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Friends in L.A., mark your calendars for a special opportunity to watch two films by renowned, longtime Women Make Movies filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha. On Saturday night, December 14 at 7:30 PM, Minh-ha’s first feature film Naked Spaces – Living Is Round (1985), which has long been distributed by Women Make Movies and was recently restored...
We’re happy to announce that four films from our Production Assistance Program have received grants from the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre! These awards highlight the incredible talent and vision of women filmmakers creating impactful stories across a variety of genres. The following WMM-supported projects have been recognized: Fiction Feature: FAMILIAR TOUCH...
SUGARCANE (dir. Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat), made with the support of our Production Assistance Program, is taking the awards circuit by storm. At this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the film, which delves into the harrowing abuse of Indigenous children, received a remarkable eight nominations, the most for any film this year. It...
We are excited to announce that WMM release IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?, directed by Ella Glendining, has received two prestigious nominations from BAFTA Scotland, following its earlier nominations for the BAFTA Awards this year. The film is nominated for Best Feature Film and Ella Glendining is nominated for Best Director Factual. IS THERE ANYBODY...
Today, the European Film Academy announced the nominees for the main categories of the 37th European Film Awards, and we are thrilled to celebrate that the multi-award-winning WMM release BYE BYE TIBERIAS, directed by Lina Soualem, has been nominated for Best European Film and Best European Documentary! This powerful film takes viewers on a poignant...
Originally posted on February 23, 2024 Republished: October 7, 2024 at 12:22 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...
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), a premier platform for showcasing cutting-edge documentary films, has just revealed its lineup, featuring 12 WMM films and filmmakers. Three films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program will be screening at Camden: APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (dir. Petra Costa) MOTHER VERA (dir. Cécile Embleton and Alys...
The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards nominations have been announced and 5 WMM PA Program Projects and filmmakers are on the list! The Documentary ceremony will broadcast live on Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The following films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program are nominated: NO ACCIDENT (dir....
This year, 5 films supported by the Production Assistance Program and 7 films by PA Program alumni will participate in the Gotham Week Project Market in Brooklyn. The Gotham Week Expo brings together partners from The Gotham’s Expanding Communities initiative to provide community and thought leadership on topics pertinent to film and media creators, including...
