WIDC 2020 Story and Leadership Program

Last year was a trying one for all of us so when I was able to finish the year with a major opportunity, it made the uncertainties and fears of 2020 shrink in the face of a 2021 inspired by the hope that new opportunity brings. I was accepted into the Women in the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Story and Leadership Program and the Whistler Film Festival WIDC Industry Immersion Program. WIDC is put on by the Creative Women’s Workshop Association.

The Program accepted eight female directors from across Canada and allowed us to not only advance our skill set through work with Actors and Directors of Photography, but also empowers us to understand story and the marketing of story in a more complete way.

I’m grateful to the instructors and to Carol Whiteman, President and CEO of Creative Women’s Workshops Association, who is also one of the co-founders of Women in the Director’s Chair. (WIDC). Carol works tirelessly to create advancement opportunities for women directors.

I’ve finished the last phase of the program and I can’t thank Carol and the organization enough for the opportunity and all the instruction that came with it.