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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...
Women Make Movies is thrilled to celebrate two incredible wins at the 2024 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), highlighting the remarkable work of WMM-supported filmmakers. WMM new acquisition MY STOLEN PLANET, directed by Farahnaz Sharifi, received the esteemed Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award, accompanied by a €5,000 prize. Using the essayistic style of...
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...
Congratulations to the six WMM filmmakers who took home awards at the recent BFI London Film Festival, Mill Valley, and Woodstock Film Festivals. At the BFI London Film Festival 2024, two films supported by WMM’s Production Assistance Program were honored: MOTHER VERA (dir. Cecile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson) – Grierson Award for Best Documentary THE SHADOW SCHOLARS...
We are thrilled to announce that several WMM-supported films and filmmakers will be featured at DOC NYC 2024. Notably, MY STOLEN PLANET (dir. Farahnaz Sharifi) will have its NYC Premiere in the Fight The Power program section. From our Production Assistance (PA) Program, the following films will also have their NYC Premieres: A MOTHER APART...
We are happy to announce that 12 WMM-supported films and filmmakers will be featured at the 2024 edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Additionally, WMM’s award-winning new release MY STOLEN PLANET (dir. Farahnaz Sharifi), will make its Dutch Premiere. Five films from our Production Assistance program will make their Dutch Premiere: APOCALYPSE...
We’re thrilled to announce that four classic Women Make Movies films will be featured Sept. 20-29 at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of “Personal Belongings: First Person Documentary in the 1990s,” a series curated by Jeff Reichert and Asha Phelps. These screenings offer a rare opportunity to experience these iconic films on...
We’re excited to share that five WMM-supported films and program alum will be screening at the 62nd New York Film Festival, including two from our Production Assistance Program: BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE (dir. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) – A beautiful art film about the intellectual, philosophical and emotional imprint left by Martinican anti-colonialist writer and Afro-surrealist pioneer Suzanne...
