AWD Upcoming Events

Two organizations. One powerful evening of connection.

WIFTUS has invited our AWD Directing Members for a special National Networking Event designed to bring more women in film and television together.

This collaboration is exactly what community is about. Expanding our circles, making meaningful connections, sharing resources, and creating new opportunities for one another.

AWD Directing Members can register on the CALENDAR PAGE.

What does it really take to chart your own journey to success?

All AWD Directing and Ally Members are invited to join AWD South for an inspiring and candid conversation with Ingke Purrmann of JustWatch Media, a leader at the intersection of entertainment and technology. Ingke will share insights from her career, the lessons and experiences that shaped her journey, and her perspective on the rapidly changing film and media landscape.

We’ll explore building a career, getting your work discovered, finding your audience, navigating AI, and what directors need to know to create opportunities and thrive in an evolving industry.

REGISTER via the event’s calendar page.

Social Sundays are a great place for AWD Directing and Ally Members to relax at the end of the weekend, prepare for the coming week, and find community.

This Social Sunday event will be a picnic in Verdugo Park in Burbank (at the north end).

Bring your family, friends and prospective members! And please bring food to share as it will be potluck. Kindly RSVP for each guest below.

Kindly RSVP via the calendar page.

Join Us In Person for AWD Works in Progress at Company 3, one of Los Angeles’ premier post-production facilities serving film and television.

We’ll begin the evening with an exclusive tour of Company 3 followed by our Works in Progress screening and filmmaker feedback session.

Yuki Yi Meng will show her 62-minute feature documentary, IN SEARCH OF THE LOST HARBOR.

About the documentary: In this deeply personal film, Meng follows her mother as she searches for an abandoned river harbor from her youth before leaving home, while confronting questions of identity and the emotional “debt” of urban migration.

**Food and refreshments will be served.**
**Complimentary parking is available in the lot.**

AWD Directing Members can REGISTER on the CALENDAR PAGE.

Governors Mary Lou Belli & Eric Dean Seaton (Directors) and Kate Linder & Kelsey Scott (Performers), along with their Peer Group Executive Committees, are hosting a Finding the Funny: A New York Workshop for Directors and Performers.

The Television Academy, in partnership with the Alliance of Women Directors, is inviting a select group of directors and performers to this exclusive workshop experience.

What makes a moment funny? How do you know when you’ve found the joke? “Finding the Funny” is an interactive, hands-on workshop designed to help directors and actors sharpen their comedic instincts, hone their timing, and understand joke construction.

AWD Directing Members who are based in NYC and interested in participating, please fill out the form on the calendar page by EOD Sunday, Oct. 4th. Six AWD Directors will be selected to attend. 

All AWD Directing and Ally Members are invited to the next AWD Book Club meeting to discuss “A Filmmaker’s Guide to Working with Children” with authors Meg Rickards and Tamryn Speirs.

A Filmmaker’s Guide to Working with Children is a vital resource for ethical filmmaking with child performers. Building on their collaboration on the film Snake, the authors provide practical strategies for creating safe and joyful environments across all production stages, from casting to release.

Features include age specific techniques for infants to adolescents, inclusive casting methods, trauma-prevention protocols, and a compendium of drama games. Aimed at directors, producers, and aspiring filmmakers, this guide is an essential tool for anyone committed to ethical, impactful storytelling in film and television.

AWD Directing and Ally Members can register on the CALENDAR PAGE.
PURCHASE BOOK HERE. (Discount code on the calendar page).

Following our hugely successful The Women’s List (TWL) partnership last year we are doing it all again! Selected writers from TWL will meet one on one with AWD Directing Members to pitch their narrative feature scripts. We hope this event will forge some great working relationships!

The evening will include speed pitching and networking. The writers will have two minutes to pitch their feature to a director. The directors will then have 2 minutes to ask questions and share about themselves. Each director will hear roughly 15 pitches. After the speed pitching round there will be time to network (light bites included).

If you are interested in attending, please fill out the form on the CALENDAR PAGE by EOD Friday, Oct. 16. There is limited seating. Filling out the form does not guarantee attendance.