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                                                   MARCH 2005
WMM|ENEWS     

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES PREMIERES AT MIPDOC
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERATOR AT NEW YORK MoMA
THEATRICAL SCREENINGS IN NEW YORK
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS


WOMEN MAKE MOVIES PREMIERES AT MIPDOC AND MIPTV

For the first time ever, WMM will be participating in the MIPDOC and MIPTV market in Cannes, France. Executive Director Debra Zimmerman and Sales Manager Christie George will be presenting a great lineup of feature length and hour long programs, including:

Thunder in Guyana The story of Chicago-born Janet Jagan who was elected president of Guyana, broadcast on Independent Lens.

Ferry Tales Commuters tell all in the ladies’ room of the Staten Island ferry, Academy Award Nominee for Best Doc Short.

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks A portrait of the legendary actress and social activist Beah Richards, broadcast on HBO/Cinemax.

The Phantom of the Operator This dazzling montage reveals the little-known history of female telephone operators, premiered at Toronto Int'l Film Fest.

Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders The acclaimed documentary about women’s role in the Civil Rights movement.

Georgie Girl A portrait of a Maori ex-sex worker who turned elected official in New Zealand, toured fests worldwide and broadcast on POV.

Zimmerman will also be moderating the panel "What's Hot in Docs" on April 9th from 4:30 to 6:00, in the Salon Brougham, 1st floor Mezzanine.

If you are attending MIPDOC and would like to set up a meeting time, please contact Christie George, cgeorge@wmm.com or Debra Zimmerman, dz@wmm.com. For more info about MIPDOC, visit www.mipdoc.com.


THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERATOR AT NEW YORK MoMA

Called “an enormously imaginative docu… an hour of non-stop visual and intellectual stimulation” by VARIETY magazine, WMM New Release
The Phantom of the Operator enjoys its U.S. premiere at the New York
MoMA's Canadian Front: New Films 2005, a nine-film programme featuring an eclectic selection of Canada’s brightest filmmaking talent. This unique montage film, the first independent feature by Montréal filmmaker Caroline Martel, is crafted from almost 150 rarely seen industrial films produced in North America between 1903 and 1989. The film will be in competition at the Full Frame Film Festival in April.

 For more information on MoMA's Canadian Front, visit
 www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_media/2005/canadian_front_2005.html.

For more information on The Phantom of the Operator, visit
 www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c657.shtml.


THEATRICAL SCREENINGS IN NEW YORK

Acclaimed films My Terrorist by Yulie Cohen Gerstel and Purity by Anat Zuria will screen at the Pioneer Theater on March 31 as part of a program presented by the New Foundation for Israeli Cinema. Both filmmakers have brand new films in the WMM 2005 Collection: My Land Zion (Gerstel) and Sentenced to Marriage (Zuria). For more information about the new films, visit our New Releases page. 

The Venetian Dilemma, directed by part-time Venice residents and "Friends of WMM" Carole and Richard Rifkind, opens at New York's Film Forum on March 16 for a one-week run. This fascinating insider's view of Venice explores how ordinary Venetians are confronting a host of issues facing the future of their city, including how once-vibrant neighborhoods are jammed full of tourist-serving restaurants, cheesy souvenir stops and hotels. For tickets and showtimes, visit www.filmforum.com.

The WMM Friends Program is a great way to support the work of independent women filmmakers and our programs. We appreciate your contributions at any level. For more information, visit http://www.wmm.com/about/support_wmm.shtml
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Beah, A Black Woman Speaks was awarded the coveted Paul Robeson Award at the recent FESPACO Film Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa)
     
  • Lourdes Portillo, director of Senorita Extraviada, received a grant from the Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund for her most recent project, When the Tide Comes In. Lourdes was also honored with NALIP's Gala Award for Lifetime Achievement as a Producer.
     
  • WMM Filmmakers Natalia Almada and Jennifer Fox were awarded grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, a national arts organization committed to supporting individual artists. FS Maker Cristina Ibarra was awarded a grant for Love and Monster Trucks.
     
  • Danielle Lurie's In the Morning was recently accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival, which will be held from April 19 - May 1.
     
  • Three WMM filmmakers have recently been awarded grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund: Deborah Dickson for The Secret History of the Hmong, Laura Poitras for The War After, and Cristina Ibarra for The Last Conquistador.

Congratulations to all of our filmmakers!



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