Rosie Award Nominees Update

  Yesterday AMPIA announced the Alberta Film and Television Rosie Awards nominees. I would like to congratulate WIFTA Board members Jesse Szymanski and Laura Vinson for their nominations. Jesse was nominated for Best Dramatic Series for Blackstone for Prairie Dog Film + Television. She was also nominated for Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity for Blackstone’s “Sext Me” for Prairie Dog …

11 Female Film Pioneers

  Check out 11 Female Film Pioneers Who Paved the Road to Hollywood San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film gave us some disturbing news after the New Year: Gender diversity in media has actually been getting worse. The report concluded that the number of women represented in 2013 was lower than it …

6pm screening of Edmonton sitcom Seven Day Weekend

Cameron And Doyle G’day Patricia and the WIFTA team. Local filmmakers Cameron And Doyle invite you and your guests to share some laughs with us at the 6pm screening of Edmonton sitcom Seven Day Weekend. Wednesday April 8th, at FAVA (9722 102nd St.). The 6pm invitational screening is for industry insiders, and so we hope to see you there. In …