Carla 2020

17/10/2023

Valeria Richter and Helene Granqvist are happy to announce: LEARN TO PITCH LAB #1
Nov 27th to Dec 1st.
Read more and apply at:

Learn To Pitch Lab #1 – Application form    

09/09/2020

📣 🌎 🎬 You want to change the world? The speakers from Carla 2020 tell you how! 📣 🌎 🎬

Download a pdf with “50 ideas to Revolutionise the Film and TV Industry” by clicking the button below PDF FILE /1. RECONSIDER THE WORD ‘DIVERSITY Heather Rae, producer and activist: “One of my issues with the notion of diversity is the idea that somebody who is ‘diverse’ is somehow diver...

06/09/2020

Whether systems and its players are able to make constructive change is to be discussed in this roundtable from the Carla 2020 weekend! Catch it here! 👇🏼

Host: Valerie Creighton, Canada Media Fund Tonya Williams, Reelworld Film Festival Sandra Laronde, Red Sky Performance Heather Rabbatts, Time’s Up UK Lisa Me...

03/09/2020

Themba Bhebhe's conversation titled 'The World Awakening?' with Natasha A. Kelly, Guetty Felin, Janaína Oliveira and Pauline Clague is an essential piece to listen to and reflect on! 🌎

Spotlight Conversation: The World Awakening? Academic activist, visualutionist and afro-futurist Natasha A. Kelly, filmmaker, producer and programmer Guetty ...

29/08/2020

Make sure to revisit our spotlight conversation with moderator Themba Bhebhe: Trauma & Why Stories Keep Us Alive featuring filmmakers Larissa Behrendt and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers! 📣

28/08/2020

We continue to feature highlights from the Carla 2020 weekend! Watch our for the Carla 2020 Activist Speech by Russian film critic Maria Kuvshinova! 🧐📽

Activist speech – Maria Kuvshinova, film critic – Russia

24/08/2020

Thanks to 👉🏽 Screen International for featuring some spoken highlights from Carla 2020! 🎉🎉🎉

Speakers discussed creating structural change in the film and TV industries.

23/08/2020

🎉 THANK YOU EVERYONE who contributed to Carla 2020 🎉

It has been amazing, intense and energising!

✨There is a goldmine worth of free content on the Carla 2020 website and WIFT International's YouTube channel. Keep on watching, learning, listening and working for the great causes touched on during the past three days - together we can change narratives, representation and ultimately the world 💥✊

23/08/2020

🌟 We're thanking the two creators of Carla 2020 for their amazing work in putting this conference together:

✨ Helene Granqvist and Regina Mosch ✨

23/08/2020

🎉 Join us now in celebration at the Closing of Carla 2020 🎉

23/08/2020

📣 We have arrived at the Closing of Carla 2020!

Join us in celebration of these powerful days!

⭐Wrap-up by moderators Wendy Mitchell, Melissa Silverstein, Themba Bhebhe, Victoria Thomas and Johanna Koljonen

💥Spotlight Conversations: Call to Action!

🎥Gale Anne Hurd, producer of , , , and Yvette Nicole Brown, actress

✨Thank you and farewell
from Helene Granqvist, Carla 2020 director, and Regina Mosch, Carla 2020 programme director✨🥂

📣We have arrived, and from here we move on. Stronger, wiser and with many new insights.💥

⬆️Follow the link in bio at 8pm CET to join!

23/08/2020

📣 With the Closing Ceremony just an hour away, we look back at a highlight from Carla 2020!

💫Beautiful words from Tabitha Jackson, director,

Women in Film and Television International

23/08/2020

📣 Live Live Live!!

Join through Women in Film and Television International 's YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/x_L4ePUpBFI)!

Carla 2020

23/08/2020

📣 Roundtable 📣

We have made it to the last Roundtable of the day and of Carla 2020! 🎉

Host: Kirsten Schaffer

Featuring Sponsor/Director teams:

✨Award-winning Actor/Filmmaker, Paul Feig ( , , A Simple Favor, Freaks and Geeks)

✨Rise fellow, Director Desiree Akhavan ( , )

✨Award-winning Producer Stephanie Allain ( , Hustle & Flow, 2020 Academy Awards)

✨Rise fellow, Director Hanelle Culpepper ( , ).

⬆️LINK IN BIO 📽️

23/08/2020

📣We are live right now! Join this powerful conversation! 📣

📽️ Find it live on Women in Film and Television International's YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/iNMUD_uFdvw)

Carla 2020

23/08/2020

📣 Released on the website now is Reimagining Film Curation with THE PROGRAMMERS OF COLOUR COLLECTIVE!

⭐Host: Lucy Mukerjee

✨Hebe Tabachnik, Senior World Cinema Programmer, Seattle Film Festival

✨Faridah Gbadamosi, Director of Programming, Coven Film Festival, Lead Programmer, OUTstream Film Festival

✨Heitor Augusto, Programmer

✨Kevin Mwachiro, Writer, Journalist, Podcaster, Q***r Activist

Follow link in bio and let it take you to a mind opening space! ⬆️

23/08/2020

📣We have seen and heard incredible and strong speeches and conversations this weekend, and there's still more to come!

🎉The best part of it all is, you can SEE IT ALL AGAIN! 🎉

On our website and on Women in Film and Television International's YouTube page there's a true goldmine of saved content that you can watch whenever you want - for free of course!

🎬Here is a highlight so far:

Carla 2020

23/08/2020

📣 A strong Roundtable session getting released now on the CARLA2020 website!🎉

⭐Host: Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director, , Playback

Roundtable participants:

✨Maria Armstrong, CEO & Executive Producer, Big Coat Media (Love It or List It)

✨Clelia Mountford, Co-Founder, Merman (Catastrophe)

✨Tamra Simmons, CEO & Executive Producer, The Tamra Simmons Brand Agency (Surviving R. Kelly)

⬆️LINK IN BIO

23/08/2020

📣Next up on today's programme is Can Systems Change the World?

⭐Host for the event is Valerie Creighton, Canada Media Fund

✨Roundtable participants are:

✨Tonya Williams, Reelworld Film Festival

✨Sandra Laronde, Red Sky Performance

✨Heather Rabbatts, Time’s Up, UK

✨Lisa Meeches, Eagle Vision

✨Prem Gill, Creative BC

✨Matthijs Wouter Knol, European Film Market

⬆️Link in bio!

23/08/2020

🌟Remember that you can go back in the programme and re-watch your favourite events or the ones you've missed! ✨

📽️ Find them on the website (link in bio) or on WIFT International's YouTube channel! 🎊

23/08/2020

📣The next Roundtable is soon up on the website!

🌟Host: Wendy Mitchell

Participants:

✨Effie T. Brown, Producer, Gamechanger Films

✨Phil Hunt, Financier, Producer, Bohemia Media

✨Diana Williams, EVP of Content, Madison Wells Media

✨Lizzie Francke, Public Funder, BFI

✨Claudia Blumhueber, Private Funder, Silver Reel

✨Professor Doris Eikhof, Professor, University of Glasgow

23/08/2020

🌟 Host: Helene Granqvist

Participants:

✨Bina Paul, Film Editor, Artistic Director , International Film Festival of Kerala ( IFFK), Founder Member, WCC

✨Dr Asha Achy Joseph, Filmmaker, Dean at Sacred Heart College, Founder Member, WCC

✨Rima Kallingal, Actor & Film Producer, Founder Member

✨Muktha Deedi Chand, Filmmaker & Research Scholar in Media & Cinema, Member WCC

✨Archana Padmini, Actor, Curator, Member WCC

✨Anna Serner, CEO The Swedish Film Institute

⬆️LINK IN BIO

23/08/2020

📣 Our second focus on Brazil is lead by 👉Host: Tatiana Carvalho, WIFT Brasil Advisory Board Member

Participants:

✨Janaína Oliveira, researcher and curator

✨Joyce Prado, specialist in Audiovisual screenwriting from Centro Universitário SENAC

✨Juliana Vicente, director, producer and screenwriter

⬆️Find this event and much much more via the link in our bio! 🎥

23/08/2020

📣 In a few minutes we are releasing the conversations with focus on Brazil!
If you find the programme slightly confusing with two events at the same time, it's because these are on demand and can be watched in your own time 🎉
You can also go back in the programme and watch earlier events!

This conversation on inequality is lead by 👉 Host: Maristela Sanches Bizarro, WIFT Brasil, Co-founder

Participants:

✨Debora Ivanov, Former partner and producer at Gullane Entretenimento S/A

✨Krishna Mahon, content director

✨Viviane Ferreira, director and screenwriter

⬆️Link in bio!

23/08/2020

📣An exploration of the growth and impact of the African film and TV industry, as African content gets more attention globally. A conversation with key people responsible for this shift, are within the shift, and are navigating the shift through current and future strategies.🎉

🌟Moderator: Inya Lawal, President, WIFT Africa

Participants:

✨Steve Adams, Founding partner, Atla Global Media

✨Joke Silva, President, Forum of Women in Film & TV (Nigeria)

✨Shirley Frimpong-Manso, CEO, Sparrow station

✨Chinecherem Eze, Founder and CEO, Hissbox

✨Oma Areh, Founder, Wildflower PR and Company

✨Bazeli Mbo, Founder, Ekila Entertainment

⬆️Link in bio!

23/08/2020

🌟Host: Themba Bhebhe

Participants:

✨Nico Hofmann,

✨Susann Reck, ***rMediaSociety

✨Helge Albers, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig Holstein

✨Joshua Kwesi Atkins,

✨Chun Mei Tan,

📣Special thanks to Melanie Hoyes, Industry Inclusion Executive, Inclusion / Film Fund British Film Institute.

⬆️Link in bio will take you to the programme and the events for today!

23/08/2020

📣Coming up!

👉Hosts: Barbara Rohm, , and Nicole Ackermann,

Participants:

✨Karin Heisecke, Malisa Foundation

✨Anna Wahl, Professor, KTH Stockholm

✨Mariette Rissenbeek, CEO,

✨Margrit Staerk, founding member, SI STAR, director acquisition, ZDF enterprises

⬆️LINK IN BIO

23/08/2020

📣 Roundtable 📣

👉Host: Helene Granqvist

Participants:

✨Myriam El Hage, director (Lebanon)

✨Dorothee Myriam Kellou, director (Algeria)

✨Lina Soualem, actress & director (Algeria)

✨Yasmine Chouikh, director (Algeria)

✨Dina Naser, director (Jordan & Palestine)

✨Naziha Arebi, director (Libya)

✨Danielle Davie, director & researcher (Lebanon)

⬆️LINK IN BIO will take you to the programme, find Sunday and 10am CET

23/08/2020

📣 Roundtable 📣

Don't miss this important conversation!

✨Host: Liisa Holmberg, Samí Film Institute

Participants:

✨Heather Rae, Producer/Director, US

✨Libby Hakaraia, Director, New Zealand

✨Penny Smallacombe, Head of Indigenous Department, Screen Australia

✨Pipaluk Jørgensen, Producer/Director, Greenland

✨Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Blackfoot-Samí Director, Producer and Actress

⬆️Access through link in bio!

23/08/2020

🎥 Getting ready for the last and brilliant day of Carla 2020 in the Studio in Karlskrona!

First Roundtable Conversation starting in just a few minutes! LINK IN BIO⬆️