September 8th, 2023
CTV News Calgary – An expert on the WIVOS23 report presented by Lindsay Valve.
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September 7th, 2023
The Weekly Briefing: The Women On Screen Report reveals how much work there is yet to be done.
Read full article here.
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September 1st, 2023
New report warns parity gains in Canadian film, TV are ‘fragile’.
Read full article here.
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September 1st, 2023
Canadian Industry Losing Ground in Racial Representation, Says Study.
Read full article here.
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September 1st, 2023
Dismal Racial Representation Study Reveals Canadian Industry’s Decline
Read full article here.
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September 1st, 2023
Canadian Representation loosing ground in Racial Representation, Says Study
Read full article here.
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September 1st, 2023
Study Shows Decline in Racial Representation in Canadian Industry, Report The Hollywood Reporter.
Read full article here.
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August 31st, 2023
Women in View On Screen Report 2023 – ScreenDaily Exclusive
Read full article here.
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October 2020:
Playback: Five in Focus Indigenous announcement
October 2019:
BC’s Five in Focus: Animation Short “The Butterfly Affect” Screening at Spark
The Georgia Straight: “Spark Festival Puts Focus on Female Animators” – By Adrian Mack https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-georgia-straight/20191017/281771335959174
Hollywood North Magazine: “Talent on Tap: Stephanie Blakey Looks to Create a Spark with
The Butterfly Affect”- By Shaun Lang http://hnmag.ca/interview/talent-on-tap-stephanie-blakey-looks-to-create-a-spark-with-the-butterfly-affect/
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May 15, 2019
Women in View On Screen Report 2019 available now
WIVOS19 — Women in View’s 5th report — documents women’s employment in Canada’s publicly funded screen-based media from 2014 to 2017 with a special emphasis on women of colour and Indigenous women.
Download Executive Summary or the full Report.
Download the press release or the media image kit.
Media coverage of WIVOS19:
Globe and Mail: For female filmmakers in Canada, ‘the needle is moving’ – albeit slowly, and not for all women, by Chandler Levack, May 15, 2019 (paywall)
Canadian Press: Canadian TV, film industry making progress on gender, but not race: study, by David Friend, May 15, 2019
CBC.ca: Women Still Getting Left Behind by Jennifer Van Evra
APTN News:
https://aptnnews.ca/2019/05/23/we-need-more-report-finds-indigenous-women-given-less-opportunity-in-canadian-film-and-tv/
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December 2018- Vancouver
BC’s Five in Focus Animation team announced!
Five in Focus Animation Team Press Release
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November 01, 2018
“PUTTING WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A PROFILE OF CFC FEATURES AND WOMEN IN VIEW’S HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP”
Profile: Women in View and CFC Features
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October 2018- Atlantic Canada
Telefilm “Five in Focus Atlantic Directors” Video
https://www.facebook.com/telefilmcanada/videos/2239371612804900/
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August 22, 2018
CFC Features and Women in View announce new films from Tracey Deer and Sadaf Foroughi
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August 11, 2018- Vancouver
Five in Focus Animation- Press Release
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June 15, 2018: Jill Golick named Women in View Executive Director: Press Release
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February 23, 2018- Toronto: Rina Fraticelli departure press release
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February 1, 2018- Prime Time in Ottawa
MediaPLUS+ gender diversity toolkit launched!

www.mediapluscanada.ca
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5 in Focus Atlantic directors announced! Press Release
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December 3, 2017
Globe and Mail: Rina Fraticelli “Beyond #metoo, Women need a safe reporting system”
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November 1, 2017
2xMore/ Sinking Ship Directors Lab #3 Announced: Press Release
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October 20, 2017:
Women in View Launches ‘Five in Focus- Altantic’ at SJIWFF
Press Release: 5 in Focus- AT Launch & Jury
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August 2017:
Playback: Women in View 2xMore lab starts third round
CALL FOR FEMALE DIRECTORS
Women in View and Sinking Ship Entertainment are inviting applications for the third round of the 2xMore/ Sinking Ship Director’s Lab. Download application HERE!
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March 2017:
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February 2017:
Women in View announces 2017 ‘Five in Focus’ Directors at Prime Time in Ottawa: Five in Focus Directors Press Release
Playback: Women in View reveal 5 in Focus
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December 2016:
Globe and Mail: Canadian Women in film ascend Whistler to talk gender parity
Playback: Women in View announces new ‘5 in Focus’ initiative
Five in Focus: jury announced! Press Release
Playback: Best of 2016, Sinking Ship & 2xMore
https://telefilm.ca/en/news-releases/telefilm-canada-announces-partnership-industry-gender-parity-measures-feature-film-production-financing
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October 6, 2016
Now Toronto- Because it’s 2016: The Canadian film industry’s gender gap
TIFF- Women at the Helm: Because it’s 2016 Panel
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September 10, 2016

Stephen Follows, Sally Caplan, Frieda Pinto, Anna Serner, Carolle Brabant, Rina Fraticelli
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TIFF Coverage- September 2016
Policy Matters: The Screen Cockblock
Globe and Mail: TIFF Panel Explores Harsh Truths about Female Filmmakers
Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-film-festival-lineup-lupita-obama-snowden-premieres-20160726-snap-story.html
Deadline: Lack of Female Directors Isn’t Just American
La Presse: TIFF- Jackie comme on ne la jamai vue
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August 23, 2016: Just announced at TIFF!! “DIALOGUES Women at the Helm: Because it’s 2016!”
- Anna Serner, (CEO, Swedish Film Institute)
- Carolle Brabant (Executive Director, Telefilm)
- Freida Pinto (Board Member, We Do It Together)
- Sally Caplan (Head of Production, Screen Australia)
- Stephen Follows (Producer & Researcher, Catsnake)
- Rina Fraticelli (Executive Director, Women In View) – Moderator
http://www.tiff.net/events/dialogues-women-at-the-helm-because-its-2016/
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July 19, 2016: Sinking Ship/ 2x More Director’s Lab Participants Announced!
Playback: “’2xMore’ winners announced “
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June 13, 2016: CBC/ 2xMore Announcement to increase female directors
CBC: CBC Gender Parity Announcement
CBC: CBC Significantly Increases Female Directors
Playback: CBC commits to new gender equality initiative
TV Junkies: TV Junkies: CBC announces commitment to female directors
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June 10, 2016: Playback on phase 2 of 2xMore: Full Article
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June 6, 2016: Deadline.com on Canadian Casting Directors Push For Gender And Racial Equality In Film & TV
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March 13, 2016: Wellywood Woman on 2xMore: here
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March 8, 2016: Coverage on National Film Board gender parity initiative
Variety: NFB commits 50 % of production budget to films by women
Hollywood Reporter: Canada bankrolling more female directors
Playback: NFB pledges 50 of production funds to women directed films
Huffington Post Qc : http://quebec.huffingtonpost.
POV Magazine: http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/nfb-announces-gender-parity-in-film-production
Georgia Straight: http://www.straight.com/movies/653681/national-film-board-canada-devoting-50-percent-productions-female-filmmakers
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February 4, 2016: 2X More press release
Playback: New initiative aims to double number of women directing TV
http://playbackonline.ca/2016/02/04/new-initiative-aims-to-double-number-of-women-directing-tv/
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October 21, 2016- CBC: Women underrepresented in TV, film, and now, web series: report
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/women-under-representation-film-online-1.3281736