On the heels of Telefilm Canada’s pledge on November 11 that half of its projects will be directed or written by women in a move to close the industry gender gap by 2020, the Whistler Film Festival (Nov 30 — Dec 4) was proud to present an unprecedented number of female focused films, talent, events and awards throughout its 2016 programs.
The festival featured a record 31 (36%) films all directed by women (including 15 feature films out of 50 and 16 short films out of 36). Wff also has 38 (58%) female filmmakers out of the 66 Canadian artists confirmed to date participating in 11 talent programs — including 22 directors, 6 producers, 3 screenwriters, 2 actors, and 5 musicians/bands in the Music Showcase. Add this to the talent confirmed to attend the festival in support of their films and projects, including award winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta (An Anatomy Of Violence), director Ingrid Veninger (Hockey Night), director Kirsten Carthew (The Sun At Midnight) and director Martine Blue...
The festival featured a record 31 (36%) films all directed by women (including 15 feature films out of 50 and 16 short films out of 36). Wff also has 38 (58%) female filmmakers out of the 66 Canadian artists confirmed to date participating in 11 talent programs — including 22 directors, 6 producers, 3 screenwriters, 2 actors, and 5 musicians/bands in the Music Showcase. Add this to the talent confirmed to attend the festival in support of their films and projects, including award winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta (An Anatomy Of Violence), director Ingrid Veninger (Hockey Night), director Kirsten Carthew (The Sun At Midnight) and director Martine Blue...
- 12/7/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival industry office on Thursday revealed further details of next month’s line-up of sessions scheduled to run from September 11-17.
This year’s Master Class participants are The Program director Stephen Frears co-presented by Pinewood Studios and Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan, co-presented with the Directors Guild Of Canada.
Jia Zhang-ke of Mountains May Depart fame kicks off the Asian Film Summit with his Master Class.
The Moguls roster offer a chance to hear from Voltage Pictures chief Nicolas Chartier and Yu Dong of Bona Film Group, who will present at the Asian Film Summit.
The Industry Dialogues sessions supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation include panels on casting, global budget variations, financing, digital marketing and revenue streams.
The Asian Film Summit supported by Telefilm Canada and co-presented by the China-West Filmmakers Alliance features Felice Bee of Huayi Brothers International and Jerry Ye of Wanda talking on the...
This year’s Master Class participants are The Program director Stephen Frears co-presented by Pinewood Studios and Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan, co-presented with the Directors Guild Of Canada.
Jia Zhang-ke of Mountains May Depart fame kicks off the Asian Film Summit with his Master Class.
The Moguls roster offer a chance to hear from Voltage Pictures chief Nicolas Chartier and Yu Dong of Bona Film Group, who will present at the Asian Film Summit.
The Industry Dialogues sessions supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation include panels on casting, global budget variations, financing, digital marketing and revenue streams.
The Asian Film Summit supported by Telefilm Canada and co-presented by the China-West Filmmakers Alliance features Felice Bee of Huayi Brothers International and Jerry Ye of Wanda talking on the...
- 8/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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