Next month, the Women in Film and Television International Summit is taking place in Pittsburgh, PA. It’s a weekend long event featuring lots of great speakers, that you can read about here. The organization just sent us some exciting news that we wanted to pass along to you. Catherine Hardwicke, director of such films as…

This class will establish a common vocabulary between directors/producers/project managers and editors/animators. Producer/editor Tracy Dethlefs and editor/animator Goldie Jones discuss basic post-production terminology and asset needs, as well as how to streamline communication about creative concepts, providing detailed and specific feedback, working with small budgets, and meeting tight deadlines. Rather than focusing on the technical,…

Earlier this year, the WIF board conducted a survey to see what our members really wanted from the WIF membership. One activity that came up often was “Connection with other local organizations.” Well, this summer WIF members have and opportunity to do just that! Every summer, local nonprofit Media Institute for Social Change holds a…

This is a great opportunity for folks willing to relocate to NYC (or already live there!). CHICKEN & EGG PICTURES is a nonprofit film fund dedicated to supporting women nonfiction filmmakers whose diverse voices and dynamic storytelling have the power to catalyze change, at home and around the globe. Click here for the full Chicken…

Our neighbors to the north, Women in Film Seattle, have partnered with Reel Grrls (a non-profit organization dedicated to providing media education to underprivileged girls) to present a workshop that may be of interest to WIF PDX members! Media Delivery Systems & Distribution with Gretchen Burger is a primer on video compression, providing students with…

The North Portland Multimedia Training Center is hosting a 2-day intensive camera workshop on April 20th and May 5th. Students learn to record oral interviews using professional equipment and state of the art techniques: basic storyboarding and scripting; conducting an interview in the field; learning the fundamentals of field lighting, audio, and camcorder operation; and…

2012 Women in Film PDX Faerie Godmother Production Grant recipient Sarah Gertrude Shapiro screens her short film “Sequin Raze” in the prestigious New Directors/New Films series at MoMA, at the end of this month. Included in the “Shorts II” program, “Sequin Raze” portrays a reality-show contestant trying to protect herself from the psychological onslaught of…

We wanted to encourage you to attend POW Fest (Portland Women’s Film Festival) this year, March 7-10 at the Hollywood Theatre! This year’s POW Fest features an amazing program with director Penelope Spheeris (WAYNE’S WORLD, BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, SUBURBIA) as this year’s Guest of Honor. Quite a few of our own WIF members are showing work…

WIF-PDX is now accepting applications for the 2012 Faerie Godmother Production Grant! Deadline for RECEIPT of complete mailed applications is July 31, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Application and full grant guidelines available at: https://wifpdx.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1322514 About the WIF-PDX / Faerie Godmother Production Grant The purpose of the WIF-PDX/FG Production Grant is to support women working in…