Cameras roll on Susanne Serres debut feature Celestine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 16, 2023 (Montreal, QC): Cameras have started rolling on Montreal-based writer/director, Susanne Serres’ debut feature film Celestine with regional production funding from Telefilm Canada, along with the WIDC Feature Film Award, which includes in kind sponsorships from screen industry companies across the country. An [...]
Kim Albright’s feature film With Love and a Major Organ World Premieres at SxSW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 1, 2023) - Vancouver-based Canadian-British-Filipina director, Kim Albright’s debut feature film With Love and A Major Organ will have its world premiere at the prestigious South By Southwest Festival (March 10 to 19, 2023). With Love will be screened as part of the Visions programme at [...]
Luvia Petersen wins inaugural WIDC Advantage Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National, June 2022 – The organizers of Canada’s acclaimed Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) program are delighted to announce that recent Career Advancement Module alumna Luvia Petersen is the recipient of the inaugural WIDC Advantage Award for her debut feature film, Human Nature. The prize [...]
Carolyn Saunders wins 2022 WIDC BANFF World Media Festival Fellowship Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2022, Vancouver, BC. – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce that award-winning Canadian/UK writer/director, Carolyn Saunders is the 2022 recipient of the WIDC BANFF Fellowship Award. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to provide one WIDC [...]
WIDC Featured Voices: Elizabeth Lazebnik, Be Still
WIDC Feature Voices: Back Story, September 2021 – We met with WIDC alumna and Talent to Watch Mentorship Award winner, Elizabeth Lazebnik to talk about the world premiere of her debut feature film, Be Still, now screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival. In this Back Story interview we cover five big C’s: [...]
Joy Haskell to receive 2021 WIDC Banff World Media Festival Fellowship
Vancouver, Canada (May 2021) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce that BC-based Indigenous filmmaker, Joy Haskell is the 2021 recipient of the WIDC Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Fellowship. Made possible through a long-standing partnership, the fellowship is designed to provide one WIDC [...]