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WIDC Announces Eight Directors for CAM Spring/Summer 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 2026: With nearly three decades of measurable impact on the Canadian screen industry, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) continues to advance mid-career women and non-binary directors at pivotal turning points in their careers. Following an exceptionally strong national response and a highly competitive peer jury process, WIDC announces the eight directors selected for [...]

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Announcing 2019 WIDC CAM Toronto Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November, 2019 - Toronto, ON - Organizers of Canada's Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) program are pleased to announce the four directors selected to take part in the 2019 Toronto Career Advancement Module presented during the 17th annual Female Eye Film Festival, November 7 to 10, 2019 at the Scotiabank Cinema and Hyatt Hotel downtown. [...]

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Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC)
Offering tailored mentorship, project development, workshops, production awards, and made-to-order outreach initiatives, WIDC builds capacity for women and non-binary screen directors to advance their careers and narrative screen projects in a safe collegial setting.

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WIDC recognizes the term Woman/Women is in an evolution of language and note that our intention in our use is to be fully inclusive of underrepresented persons who may identify as she/her and or they/them and share the goals and values of WIDC to promote these marginalized voices and stories.

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enquiries@widc.ca
1.778.809.0747 | toll free: 1.877.913.0747

Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC)
PO Box 51505, 802 Main Street South, Park Royal
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V7T 2X9

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We gratefully acknowledge that the WIDC program originates from the traditional and unceded lands of the Coast Salish people, including the xmkym (Musqueam), Swxwu7mesh (Squamish), and slilwta (Tseil-wau-tuth) Nations. We also acknowledge the Indigenous Nations on whose traditional lands our guests, participants, and colleagues live, work and create. We commit to working together in the spirit of collaboration and respect for the generations that came before, those living now, and the generations to come.

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This online space was developed through the WIDC Online Project powered by NBCUniversal

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