WIFT bestows award to Shirley Douglas

TORONTO - Women in Film & Television - Toronto has named actress Shirley Douglas as this year’s recipient of the International Achievement Award. This award is presented to a Canadian woman working in screen-based media for her significant and well recognized body of work in Canada and abroad.In related news,WIFT-T and CBC Television selected Angelika Walaszczyk as the winner of the 2009 CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship. The national mentorship program gives an emerging, Canadian female drama producer/director the opportunity to receive creative and business support from CBC Television. Walaszczyk, who currently works at Capri Films, will participate in a week-long...