We’re excited to share great news from Park City, Utah: films and filmmakers from WMM won both Grand Jury prizes for Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT from directors Michèle Stephenson (STATELESS) & Joe Brewster won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary Competition and Production Assistance Alum Maite Alberti won the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize for THE ETERNAL MEMORY. Jessica Devaney (dir. LOVE THE SINNER & President of WMM-sponsored organization Multitude Films) received the 2023 Amazon Studios Nonfiction Producers Award!
At Slamdance, WMM filmmaker Kimi Takesue (HEAVEN’S CROSSROAD/SUMMER OF THE SERPENT) received Slamdance’s Grand Jury Award-Honorable Mention for the Breakouts Section for her WMM-sponsored film ONLOOKERS!
Congratulations to All!