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CPH:DOX announced the projects in their 2025 FORUM and ROUGHCUT sections this week, and three films being made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program will be pitching. Two will be part of the CPH:FORUM: House No. 7 (dir. Rama Abdi; prod. Hazar Yazji). This project received special recognition from the documentary...
We’re thrilled to celebrate Roni Jo Draper, Ph.D.—an enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe (the largest in California) and a WMM Production Assistance (PA) Program filmmaker—on being selected for the 2025 Sundance Graton Fellowship for Artists from California-Based Tribes. Her short FIRE TENDER, made with the support of WMM’s PA Program, premiered last year on...
Congratulations to Women Make Movies filmmaker and Production Assistance Program Alum Rea Tajiri, who has been selected to be in the 2025 cohort of USA Fellows, a program of the national arts-funding organization United States Artists. Tajiri is an award-winning, longtime WMM filmmaker. Her groundbreaking film HISTORY AND MEMORY, a view into Japanese internment camps...
We’re excited to share that several WMM films and filmmakers have been recognized on Ms. Magazine’s list of the Best Feminist Documentaries of 2024! The list includes WMM release RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE, directed by Katja Esson, whose films we have been distributing for more than 20 years. This powerful documentary dives into the devastating...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlist for the 97th Oscars, and we are thrilled to celebrate the recognition of SUGARCANE (dir. Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie), made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program. Shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature, this powerful and timely film investigates the abuse,...
Sundance has announced its 2025 line-up, and 11 films made by WMM filmmakers and Program alum, including four from the WMM Production Assistance Program, will premiere at this year’s festival! Two of the Production Assistance Program films will have their world premieres in the U.S. Documentary Competition: LIFE AFTER (dir. Reid Davenport, prod. Colleen...
We are pleased to announce that several WMM-supported films and filmmakers have received nominations for both the Gotham Awards and Cinema Eye Honors. For the Gotham Awards, in the Best Documentary Feature category, the following films, made with support from our WMM Production Assistant Program, are nominated: INTERCEPTED (Directed by Oksana Karpovych) SUGARCANE (Directed by...
We are delighted to announce that as awards season gets underway, WMM films and filmmakers are receiving nominations and making the lists of top contenders. The nominations for the 9th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards were unveiled last week, and a film from our Production Assistance Program received eight nominations. SUGARCANE (dir. Julian Brave NoiseCat...
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Women Make Movies has teamed up with Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film in NYC for a special in-person screening series of films focused on women and U.S. politics, Her Power, Our Future. This series of six films showcases documentary films that feature women leading the charge in...
