CTV WIDC DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT AWARD - A $10,000 cash prize plus mentoring package. For more details.
WIDC FEATURE FILM AWARD - Valued at nearly $100,000 in in kind rentals from western film and television industry organizations. For more details.
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FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL
Contact:Leslie Ann Coles, Founding
Director
Female Eye Film
Festival
50 Wallace St.
Woodbridge,
ON L4L
2P3
Phone: 905
264-7731
email la@femaleeyefilmfestival.com
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OTHER INITITAIVES
There are currently 4 NEW WIDC
INITIATIVES in the planning and fundraising stages.
WIDC
ONLINE - timed to take place in sync with
Canadian Women's Film Festivals (e.g. St John's,
Toronto,
Vancouver) this is a
weekend workshop for developing skills to promote and market your projects
online, including online follow up with the mentors.
CTV WIDC CAREER ADVANCEMENT MODULE - timed to take place in sync with Canadian Women's Film Festivals (e.g. St John's, Toronto, Vancouver) this is a weekend workshop for identifying and practicing your leadership style, developing confidence, discovering what you stand for as a story-teller for screen and learning how to market yourself. WIDC ONLINE is linked with this MODULE.
ALTERNATE SIM - pending funding - (based on the format of the WIDC
SIM) this is a Vancouver-based weekend workshop for developing new stories and
their characters, taught by Carolyn Mamchur, with professional
story-editors.
VISION 101: 10 YEARS OF Women In the Director's Chair - this is a special project designed to celebrate women filmmakers through a critical analysis of what it is to be a director who happens to be female. We will be seeking submissions from the over 100 women directors that will have attended WIDC since 1997. Contact us if you are interested in being part of this special project!
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Banff Summer Arts Festival
WIDC Alumnae are invited to submit recent works for an annual screening at The Banff Centre during the festival. Submissions for next year will be due early July 2008.
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Other Offerings:
Copyright and Ownership
Meet
with Entertainment Lawyers Sandra Richmond and Diana Cafazzo, Stohn Hay
Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP*, who provide insights about navigating
the legal realm of intellectual property rights, chain of title,
optioning, etc. Participants have the opportunity to seek advice on
steps to take their own projects to the next stage. Followed by a by-invitation reception (5- 7 pm).
Date: TBA
Location: ACTRA Toronto
625 Church Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON
Time: 1:00 to 4:30 pm
Sponsored by: ACTRA Toronto Performers and Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond
Working with
Actors - Casting
Meet
with seasoned casting director; learn casting
techniques and test original material through a simulated audition
process, working with professional actors. Followed by a by-invitation
WIDC reception (5-7 pm)
.
Date: TBA
Location: ACTRA Montreal
530-1450 City Councillors Street
Montreal,
QC
Time: 1:00 to 4:30 pm
Sponsored by: ACTRA Montreal
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PAST WIDC SESSIONS
Working with the Sound Designer
WIDC Alumnae met with awarded-winning Sound Designer, James Fonnyadt and Re-resording Mixer, Kelly Cole, who provided insights about the craft of sound design and post production sound process.
Participants had the opportunity to gather feedback
on their original projects.
Date: May 11, 2007
Duration: 1-day
Location: Sharpe Sound Studios, North Vancouver, BC
Sponsored by: Canada Council for the Arts and Sharpe Sound Studios
Ten travel bursaries were awarded.
Working with the Broadcaster
Janice Talbott, CHUM Television provides
insights into working successfully with the
Broadcaster. WIDC Alumnae had an
opportunity to gather valuable feedback on their own original projects.
Date: May 11, 2007
Duration: 1-day
Location: Sharpe Sound Studios, North Vancouver, BC
Contact us for more information.