Six Canadian filmmakers selected for WIDC's career development program Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC), celebrating 30 years of advancing Canadian screen talent, is pleased to announce the six filmmakers selected for its Fall/Winter 2026–27 Career Advancement Module (CAM). Designed to help mid-career directors advance their careers and bring their projects closer to production, WIDC CAM provides individualized career [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 2026) – Ahead of its world premiere at the prestigious Cinequest in San Jose, California, award-winning, Toronto-based Iranian Canadian director, Marjan Hashemi’s debut feature film After Love has been picked up for international distribution by Madakto Pictures. “We’re excited to be partnering with Madkato Pictures and premiering After Love at the Cinequest festival – both [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, Canada (November 2023) – Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are delighted to announce that award-winning Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, Marjan Hashemi will take home the 2023 WIDC Feature Film Award, for her dark comedy debut feature, After Love about an Iranian-Canadian immigrant wife who learns from her defiant daughter and her murderously amorous husband how to [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 2023 (Vancouver BC) For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) will present an in-person Industry Immersion at the Whistler Film Festival through a director-focused sponsorship provided by Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada. From BC: Amy Bohigian, Impact Doc Award winner (Only In Nelson) is developing [...]