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films, filmmakers, programs, events and broadcasts.
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From Enemies of Happiness
by Eva Mulvad and Anja Al-Erhayem
From Freeheld
by Cynthia Wade
From My Country, My Country
by Laura Poitras
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January 31, 2007
WMM | ENEWS SPECIAL AWARDS
EDITION
WMM ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO SUNDANCE AWARD
WINNING FILM
SUNDANCE AWARDS
AND ACADEMY NOMINATION FOR FILMS FROM WMM'S
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WMM ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO SUNDANCE AWARD WINNING FILM
We are pleased to announce that
ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS, which WMM acquired at last week's Sundance Film Festival,
won the
World Cinema Jury Prize:
Documentary.
This inspiring film by Eva Mulvad and Anja Al-Erhayem tells the story of 28 year-old
Malalai Joya - an extraordinary, outspoken 28-year-old Afghan woman,
a folk hero and a women’s rights activist -
who (despite four assassination attempts) was elected to the newly formed
democratic parliament in Afghanistan in 2005.
Called "a political documentary with a difference" by Variety, the film also recently won the prestigious Silver Wolf Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
FREEHELD AND MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY GARNER ACCOLADES
We are also pleased that two projects from WMM's
Production Assistance Program
have garnered major honors.
Cynthia Wade's documentary
Freeheld: The Legacy of Laurel Hester
had its world premier at the Sundance
Film Festival where it won a
Special Jury Prize from the Shorts Jury. WMM applauds the fine work of Cynthia Wade. Freeheld follows Lieutenant Laurel Hester in the last weeks of her life as she tries to reach one goal - to leave her hard-earned pension to her life partner Stacie.
The Academy Award Nominations have been announced, and
My Country, My Country
by Laura Poitras is an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
This film is an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the
months leading up to the January 2005 elections. Congratulations to Laura Poitras!
For more information about WMM's Production Assistance Program, click here.
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