WIFT International Summit
July 16 - 19, 2007
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THIS ISSUE:
Centre for Media Professionals [WIFT-T training and skills development]:
•Quebecor BWTVF Mentorship Award: Call for Applications
•2007 Quebecor Bursary Program
•Goodmans Presents: Maintaining and Leveraging Video Archives - REGISTER NOW!
•Add Your Name to the WIFT-T Database for the Business Management for Media Professionals Program
WIFT-T
[awards and events]:
•New and Prospective Members Meeting - April 10 at 6pm
•Member Screenings Forum Now Available on WIFT-T Website
•WIFT International Summit: July 16-19, 2007
•WIFT-T Annual General Meeting - May 8, 2007
•WIFT-T Raffle Draw Winnners
Partner News [products, services and industry events]:
•Banff World Television Festival:Where Great Television is Born
•Banff World Television Festival: Pitch Contests Now Open
•WIFT-T Co-Presents Hot Docs Film: Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman
•Canadian Film Centre: Call for Applications
•3rd Annual Vortex Competition: April 18-July 19, 2007
Centre for Media Professionals [WIFT-T training and skills development]:
Quebecor BWTVF Mentorship Award: Call for Applications
This national competitive program gives one talented Canadian female or male producer of a visible minority or Aboriginal group the invaluable opportunity to prepare for the 2007 Banff World Television Festival through an intensive three-month market mentorship and festival bursary. The BWTVF experience is comprehensive, allowing the award winner to take full advantage of the business and creative opportunities available at this world-class festival.
The 2007 Quebecor BWTVF Mentorship Award will include:
• One-on-one coaching with top industry executives to develop a market-driven project and pitch
• Complimentary festival registration
• $500 voucher for airfare
• Festival pitch meetings
• On-site festival mentoring
• Guidance for post-festival follow-up
The Quebecor BWTVF Mentorship Award program is a national initiative open to emerging Canadian producers of a visible minority or Aboriginal group working in television drama, documentary, or lifestyle.
Application deadline: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 5pm EST.
Eligibility criteria, full guidelines and application forms are available from the WIFT-T website at www.wift.com. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee composed of industry representatives with final decisions announced later in May.
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2007 Quebecor Bursary Program
Presented by Women in Film and Television-Toronto in association with the Quebecor Fund
This provincial program is designed to assist underrepresented women and/or men in the film and television industry gain access to professional skills development and networking opportunities through WIFT-T’s Centre for Media Professionals.
The Quebecor Bursary program will provide 50 visible minorities and/or Aboriginals with a WIFT-T Full Membership at no cost to the applicant. The Bursary program is specifically targeted to the following underrepresented Visible Minority communities:
Black/African/Caribbean, South Asian, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Middle Eastern/West Asian and Latin American.
For guidelines and information on the application process,
visit the WIFT-T web site at www.wift.com. Fully completed application packages must be submitted to WIFT-T. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee and assessed on an ongoing basis until all 50 bursaries have been filled.
For further information, contact WIFT-T at (416) 322-3430 ext. 221 or email wift@wift.com
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Goodmans Presents: Maintaining and Leveraging Video Archives - REGISTER NOW!
Presented by Goodmans LLP
A free networking event exclusively for WIFT-T members
This session will explore the need to preserve and promote Canada’s audio-visual heritage. Learn how your production company can access, distribute, maintain and convert their library to allow for new revenue opportunities. Learn what the potential costs versus opportunities are when archiving audio-visual content.
The session will be helpful for all levels of professionals in film and television looking to better understand the state of audio-visual archives in Canada as well as producers looking to learn more about maintenance and conversion of visual content into new formats.
Location: National Film Board, Cinema, 150 John Street (at Richmond)
Date: Wednesday, April 18
Registration: 6pm-6:30pm
Time: 6:30pm–9pm
To register call (416) 322-3430 x221 or email a completed registration form along with your resume to wift@wift.com or fax your registration to (416) 322-3703.
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Add Your Name to the WIFT-T Database for the Business Management for Media Professionals Program
WIFT-T has partnered with the Schulich Executive Education Centre at the Schulich School of Business, York University, and Humber School of Media Studies and Information Technology to offer both a senior level and an emerging level certification course for women and men as part of WIFT-T’s Business Management for Media Professionals (formerly Business Learning Initiative).
The Business Management for Media Professionals is an affordable, accessible entrepreneurial training program that will be offered through the Centre for Media Professionals (CMP), WIFT-T’s training division for women and men.
WIFT-T and Schulich will work together to develop a senior program of courses in business targeted to managers, professionals and entrepreneurs in the film and television industries. In collaboration with Humber College, the emerging program will target newer entrants to the industry as well as newcomers to Canada with film experience.
Schulich and Humber will bring their individual expertise in training to the development of the overall program and course content and will, with WIFT-T, select instructors that combine the best of academic and industry experience. The programs will be administered and delivered by the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) at the Schulich School of Business, York University, and Humber School of Media Studies and Information Technology.
If you are interested in either program, please download an information form and we will add you to our database. You will receive updates as they become available.
For more information, contact wift@wift.com or 416-322-3430 ext. 221.
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WIFT-T [awards and events]:
New and Prospective Members Meeting: Tuesday, April 10 at 6pm
On a monthly basis, WIFT-T opens its doors for a New and Prospective Members Meeting. At the free members’ meeting, we give an overview of the organization; its history, mandate, structure, a breakdown of the courses offered and other benefits of membership. It's the perfect place to network with other members, meet the staff and gain the knowledge you need to begin designing your own career strategy.
The meetings will be held at the WIFT-T offices at 110 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 601.
These meetings are very popular and fill up quickly, please arrive by 6pm to get a seat. Each meeting lasts about an hour. Please RSVP by calling the WIFT-T office at 416-322-3430 ext. 221 or email wift@wift.com.
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Member Screenings Forum Now Available on WIFT-T Website
WIFT-T members can now promote their upcoming screenings on the WIFT-T website. All screenings submissions must conform to the guidelines posted on the website.
A $25 + GST administration fee will be required to process your submission. Payments must be received before screening information is posted online.
For more information or to download a Member Screening submission form, click here.
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WIFT International Summit: July 16-19, 2007
Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) will host the WIFT International Summit in Toronto at the Park Hyatt Hotel from July 16-19, 2007. Held every two years in a different country, 2007 will mark the first year this event has been held in Toronto.
The WIFT International Summit will bring together participants from Afghanistan to New Zealand. For four days, delegates will be inspired by panels, workshops, screenings, and other special events. The WIFT International Summit will also give Toronto an opportunity to spotlight our own expertise in developing diverse talent and encourage international business opportunities that can assist Canadian production companies and filmmakers in creating strong products that are viable in the worldwide market.
For a complete schedule of events, visit the WIFT-T website at www.wift.com.
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WIFT-T Annual General Meeting - May 8
WIFT-T's Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 6:30pm at the National Film Board of Canada, 150 John Street. Elections to the Board of Directors will take place at the AGM and a keynote speaker will be announced shortly.
All full members of WIFT-T are encouraged to participate in the election process by nominating qualified candidates to stand for the 2007 Board of Directors. Nominations must be received by WIFT-T no later than April 19, 2007.
If you are a full member in good standing and have not received your nomination form, please email membership@wift.com.
All members can attend the AGM. Please RSVP to wift@wift.com.
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WIFT-T Raffle Draw Winnners
WIFT-T member Cynthia Taylor won a complimentary registration to the 3rd Annual Marketing to Women Conference: Look Who’s Talking: Today’s Empowered & Most Coveted Consumer, April 17 and 18 at the Old Mill Inn in Toronto.
This year's raffle draw winners at the 2nd Annual WIFT International Short Film Showcase, held on March 8, were Elif Isikozlu, winner of the SUMO chair, and Vivian Kosy, winner of the WIFT International Summit Pass.
Congratulations to everyone!
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Partner News [products, services and industry events]
Banff World Television Festival: Pitch Contests Now Open
Sumissions for the 2007 Banff World Television Festival's various pitch contests are now open.
Win $10,000 in the Comedy, Youth Drama or iPitch categories. New this year -- win a development deal with fox 21 for a reality program!
Enter now at www.bwtvf.com.
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WIFT-T Co-Presents Hot Docs Film: Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman
WIFT-T is pleased to co-present the film Flying – Confessions of a Free Woman as part of the 14th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running from April 19-29, 2007.
Flying is directed by Jennifer Fox, best known for her film Beirut, which won seven international awards including Best Film of the Year and Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival.
Flying – Confessions of a Free Woman
D: Jennifer Fox | 352 min | Denmark | Language: English
In this six-hour tour de force, master storyteller Jennifer Fox lays bare her own turbulent life to penetrate what it means to be a free woman today. As her drama of work and relationships unfolds over three years, our protagonist travels the globe to understand how diverse women define their lives when there is no map. Over intimate conversations around kitchen tables from South Africa to Russia, India and Pakistan, Fox initiates a groundbreaking dialogue among women, illuminating universal concerns across race, class and nationality. Part delectable soap opera, sociopolitical inquiry, and narrative experiments, Flying sweeps us up into an addictive international adventure chronicled with sincerity, innovation and elegance.
ROM Theatre
- April 20
Located at 100 Queen’s Park, at the SW corner of Bloor Street and Avenue Road.
Eps. 1 & 2: 12pm
Eps. 3 & 4: 2:15pm
Eps. 5 & 6: 4:30pm
Innis Town Hall - April 29
Located at 2 Sussex Avenue within Innis College on the University of Toronto's downtown campus, at the NW corner of St. George Street and Sussex Avenue, just south of Bloor Street.
Eps. 1 & 2: 2pm
Eps. 3 & 4: 4:15pm
Eps. 5 & 6: 6:30pm
Tickets are $12. Order in person at CBC Newsworld Advance Box Office, 581 Bloor St. W., online at www.hotdocs.ca, or by phone at 416-588-8DOC (8632). For more film screenings, go to www.hotdocs.ca.
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Canadian Film Centre: Call for Applications
CFC MEDIA LAB
As a resident in the CFC Media Lab, you’ll push the boundaries of learning and imagination to create prototypes that are at the intersection of art and technology. Be part of the new world.
The Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2007 session of the TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program (IAEP), a five-month, post-graduate residency focused on creating inventive interactive narrative projects for the Canadian and international marketplace.
The TELUS Interactive Arts & Entertainment Program (IAEP) is Canada's first post-graduate program for new media training and production, based on a philosophy that compelling new media content is created through a collaborative process harnessing a wide range of creative skills, knowledge and talent. An internationally acclaimed facility, the Media lab has produced award-winning new media prototypes ranging from simulation-based interactive documentaries, to wireless storytelling networks, to interactive short films and narrative-driven media installations.
Apply Now - Application Deadline is May 18, 2007
For more information or to request an application please contact:
medialab@cfccreates.com or visit www.cfccreates.com
CFC TV PRIME TIME TELEVISION PROGRAM
DREAM IT. LEARN IT. WRITE IT.
What makes a great TV show? It starts with superb writing.
Our alumni have been credited on more than 80 TV series.
The CFC's Prime Time Television Program has achieved a high level of recognition and success within the industry as an impressive source for trained writers and newly developed projects for the television marketplace. Through industry driven training you will learn to write for episodic television in a collaborative environment, acquire real on the job skills, meet industry contacts and develop and pitch your own original series.
Application Deadline: May 16, 2007
Join the CFC Reel Club today!
A unique and exciting opportunity for you to enjoy exclusive movie screenings, industry events and films while supporting the CFC.
The Reel Club, a fundraising initiative of the CFC, features a host of benefits that include movie passes, “sneak” movie previews, parties, CFC Annual Barbeque tickets and more!
All funds raised through the Reel Club support CFC film, television and new media programs. We offer a number of Reel Club donor levels to choose from. For more information or to join the Reel Club, please contact us at 416-445-1446 ext. 272 or by email reelclub@cfccreates.com.
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3rd Annual Vortex Competition: April 18-July 19, 2007
Vortex, brainchild of Bill Marshall’s McLuhan International Festival of the Future, has now taken on a life of its own, though remaining part of the Festival. This year focusing on videogame content design, it consists of an industry education series, a coaching session to teach you how to pitch in a business environment, a four-day, four-platform competition juried by industry leaders and experts, mentorship, awards with prizes and networking.
Videogames are the largest grossing sector of the entertainment industry - bigger than movies. But the relationship between Film and TV and videogames is so strong that some believe that it is almost impossible to work in TV and Film today without planning for a videogame spin off. “The impact of videogames on our industry is undeniable,” said Sue Sheridan, Executive Director of Women in Film and Television-Toronto (WIFT-T), a partner of the Vortex program. “With more and more films and television series transitioning to this medium, it is changing the face of the business of entertainment.”
The competition dates are Mobile - June 18, Internet - June 19, PC - June 20 and Console - June 21. Each day 12 contestants will pitch to their platform’s judges. The panel will be composed of respected experts in all fields of business, relevant to helping the contestant get their concept to market, including financiers, venture capitalists, institutional funders, angel to market specialists, representatives from the media and academia, and top industry experts.
Unique to this year’s Vortex is The Coaching Session on May 2. This was planned after last year’s competition to create more parity in the presentations. Included in this extraordinary line up are experts from Ventures West, Bell Business Solutions, Microsoft, Groove Games, Cassels Brock, and City TV. They will address the group on what is expected of them from each specialist’s perspective. Don’t miss the special Industry Sessions, the next one is “Who is watching what and why; Understanding the global audience and unleashing mass creativity” speaker Jason MacIsaac, Executive Editor, Electric Playground and Design Director, Cerebral Vortex Game, on April 18.
The McLuhan Festival is working closely on this year's program with Luigi Ferrara, Director, School of Design, George Brown College, which is a partner and sponsor of the Vortex program. The Festival is also fortunate to list among its sponsors Telefilm Canada and Ontario Media Development Corporation.
Visit www.vortexcompetition.org for further information on the program schedule, industry session events, venue and the coaching session and details on the competition. Application deadline is May 31. Contact: sruda@mcluhanfestival.com.
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