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2014 WIFV Holiday Party

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WIFV DC’s annual holiday party at 1776 featured a screening of the pilot webisode of Lunatic Fringe and honored scholarship recipients Karen Kasmauski & Aditi Desai.

2013 Women of Vision: Penny Marshall

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WIFV DC honors famed director Penny Marshall with a Women of Vision award on July 30 followed by a special screening of Marshall’s A League of Their Own at the Avalon Theatre in Washington, D. C.  USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan will moderate Q & A.

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On a personal note, I’ve loved Marshall ever since her eight-season turn on ABC’s Laverne & Shirley. She went on to direct seven feature films, including Awakenings, Big and The Preacher’s Wife in addition to A League of Their Own.

2012 Women of Vision Annual Awards, WIFTI Summit, and ScriptDC

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Connect with Media Makers from Around the World at WIFTI Summit 2012 in Washington, DC.  Hosted by WIFV DC, the Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) Summit will run concurrent with the premier writers’ and filmmakers’ conference in the mid-Atlantic, ScriptDC.

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Fox 5 News interviews 2012 WIFV DC President, Mary May, and Beth Mendelson, Voice of America and past Women of Vision honoree.

Read Marian Evans’ Guest Post on IndieWire

Because of the gender bias in the European Film Award nominations, it’s especially satisfying to see Agnieszka Holland in the list of recipients of Women in Film and Video’s (WIFV) annual Women of Vision Awards, also just  announced.

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Coming soon!  Kathryn Raaker’s radio interviews with script dc 2012 speakers