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Women Make Movies has a 50-year history of supporting women filmmakers and distributing artistically significant films to audiences with an intentional focus on uplifting the voices of underrepresented women and enriching society. With a mission of increasing gender equity in the film industry, we support women filmmakers with production assistance and tailored distribution strategies. We have a long history of supporting women of color, differently abled women, LGBTQIA people, and other communities too rarely represented both on-screen and behind the camera.
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More Than Half of the Films Shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature in the 98th Academy Awards are by WMM Filmmakers!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlist for the upcoming 98th Oscars, and Women Make Movie filmmakers are extremely well represented! More than half of the films shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature are by WMM filmmakers. This is a milestone for feminist filmmaking, and it builds on an autumn of nominations and wins that shows that...
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Five Films Made with the Support of our Production Assistance Program to Premiere in Competition at Sundance 2026!
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival lineup is here, and five films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program will make their World Premieres in competition! Additionally, three new films from program alum Liz Garbus, Dawn Porter, and Alysa Nahmias will also premiere. Below are the five WMM Production Assistance films premiering at Sundance: ...
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9-MONTH CONTRACT Receives Special Mention at DOC NYC; NUNS VS. THE VATICAN Wins Subject Matter Award
We are pleased to share that 9-MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili; prods. Anna Khazaradze, Nino Chichua), made with the support of Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program, has received a Special Mention in the International Competition at the 2025 DOC NYC Feature Film Jury Awards. The film follows a Georgian mother who, striving to provide a better future for...
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