Call for Applications: Women in Film and Television Vancouver has launched a new program to support the development of Indigenous women writers and their screenplays: Coyote, Raven, Spider, Wendigo: Tricksters and Writers.

The program has been developed by WIFTV in consultation with Doreen Manuel and Peggy Thompson. Doreen is a Secwepemc/Ktunuxa First Nations filmmaker, as well as the Coordinator/Instructor of the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program at Capilano University. Peggy is a screenwriter (The Lotus Eaters, Better Than Chocolate) and Professor Emerita of UBC’s Creative Writing Program.

A full description of the program can be found here

Submissions are now Open

This program has been made possible thanks to the generous support of: