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We are deeply saddened to share that longtime WMM filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, a cherished member of the Women Make Movies family, passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. A Mexican-born documentary filmmaker whose work explored Latin American social issues, Lourdes directed influential and acclaimed works such as LAS MADRES: THE MOTHERS OF...
“Preserving the stories and voices of those who have been historically marginalized is a political and feminist act, and these restored and preserved films make a crucial contribution to documenting the complexity and multiplicity of women’s history.” – Amy Aquilino, Manager of Distribution & Digital Assets, WMM & Steering Committee Member, Women’s Film Preservation Fund...
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Congratulations to Sharon Yeung, director of WMM Production Assistance Program film WE ARE VOLCANOES, and Cherish Oteka, whose previous film FREE LYRIC was made with the support of the Production Assistance Program, for receiving 2024 IDA’s Logan Elevate grants. They were 2 of 3 filmmakers selected out of 76 nominees to receive $30,000 each supporting their feature-length...
Cinephiles and women’s cinema history buffs, we have great news for you. The Criterion Channel recently licensed a number of important WMM titles, including a special selection of films made in the 80s and 90s through the London–based Sankofa Film and Video Collective, which produced experimental narrative and documentary works that examine Black life in...
Twenty-nine (yes 29!) Women Make Movies filmmakers will be pitching and premiering at Hot Docs this year, a record number! Eight films made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program will be premiering at the festival, including: STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS (dir. Jalena Keane-Lee; prod. Erin Lau, Amber Espinosa-Jones) – WORLD PREMIERE; KARUARA, PEOPLE...
Originally posted on February 23, 2024 Updated: April 26, 2024 at 10:17 PM ET “BYE BYE TIBERIAS cements Soualem’s status as a documentary filmmaker to watch.” – Variety “Suffused with the scents of Palestine, the film is an instructive and touching mosaic where past and present overlap, and a keen sense of heritage and transmission shines...
Six Production Assistance Program films will be in theaters, on television, and streaming in April & May, including: BREAK THE GAME (dir. Jane M. Wagner), which premiered at Tribeca and follows a transgender teenager hell-bent on setting a new speedrunning world record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, opened theatrically in...
We’re excited to share that 8 films from WMM filmmakers will premiere or screen at Full Frame this year, including 3 Production Assistance Program films: Light of the Setting Sun (United States) | Director: Vicky Du, Producers: Danielle Varga, Vicky Du | World Premiere A Photographic Memory (United States) | Director: Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Producers:...
