TIFF has made a five-year commitment to increasing participation, skills, and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera. We will prioritize gender parity with a focus on mentorship, skills development, media literacy, and activity for young people.
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Unfortunately, there is a considerable lack of incredible female storytellers in key creative and decision-making roles in the film industry:
This work comes at a cost that cannot be supported by current revenue streams. To make this ambitious movement a reality, we need the support of film lovers like you.
Our goal is to raise $3 million. We are delighted to announce that, as of January 2019, we have raised $2.4 million to support the following initiatives:
2018–2020: Share Her Journey in action
2017: Share Her Journey launches
—Ashley McKenzie, award-winning filmmaker
The Share Her Journey Ambassadors have joined a movement to champion female storytellers, supporting TIFF's commitment to increase participation, skills, and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera.
Director, writer, producer
Sugar Cane Alley, A Dry White Season, Siméon
Director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, filmmaker
Bulbul Can Sing, Village Rockstars, Man with the Binoculars: Antardrishti
Director, producer
Queen of Katwe, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Amelia, The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding, Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay!
Actor
Suits, All Things Valentine, Small Beautifully Moving Parts
Director, writer
Float Like a Butterfly, Snap, Limbo
Actor
GLOW, Condor, Dark Matter, The Carrie Diaries, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Actor, producer, director
Mocassin Flats, Cardinal, Future History, Empire of Dirt, Blackstone
Director, producer, writer
Wexford Plaza, Sunbathing, Power of Love (Celine Dion Fans in Kenya)
Actor, producer
The House of Sand and Fog, Star Trek Beyond, The Expanse, 24, The Stoning of Soraya M.
Actor, producer, activist
Fashion, What’s Your Raashee?, Mary Kom, Quantico
Producer; President and Founder of Black Bicycle Entertainment
Home Again, Woman Walks Ahead, November Criminals, The Female Brain, A Tale of Love and Darkness
Writer, director, creator
Transparent, Afternoon Delight, Six Feet Under
Documentary filmmaker, writer, director
Long Time Running, Watermark, Payback, Act of God, Manufactured Landscapes
Documentary filmmaker, writer, director
Anatomy of Violence, Beeba Boys, Midnight's Children, Heaven on Earth, the Elements trilogy (Water, Earth, Fire)
Writer, director, producer
Everything Everything, Jean of the Joneses, Recovering Undercover Over Lover
Writer, director, animator
Window Horses, Stories Sarah Tells, Big Trees, Seven Sins: Gluttony, I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
Director, writer, cinematographer, editor
Facade, Every Grain of Rice, This Home is Not Empty, How Do You Pronounce Pho?, Uprooted
Writer, director
Mary Goes Round, 3-way (Not Calling), Dawn, Stasis, Given Your History, I Am Not a Weird Person
Writer, director
Where Hands Touch, A United Kingdom, Belle, A Way of Life
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