CIFF 2026: Wendy Hill-Tout on WWW: The Women’s Group & Growing Old Loudly | S3E7

What happens when a Wednesday happy hour becomes something much bigger?Calgary filmmaker Wendy Hill-Tout joins Chris Corvan to talk about her new documentary WWW: THE WOMEN’S GROUP, following a group of senior women whose weekly gatherings in Kensington have become a space for friendship, laughter, grief, dating, resilience, and refusing to quietly disappear with age.Wendy talks about building trust while filming real people, why documentaries do not need famous subjects to matter, balancing heartbreak with humour, keeping the crew deliberately small, finding structure inside unscripted lives, and why she wanted to portray the women compassionately rather than manufacture reality-TV conflict.They also get into Calgary's independent film community, the importance of festivals like CIFF, the film's deeply appropriate premiere at The Plaza, and Wendy casually reveals that another WWW adventure is already beginning.WWW: THE WOMEN’S GROUP has its world premiere at CIFF on September 27 at 7:00 PM at The Plaza in Kensington.Find out more about WWW: The Women’s Group:https://www.calgaryfilm.com/Follow Wendy Hill-Tout:@wendyhillfilmsFollow Chris Corvan:@chrisofthevoidMusic by GRIDLAZER:https://www.instagram.com/___f4ilur3/Episode Chapters:(00:00) Chris Corvan welcomes Wendy Hill-Tout to the podcast(01:12) Introduction to Wendy's documentary, WWW: The Women’s Group(03:45) Wendy’s journey into filmmaking and her inspirations(07:30) The importance of community and storytelling(12:15) Balancing humour and emotion in documentary filmmaking(15:50) The group dynamics of the women in the film(20:00) Filming process and the spontaneity of the subjects(25:30) The significance of the film's premiere location(30:20) The role of the Calgary International Film Festival in Wendy’s career(35:45) Future projects and the sequel to WWW(40:00) Final thoughts and where to find the film