WIFT-T announces CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship winner
WIFT-T and CBC have selected Kerry Ball as the recipient of the CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship. Click above to read the media release.
Archive | Programs
Applying to CMF? Take this first.
October 31 – November 3, 2012 | Downtown Toronto Open to both women and men, the Corus Convergent Media Program (CMP) is designed to enable independent producers who have interactive digital media or transmedia projects in development to prepare stronger CMF applications. Participants will master the integration of traditional media production with digital media and learn how to create and [...]
WIFT-T announces Kodak New Vision Mentorship winner
Congratulations Simonee Chichester, winner of the 2012 Kodak New Vision Mentorship! In the lead-up to TIFF, Simonee will receive coaching from industry mentors Tamara Shannon and Ingrid Veninger.
WIFT-T announces WFW Production Manager Mentorship winner
Congratulations Monica Côté, winner of the 2012 William F. White Production Manager Mentorship! Monica begins her ten-day internship at William F. White's Toronto production facility in late April. Thanks to William F. White for supporting this initiative.
Development Incubator Application Deadline
[ March 19, 2012; 12:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The WIFT-T Development Incubator is a national competitive program designed to kick start market-driven feature films and support the next generation of Canadian feature film professionals. Up to six producer/writer teams receive the opportunity to work with Canadian and international producers, development executives and story editors on the development of feature-length projects. Teams are matched with a story [...]
Goodmans Presents: Through Her Lens – Women in Cinematography
[ January 19, 2012; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Where | National Film Board Cinema, 150 John Street (at Richmond St. W) RSVP (Members Only) | wift@wift.com or 416.322.3430 ext. 224 It's one of the most important aspects of film—and also one of the most infrequently discussed. Cinematography is where art and science converge to establish a film's tone and style and create powerful, unforgettable [...]
William F. White Production Manager Mentorship Testimonial
William F. White Production Manager Mentorship | Guidelines Corinne Herman, 2011 [The William F. White Production Manager Mentorship] proved to be even more valuable than I could have imagined. A day in Remote Heads and Cranes was a very cool experience. Learning from the RHC team helped me feel more confident and informed. My time spent with Commercials [...]
2012 Media Leadership Program Faculty
MLP Overview | Curriculum | Bursaries Mickey Rogers President, Mickey Rogers Media Mickey Rogers helps creative entrepreneurs who get lost translating their dreams or products into successful profitable businesses. For the past 20 years, Rogers has been surrounded by creative ideas and people—as a broadcaster, as an owner of a multi-million dollar business, and as a sounding board, coach, mentor [...]
WIFT-T announces CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship winner
Toronto, ON – Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) is pleased to announce emerging producer Heidi Tao Yang as winner of the 2011 CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship. Yang will join CBC Television for a week-long workshop at its downtown Toronto studio in February 2012. She will learn about the production and broadcast components [...]
WIFT-T announces winner of Kodak New Vision Mentorship
More on the Kodak New Vision Mentorship Toronto, ON – Women in Film & Television – Toronto is pleased to announce emerging director and writer Ana Valine as winner of the 2011 Kodak New Vision Mentorship. Through the program, Valine meets one-on-one with Laurie May, Executive Vice President of Alliance Films Inc., and with internationally-acclaimed director Deepa [...]
WIFT-T announces winner of Deluxe Producer Internship
WIFT-T and Deluxe provide postproduction training for emerging female producer WIFT-T is pleased to announce Marla Black as the winner of the 2011 Deluxe Producer Internship. Black will receive a special presentation at the WIFT-T Reception at TIFF, taking place September 14 at Pinewood Toronto Studios. Now in its fourth year, this national program provides one emerging female producer [...]
Janet Crystal Yorga Memorial Bursary
Janet Crystal Yorga was a creative writer and entrepreneur with a passion for storytelling. Born in Rockglen, Saskatchewan, she moved to Ottawa where she worked on a variety of creative projects, including a documentary series. She had completed a number of feature film scripts when she died of breast cancer on March 30, 2010, at [...]
Janet Crystal Yorga Memorial Bursary
Janet Crystal Yorga was a creative writer and entrepreneur with a passion for storytelling. Born in Rockglen, Saskatchewan, she moved to Ottawa where she worked on a variety of creative projects, including a documentary series. She had completed a number of feature film scripts when she died of breast cancer on March 30, 2010, at [...]
Corus Convergent Media Stream Schedule
Corus Convergent Media Stream | Guidelines | Application Form Please note this schedule is subject to change. Sunday October 23 CCMS Master Class | 1:00pm – 4:00pm Open to all iWDMS delegates, the CCMS Master Class will explore strategies and processes for bridging film, television, online and mobile platforms. Participants receive an overview of the impact of digital technologies [...]
Deluxe Producer Internship
Postproduction training for an emerging Canadian female producer. Application deadline: Monday July 25
Deluxe Producer Internship Testimonials
Back to the 2012 Deluxe Producer Internship Marla Black, 2011 I covered all aspects of the postproduction process at Deluxe including dailies, DI, online edit suites, sound mix, Foley, VDR, QC and Cinema Spots. It was an incredible career-changing experience and has prepared me to shepherd my own projects through the postproduction process. The interactions between the [...]
2011 Crystal Awards Nominations
Nomination Deadline | Friday July 29, 5PM EDT WIFT-T is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Crystal Awards Gala Luncheon. Active WIFT-T members are invited to nominate exceptional candidates, with a minimum of ten years’ experience in screen-based media (film, television or digital media), for a 2011 Crystal Award. NOTE: Current WIFT-T Board Members are not eligible for nomination. [...]
Corus Convergent Media Stream Application Deadline
[ August 15, 2011; 12:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The Corus Convergent Media Stream (CCMS) is for teams of two producers (male or female) who are currently developing an interactive digital media project. The program takes place as part of the International Women in Digital Media Summit (iWDMS), October 23-25, 2011 in Stratford, Ontario. Over three intensive days, participants will examine the latest strategies for producing interactive [...]
Corus Convergent Media Stream Bursary Deadline
[ August 2, 2011; 12:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The Corus Convergent Media Stream (CCMS) is for teams of two producers who are currently developing an interactive digital media project. The program takes place as part of the International Women in Digital Media Summit (iWDMS), October 23-25, 2011 in Stratford, Ontario. Over three intensive days, participants will examine the latest strategies for producing interactive projects—from financing, [...]
Corus Convergent Media Stream Bursaries
2010 Convergent Media Program | Bursary Donor/Recipient Profile Bursary Application Deadline | Tuesday August 2, 2011, 5PM EDT The Corus Convergent Media Stream (CCMS) is for teams of two producers who are currently developing an interactive digital media project. The program takes place as part of the International Women in Digital Media Summit (iWDMS), October 23-25, 2011 in [...]
Corus Convergent Media Stream Bursaries
2010 Convergent Media Program | Bursary Donor/Recipient Profile Bursary Application Deadline | Tuesday August 2, 2011, 5PM EDT The Corus Convergent Media Stream (CCMS) is for teams of two producers who are currently developing an interactive digital media project. The program takes place as part of the International Women in Digital Media Summit (iWDMS), October 23-25, 2011 in [...]
Deluxe Producer Internship Application Deadline
[ July 25, 2011; 12:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The Deluxe Producer Internship provides one emerging Canadian female producer with invaluable hands-on postproduction training. The successful applicant joins Deluxe Postproduction—at their world-class facility in downtown Toronto—for a three-week internship to learn about production equipment planning and requirements and postproduction video, film and sound. The internship will commence in November, 2011. Read more. Benefits Three-week internship at Deluxe Postproduction $1,000 [...]
Development Incubator Reception
[ June 23, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Where | Hotel Novotel Toronto, 45 The Esplanade, M5E 1W2 View map & directions This event is by invitation only. Those who have received an invitation must RSVP by June 17 (see evite for details). The WIFT-T Development Incubator is designed to develop market-driven feature films and support the next generation of Canadian feature film professionals. Six emerging/intermediate producer-and-writer teams, [...]
Olivia Ward
Olivia Ward is a Toronto Star writer on foreign affairs, with more than 13 years’ experience as a foreign correspondent. She was the Star‘s UN correspondent, then headed the Moscow and London bureaus. She has reported from South Asia and the Middle East, and on wars in Chechnya, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Iraq, and the [...]
Debi Goodwin
Debi Goodwin has more than 20 years’ experience as a CBC journalist. For ten years, she produced foreign documentaries for The National and traveled to El Salvador, China, the Middle East and Africa. Last September, Doubleday Canada published Citizens of Nowhere, Debi’s non-fiction account of eleven refugee students in Kenya whom she followed through their first year on scholarships [...]
Goodmans Presents: Women on the Front Lines
Conflict zone storytelling and the role of female correspondents & documentarians. Jun 7.
WIFT-T Announces Winner of Astral Media Mentorship
WIFT-T is pleased to announce Norma Mendoza as the winner of the 2011 Astral Media Mentorship. Now in its fourth year, this national competitive program prepares one Canadian producer who is a visible minority, Aboriginal, or an individual with a disability for the Banff World Media Festival. “WIFT-T is pleased to once again partner with Astral Media [...]
2011 Recipient: Norma Mendoza
Back to Astral Media Mentorship Norma Mendoza is a dynamic young producer who continually pushes the artistic envelope to create relevant and entertaining original content. Her producing credits include Nickelodeon’s record-setting live-action TV series Dino Dan and the Gemini Award-winning TVO series The Ocean Room. Most recently, she produced BITE TV’s much-anticipated comedy series Papillon, starring [...]
Goodmans Presents: Conflict Zone Storytelling & Women on the Front Lines
[ June 7, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] With only their cameras, laptops and fearless resolve, today's foreign correspondents and documentarians brave the world’s worst conflict zones to deliver those hard-to-tell, and often, risky-to-uncover stories. The contributions of female investigative storytellers over decades of conflict have paved the way for a new generation of women—with a burning passion for justice, humanity and truth—to [...]
DigiScape: Previsualization & Virtual Production
Projecting the mind's eye: technologies & workflows for virtual production planning. Jun 27.
Michael Irwin
Michael Irwin comes to the SIRT Centre having over ten years of post secondary education and an additional ten years of industry experience. As a student, his specializations included gaming technology, 3D modeling, computer science, digital art, fine art, photography and social sciences. His industry experience includes production and post-production for film, TV, video games [...]
Bert Dunk
A native of Saskatchewan, Bert Dunk is recognized as one of Canada’s premiere cinematographers. Formally trained in New York City at the Germain School of Photography, his career has spanned about 30 years. Well known for his Hawaiian shirts, Bert has shot feature films, television movies, episodic TV and commercials. He has worked for every [...]
Jon Helliker
Before joining Sheridan College as a faculty member in 2005, John worked for over twenty years as a freelance director, production manager, and writer within the Canadian film and television industry. His credits include production management for children’s series television such as Degrassi and OWLTV; multiple series as a writer for TVOntario; and directing of [...]
DigiScape | Previsualization & Virtual Production
[ June 27, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Projecting the Mind's Eye REGISTRATION CLOSED. EVENT AT CAPACITY. Imagination and entertainment go hand-in-hand; but when ideas run wild, so can the budget. Before the cameras even begin to roll, today’s feature film professionals ensure that what is described on the page will translate to the screen—and that everyone involved has the same expectations. Previsualization is a process that [...]
Frame Work II: Canada’s Screen-Based Workforce
Frame Work II is now available online. Click above to access the full report and executive summary.
Feature Film Writing Program Part 2
[ July 13, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. July 20, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. July 27, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. August 3, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Recommended for emerging to intermediate writers, this four-session series reinforces core concepts and builds on participants’ understanding of screenwriting fundamentals, including how to build better characters, create stronger sequences, raise the stakes, keep the story moving, and remain true to the theme of the story. The program is organized around instruction, breakdown and analysis of examples, [...]
Feature Film Writing Program
With Maureen Dorey, consultant to the pros. Part 2 begins July 13. Register today!
DigiScape: Making Games Make Money
Industry experts discuss monetizing games, from social, to mobile, to MMOs. April 11.
DigiScape: Making Games Make Money
[ April 11, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Games are highly-addictive consumer fodder; but revenue recognition can be a complex process—whether your gaming components are part of a broader marketing strategy or are stand-alone products. From social games, to mobile games, to massive multiplayer online games, this DigiScape session will explore various monetization models, including traditional banners, pay-per-download, free-to-play and virtual currency. Hot off the [...]
Astral Media Mentorship Testimonials
2011 Astral Media Mentorship Mishann Lau, 2010 As [the 2010] winner of the Astral Media WIFT mentorship, I was able to attend The International Television Festival at Banff with confidence in my pitch and the support of veteran festival participants. This was an extremely rewarding trip because I was able to meet with broadcasters from Corus Kids, [...]
Astral Media Mentorship Testimonials
2011 Astral Media Mentorship Mishann Lau, 2010 As [the 2010] winner of the Astral Media WIFT mentorship, I was able to attend The International Television Festival at Banff with confidence in my pitch and the support of veteran festival participants. This was an extremely rewarding trip because I was able to meet with broadcasters from Corus Kids, [...]
Feature Film Writing Program Part 1
[ May 4, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 11, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 18, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 25, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] In this four-session introductory series, emerging writers learn the unique nature of telling stories for the screen. Each session examines the various stages of screenwriting and the fundamentals of the craft using examples and hands-on exercises. Participants are encouraged to develop an original concept for a feature film and take that concept to the outline or [...]
Astral Media Mentorship Application Deadline
[ April 11, 2011; ] The Astral Media Mentorship is a national competitive program that gives one Canadian producer (male or female) who is a visible minority, Aboriginal, or an individual with a disability, the opportunity to develop their marketing strategy and hone their pitch and presentation skills for the 2011 Banff World Media Festival. The winner receives a festival bursary (see Benefits) and a [...]
Astral Media Mentorship
Prepare for the Banff World Media Festival through expert coaching. Apps due Apr 11.
DigiScape | Tracking The Trends
Forecasting trends in technology, media & telecommunications. Feb 28. Register now!
Duncan Stewart
Back to Tracking the Trends: Technology, Media & Telecommunications Duncan Stewart is the Director of Deloitte Canada Research in the areas of Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Life Sciences and GreenTech. He is a member of Deloitte’s national TMT executive team, is a co-author of Deloitte Research’s annual Predictions report on trends in TMT, and is [...]
WIFT-T Launches Women in Digital Media Summit & Speaker Series
OMDC to Support the 2011-2012 International Initiative WIFT-T, with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, is pleased to announce the WIFT-T Women in Digital Media Summit & Speaker Series, a two-year initiative designed to promote and celebrate women in the digital media industry. Divided into [...]
William F. White Production Manager Mentorship Winner
WIFT-T is pleased to announce Corinne Herman as winner of the inaugural William F. White Production Manager Mentorship. This competitive program is designed to provide one emerging Canadian female production manager with hands-on training and mentorship. “We’re very pleased to partner with William F. White Int’l to offer this landmark mentorship,” says Renee Robinson, WIFT-T Programming & Business [...]
iWDMS Partners
Lead Partners The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, is the central catalyst for the province’s cultural media cluster, including book publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, magazine publishing and music industries. The WIFT-T Women in Digital Media Summit & Speaker Series is made possible through the support of [...]
Production Management
Part of the Business Management for Media Professionals Program. Begins March 5.
