“Tricksters and Writers” Program

April 09 2020

One of our Island north participants has moved forward and we would like to recognized her and her project.

• Wendy Geddes (Vancouver Island North) with her project Undertow

We can’t go out, but we can stay home and write. That’s what the new cohort of Tricksters and Writers participants are poised to do. The screenwriting program, originally launched in August of 2017, aims to increase the participation of Indigenous women in key creative positions within the film industry and screen-based media arts community. Now in its third year, Tricksters and Writers is offered to women in Vancouver, the Thompson Nicola region and the North Island. Delivered over three phases, the program offers masterclasses as well as informal script reading sessions, consultations with professional Indigenous story editors, and script development through table read workshops with professional actors. WIFTV is pleased to announce that six writers have been matched with story editors, and two writers recently had their scripts workshopped with professional actors. Please join us in giving a hearty congratulations to: Story editors include David Geary, Eva Thomas, Jordan Wheeler and Gary Robinson. David Geary and Renae Morriseau facilitated the table read workshops with actors including Asivak Koostachin, Madeline Kenoras, Olivia Lucas, Quelemia Sparrow, Raes Calvert, Sam Bob, Siobhan Barker and Bronson Pelletier. Brenda Prince (Vancouver) with her project The Queen of East Van Kelly Roulette (Vancouver) with her project Shadow Spirits Lindsay McIntyre (Vancouver) with her project Her Silent Life Shaelyn Johnston (Vancouver) with her project Sadie’s Move Wendy Geddes (Vancouver Island North) with her project Undertow Mariel Belanger (Vernon) with her project Transformations Dawn Tonks (Kamloops) with her project Owl’s Pawn Jules Koostachin (Vancouver) with her project It is Beautiful Tricksters and Writers is developed by WIFTV in collaboration with Doreen Manuel, Secwepemc/Ktunaxa Indigenous filmmaker and Director of the Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film & Animation. To read more about the program and its team, visit Women In Film + Television Vancouver - Tricksters and Writers.