Each year, WIFV produces nearly 200 events, including educational panels, discussions, workshops, seminars, and screenings. These events allow members to network, share knowledge, and exchange ideas. Our programs range from technical to theoretical, and feature local and national industry leaders. Currently, most WIFV programs are being held online. Check out the calendar for what’s next on our schedule! You can also subscribe to the WIFV newsletter and get program information in your inbox.
Add the expertise of our 900+ members to your next project. Gain advance notice of jobs, grants, festivals, scholarships, preview screenings, and reduced admission to a wide range of educational programs. WIFV offers a variety of membership to serve all experience levels.
Women in Film & Video (WIFV) provides educational and networking opportunities for screen-based media makers, celebrates women’s creative and technical achievements in media, and advocates for parity both in front of and behind the camera to ensure that all voices can be heard.
A 501(c)(3) non-profit community benefit organization founded in 1979, WIFV is the premier professional resource for people who want successful media careers in the DC-metro region. All genres, genders, and experience levels are welcome. Our resources, connections and advocacy support a vibrant, creative media community.
By Demi Harding In an industry marred by persistent gender disparities, the uphill battle for women filmmakers to break through the glass ceiling continues. Despite triumphs at the box office, recent reports from USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative underscore the stark reality of underrepresentation and inequality, finding that the entertainment industry’s pledges to support inclusion…
FIRST WE BOMBED NEW MEXICO exposes the gripping, untold story of government lies, multi-generational cancers, abandonment, and great suffering experienced by local communities in New Mexico since the 1945 Trinity Bomb. Tina Cardova, an inspiring Latina cancer survivor, discovers that residents should have been evacuated before the blast. They were not. Baby deaths spiked, these…
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