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BlackStar Film Festival Festival just announced its lineup, and 6 WMM films and filmmakers are premiering. Following nearly sold-out and extended theatrical runs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami, BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem), will have its Philadelphia premiere at the BlackStar Film Festival. Check out our blog for additional screening dates...
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. ...
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;...
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...
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...
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING, directed by Lisa Cortés and supported by WMM’s Production Assistance Program, has been nominated for an esteemed Peabody Award. The Peabody Awards, which recognize superior storytelling in media, selected their nominees from a pool of over 1,100 entries that encompass a wide array of themes and current issues. This documentary...
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...