On the heels of Telefilm Canada’s pledge on November 11 that half of its projects will be directed or written by women in a move to close the industry gender gap by 2020, the Whistler Film Festival (Nov 30 — Dec 4) was proud to present an unprecedented number of female focused films, talent, events and awards throughout its 2016 programs.
The festival featured a record 31 (36%) films all directed by women (including 15 feature films out of 50 and 16 short films out of 36). Wff also has 38 (58%) female filmmakers out of the 66 Canadian artists confirmed to date participating in 11 talent programs — including 22 directors, 6 producers, 3 screenwriters, 2 actors, and 5 musicians/bands in the Music Showcase. Add this to the talent confirmed to attend the festival in support of their films and projects, including award winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta (An Anatomy Of Violence), director Ingrid Veninger (Hockey Night), director Kirsten Carthew (The Sun At Midnight) and director Martine Blue...
The festival featured a record 31 (36%) films all directed by women (including 15 feature films out of 50 and 16 short films out of 36). Wff also has 38 (58%) female filmmakers out of the 66 Canadian artists confirmed to date participating in 11 talent programs — including 22 directors, 6 producers, 3 screenwriters, 2 actors, and 5 musicians/bands in the Music Showcase. Add this to the talent confirmed to attend the festival in support of their films and projects, including award winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta (An Anatomy Of Violence), director Ingrid Veninger (Hockey Night), director Kirsten Carthew (The Sun At Midnight) and director Martine Blue...
- 12/7/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
He played a smooth-singing, sweet-talking jock on TV, but in real life Cory Monteith was fond of describing himself with one word: awkward. Even after the gangly, 6'3" star rocketed to stardom on the Fox smash Glee, he still "thought of himself that way," says Maureen Webb, an early mentor who discovered Monteith when he was a 20-year-old self-described "wayward youth." Dining with Webb and his manager Elena Kirschner at Vancouver eatery East of Main on July 11, Monteith - who had completed rehab for substance abuse two months earlier - "was in great spirits," says Webb. When the subject turned...
- 7/21/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Vancouver – Don’t tell Maureen Webb she holds the key to explaining Cory Monteith’s final days. It’s Tuesday evening, and the Vancouver casting director is sitting in the East of Main cafe she runs in the city’s downtown eastside neighborhood. She fights back tears while trying to come to grips with news heard only hours earlier that the Glee star’s untimely death was caused by an accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol, according to the local coroner's office. Five days earlier, on July 11, Webb sat only a few tables away, sharing a laugh-filled dinner with Monteith and manager
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- 7/17/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cory Monteith, whose body was found in a Vancouver hotel room over the weekend, died of a "mixed drug toxicity" of heroin and alcohol, authorities say. "At this point there is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith's death was anything other than a most-tragic accident," the BC Coroners Service says in a statement released Tuesday. Police spokesman Constable Brian Montague said, "There was evidence in the room that was consistent with a drug overdose." He did not reveal what that evidence was, but that it was believed Monteith was alone when he died. The actor had been out earlier with three other people.
- 7/16/2013
- by Mike Fleeman and Champ Clark
- PEOPLE.com
For the indie movie McCanick, Cory Monteith didn't audition for the role of a drug-addicted hustler sent to prison for murder. He just talked to director Josh C. Waller about his past. "He opened up quite a bit," Waller tells People of their meeting for the movie that shot last September. "He was like, 'I can do this character. I know this character. I was this character. I have lived elements of this.' He said, 'I was a troubled youth.' " Less than a year later, there were questions of whether Monteith's past had caught up with him after the Glee star,...
- 7/15/2013
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
Just days before Cory Monteith's untimely passing, he was busy working on future charity projects in Vancouver with his agent and the head of Project Limelight Society—an a nonprofit group performing arts program for children in the city's Eastside Downtown area. Monteith initiated the dinner and was joined by his agent Elena Kirschner and Limelight founder Maureen Webb at East of Main Café on Thursday evening to discuss upcoming plans. It appears that Monteith was incredibly passionate about helping others in any way that he could and was set on making a difference. Desiree Mohammadi, the founder and creator of Montourage Unite, had been working with the Glee star and his agent on several...
- 7/15/2013
- E! Online
Before his tragic death, Cory Monteith enjoyed his final days with friends. And among the last places the Glee star visited was the Vancouver eatery East of Main Café, where he dined Thursday with Canada-based casting director Maureen Webb and his manager Elena Kirschner. Kirschner posted to Twitter a photo of Monteith during that get-together, a now haunting image of the thespian in silhouette, seemingly gazing out the window. "@eastofMAINcafe and @projLimelight Great meal with good friends. @maureenwebb Oh. And this guy. @CoryMonteith," tweeted Kirschner. Monteith however relished the evening well enough that he subsequently retweeted the pic and used it in his Twitter...
- 7/15/2013
- E! Online
Just two days before "Glee" star Cory Monteith was found dead in his Vancouver hotel room, the actor was said to be doing well.
Project Limelight Society co-founder Maureen Webb, who heads up the non-profit arts program for children and was one of Monteith's mentors, spoke to People about her final dinner with the actor.
"He looked so good, so healthy," she told the mag. "I hadn't seen him look that good in a long time."
Photos: Sudden Endings: Stars Who Died Too Soon
The "Glee" star, Webb and the actor's manager enjoyed a night out ...
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Project Limelight Society co-founder Maureen Webb, who heads up the non-profit arts program for children and was one of Monteith's mentors, spoke to People about her final dinner with the actor.
"He looked so good, so healthy," she told the mag. "I hadn't seen him look that good in a long time."
Photos: Sudden Endings: Stars Who Died Too Soon
The "Glee" star, Webb and the actor's manager enjoyed a night out ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 7/15/2013
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Deceased "Glee" actor Cory Monteith is being mourned by a Vancouver-based theatre program that gives creative opportunities to kids in the city's poorest neighbourhood.
Project Limelight founders Maureen Webb and Donalda Weaver issued a statement Sunday saying they are "deeply saddened" after the actor was found dead in Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel on Saturday.
Monteith, whom Webb encouraged to take acting classes when he was 19 and living in Nanaimo, used his role as an ambassador for Virgin Unite, the non-profit wing of Richard Branson's corporation, to get a $26,550 grant for the project, The Globe and Mail reported.
Monteith had dinner with Webb just days before he was found dead, Global News reported.
"I really think kids need a place to go and feel like they belong," Monteith said in a promotional video for the program.
Project Limelight offers young artists aged eight to 15 years old in the Downtown...
Project Limelight founders Maureen Webb and Donalda Weaver issued a statement Sunday saying they are "deeply saddened" after the actor was found dead in Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel on Saturday.
Monteith, whom Webb encouraged to take acting classes when he was 19 and living in Nanaimo, used his role as an ambassador for Virgin Unite, the non-profit wing of Richard Branson's corporation, to get a $26,550 grant for the project, The Globe and Mail reported.
Monteith had dinner with Webb just days before he was found dead, Global News reported.
"I really think kids need a place to go and feel like they belong," Monteith said in a promotional video for the program.
Project Limelight offers young artists aged eight to 15 years old in the Downtown...
- 7/15/2013
- by The Huffington Post B.C.
- Huffington Post
So heartbreaking. The alleged final picture of Cory Monteith, taken two days before he died, has been revealed.
Before Cory Monteith’s sudden and tragic death on July 13, the Glee actor was seen spending time with his friends in Vancouver. A photo, posted to Twitter on July 11, shows Cory having a “great meal with good friends,” including mentor Maureen Webb.
Cory Monteith’s Last Photo — Twitter Pic Reveals ‘Glee’ Actor’s Final Moments
“@eastofMAINcafe and @ProjLimelight Great meal with good friends. @maureenwebb Oh. And this guy. @CoryMonteith,” Twitter user @slimyagent (known as Elena K.) said on July 11, captioning the final picture of Cory alive.
Furthermore, Cory uploaded the photo to his account, where it now serves as his profile picture.
Cory Monteith Dines At East Of Main Cafe
During his time in Vancouver, Cory spent time at The Shop, a local coffee house and clothing store for people who love motorcycles,...
Before Cory Monteith’s sudden and tragic death on July 13, the Glee actor was seen spending time with his friends in Vancouver. A photo, posted to Twitter on July 11, shows Cory having a “great meal with good friends,” including mentor Maureen Webb.
Cory Monteith’s Last Photo — Twitter Pic Reveals ‘Glee’ Actor’s Final Moments
“@eastofMAINcafe and @ProjLimelight Great meal with good friends. @maureenwebb Oh. And this guy. @CoryMonteith,” Twitter user @slimyagent (known as Elena K.) said on July 11, captioning the final picture of Cory alive.
Furthermore, Cory uploaded the photo to his account, where it now serves as his profile picture.
Cory Monteith Dines At East Of Main Cafe
During his time in Vancouver, Cory spent time at The Shop, a local coffee house and clothing store for people who love motorcycles,...
- 7/15/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
Two days before he was found dead, Cory Monteith enjoyed "a quiet night with a lot of laughing" with one of his first mentors, Maureen Webb. "He looked so good, so healthy," Webb, the co-founder of Project Limelight Society, a Vancouver charity close to the actor's heart, tells People. "I hadn't seen him look that good in a long time." Joined by Monteith's manager Elena Kirschner, the trio dined at East of Main, a restaurant that supports the organization. "We ate a lot of food," recalls Webb, noting no one drank alcohol. "We drank the rhubarb lemonade." Monteith initiated the dinner,...
- 7/15/2013
- by Mary Green
- PEOPLE.com
Glee fans wishing to pay tribute to Cory Monteith can donate to the Project Limelight Society, an organization that the late actor played a role in launching. Monteith helped Maureen Webb, one of his early acting mentors, start up the nonprofit aid organization -- which offers free performing arts program for children from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside -- last year. Photos: Cory Monteith Remembered: Exclusive Pictures of the 'Glee' Star On Thursday night, the actor had dinner at Vancouver’s East of Main Café with Webb, who herself was instrumental in launching Monteith's acting career. It was Webb who suggested that a then 19-
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- 7/15/2013
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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