Media contact and information:
WIFTI Board of Directors
410-437-7483
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WOMEN IN FILM
AND TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL’S (WIFTI)
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE CELEBRATING
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2006
TO PREMIERE ON EIGHTEEN
CITIES IN FIVE COUNTRIES.
(New York, NY - February
20, 2006)-
Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) is proud to announce the
simultaneous launch of its first annual
Short Film Showcase on Wednesday, March 8 – International Women’s Day 2006 –
across eighteen screens in five countries within its network of member
Chapters.
For one night only - from Los Angeles, USA to Auckland, New Zealand -
WIFTI Chapters worldwide will present an outstanding collection of short films
by some of today’s best female filmmakers. The 2006 Showcase is comprised of seven
award-winning short films, selected by WIFTI’s
international Board of Directors, from finalist shorts from the WOW International Festival in Australia
and the NYWIFT/Hamptons International Film Festival’s To The Point: Women Telling Tales Through Media event.
“International
Women’s Day commemorates achievements, acts of courage and determination by ordinary
women. What better way for WIFTI members and the
public to celebrate than with a screening of original, accomplished
international short films by and about modern women,” comments Paulina B.
Abarca, Showcase Producer and WIFTI’s Chair of
Programming.
The
seven films comprising the 2006 WIFT International Short Film Showcase are:
KYLIE GOLDSTEIN, ALL AMERICAN
/ 3 minutes
Director: Eva Saks –
USA
MOUSTACHE
/ 13 minutes
Director: Vicki Sugars – AUSTRALIA
ON
THE CLIFFS / 15 minutes
Director: Lisa M. Perry – USA
MÉNAGE À TROIS / 15 min
Director: Kimberly M. Wetherell - USA
THE
SCIENCE OF LOVE / 14 min
Director/Writer: Joyce Draganosky – USA
WASP
/ 23 minutes
Director: Andrea Arnold – United Kingdom
HAND
SUM / 8min, 3 secs
Director: Eva Colmers - Canada
Each
WIFT Chapter may also add outstanding regional films of their choosing to WIFTI’s 91-minute Showcase.
Together, the seven short
films have garnered over fifty international awards including a 2005 Academy Award, a Jury Award for International Filmmaking:
Sundance International Film Festival and the Grand Prix The Golden Dragon at the International Short Film Festival,
Poland for Andrea Arnold’s WASP; a Best Foreign Film Award at the 2005 Créteil
International Film Festival, for Vicki Sugars’ MOUSTACHE; and an IFP Audience Choice Award: Columbia
University Film Festival for Joyce Draganosky’s
THE SCIENCE OF LOVE.
“These films showcase the talents of directors
at different stages of their career. Each has a unique strength, each displays
inspired craftsmanship,” said Abarca from Montreal. “Couple them with the
ingenuity of our Chapters to present welcoming, highly stimulating events, and
you have the makings of a truly fabulous evening.”
WIFTI
Chapters Participating in the Showcase and Screening Location:
Women in Film
& Television, Alberta, Canada
Calgary: Mount Royal College
Edmonton: Shaw Theatre, NAIT Campus, 106 Street
& Princess Elizabeth Avenue
Women in Film, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA
Women in Film &
Television NSW, Australia
Sydney:
Theatrette, Parliament House, Macquarie St.
Guest of Honour: Dr.
Meredith Burgmann MLC T: 61(2) 9230.2301
Bay Area Women in Film
& Television, San Francisco, California, USA
San
Francisco: Variety Club Screening Room, Hobart Building, 582 Market Street
Women in Film, Chicago,
Illinois, USA
Women in Film, Dallas,
Texas, USA
Dallas:
The Studio Movie Grill in Addision, 5405 Beltline Rd.
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Glass
- T: 972-992-6684
Women in Film & Video,
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC: Gala Hispanic Theatre-Tivoli, DC3333 14th Street,
NW. www.dciff.org
Women in Film &
Television, Houston, Texas, USA
Women in Film & Television,
Kingston, Jamaica
Women
in Film, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles: The Little Kodak Theatre, 6700 Santa Monica
Blvd. T: 310-657-5144.
Femmes
de cinéma de la télévision et des nouveaux médias - Montreal, Canada
Montreal: Astral Média
Screening Room: 2100 Ste-Catherine W. 2nd Floor. T: 514.482.9496
Women in Film & Video,
New England, USA
Brookline:
Coolidge Corner Theatre. T: 781.788.6607
Women in Film, New Mexico,
USA
Santa
Fe: The Film Center, St.Michael’s Village West – Special
Guest: Shirley Maclaine - www.nmwif.com
New York Women in Film, New
York City, New York, USA*
New York City: HBO Theatre, 1100 Avenue of the Americas T:
212/679-0870 /[email protected]
*NYWIFT
will present the Showcase on March 22.
Women in Film &
Television, Auckland, New Zealand
Rialto Cinemas Broadway, Newmarket T: 378 7271
or [email protected]
Women in Film &
Television, Toronto, Canada
Toronto:
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond). T:
416-322.3430
Women in Film & Video,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The 2006 Short
Film Showcase is made possible through the invaluable collaboration and
assistance of: New York Women in Film
and Television (NYWIFT), The Hamptons International Film Festival: TO THE POINT: Women
Telling Stories through Media event,
the WOW International Film Festival in
Australia and;
Femmes de cinéma de la télévision et des nouveaux médias – Montréal
WIFTI is a global network
comprised of over 35 Women In Film and Television
chapters worldwide and more than 10,000 members. All are dedicated to advancing professional
development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video and
other screen-based media. To accomplish
this goal, WIFTI provides networking and learning opportunities, scholarships,
a film finishing fund, a presence at major worldwide film festivals, as well as
offering help and encouragement to women who aspire to work in the film and TV
industries. www.wifti.org