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Debra Zimmerman recently returned from two weeks in Malawi and Zambia. She traveled as an envoy for the American Film Showcase, the premier American film diplomacy program that organizes screenings and workshops with American filmmakers and film experts. Almost 100 participants participated in the workshops she and filmmaker Tracie Holder presented in the Lliongwe, Kitwe...
The 24th edition of the Woodstock Film Festival kicks off Wednesday, September 27 and WMM filmmaker Katja Esson (SKYDANCER, POETRY OF RESILIENCE, LATCHING ON, and FERRY TALES) is showcasing her new film RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE. Made with the support of the WMM production assistance program, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE is the urgent and clear-eyed portrait of...
We are delighted to announce that our friends at DCTV will be hosting two NYC public screenings of WMM new release ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY (Dir. Jean Carlomusto) at Firehouse Cinema on Wednesday, September 6th, and Thursday, September 7th at 7 pm EST. After the showing on September 6th, there will be a special...
WMM release RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS (dir. Rebekah Henderson) will have its broadcast premiere on WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed on September 14th, 2023. RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS follows five diverse female activists who run for municipal office in Denver (one of the U.S.’s fastest gentrifying cities) because they are tired of watching their local government...
Out of a pool of 93 films representing 31 countries, two documentaries made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program won both top awards for Best Feature Documentary at the 2023 BlackStar Film Festival, which highlights productions by Black, Brown, and Indigenous film and media artists.
Eleven WMM Filmmakers have been nominated for the 75th annual EMMY Awards, including two WMM releases: TIKTOK, BOOM. (dir. Shalini Kantayya, whose previous film CODED BIAS was also Emmy-nominated), nominated for a News & Docs EMMY in the “Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary” category; and APART (dir. Jennifer Redfearn), nominated for a News & Docs EMMY in the “Outstanding...
The 2023 BlackStar Film Festival is set to take place on August 2-6 with online and offline screenings in Philadelphia, and 3 films from our production assistance program will premiere!
We are ecstatic to announce that Women Make Movies Executive Director Debra Zimmerman has been invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!
We are thrilled to announce that BREAK THE GAME (dir. Jane M. Wagner), a WMM-sponsored film, received the New Documentary Director Special Jury Mention at the 22nd annual Tribeca Festival.
