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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 (SJIWFF), the three organizations will co-present the Fall 2021 Online [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-14T23:07:44-07:00June 11th, 2021|Categories: Equity Diversity Inclusion, Feature Film Award, Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements, Story & Leadership, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: Career Advancement, Reelworld Film Festival, St John's International Women's Film Festival, Story & Leadership, Telefilm Canada, Whistler Film Festival, WIDC|

Acquired by Elevations Pictures, Marie Clements’ award-winning feature Red Snow launches in U.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2021 - Zhoh Daatsik Pictures has announced that Marie Clements’ award-winning narrative feature debut Red Snow has been acquired by Elevation Pictures and released in the US. The film released across all digital platforms to US audiences on March 16th and will be available to own on DVD on March 30th. Following its World Premiere screening at [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:30:13-07:00March 30th, 2021|Categories: Back Stories, Feature Film Award, Featured Voices, Media Release, WIDC Awards|Tags: APTN, CBC Films, Company 3, Descriptive Video Works, Elevation Pictures, Front Row Insurance Brokers, Harold Greenberg Fund, Line 21, Marie Clements, National Captioning Canada, Panavision Canada, Red Snow, Telefilm Canada, The Research House Clearances, WIDC Feature Film Award, William F. White International Inc.|

Eight Canadian directors selected to develop feature films and series: WIDC Story & Leadership – WFF Industry Immersion

We gratefully acknowledge that the WIDC program originates from the traditional and unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples, including the xmkym (Musqueam), Swxwu7mesh (Squamish), and slilwta (Tseil-wau-tuth) Nations. We also acknowledge the Indigenous Nations on whose traditional lands our guests and participants live, work and create. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Novmeber 2020: Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:10:24-07:00November 9th, 2020|Categories: Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements, Story & Leadership|Tags: ACTRA National, AFBS, CBC Films, Emily Diana Ruth, Harold Greenberg Fund, Hayley Gray, Independent Production Fund, Lindsay McIntyre, Liz Cairns, Michelle Muldoon, Rachel Beaulieu, Rachel Cairns, Telefilm Canada, UBCP/ACTRA, ZhiMin Hu|

WIDC announces directors selected for first online edition: CAM St John’s

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 2020: Women In the Director's Chair organizers are pleased to announce the four women directors selected to take part in the WIDC Career Advancement Module (CAM) taking place in collaboration with the St John's International Women's Film Festival. This augmented online edition runs workshop sessions October 13 to 24, 2020 with follow up career [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:10:49-07:00October 29th, 2020|Categories: Career Advancement, Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements|Tags: Annelise Larson, CBC Films, Dorothy A. Atabong, Esra Cilingir, Gloria Ui Young Kim, Harold Greenberg Fund, Jamie Miller, Jill Riley, Ruth Lawrence, Telefilm Canada, Veria, Vortex Media|

Marie Clements’ Red Snow wins top honours at VIWFF2020, begins theatrical run

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 9, 2020 - Vancouver, BC. Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) alumnae-directed films took home the top feature film prizes given out at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) Awards Gala on March 8th, International Women’s Day. Red Snow writer /director Marie Clements received the CFA Award for Best Screenplay and the DGC [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2020-08-25T08:44:41-07:00March 9th, 2020|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release|Tags: A-71, Black Conflux, CFA, Cineplex, DGC BC, IATSE 891, Marie Clements, Nicole Dorsey, Red Snow, Telefilm Canada|

WIDC Selects Six Directors for Career Advancement in Vancouver

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Updated March 4, 2020 – Vancouver, BC – Organizers of Canada's Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) program are pleased to announce six directors have been selected to take part in the 2020 Vancouver Career Advancement Module presented during the 15th annual Vancouver International Women In Film Festival (VIWIFF), March 3 to 8, 2020. Developing original [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:12:15-07:00March 2nd, 2020|Categories: Career Advancement, Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: A71, Anaisa Visser, Anita Abbasi, Creative BC, Hayley Gray, Monica Mustelier, Nauzanin A. Knight, Sarah Deakins, Telefilm Canada, TELUS|

Queen of the Morning Calm Bows at Whistler Film Festival 2019

WIDC Feature Film Award winner Gloria Ui Young Kim’s debut feature Queen of the Morning Calm will have its world premiere at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival. Kim (Flamenco Movie, Why Do I Dance?) is also winner of Telefilm Canada New Voices Award. The film starring Tina Jung (Kim’s Convenience, Make It Pop), Shaun [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2020-08-25T08:57:24-07:00November 28th, 2019|Categories: Feature Film Award, Media Release, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: Gloria Ui Young Kim, Gloryous Productions, Harold Greenberg Fund, Hawkeye Pictures, Josh Barsky, Ontario Arts Council, Panavision Canada, SIM, Sonya Di Rienzo, Telefilm Canada, Tina Jung, Toronto Arts Council, WIDC Feature Film Award, William F. White International|

Eight Canadian directors selected to develop their feature films and series: WIDC Story and Leadership – WFF Industry Immersion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 19, 2019 (Vancouver, BC) Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers are pleased to announce the eight directors selected to develop their narrative feature films and series at the WIDC’s four-month Story & Leadership program that begins November 22 in Vancouver. Tapped earlier this year for the Canadian Academy’s directors program for women, Kim [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:15:45-07:00November 19th, 2019|Categories: Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: ACTRA, AFBS, Camille Hollett-French, Creative BC, Independent Production Fund, Kim Albright, Lana Slezic, Laura Adkin, Monique Hurteau, Nimisha Mukerji, Sarah Galea-Davis, Story & Leadership, Susanne Serres, Telefilm Canada, UBCP-ACTRA|

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. [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:15:57-07:00November 2nd, 2019|Categories: Career Advancement, Featured Voices, Media Release, Program Announcements, WIDC, Women Directors|Tags: Ashlea Wessel, Bell Media, Deb Day, Harold Greenberg Fund, Independent Prodcution Fund, Innovate by Day, Jessica Petelle, Lora Campbell, Telefilm Canada, ZhiMin Hu|

A71 acquires Canadian distribution for WIDC Feature Film Award winner Marie Clements’ Red Snow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto, ON - October, 2019 - Following World Premiere screenings at the Vancouver International Film Festival and Edmonton International Film Festival in September and the recent screening at the 2019 ImagineNATIVE Festival in Toronto, Canadian distributor A-71 has acquired Canadian theatrical distribution rights to acclaimed Métis-Dene playwright/director/producer/ screenwriter Marie Clements’ narrative feature debut Red Snow. A71 [...]

By WIDC News Editor|2021-06-10T19:26:34-07:00November 1st, 2019|Categories: Back Stories, feature film, Feature Film Award, Featured Voices, Media Release, WIDC, WIDC Awards, Women Directors|Tags: A71, APTN, Canada Media Fund, CBC Films, Creative BC, Marie Clements, Red Snow, Telefilm Canada|