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We are excited to announce that 7 WMM films and filmmakers have received recent IDA grants and other awards. A huge shoutout to WMM release STORMING CAESARS PALACE, also made with the support of the Production Assistance program, which won IDA’s ABC News VideoSource Award at last night’s IDA Documentary Awards. This accolade acknowledges documentaries...
We are excited to share that three films from both WMM programs have been nominated for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Each year, the Spirit Awards brings together top talent from throughout the world of film and television to honor independent film. Our newest acquisition BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) – read the announcement in...
We are pleased to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded grants to eighteen projects from the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program! Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the...
We are happy to share that 5 of the 11 projects selected for IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grants are being made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program. Our filmmakers were chosen out of 371 applicants from various countries, making this an impressive achievement! The 2023 Women Make Movies IDA Enterprise Documentary...
Cinema Eye Honors has officially announced the nominees for their 17th Annual Nonfiction Film Awards, and we are excited to report that ten WMM films and filmmakers received nominations! The following five WMM films were supported by our Production Assistance Program: GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT directed by PA Program Alums Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster...
We are delighted to congratulate so many WMM filmmakers, alum, and those a part of our Production Assistance Program on the 2023 Chicken & Egg Pictures Research and Development Grant. Four projects from WMM filmmakers each received a $10,000 Research Grant. WMM filmmaker Erika Cohn, dir. of BELLY OF THE BEAST, received the grant...
The IDFA program has been announced, and we are elated to share that 4 WMM-sponsored films are included, three of which are screening in the “Best of Fests” section, which includes prize-winners, public favorites, and high-profile titles from the international circuit: MACHTAT (dir. Sonia Ben Slama) – BEST OF FESTS MILISUTHANDO (dir. Milisuthando Bongela) – BEST OF FESTS GREAT PHOTO, LOVELY...
Exciting News! 7 films from the WMM Production Assistance (PA) program are premiering at DOC NYC 2023! Here’s a peek at the features and shorts that will be screening: TOMORROW, TOMORROW, TOMORROW (dir. Martina Radwan) WORLD PREMIERE PRETTY UGLY – THE STORY OF THE LUNACHICKS (dir. Illya Chaiken) WORLD PREMIERE TAKING VENICE (dir. Amei Wallach), NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE EAT...
We are excited to share that Filmmaker Magazine has recognized Jane M. Wagner and Sarah Friedland, directors of WMM-sponsored films BREAK THE GAME and FAMILIAR TOUCH respectively, as two of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film! Jane and Sarah were also interviewed about their careers as filmmakers and the story behind their inspiring documentaries....
