BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WIDC - ECPv6.0.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:WIDC X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.widc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for WIDC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250804 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250805 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20211002T033309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T225151Z UID:5629-1754265600-1754351999@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Career Advancement Module (fall/winter 2025/26) DESCRIPTION:Presented with major support from Telefilm Canada and the participation of St John’s International Women’s Film Festival and Reelworld Film Festival and Screen Institute. \nSession Dates: October 2025 to March 2026\, one day per week\nWorkshop Summary: Coinciding with host festivals\, In addition to Zoom workshop sessions designed to build a strategic career plan\, participants receive passes to both festivals (in-person and virtual)\, and virtual one-to-one career coaching.  <> URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/submission-deadline-career-advancement-module/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.widc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WIDC-CAM-25th-v12futura.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250708 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250709 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20210511T232246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T025632Z UID:5084-1751932800-1752019199@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Feature Film Award DESCRIPTION:Supported by leading Canadian screen industry organizations\, CWWA administers an annual national award valued at up to approximately $250\,000 in-kind towards a first or second\, scripted fiction live-action feature film project directed by a Canadian woman*\, anywhere in Canada. While WIDC focuses on women  and non-binary directors\, the WIDC Feature Film Award cohort also includes the writer and producer team who will be offered a tailored mentorship\, as applicable and mutually agreeable. \nOpen of submissions: June 6\, 2025\nClose of submissions: July 8\, 2025\n<> URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/submission-deadline-feature-film-award/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Awards ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.widc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WIDC-FFA-logo-181004-v3-e1620775227437.png ORGANIZER;CN="WIDC":MAILTO:awards@widc.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250707 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250708 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20210512T032623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T062057Z UID:5100-1751846400-1751932799@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: WIDC Story & Leadership\, Winter 2025-26 DESCRIPTION:Story & Leadership – Online + In-person Industry Immersion\npresented in collaboration with\n\nOpen for Submissions: June 6\, 2025\nClose of Submissions: July 7\, 2025\n(11:59pm in your local time zone) \n\nProgram Dates: November 6\, 2025 to March 31\, 2026 \n<> URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/submission-deadline-widc-story-leadership/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.widc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WIDC-Story-and-Leadership-logo-lg-frame-e1620790072550.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250329 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20211220T083346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T010045Z UID:5692-1743120000-1743206399@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Deadline: WIDC Advantage Award (alumni only) DESCRIPTION:This WIDC Award offers a one-year mentorship including 12 x 1-hour coaching sessions\, a spot at either Story & Leadership or the Career Advancement Module (recipient’s choice)\, plus WIDC’s partner nomination for Telefilm Talent to Watch program funding. \nThe intended outcome of this Program [Telefilm Talent to Watch] is to discover and develop the next generation of Canadian filmmakers\, and to allow them to establish their voice and sensibility through a first feature. \nAs determined by the CWWA Board\, all WIDC Director alumni are eligible to apply for this Award. For application criteria see WIDC and Telefilm Canada (Talent to Watch Program). URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/widc-advantage-award-alumnae-only/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Awards ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.widc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WIDC-ADVANTAGE-AWARD-logo-scaled-e1706486514923.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250116 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20241017T205840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T210237Z UID:6857-1736899200-1736985599@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Submission Deadline - WIDC Career Advancement Module (spring / summer 2025) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/widc-career-advancement-module-spring-summer-2025/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.widc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WIDC-CAM-25th-v12futura.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240218 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20230721T162121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T162458Z UID:6135-1708128000-1708214399@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: WIDC Advantage Award DESCRIPTION:For WIDC Alumnae only. \nFor an ultra-low budget debut feature film directed by a WIDC alumna\, the Advantage Award offers a spot at WIDC Story & Leadership\, a 1-year mentorship for the director and WIDC’s nomination to Telefilm Canada’s Talent to Watch production program. \nSoft deadline: February 17\, 2024 (subject to change) URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/submission-deadline-widc-advantage-award/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230116 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20221127T193544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221127T234627Z UID:6022-1673740800-1673827199@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:WIDC Career Advancement Module: Spring 2023 DESCRIPTION:Call for submissions opens: November 28\, 2022\nApplication period closes: January 15\, 2023 \nWorkshop sessions run one 2-3 hours session per week through the months of March to June 2023\, coinciding with host festivals. In addition to workshop sessions designed to build a strategic career plan\, participants receive passes to both festivals’ online offerings\, and interspersed with 1+1 career coaching which will extend through June 2023. \nFor more information and to request an application form: directors@widc.ca URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/widc-career-advancement-module-spring-2023/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Programs ORGANIZER;CN="WIDC%20Programs":MAILTO:directors@widc.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220802 DTSTAMP:20260419T005742 CREATED:20210512T025351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T160043Z UID:5088-1654214400-1659398399@www.widc.ca SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Career Advancement Module\, Fall 2022 DESCRIPTION:WIDC CAM – Online Edition\, Fall 2022\nPresented in collaboration with the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival and the Reelworld Film Festival \nOpen for submissions: June 3\, 2022\nClose of submissions: August 1\, 2022\nWorkshop Dates: October 1 to 29\, 2022 \n<> URL:https://www.widc.ca/event/submission-deadline-career-advancement-module-fall-2022/ CATEGORIES:WIDC Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.widc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WIDC-CAM-logo-e1620787957704.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WIDC%20Programs":MAILTO:directors@widc.ca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR