On the heels of Telefilm Canada’s pledge on November 11 that half of its projects will be directed or written by women in a move to close the industry gender gap by 2020, the Whistler Film Festival (Nov 30 — Dec 4) was proud to present an unprecedented number of female focused films, talent, events and awards throughout its 2016 programs.
The festival featured a record 31 (36%) films all directed by women (including 15 feature films out of 50 and 16 short films out of 36). Wff also has 38 (58%) female filmmakers out of the 66 Canadian artists confirmed to date participating in 11 talent programs — including 22 directors, 6 producers, 3 screenwriters, 2 actors, and 5 musicians/bands in the Music Showcase. Add this to the talent confirmed to attend the festival in support of their films and projects, including award winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta (An Anatomy Of Violence), director Ingrid Veninger (Hockey Night), director Kirsten Carthew (The Sun At Midnight) and director Martine Blue...
The festival featured a record 31 (36%) films all directed by women (including 15 feature films out of 50 and 16 short films out of 36). Wff also has 38 (58%) female filmmakers out of the 66 Canadian artists confirmed to date participating in 11 talent programs — including 22 directors, 6 producers, 3 screenwriters, 2 actors, and 5 musicians/bands in the Music Showcase. Add this to the talent confirmed to attend the festival in support of their films and projects, including award winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta (An Anatomy Of Violence), director Ingrid Veninger (Hockey Night), director Kirsten Carthew (The Sun At Midnight) and director Martine Blue...
- 12/7/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Ever wondered what the world of Final Fantasy VII would look like in board game form? Ponder no longer: video game merchandise store Merchoid has announced just that with a special version of Monopoly set to release on April 14, 2017. If you’re interested in snagging a copy for yourself, you can pre-order now for £34.99 (approx. $47) by visiting the product page here.
The product description reads:
Delve into the evolving city of Midgar in search of the latest business opportunities. Perhaps you’ll buy up a string of plots for housing development for the people, or go industrial and build a Mako reactor plant.
Likewise, Merchoid community manager Jessica Adams said of the special edition (via VideoGamer):
It’s every family’s favourite board game in a Final Fantasy VII theme, so it will feature Cloud, Aeris, Sephiroth and all your favourite characters and locations. Whether your plans are to...
The product description reads:
Delve into the evolving city of Midgar in search of the latest business opportunities. Perhaps you’ll buy up a string of plots for housing development for the people, or go industrial and build a Mako reactor plant.
Likewise, Merchoid community manager Jessica Adams said of the special edition (via VideoGamer):
It’s every family’s favourite board game in a Final Fantasy VII theme, so it will feature Cloud, Aeris, Sephiroth and all your favourite characters and locations. Whether your plans are to...
- 6/29/2016
- by Joe Pring
- We Got This Covered
Odette Annable is scrubbing in at Bunker Hill.
The Astronaut Wives Club actress will play an upbeat young doctor named Zoe in Jason Katims’ CBS drama pilot, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedFriday Night Lights Reunion: Minka Kelly Joins Jason Katims’ The Path
The potential series from the Friday Night Lights and Parenthood executive producer follows a young Silicon Valley tech titan (The Borgias‘ Augustus Prew) who enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past (Enlightened‘s Dermot Mulroney) in starting a hospital with a cutting edge, “new school” approach to medicine.
If it gets picked up, Bunker Hill...
The Astronaut Wives Club actress will play an upbeat young doctor named Zoe in Jason Katims’ CBS drama pilot, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedFriday Night Lights Reunion: Minka Kelly Joins Jason Katims’ The Path
The potential series from the Friday Night Lights and Parenthood executive producer follows a young Silicon Valley tech titan (The Borgias‘ Augustus Prew) who enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past (Enlightened‘s Dermot Mulroney) in starting a hospital with a cutting edge, “new school” approach to medicine.
If it gets picked up, Bunker Hill...
- 3/11/2016
- TVLine.com
New partner organisations from Egypt, Nepal and SingaporeScroll down for full list
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has selected 61 emerging film producers from 26 countries to the 16th edition of Rotterdam Lab.
Rotterdam Lab is organised by Iffr’s co-production market, CineMart, in collaboration with various partner organisations involved in the training of young producers, as well as funding bodies.
Rotterdam Lab is a five-day training workshop for emerging producers designed to provide the means to create and expand their international network and boost their confidence and skills to navigate the world of international finance, sales and distribution and markets.
Another aim of Rotterdam Lab is to support its participants setting up or adapting their companies within the quickly changing media landscape. The participants are nominated by the 29 CineMart partners. This year, Rotterdam Lab welcomes Arab Cinema Center (Egypt), Docskool (Nepal) and Singapore Film Commission as new partners.
The Rotterdam Lab programme includes panel discussions on topics such as...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has selected 61 emerging film producers from 26 countries to the 16th edition of Rotterdam Lab.
Rotterdam Lab is organised by Iffr’s co-production market, CineMart, in collaboration with various partner organisations involved in the training of young producers, as well as funding bodies.
Rotterdam Lab is a five-day training workshop for emerging producers designed to provide the means to create and expand their international network and boost their confidence and skills to navigate the world of international finance, sales and distribution and markets.
Another aim of Rotterdam Lab is to support its participants setting up or adapting their companies within the quickly changing media landscape. The participants are nominated by the 29 CineMart partners. This year, Rotterdam Lab welcomes Arab Cinema Center (Egypt), Docskool (Nepal) and Singapore Film Commission as new partners.
The Rotterdam Lab programme includes panel discussions on topics such as...
- 1/30/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A blurry photo of a new promotional Spider-Man themed hoodie recently made its way online and caused literally every fanboy out there to automatically assume it shared the same design to that of the actual Spider-Man costume in "Captain America: Civil War." Finally, Merchoid, the creators of the hoodie, have finally shared some info regarding the hoodie and its design, even revealing that they worked alongside Marvel to create the design, and that Marvel had a hand in it's creation, especially with the "messy web" design.
Merchoid’s community manager, Jessica Adams, had the following to say:
“There’s been lots of talk online and people have been really excited that this could be what reveals the new look Spider-man. However, Marvel is doing a fantastic job of keeping the new Spider-man costume under wraps, so we haven’t yet seen it! What we can say is this hoodie was designed in partnership with Marvel,...
Merchoid’s community manager, Jessica Adams, had the following to say:
“There’s been lots of talk online and people have been really excited that this could be what reveals the new look Spider-man. However, Marvel is doing a fantastic job of keeping the new Spider-man costume under wraps, so we haven’t yet seen it! What we can say is this hoodie was designed in partnership with Marvel,...
- 1/14/2016
- by Nicholas Williams
- LRMonline.com
What you see here is a new, officially licensed Spider-Man hoodie. The hoodie comes from Merchoid, but it was Marvel who helped them with the design. I guess this could give us a hint at what Spider-Man's costume will look like in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. The clothing company was getting so many questions regarding the hoodie that they released a statement from Merchoid community manager Jessica Adams. She sheds some light on how the hoodie design came into existence:
“There’s been lots of talk online and people have been really excited that this could be what reveals the new look Spider-Man. However, Marvel is doing a fantastic job of keeping the new Spider-Man costume under wraps, so we haven’t yet seen it! What we can say is this hoodie was designed in partnership with Marvel, who provided all the design elements from their 2016 merchandise range,...
“There’s been lots of talk online and people have been really excited that this could be what reveals the new look Spider-Man. However, Marvel is doing a fantastic job of keeping the new Spider-Man costume under wraps, so we haven’t yet seen it! What we can say is this hoodie was designed in partnership with Marvel, who provided all the design elements from their 2016 merchandise range,...
- 1/14/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
House star Odette Annable has joined new Cinemax thriller Banshee. The 27-year-old actress joined Fox medical drama House in its final season, playing Dr. Jessica Adams. Annable's new role will see her play a Native American hit-woman with a dark past, TVLine reports. Banshee will focus on a criminal (played by Antony Starr) with martial arts expertise who poses as a murdered sheriff to dish out his own brand of justice. True Blood's Alan Ball will executive produce the ten-part series, alongside former House exec (more)...
- 8/6/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
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