WIFT International congratulates Chloé Zhao!

WIFT International congratulates Chloé Zhao!

Apr 26, 2021 | News

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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 for Best Director and just the second woman to win in the 93-year history of the Academy Awards.

WIFTI president Helene Granqvist comments, “Well done Chloé Zhao for taking out this year’s Academy Award for Best Director. We have been thrilled to watch Zhao breaking glass ceilings this year. It is our hope this inspires other women in the screen industry to feel encouraged and to continue to aim high.”

Zhao also made history as the first woman of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the Best Director award at the 78th Golden Globes hosted earlier this year.

The 2021 Director category was also significant because for the first time in history, more than one female filmmaker was nominated. Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell earned nominations for their films “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman,” respectively. Granqvist says “We are immensely proud to see two women nominated in this category – another first! We feel positive that soon we will see more of an equal representation across all categories, including Directing, for women.” Zhao is the second female filmmaker to win Best Director. Kathryn Bigelow was the first ever woman to win in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker”. Before this year, only five female filmmakers have been nominated for best Director: Lina Wertmüller ( “Seven Beauties”, 1977), Jane Campion (“The Piano,” 1994), Sofia Coppola (“Lost in Translation,” 2004) Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”, 2010) and Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird,” 2018).

“Nomadland” is the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao – following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.

The 93rd Academy Awards 2021, were hosted today Sunday April 25, in Los Angeles, honouring movies released in 2020.

Coffee Chat for Emerging Networks

Coffee Chat for Emerging Networks

Mar 29, 2021 | News, Event

WIFTI Coffee Chat Emerging Chapters

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 emergence of new networks in many places around the world. In this coffee chat, we want to give everyone who just started off a chance to meet each other, ask questions and hear about experiences of more established organisations.

This will be an informal, welcoming meeting and we look forward to you and your group of worldchangers!

 

Date: Tuesday, April 20

Time: 10am EST / 4pm CET / 7pm IST Please check tools like worldtimebuddy to find the right time conversion for where you are.

Place: Zoom

 

Register here!

 

WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with Wade Channell

WIFTI Worldwide Webinar with Wade Channell

Mar 23, 2021 | Event

Worldwide Webinar 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

Time: 12pm EST / 6pm CET

Place: Zoom

Wade Channell is the Senior Economic Growth Advisor for Gender at the United States Agency for International Development (https://www.usaid.gov/). For the past seven years, he has lead women’s economic empowerment programming for the Agency, seeking to support USAID colleagues around the world in advancing women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Prior to becoming a full-time gender equality advocate, Wade worked to improve the business enabling environment in developing countries, applying law and economics to the problems of dysfunctional legal and financial systems that impede the ability of average citizens to make a decent living. He has taught international development and international management at George Washington University and George Mason University, and regularly participates as a panelist and speaker on gender issues, consistently raising the issues of gender-based violence no matter what the primary topic.

Tsiako and Wade will talk about men as passionate feminists and engaging men to address the dysfunctional and toxic concepts of masculinity that drive and maintain women’s inequalities.

Register for the webinar here.

 

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WIFTI Presidents Call

WIFTI Presidents Call

Mar 26, 2021 | Event

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 activities, challenges and dreams for coming out of the pandemic. And of course, it will be a great opportunity to meet our sisters from around the world.

For WIFT Presidents only. 

 

Session 1: Tuesday, April 20, 9am CET (Berlin) / 7pm NZDT (Auckland)

Register here.

 

Session 2: Tuesday, April 20, 7pm CET (Berlin) / 10am PST (Los Angeles)

Register here.