Women in Film and Television Atlantic (WIFT-AT) has unveiled its three winners of its 2025 Wave Awards.

The awards, which honour the contributions of women and gender-diverse professionals in the Atlantic screen industry, will be presented during the Waves Awards Dinner at The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites in Halifax on April 5.

This year’s winners are filmmaker, actor and 2020 Telefilm Talent to Watch selection Nicole Steeves (Aliens with Knives; pictured left); filmmaker, educator and sound stage technician Olivia King (For Emma; pictured centre); and Indigenous filmmaker Stephanie Joline (Night Blooms; pictured right). All three are based in Halifax.

WIFT-AT has also named the finalists for its CBC Pitch This! Competition, which will see the five contestants vie for a $10,000 CBC-sponsored grant through their five-minute short film pitches. The winner will also receive in-kind equipment rentals from Equifilm, Sunbelt Rentals and Star Power Atlantic and in-kind post-production services from the Hideout Studios and 902 Post.

The five finalists include Fredericton playwright and filmmaker Carlee Calver (Skin and Bone); South Korea-born, Halifax-raised filmmaker Induk Lee (Baduk) and Newfoundland and Labrador-based Nunatsiavut Inuk artist and founder of the prodco Ujarak Media Jessica Brown (Here to Stay).

Rounding out the competitors is St. John’s-based writer, director and set designer Nathalie Javault (Justine) and assistant director and Halifax-based filmmaker Nicole Close (Three Little Words).

The Making Waves conference runs from April 3 to 5.

Image courtesy of WIFT-AT