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Women Make Movies has a 50-year history of supporting women filmmakers and distributing artistically significant films to audiences with an intentional focus on uplifting the voices of underrepresented women and enriching society. With a mission of increasing gender equity in the film industry, we support women filmmakers with production assistance and tailored distribution strategies. We have a long history of supporting women of color, differently abled women, LGBTQIA people, and other communities too rarely represented both on-screen and behind the camera.
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2026 Sheffield Award Wins
We are delighted to share that BIRDS OF WAR, directed by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak and made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, received a Special Mention for the Tim Hetherington Award at the 2026 Sheffield DocFest, which honors outstanding humanitarian storytelling. The film follows the love story of a Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist, depicting their resilience as they navigate the front lines of war. Congratulations are also in order for two WMM-supported projects that...
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Landfall and the Passion of Remembrance featured in Blackstar Program on Criterion
Coming to The Criterion Channel in July, “Blackstar Film Festival presents” is a curated selection of features and shorts showcasing one film from each year of the festival’s 15-year history. Streaming on Criterion through the end of December 2026, the selection includes two WMM-distributed films – LANDFALL (2020), directed by Cecilia Aldarondo, and THE PASSION OF REMEMBRANCE (2011), directed by Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien – and two films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program – FAYA DAYI (2021), directed by Jessica...
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“Make Art, Make Trouble: Feminist Art, Film and Collective Action” – A Tribute to Joan Braderman
Co-organized by ICI, Joan Braderman Archive, and the School of Visual Arts Sponsored by the Joan Braderman Archive, School of Visual Arts, Art Ferrara, Lyn Hughes, Robert C. Reckman, Women Make Movies, and Video Data Bank As we approach one year since the passing of longtime WMM filmmaker Joan Braderman – an artist, storyteller, performer,...
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