Mar 11: Lots of Great Prizes at Women Making Waves Silent Auction

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Feeling lucky? WIFT-Atlantic sure is. That’s because we received so many fabulous donations for our Women Making Waves Silent Auction.

There’s a $100 gift certificate to the Carleton Lounge – and a gorgeous pair of Jan Peterknecht sterling silver earrings that you might like to wear while there. Suzie Sparrow’s handmade clutch is both playful and elegant – perfect for your next premiere.

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Feb 11: All Access Pass Award Opens Doors for Women in Screen Industry

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Women in Film and Television – Atlantic (WIFT-AT) is offering its members a chance to experience all of the film festivals in Atlantic Canada – plus an event pass to the prestigious Women Making Waves conference – through the All Access Pass Award.

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Feb 11: NB Pulse

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  • NBFC member BronweN is currently in post-production on Monkey See, a film about role models and how they influence our children.

This spring she will be producing a music video for Pamela Pachal and a short film for Writer/Director Jared Carney.

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November 2012 – NB Pulse

NB Pulse 350x174 November 2012   NB PulseWomen filmmakers made a splash at the Silver Wave Film Fesitval in Fredericton, NB earlier this month. The festival, which ran from November 8-11, showed 101 films from across New Brunswick, the rest of Canada, and from around the world.

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All Access Update – Ashley McKenzie at the AFF and SWFF

Ashley McKenzie Jillian Acerman SWFF2012 Photo credit Douglas Mullin 350x233 All Access Update – Ashley McKenzie at the AFF and SWFFWith the Fall season comes perhaps the most desirable way to lose a month of one’s life: the film festival circuit. Watching all the top films of the year in a condensed few weeks is about the only thing that cures my end of summer (impending winter) blues. This year I spent over twenty days on the circuit at TIFF, the Atlantic Film Festival, and the Silver Wave Film Festival. I premiered my latest short, When You Sleep, in each respective place, went to over thirty film screenings, and participated in industry panels and a talent lab. My travels to Halifax and Fredericton were courtesy of the WIFT-AT All Access Pass Award.

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October 2012 NS Pulse

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Noted as a top festival in Canada, the 32nd Atlantic Film Festival was held from September 13th–20th in Halifax. Screenings from WIFT-AT members such as Ashley McKenzie, Britany Sparrow, Eva Madden and Lara Cassidy were held. Winners at the awards ceremony included:

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September 2012 Tidings Newsletter Issue 19

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Welcome

Hello fellow WIFT-ers! To all of you returning members welcome back, and to all of you joining us for the first time, welcome! There have been all kinds of great things going on this summer at WIFT-AT and we’re excited for what’s coming up this fall.

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And the recipient of the All Access Pass Award is….

 

Ashley McKenzie!

Women in Film and TelevisionAtlantic has awarded its inaugural All Access Pass Award to Nova Scotia filmmaker Ashley McKenzie. The prestigious award offers McKenzie a delegate pass to every major film festival – that’s seven festivals – in the Atlantic Provinces over the next year. It also includes an annual membership in WIFT-AT, mentorship at every festival with a senior WIFT-AT representative, a weekend pass to the Women Making Waves Conference in March 2013, select accommodations plus a $1000 cash prize.

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June Tidings: Nova Scotia Pulse

 

ashley web June Tidings: Nova Scotia Pulse Congratulations to Ashley McKenzie, whose short film When You Sleep screened at the Cannes Film Festival as part of their Canada: Not Short on Talent program, featuring 25 short films from directors across the country.  The full story can be found here!

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Tidings Newsletter Issue 18, June 2012

Welcome

Hello Tidings readers -

Happy June! This will be our final issue before we break for the summer, so I want to thank you all for reading and sharing your wonderful stories with us. Please look for us again in late August or early September, and don’t forget to send us your news and press releases - we want to know what you have going on this summer. Also thank you to all the ladies (and gents) who submitted articles for the newsletter. I couldn’t do this without your support!

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