Gain tools to identify and lean into your personal leadership style. You will learn about the continuum of confidence and how articulating what you love about being a storyteller for screen can give you a competitive advantage.
For WIDC Alumnae only. For 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. Soft deadline: February 17, 2024 (subject to change)
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. The intended outcome of this Program [Telefilm Talent to Watch] is to discover and develop the next generation of Canadian filmmakers, and [...]
A one-of-a-kind professional development award program delivered in four parts over the course of four months; focusing on the development of live-action screen fiction (feature film, web and TV series) and offering pathways to effective authentic leadership.
$200,000 in-kind prize towards a first or second, scripted fiction live-action feature film project directed by a Canadian woman*, anywhere in Canada.
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. Session Dates: October 2025 to March 2026, one day per week Workshop Summary: Coinciding with host festivals, In addition to Zoom workshop sessions designed to build a strategic career plan, participants receive passes to both festivals [...]