Mar 11: Star Power in full swing at Women Making Waves 2013

March 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Those are just some of the guest speakers and panelists you’ll be mingling with as Women Making Waves 2013 swings into full gear this weekend! Join us from March 15 -17th, at The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites, University of King’s College, NSCAD and Le Bistro as we celebrate the women in the film, television and new media industries.

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Jan 14: Women Making Waves gears up for 3rd annual event; seeks nominations for outstanding women for Wave Awards

January 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Women in Film and Television – Atlantic (WIFT-AT) presents Women Making Waves March 15-17 in Halifax.

Whether an established vet, an emerging auteur, or a student discovering their love of the art via the ‘Independent’ category on Netflix, Women Making Waves will excite, illuminate, provoke and inspire.

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WAVE Awards – Now Accepting Nominations!

November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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On March 17, 2013, Women in Film and Television-Atlantic is pleased to be hosting its third annual Women Making Waves Awards Brunch. Last year was a terrific celebration with awards being presented to outstanding women, Jennice Ripley, Sylvia Hamilton, and Jan Miller. They joined the league of the extraordinary award recipients from 2011 – Jean Smith, Ann Verrall, Cheryl Wagner, and Cat LeBlanc.

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Invest in WIFT-AT: Become a member!

September 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment

When was the last time you went to a movie and shook your head at how the women were portrayed? Or watched the credits and it hit home that less than twenty per cent of the people working in film are female? We are offering you an opportunity to help make a positive change.

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2012 Wave Award Winners

March 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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The WAVE Awards were presented today during Women Making Waves, the second annual Women in Film and Television-Atlantic conference. The winners of the awards, which recognized their “significant impact, extensive reach, and high-quality contribution to the Atlantic Canadian screen industry,” are (left to right) Jennice Ripley, Sylvia Hamilton and Jan Miller. Photo by Rachelle Clothier

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Tidings, Issue 16: February 2012

February 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Tidings, Issue 16:  February 2012

 

Welcome to Tidings, Issue 16

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Welcome to the first of two issues dedicated to our wonderful conference Women Making Waves. In this issue of Tidings we remind everyone to take advantage of the early bird registration for Women Making Waves, let everyone know about the extension for WAVE Award nominees, spotlight one of our festival sponsors and the creator of the WAVE award statue, and introduce one of the special guests at Women Making Waves in the Her Story column.

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Spotlight – Kristianne LeBreton, Designer of the WAVE Award

February 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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Kristianne LeBreton is back again, literally hammering out the awards given out at Women Making Waves. The New Brunswick metalsmith designed the inaugural statue for the debut event in 2011, and personally cut, glued, moulded, pressed and—yes—hammered the four statues given to four notable figures in Atlantic Canadian film.

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News Release: Call for Nominations for the 2012 Wave Awards

January 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment

2012 WAVE Awards to honour outstanding Atlantic Canadian women in film, TV and new media

 

(Halifax, Jan. 16, 2012) The WAVE Awards, honouring women in the screen industry in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island, are now open for nominations. The deadline is Thursday, Feb. 2.

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WIFT-AT Programming Sneak Preview News

January 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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WIFT-AT Programming Sneak Preview News

 

  • Halifax’s Reel Talk begins a whole new season of Conversations in February at Carbon Arc. Candid, generous, inspiring, challenging, these one to one conversations with wonderfully active women in the Atlantic Film industry are hosted by a different WIFT-AT member once a month. Reel Talk offers a chance to spend the evening getting to know one artist and her work in a focused, intimate setting, in the live interview style of Inside The Actor’s Studio. Word has spread and the audience is growing.

In Moncton in April, watch for more information on WIFT-AT’s La génie de Jacques Brel, une soirée rencontre avec la cinéaste Annett Wolf. The conversation with this award winning journalist, interviewer, filmmaker will take place on the third floor of Moncton`s Aberdeen  Cultural Centre on April 10 and will include a screening of Annett’s remarkable hour long interview with Jacques Brel.

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Submit Your Nominations For The 2012 WAVE Awards

January 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Untraditional, totally celebratory.

On March 11, 2012, Women in Film and Television – Atlantic is pleased to be hosting its second annual Women Making Waves Awards Brunch.  Last year was a terrific launch to these awards with outstanding women, Jean Smith, Ann Verrall, Cheryl Wagner and Cat LeBlanc, all being recognized.

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