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Updated May 28, 2024 Originally posted April 22, 2024 The Official 2024 Tribeca Film Festival selections have been announced, and 9 films from WMM filmmakers will premiere (8 will have their world premieres!). The Tribeca Film Festival, now in its 23rd year, will take place Wed, June 5, 2024 – Sun, June 16, 2024. ...
Making It Work: Success and Sustainability Conversations with Award-Winning Filmmakers Thursdays, June 6 – June 27 | ZOOM This winter, in one of our most successful webinar series ever, we talked with and celebrated WMM filmmakers who were nominated for documentary Academy Awards. This Summer we will continue the conversation with a series of immersive...
Sheffield International Documentary Festival, the UK’s leading documentary festival, just announced its lineup, and 13 WMM films and filmmakers are premiering and pitching. Four films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program are premiering: AN ARMY OF WOMEN – Directed by Julie Lunde Lillesæter. Produced by Natalya Sarch, Arne Dahr, Julie Lunde Lillesæter;...
“If you want your life to get better, you’ve got to fight for it!” These powerful words from Ruby Duncan set the tone for the unforgettable event centered around the screening of the award-winning WMM release STORMING CAESARS PALACE (dir. Hazel Gurland-Pooler) at The National Women’s History Museum. This free event provided attendees with a...
We are excited to announce that Doyla Gavanski, director of CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE GAMER, has won the inaugural Jacob Burns Film Center/Women Make Movies Artist-in-Residency Award at the 27th edition of DocsBarcelona. Presented to the best project pitched by a woman director, the award comes with a 4-6 week residency at the Jacob Burns...
WMM and Jacob Burns Film Center have joined together to offer the inaugural JBFC/WMM Artist-in-Residency prize to the Best Project presented by a Woman Director at DocsBarcelona. We are very pleased to be collaborating with the wonderful Jacob Burns Film Center in acknowledgment of DocsBarcelona’s ongoing commitment to gender equity. The award will come with...
Women Make Movies is deeply appreciative of continued support from the Jerome Foundation; we are honored to be one of the recipients of their recently announced grants to arts organizations. We will be using our 2-year grant to support the Next Step Fellowship, a new initiative that will provide additional one-on-one support to a select...
The 2024 Whitney Biennial, called “the most prominent showcase of American art” by the New York Times, is open now through August 11, and three WMM filmmakers have new works in this prestigious exhibition. SPIRIT EMULSION, an experimental short by Siku Allooloo (Indígena), explores the rich narratives of Indigenous life through Super 8mm film and digital video, revealing deep connections to...
The Hot Docs Forum, the central industry event at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, recently concluded with its awards announcements this past Wednesday. For the second year in a row, a WMM filmmaker won the First Look Pitch Prize. This year’s winner ARREST THE MIDWIFE, directed and produced by Elaine Epstein, and produced...
