Join NYWIFT for the 2024 FinanceHER Institute at Film at Lincoln Center, a one-day conference to refine your business strategies.

Gain fresh insights from some of today’s leading experts in the industry and position your projects for optimum success. Hear from industry professionals who have successfully funded their projects and learn what greenlighters are looking for today.

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Time: 12:00 – 4:00pm ET

Location: Film at Lincoln Center, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, Amphitheater (144 W. 65th Street)

Ticket Pricing: For NYWIFT Members: $45 / For Non-members: $75

Read more about the schedule, speakers, and registration here.  

ReFrame, the Sundance Institute and Women In Film partnership to advance gender equity in the screen industries, announced at Cannes on Friday it is expanding its programme recognising gender-balanced hiring on features in Canada, the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia, as announced in the exclusive by Screen Daily.

The ReFrame Stamp verifies feature productions that hire women or individuals from minority gender communities including trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming individuals in at least 50% of key roles, above and below the line. The Stamp will be accessible to producers in the five countries starting in autumn when full international qualifying criteria will be released. Since launching in 2017 it has been awarded to more than 600 features in the US after review of credits on IMDbPro.

Director of international programmes for WIF LA, and former director of ReFrame, Andria Wilson Mirza, said: “Our industry is global, and our fight for fair and equitable representation for women, trans and nonbinary industry professionals is global too.”

Dr. Susan Liddy, president of Women in Film and Television International, said: “WIFTI works tirelessly across six continents to promote gender equality and diversity. ReFrame has a key role to play in that important work and I look forward to championing the initiative.”

The reception announcing the expansion featured a panel discussion involving Kara Durrett, founder of Pinky Promise Films and executive producer on Andrea Arnold’s Competition entry Bird; Filson Ali, Sweden-based producer and advocacy leader; Fawzia Mirza, Canadian-Pakistani filmmaker and director of The Queen Of My Dreams; Laura Sivis, Australia-based producer and founder of Courage Films; and Sarena Khan, SVP of Graphic India.

WIFTI President Dr. Susan Liddy delivered the opening remarks.

WIFT Germany Members’ Braunschweig International Film Festival is open for submissions! Current films can now be submitted for the 38th Braunschweig International Film Festival, which will take place from November 11th until 17th 2024. The BIFF is dedicated to up-and-coming European film, shows around 250 international feature and short films every year and awards a total of ten prizes.

Short films can be submitted until June 10th, and feature films until July 25th 2024.

All information regarding film submissions, rules & regulations and other deadlines can be found here.

As a member of Women in Film and Television International, members of WIFTI Chapters are eligible to receive a 30% discount off an IMDbPro Premium Subscription, which offers full access to the most powerful features for entertainment professionals to showcase themselves and get discovered. If you’re a WIFTI Chapter: email us for the code! Members: email your local or national WIFTI Chapter to get your code and redeem this offer!

Claim your IMDb page today to manage the display of your personal details, such as gender identity, pronouns and birth year, across IMDb and IMDbPro. Access the discount code by logging into your membership website. The discount can be applied to both monthly and annual memberships. This offer is limited to WIFTI members only and is non-transferable.

On 12 March 2024, Women in Film, Television & Media Italia elected the new Board of Directors! Among them, WIFTI Vice President Domizia de Rosa was re-elected as President.

Domizia shares her intentions and goals for the next term on the WIFTMI Board: “In this new mandate my objective is to consolidate both the work carried out in recent years by WIFTMI and the Association itself; create projects that, by making use of the treasure of accumulated knowledge, skills and questions, stimulate new writings, new visions and new professional opportunities; actively involve members and members; stimulate network growth in the regions. I believe the Association has a role to play within our industry and the potential to do so. So, let’s roll up our sleeves.”

You can read everyone’s vision statements here. 

This February at the Berlinale, WIFT Germany held a powerful series of talks titled “Between Escapism, Activism and Documentation – Filmmaking in Trembling Times”. These examined the world today, where there seem to be new crises emerging daily – war, climate change, flight and displacement, and the resurgence of the far-right. All too often, women are the ones who suffer the most.

In this podcast episode, WFT Ireland Member Gemma Creagh speaks with WIFT Germany and WIFTI Board Member and actor Mara Luka who talks about their vast chapter, the film industry in Germany, and WIFT’s close ties to the Berlinale Festival.

Then in a live recording from the event, outgoing Berlinale Executive Director Mariëtte Rissenbeek talks about WIFT’s relationship to the festival while Producer Zhang Fan from Bridging the Dragon discusses the film landscape in China.

This recording and podcast was made possible with the support of Coimisiún na Meán, WIFT Germany and the Berlinale.

Keep an eye out for part two where WFT Ireland Chair and WIFT International President Dr Susan Liddy speaks with Ukrainian Filmmaker Julia Sinkevych about an important study on Gender-Based Violence on German Television.