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After being Palestine’s entry to the 2024 Oscars and receiving nominations for Best Documentary in both the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the European Film Academy Awards, WMM Release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) is now one of six films nominated for Best Documentary in the César Awards, the French equivalent to the Oscars....
The jury’s selections are in from Park City! Three WMM Production Assistance Program films took home awards: U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary SEEDS (dir. Brittany Shyne, prod. Danielle Varga) — An exploration of Black generational farmers in the American South, revealing the fragility of legacy and the importance of owning land. Danielle Varga also received...
Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark film COMPENSATION— distributed by Women Make Movies from 2002 until 2023, when it was restored and re-released by The Criterion Collection—has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. This recognition affirms the enduring cultural, historical, and artistic importance of Davis’s work, and its...
Women Make Movies (WMM) returned this week to Montreal to participate in the RIDM Montreal International Film Festival. WMM’s Executive Director Debra Zimmerman, and Leonard Cortana, Inclusion Programs and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC, presented the opening keynote of the DOC FORUM: Toward a Fairer, More Inclusive Industry. INTERCEPTED (dir. Oksana Karpovych), a powerful documentary...
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...
We’re thrilled to announce that four films from the WMM Production Assistance Program will premiere or screen at the renowned Venice International Film Festival this year. This selection showcases diverse narratives and powerful stories, highlighting the incredible work of filmmakers from around the world. Here’s a look at some of the films: FAMILIAR TOUCH (United...
