royal Cinema, 608 College Street, Toronto. Paula Kelly took home the festival’s top prize, Best Of Show, for her debut feature, [...]
Since our initial launch in 1996, the Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) program has had a presence at the BANFF Festival, and we are pleased to be back and part of the Festival's 35th Anniversary celebrations. This year at our annual WIDC Launch Event, Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is presenting our $120K Feature Film Award, rolling out our new web [...]
On Saturday, June 21, 2014, Carol Whiteman, President & CEO, Creative Women Workshops Association and Producer, The Women In The Director's Chair program will moderate the Female Eye Film Festival’s Best In The Biz Tribute honouring Gail Harvey’s impressive career as a film and TV director. 4:00PM - 5:30PM The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street Tickets: free GAIL HARVEY is [...]
VANCOUVER (February 25, 2014) – To keep project momentum going on Siobhan Devine’s Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Feature Film Award-winning debut feature The Birdwatcher, the BC-based filmmaking duo, director Devine, and writer, Roslyn Muir are creating an IndieGoGo campaign to help supplement the in kind rentals and services being provided by some of Canada’s pre-eminent industry organizations, including [...]