Join @WIFTV for their #VIWFF2023 annual Advocacy Panel. Major government film and television funding agencies and organizations join to discuss and challenge themselves—and the systems that support the film and television industry in Canada—to become more inclusive and representative.
Panelists are:
Francesca Accinelli (she/her) Interim Executive Director & CEO, Telefilm Canada
Sasha Boersma (she/her) Board Member, Disability Screen Office
Magalie Boutin (she/her), Codirector for Equity, Diversity and inclusion and Head of Media Relations at the National Film Board of Canada
Joan Jenkinson (she/her), Co-Founder, Executive Director, Black Screen Office
Charlie Hidalgo (He/Him), Artistic Director of Out on Screen
Trish Williams (she/her), Executive Director, Scripted Content, CBC
Prem Gill (she/her), Chief Executive Officer of Creative BC
Marcia Douglas (she/her), Director, English Content, International and Export, Canada Media Fund
ASL interpretation provided.
March 8, 12:15 PM
Zoom via Eventive
https://viwff.eventive.org/schedule/advocacy-panel-63b49f746baa1d0045025f25
if anyone deaf or hard of hearing is interested in a free ticket on Zoom, please contact Ladan Sahraei
email : Ladandeaf@gmail.com
