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Diary of a Filmmaker (and Mom) on the Festival Circuit

Every year, WIFT-AT gives the Pamela Segger All Access Pass Award to a full member who receives travel support and full industry passes to the Atlantic Canadian fall film festival circuit. The participating festivals are Atlantic International Film Festival (Halifax), Lunenburg Doc Fest, Charlottetown Film Festival, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, and Silver Wave Film Festival (Fredericton). The 2025 winner was Brittney Gavin of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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Announcing the 2025-26 Mentor Match cohort 

WIFT-AT’s Mentor Match program supports aspiring women and gender-diverse filmmakers to help foster skills in the screen industries.

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Congratulations to PSAAPA winner Brittney Gavin

We’re delighted to present this year’s Pamela Segger All Access Pass Award to editor, producer, and director Brittney Gavin.

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Call for applicants: Pamela Segger All Access Pass Award

WIFT-AT is excited to once again offer the Mentor Match program to our members. Apply for this unique opportunity for emerging and mid-career screen industry professionals to be paired with an experienced mentor in the field of their choice. Deadline June 27.

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Call for applicants: Mentor Match 2025-26

WIFT-AT is excited to once again offer the Mentor Match program to our members. Apply for this unique opportunity for emerging and mid-career screen industry professionals to be paired with an experienced mentor in the field of their choice. Deadline June 27.

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NEW WAVES Documentary Training Program 

Calling all mid-career documentary filmmakers in Atlantic Canada! Take your storytelling to the next level with New Waves, a hands-on documentary training program presented by WIFT-AT and Canada Media Fund. Dive into the real world of doc filmmaking with Teresa MacInnes, Ariella Pahlke, and Nance Ackerman as they unpack their collaborative process behind the award-winning film Conviction—a powerful documentary that reimagines alternatives to incarceration through the voices of women behind bars. Deadline to Apply: May 26

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