Presidents call: Wrapping up 2020

The next Presidents Call takes place on December 15th at 9pm Central European time. All Presidents of WIFT chapters and WIFT-partner chapters are kindly invited. 

Date: December 15th 
Time: 9pm Central European time

Location scouting and creative solutions

We are excited to announce our December webinar co-hosted with WIFT Caucasus and featuring location scout and member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Lori Balton who worked on films such as Inception, The Lion King and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Lori Balton is a location scout and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is a founding member of the Location Managers Guild International, and has worked on films such as Inception, The Lion King and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 

Lori will be happy to share her knowledge on location scouting and discuss the difference between location scouting and location management. She will also be talking about her experience as a mom and at the same time working as a location scout.

Date: December date and time to be confirmed.

Wifti worldwide webinar with Wift Jamaica

We’re excited to present you our next WIFTI Worldwide webinar and encourage you not to miss out on this conversation co-hosted by WIFT Jamaica and WIFT International: Post Pandemic: Emerging Shifts in Developing Audiovisual Industries

Dr Deborah Hickling Gordon,  audiovisual producer and lecturer in Cultural Studies at Mona Campus of the University of West Indies, and Keina Mattis, creative entrepreneur at the award-winning animation & design studio ListenMi, will have a conversation on probably the most intriguing question right now: how do we go on from here?

Date: Nov 30, 2020
Time: 08:00 PM in London

Wift Ireland Panels

Our ever so vibrant WFT Ireland is delighted to host two panels at the Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) Industry Days, which will be online for free in its 65th edition in November. 

‘In Her Own Voice’ | Women talk film (LIVE)

Presented in partnership with CIFF with support from the BAI, this session celebrates the recent successes and accomplishments of Irish female filmmakers, and the positive initiatives and structural changes that have occurred in the industry in the recent movement to recognise, encourage and promote women in film began.

This panel is led by our chair Dr. Susan Liddy, and features Cathy Brady (Writer & Director, Wildfire), Ailbhe Keogan (Screenwriter, Run & Jump) and  Katie McNeice (Director, In Orbit). 

Changing the Conversation | Parents, Carers and the Irish Screen Industries

Our chair, Dr Susan Liddy (Raising Films Ireland) will be in conversation with producer Ailish Bracken (Chair Raising Films Ireland), writer/director/ producer Roisin Kearney (Run; Paddy, The Ferry) and writer/producer Niall Murphy (Scannain & Raising Films Ireland).

The panel will discuss the ways in which the Irish screen industries can better support parents and carers.