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 [...]
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 [...]
Presented in collaboration with the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival [Interactive] Incubator Project (IIP) October 2014 - As part of its ongoing collaboration with the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival, the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM) is supporting a new program launched by the festival called the [Interactive] Incubator Project (IIP). Five Newfoundland and Atlantic filmmakers and their [...]
Passion for Story-telling: Sharing the process of developing women filmmakers and their projects at the 10th annual session of the critically acclaimed Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) workshop in Banff. Presented in partnership by Creative Women Workshops Association, The Banff Centre and ACTRA, with major support from Telefilm Canada. Featuring 2006 Mentors, Anne Wheeler (Director), Mary Ungerleider (Editor) and [...]
Vancouver, BC (January 13, 2003) – A talented group of eight Canadian women directors, along with an ensemble of over forty hand-picked professional actors and crews will attend the seventh annual Women in the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Workshop at The Banff Centre from January 23 to February 9, 2003. “The Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Workshop has earned an [...]