Hamilton LOFT - The Arty Crowd

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The Arty Crowd funding sources require inclusion of members who identify as belonging to priority groups encompassing: Indigenous, ethnocultural communities, rural or remote residents, youth, and Francophones (english and french). Hamilton Arts Council further wants to measure its success in attracting members from all the diverse groups we serve in the Greater Hamilton Area arts community, including those who are LGBTQ2S+, and persons with disabilities. We will use the aggregates of the information collected here to measure our success in making The Arty Crowd an accessible and safe space for all who join. We thank the members of the committee from the Safer Spaces Project who advised us in creating an inclusive self-identification process.

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<div dir="auto">“Where are the womxn?”</div>
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<div dir="auto">When music supervisor/podcaster Alysha Main met actor/writer/TV host Laura Ellis at a Hamilton Film Festival screening, that was the question hanging in the room where just one woman stood in a line of 20 filmmakers. Laura and Alysha were soon joined by award winning filmmaker Cher Obediah and actor/producer Laura Wilson where together they launched the Hamilton LOFT (Ladies of Film &amp; Television).</div>
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Hamilton is a top filming location in Canada with over 140 productions filmed locally in 2019. Despite some progress, research from the<a href="https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/industr/parit.htm"> Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission</a> shows that women still face barriers to career advancement citing that a lack of gender parity in key creative positions needs to be addressed.

The Hamilton LOFT (Ladies of Film &amp; TV) seeks to help break these barriers and bring together people who identify as womxn* working in all areas of filmmaking.

Our main objectives are to:
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 	<li>Create content that is predominantly female-driven, focusing on issues that affect womxn and minorities</li>
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 	<li>Grow a diverse team of underrepresented artists/groups including BIPOC and LGBTQ2SIA+</li>
 	<li>Build skills and confidence of womxn through working in cross-disciplinary, supportive teams</li>
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 	<li>Demonstrate that a local, all-female identified production team is achievable</li>
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 	<li>Address challenges that women and minorities in the industry face</li>
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 	<li>Showcase the achievements of women in Hamilton’s film industry</li>
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 	<li>Team up with local film organizations/community partners to mutually support our vision by collaborating on events/projects and providing accessible opportunities for womxn to share space, knowledge, and tools.</li>
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 	<li>Identify mentors in the film community who consult on projects and teach affordable workshops</li>
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<em><strong>*The Hamilton L.O.F.T. uses an all-emcompassing definition of “womxn /woman /female /lady” which includes but is not limited to cis, trans-identifying, non-binary, and other.</strong></em>

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