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 [...]
Greetings for Black History Month 2022 from WIDC alumna Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell
Published by permission: Greetings to the Lakehead community during Black History Month 2022 Of course, we know that Black people have been in Canada since the 1600s. Don’t we? We know that is not since time immemorial, like Indigenous peoples, whose territories we occupy, but 400 years is a [...]
Women In the Director’s Chair Launches 25th Anniversary including new collaboration with Reelworld Film Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2021 – Kicking off the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), organizers are delighted to announce that the Reelworld Film Institute / Reelworld Film Festival will become an official community collaborator. Together with the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival [...]
Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s, Pour toi Flora, will be first Indigenous-led drama series for CBC radio-Canada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2021 - On April 27, 2021, radio-Canada announced its first-ever drama production written, directed and produced by Indigenous creators. Pour toi Flora, a miniseries consisting of six hour-long episodes, will premiere on the ad-free premium streaming service ICI TOU.TV EXTRA in 2022 before its linear-TV [...]
Racism is soul-destroying: Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell reacts to current events in USA and Canada
June 2, 2020. #BlackoutTuesday In light of recent events, WIDC alumna 2006 and former Board Member, Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell has asked us to reprint her reactions below to current events in the USA and Canada. The WIDC Board agreed unanimously to give Rita this space. Dr. Rita [...]