WIFT Greece hosted a Masterclass on Audition Techniques for TV and Film with Nancy Bishop, award-winning casting director and author of “Auditioning for Film and TV.” This offered an educational two-day Masterclass and marketing seminar for actors applying for roles in international productions.

For two days, Thursday 30 and Friday 31 May 2024 at the Greek Film Library, Nancy Bishop presented valuable techniques for video auditions – specifically self-taped auditions. Self-taped auditions are mandatory for actors in a post-Covid world. Actors participated in a pre-arranged mock audition and received feedback and advice from Nancy. Nancy also provided insight into improving technical acting and marketing skills as defined by the international audiovisual industry. The seminar focused on strategies for actors to promote themselves and secure work in the international market. Topics included how to use the internet for marketing, organizing a professional CV, choosing a successful photo, producing an effective showreel, recording auditions to send to production and using social media.

About Nancy Bishop

Nancy Bishop is an American award-winning casting director who has worked on over a hundred international projects. Based primarily in London, she has cast for major motion pictures including Mission Impossible IV, the Amazon TV series Greek Salad and Borat, the subsequent film, for which she won the CSA Artios Award for Best Comedy Casting. She has been teaching film acting master classes internationally for many years. In addition, Nancy founded the Acting for Film department at the Prague Film School. She is a founding member and past president of the European branch of the Casting Society of America and has written three books on audition techniques.

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.