![]() ![]() “It's not impacting the distribution side, really at all on our end. The Screen Actors Guild has made it clear that its members cannot do any promotions of their projects, including at film festivals during the strike, however Georgie is hopeful the labour dispute will be over by Labour Day weekend.Īccording to Georgie, the strike isn’t expected to limit which films are presented at WIFF, noting this is the 19th year for the annual event. “So people ask us in early fall, are you starting to get ready for festival? We've been at it for months.” Fall is more about starting to roll out our work,” Georgie explained to CTV News Windsor. “For us, the summer is our busiest planning time. But I think it'll be a busy summer for a lot of colleagues,” said Georgie. “It's obviously a very, very tense labour negotiation no question. The Writers Guild of America walked off the job May 2 and was joined on the picket line Friday by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA. 5, with most local planning and preparation already well underway. ![]() So a lot of this type of stuff is, in my view, likely going to be resolved by that period of time. “Specifically that our colleagues at TIFF, at the Venice Film Festival and a Telluride Film Festival all go up about six weeks prior to us. ![]() “It's something that realistically, just because of our timing and a couple of dynamics that I'm not overly concerned for us,” Georgie explained. “We are rolling,” said WIFF Executive Director, Vincent Georgie. Organizers of the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) are confident this year’s event will proceed despite ongoing Hollywood strikes.Ī call for 200 volunteers was issued this week while other upcoming international film festivals brace for drastic changes. ![]()
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