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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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Making Waves 2025 Conference Celebrates 15 Years Supporting Women and Gender Diversity in Atlantic Canadian Screen Industry

Making Waves 2025 Conference Celebrates 15 Years Supporting Women and Gender Diversity in Atlantic Canadian Screen Industry

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WIFT-AT ANNOUNCES 2025 MENTORSHIP MATCH COHORT 

In its fifth year, WIFT-AT’s Mentorship Match program supports aspiring women and gender-diverse filmmakers fostering skills in acting, directing, producing, screenwriting, programming and editing.

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WIFT-ATLANTIC WELCOMES SEVEN NEW BOARD MEMBERS

WIFT-ATLANTIC WELCOMES SEVEN NEW BOARD MEMBERS

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