Women in Film & Television | New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, PEI
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.
Read more on Mar 11: Lots of Great Prizes at Women Making Waves Silent Auction…
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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.
Read more on Feb 11: All Access Pass Award Opens Doors for Women in Screen Industry…
This spring she will be producing a music video for Pamela Pachal and a short film for Writer/Director Jared Carney.
Women 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.
With 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.
Read more on All Access Update – Ashley McKenzie at the AFF and SWFF…
ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2012
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:
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.
Women in Film and Television – Atlantic 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.
Read more on And the recipient of the All Access Pass Award is…….
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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