LATEST RELEASES
Women Make Movies acquires powerful groundbreaking films from women around the world throughout the year.
MORE FROM WMM
ABOUT WMM
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.
Stats
THE TALLEST DWARF Shortlisted for All Inclusive Award at Dok.fest München
Fresh off its Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival , WMM release THE TALLEST DWARF (dir. Julie Forrest Wyman) is one of eight films shortlisted for the 2026 All Inclusive Award at the 41st Dok.fest München! Dok.fest München’s All Inclusive Award honors documentary film productions where filmmakers with disabilities play a leading role. It is sponsored by the Werksviertel-Mitte Stiftung and...
Read Post
6 WMM Program Films Take Home Top Awards at CPH:DOX 2026
Amazing news from Copenhagen! Four of the six films from WMM’s Production Assistance Program that premiered in competition at the CPH:DOX festival this year won awards, including WHISPERS IN MAY, which took home the festival’s top prize! Additionally, two Program films won DOX:INDUSTRY awards for their pitches. The winners are: 🏆WHISPERS IN MAY – DOX:AWARD Winner Director: Dongnan Chen Producers: Jia Zhao, Kay Xu | Co-Producers: Heejung Oh & Malin Hüber Dongnan Chen’s WHISPERS IN MAY took home...
Read Post
WMM Filmmakers and Family Sweep Documentary Categories at the 98th Academy Awards®
We are over the moon celebrating members of the Women Make Movies community who won at the 98th Academy Awards! WMM filmmakers and family took home Oscar wins in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories. The winners are: 🏆Winner: Best Documentary Feature Film MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN Co-directed by Pasha Talankin & David Borenstein Produced by WMM filmmaker Helle Faber*, as well as David Borenstein, Alžběta Karásková, Radovan Síbrt Executive Produced by WMM...
Read Post