Annual WIFTI Event @Berlinale 2022

Humor is an essential part of the most successful content of the film and TV industry. To laugh is a lot of fun. It unites people, it gives audiences a great time. However – to create great humor isn’t always a walk in the park. To be funny can be a serious and challenging business. Time to look into the roles of women who create the things that brighten our days with laughter and fun.

Meet comedy experts for a personal conversation!

At our annual Berlinale event, WIFT Germany and many international WIFT Chapters are hosting sessions with small groups featuring their local talent and experts on anything comedy in our industry.

Starting with quick keynotes by our inter-/national experts from different fields in our industry: writing, directing, composing, acting, casting, producing etc., you will have the opportunity to discuss your most pressing questions with them directly.

You are cordially invited to join us to expand your personal network and to have a good time!

February 12th 2022, 5.00pm-6.30pm

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WIFTI Summit 2022 to take place in Nigeria

Celebrating the Women in Film & Television International 25 years anniversary, the 2022 WIFTI Summit will take place in Nigeria this August.

Nigeria has a population of 200 million people, 371 tribes, 36 states and with Nollywood represents one of the biggest film industries in the world. In partnership with His Imperial Majesty the Ooni of Ife, the WIFTI Summit will be taking place in Nigeria as we explore the cradle of storytelling.

With this years’s gathering of our global WIFT community, we aim to bring different people from different backgrounds together for a genuine appreciation for each other as human beings in all their differences and connecting through storytelling.

While we are exploring possibilities to connect our members for this event, taking into consideration the challenges of the ongoing pandemic, we will explore physical, virtual or hybrid options as our goal is to strengthen every single one within our thriving network.

We plan to provide you with further details by the end of March 2022, and we look forward to the WIFTI Summit 2022!

WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with Bunny Yan in conversation with Imogen Ross

WIFTI Sustainability Conversation #2: Sustainable Wardrobe & Set – Tips & Tricks that will save you money & the environment

December 2, 9am CET / 6pm AEST / 7pm AEDT

Join us for this conversation with sustainability expert turn fashion storyteller Bunny Yan, presented in collaboration with WIFT Australia. Bunny will be in conversation with moderator Imogen Ross.

Bunny Yan created an award-winning digital series that focuses on the fascinating side of impact-positive fashion. Combining 20+ years of knowledge with her magnetic personality she delivers a world of cool transformations, daring technologies, surprising materials and boundless potential. Her superpower: Storytelling based on human emotion & behaviour aka making boring stuff fun.

Imogen Ross is a production/set/costume designer and visual artist/maker of many things based in the Illawarra on Australia’s east coast. Collaboration, imagination, and integration of complex ideas with diverse cultural narratives is her speciality. She is a proud member of the APDG (Australian Production Design Guild) and is the current Environmental Sustainability writer for the APDG quarterly newsletter, researching and promoting sustainable choices as design options for both live performance and screen designers across Australia. See: https://apdg.org.au/2021/09/apdgreen-conversations-ecoscenography-linking-sustainable-practises-across-international-borders

Register for the webinar here!

WIFTI Worldwide Webinar: In the Director’s Chair Sits a Woman

This webinar is presented by our sisters at WIFT Israel. On November 16, 6pm CET Osnat Bukofzer will be in conversation with Smadar Zamir about her work and latest film ‘In the Director’s Chair Sits a Woman’.

Smadar learned about and experienced the difficulties faced by female filmmakers attempting to make films in Israel, a country with ostensibly modern characteristics, but it turns out that our patriarchy has a greater influence on us than we anticipated. Will this knowledge enable us to create in different ways?

Smadar Zamir is a filmmaker, activist and lecturer. A graduate with honors from the department of Cinema and TV Arts in Sapir College, and an MA in Gender Studies from Bar Ilan University. Her final project film, the short fiction film BETWEEN THE LINES aired on Channel2/Israel and travelled the film festival circuit. In The Director’s Chair Sits A Woman is her debut film.

Watch the trailer to the film here.

Register here!