JOIN WIFT-AT at the ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL Monday, September 20th The Khyber, Second Floor, 1588 Barrington Street, Halifax 2:00- 3:15 pm – Conversation with Ingrid Veninger Tickets $15 non-members/$10 WIFT-AT members Writer, director, producer, Ingrid Veninger explored fully the process of filmmaking with MODRA. “I wanted the knowing/un-knowing-ness of ‘making’ the film to reflect the [...]
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AGM & Conversation with Ingrid Veninger
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
WIFT-Atlantic Summer Film Tour with OSCAR-WINNER™ BRIGITTE BERMAN
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
7:00pm Saturday, July 10 - INCO Centre, MUN, St John’s 7:30pm Sunday July 11 – The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax 7:00pm Monday July 12 – Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton 6:00pm Tuesday July 13 – City Cinema, 64 King St. Charlottetown – OSCAR-WINNER™ BRIGITTE BERMAN’S FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HUGH HEFNER Film About Controversial Playboy [...]
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A film by Pamela Tanner Boll 7:00-9:00pm Tuesday, May 4 CBC Radio Room 1559 South Park Street, Halifax, $10 at the door Screening will be followed by a panel discussion presented by Women In Film & Television-Atlantic. Panelists include broadcaster, teacher and activist Dr. Rita Deverell, award winning documentary filmmaker Dr. Sylvia Hamilton, and producer [...]
HIFF 2010 – Amanda Dawn Christie
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dividing Roadmaps by Timezones: Ten Years of Moving Pictures 2000 – 2010 Thursday, April 15th 9pm, North Street Church, Halifax $10/$8 (Students and Seniors)
Job Opportunity: Executive Director, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Timeframe: 52 weeks, commencing May 1, 2010 Salary: $45,000 Application Deadline: April 9, 2010 The St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival is currently accepting applications for a one-year maternity leave Executive Director position starting May 1st, 2010 (52 weeks, F/T contract position). Now in its 21st year, the Festival (a registered charitable organization) is dedicated [...]
Learning How to Walk in These New Platform Shoes
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Cheryl Wagner Multiplatform Multi-success! was held in Halifax January 13, 14, and 15 for a select group of content creators and producers from all four Atlantic provinces. In this age of diverse content platforms- ‘from cinema to cell phones’ – Telefilm Canada must be applauded for taking the ‘new’ digital media challenge by the horns [...]
Following A Poet
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
by Linda Rae Dornan In 2008, Suzie LeBlanc and I retraced a walking journey of the Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Elizabeth Bishop. We followed the journal she wrote while walking across the Avalon Peninsula in 1932, from St. John’s to Norman’s Bay. She spent three weeks in Newfoundland with her friend, Eva, and though the journal [...]
Grassroots Productions
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Skana Gee Halifax animator Heather Harkins has a colourful way of describing her work as a grassroots filmmaker. “I scavenge filmmaking opportunities like Bruno Gerussi’s character collected stray logs on The Beachcombers,” she says. It’s a common theme for today’s filmmakers, many of whom take on a variety of projects – their own and [...]
Angle On: Juanita Peters
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Pamela Lovelace Blessed with an eye for truth and an ear for a good story, Juanita Peters is forging her mark along the Canadian cultural landscape. Writer, director, producer, actor, author and mom, Juanita has the whole world in her hands. “It came to me,” she admits modestly. “I started out as a performer, [...]
Boxed In: Employment of Behind-the-Scenes Women in the 2008-09 Prime-time Television Season
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Martha M. Lauzen, Ph.D. Women in Television and Film, San Diego State University The percentage of women working in powerful behind-the-scenes roles in prime-time programming airing on the five broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC) remained relatively stable in the 2008-09 season when compared with prior seasons. Overall, women comprised 25% of all [...]
