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Update on WIFTI Summit 2022
August 30th, 31st 2022 · WIFTI Summit 2022Celebrating Women in Film & Television International’s 25 year anniversary, the 2022 WIFTI Summit will take place as an online event happening from Lagos/Nigeria on August 30th and 31st, 2022. This year’s WIFTI summit is...
Dear Filmmakers All Over The World
Dear Filmmakers All Over The WorldWe are all shocked by Russia's brutal attack on independent Ukraine, but our indignation should be backed up by concrete, responsible help for our Ukrainian sisters and brothers. Poland has become a natural place of refuge for many of...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with WIFT Bhutan
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar in collaboration with WIFT BhutanWomen filmmakers make up only a tiny percentage of the whole industry in Bhutan; they are also less visible and marginalized within a male-dominated field. Being Bhutan’s first female director, Karma Deki faced...
Excellence in Craft on International Women’s Day 2022
Excellence in Craft with WIFT Australia on International Women's Day 2022 Excellence in Craft is back in 2022 with a Mexican bang! (Watch out, new date!) In this masterclass we'll meet with Argentinian/Australian Leticia Cáceres who is a writer and director for both...
Annual WIFTI Event @Berlinale
Annual WIFTI Event @Berlinale 2022Humor 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...
Announcement: WIFTI Summit 2022 in Nigeria
WIFTI Summit 2022 to take place in NigeriaCelebrating 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...
WIFTI Members enjoy 30% discount on IMDb Pro
WIFTI Members enjoy 30% discount on IMDb Pro tools!We are delighted to have established a partnership with the IMDb Pro Affiliate Programme! This partnership gives all WIFT International members a 30% discount on IMDb Pro and its amazing tools for finding contacts,...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar: Sustainable Wardrobe and Set
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with Bunny Yan in conversation with Imogen RossWIFTI 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...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar: In The Director’s Chair Sits a Woman
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar: In the Director's Chair Sits a WomanThis 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...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar: Sustainability & Storytelling
Join us for our WIFTI Sustainability Conversation #1As our first webinar this autumn, we will host our WIFTI Sustainability Conversation #1, which will be part of a longer series of conversations on sustainability, film and storytelling this coming winter and spring....
Coffee Chat: Blue Sky Sessions
Join us for our Blue Sky Sessions!This month, we are hosting two coffee chats themed around a Blue Sky thinking. All chapters are welcome to join and share their ideas for WIFTI's future. What would you like WIFTI to do, what do be for your chapter? We believe that...
WIFTI stands in solidarity
WIFTI stands in solidarity with our Afghan sisters Read our statement below:
WIFTI Annual Report
Read the WIFTI Annual Report 2020-21 here With our fiscal year 2020-21 having ended on August 31, it's time for our chapters to renew their membership - and for new groups to think about whether they want to join the global movement and become a member of WIFTI....
European Organisations Join Forces Against Racism
WIFT International fights against racism together with ARTEFIn the Summer of 2020, a group of European film industry professionals gathered to form ARTEF, the Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film. WIFT International has been a member from its beginnings. Engaging...
WIFTI x Cannes International Film Festival 2021
Producing & Social Impact with Pavillon Afriques in CannesWe are delighted to be co-hosting a conversation with Pavillon Afriques at the Cannes International Film Festival. Our moderator Inya Lawal, WIFTI board member and President of WIFT Africa, will speak to...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with Christin Baker
Producing, Distributing & Social Impact with Christin Baker // How to put underrepresented topics on the radar? What is it like to get your own production company and streaming service off the ground? How to find investors for your indie project? In this...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar: Filmmaking in Bangladesh
Filmmaking in Bangladesh: Cinema as Feminist InterventionRe-watch the webinar here. Filmmaker and WIFTI Board Member Rubaiyat Hossain will be in conversation with filmmakers Elizabeth D. Costa, director of Bangla Surf Girls, 2021, and Zana Shammi, director of Untying...
Letter from Anna Serner to WIFT members & SFI’s Facts & Figures 2020
Letter from Anna Serner to WIFT membersFollowing our open letter thanking Anna Serner for her decade-long work for gender equality, Anna has sent us a response, amongst others also drawing on the Swedish Film Institute's latest Facts & Figures report. Their work...
50 organisations celebrate Anna Serner alongside WIFTI
WIFTI joined by 50 Organisations in Open Letter to Anna Serner After 10 years as CEO of the Swedish Film Institute, Anna Serner has handed in her resignation on 27 April, 2021. Women in Film & Television International is grateful for and proud of Anna's...
WIFT International congratulates Chloé Zhao!
Historic Win! Chlóe Zhao wins Best Director at Academy Awards!Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) celebrates Chloé Zhao’s win at today’s Academy Awards, for Best Director for feature film “Nomadland”. Zhao is the first Asian woman to receive the award...
Coffee Chat for Emerging Networks
Coffee Chat for Emerging Networks Are you new or in the starting phase of your WIFT network, and could do with some advice? Do you know a group of women who is currently forming and would like to get involved with WIFTI? With great happiness, we have seen the...
WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with Wade Channell
What men can and need to do to fight gender inequality. Wade Channell in conversation with producer Tsiako Abesadze, International Relations and co-founder of WIFT Georgia, on the role of men in fighting gender inequality. Date: Monday, 29th March 2021...
WIFTI Presidents Call
WIFTI Presidents Call Coming Up!We kindly invite all Presidents and leaders of WIFT networks to join us for our next Presidents Call on April 20, which we will split into two sessions to reach all time zones. We look forward to hearing from you about your current...
March 8 Short Film Showcase
Celebrate March 8 with us and join us for 48 hours of short films from around the world! On International Women’s Day, you’re invited to travel the globe with an empowering short film showcase spanning 18 countries. Created by and centered on women, these stories...
Seminar Series on Affirmative Feminism
We would like to invite you to the Affirmative Feminism Seminar Series: A series of three panel conversations exploring possible futures through affirmative statements and initiatives within contemporary film and digital screen culture. The seminars will take...
Annual WIFT at Berlinale Event
Annual WIFT Berlinale Event You can re-watch the event here. An official partnership with Berlinale. In collaboration with WIFT Germany and WIFT International, WIFT Sweden, WIF LA, WIFT India, WIFT Africa & Forum of Women in Film & TV Nigeria...
Coffee Chat on Building Resilience
Join us for this informal coffee chat and share your outlooks, fears, dreams for this new year, listen to others and get some gentle insights. WIFT members only.
Certify your film for free
Certify your film for free A staggering 80% of audiences want more diversity in media and entertainment. (Read up on it here!) To meet this demand, Ceretai has developed an artificial intelligence tool that measures diversity and determines if a film breaks norms....
Monitoring Diversity
Monitoring Diversity In a collaboration with Ceretai, Herflix, WIFTI and SF Studios, we are running a project funded by the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova to investigate norms on the big screen. The goal of the project is to implement technical solutions to drive...
Nordic Women in Film 2021
Nordic Women in Film The five Nordic Embassies in the U.S., WIFT International and WIFV Washington are presenting a digital screening series of fiercely intelligent and radiant Nordic cinema! Nordic Women in Film is five weeks of artistic ambition. Five weeks of...
New Initiative boosts Female Producers’
Launched by the Erich Pommer Institute (EPI), SERIES' WOMEN is the first career enhancement programme for female producers in the European drama series industry. The first edition will run between March and June 2021. Applications are now open and will be accepted...
WIFT Chapter of the Month: Wift Denmark
WIFT Chapter of the Month: Wift Denmark WIFT Denmark has somewhat experienced a revival during 2020. WIFT DK started energetically in 1999, but had a period of fewer activities in the last years. With a new board elected in 2020, WIFT DK propelled their membership...
WIFT-V Fest: Submit now
WIFT-V Fest: Submit now! WIFT Australia are proud to announce the inaugural WIFT V-FEST, WIFT Australia’s women’s virtual film festival and short film competition, sponsored in partnership with Screen Queensland.
Online Magazine
Online Magazine Check out the January edition of WIFT Nashville's Online Magazine! Reel Lumiere Magazine is a digital monthly publication and an engaging source for news, information, and resources for female filmmakers and film industry professionals. Why not do...
Presidents call: Wrapping up 2020
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
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...
Wifti worldwide webinar with Wift Jamaica
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...
WIFTI Annual Report 2019-20
Read here our annual report from 2019-20.
Wift Ireland Panels
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...