Danishka Esterhazy has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Kodak New Vision Mentorship Award, presented by Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) and Kodak Canada Entertainment Imaging. The Kodak New Vision Mentorship Award is presented annually to one exceptional Canadian female filmmaker. The award offers the invaluable opportunity to prepare for the Toronto International Film Festival through intensive industry coaching and a post-festival creative mentorship. Danishka will be mentored by Kari Skogland, director of The Stone Angel, and Laurie May, Co-President of Maple Pictures. The prize also includes a $5,000 in-kind donation of Kodak Motion Picture film stock. For more information, see the WIFT announcement.
Level 16 is chosen for NBC Universal Development Incubator program organized by Women in Film and Television. Read more in the media release or on the program web site.
Level 16 is awarded development funding from Telefilm.
Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. and Chap-Elle Productions Inc. sign a co-development agreement. We are very happy to have Liz Jarvis and Phyllis Laing come on board Level 16. We welcome their experience, input and great personalities! More information is available at www.buffalogalpictures.com/development/level_16/.
The Level 16 script is brought to life by Winnipeg actors in a public Table Reading.
As the final stage of the National Screen Institute Feature First Program, Stéphanie Chapelle attends
the Toronto International Film Festival.
Danishka Esterhazy is invited to participate in the Toronto International Film Festival's Talent Lab.
Master classes include seminars with Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, 2046) and Eugenio Caballero (Pan's Labyrinth).
Stéphanie Chapelle attends the Women in Film International Summit in Toronto.
Danishka Esterhazy works with story editor Katharine Montagu on a new draft of Level 16.
Level 16 is awarded development funding from the Harold Greenberg Fund.
Story guru Linda Seger provides notes on Level 16 script.
Face Machine, Stéphanie Chapelle's science fiction short, wins a Platinum Remi at the Worldfest Houston International Film Festival.
Stéphanie Chapelle and Danishka Esterhazy attend master classes at the National Screen Institute's FilmExchange festival in Winnipeg.
Danishka Esterhazy works with story editor Ken Chubb on a new draft of Level 16.
Stephanie Chapelle and Danishka Esterhazy win the National Screen Institute's Features First award – a development program that will support their project Level 16.