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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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A Triumphant Debut: Sarah Friedland’s FAMILIAR TOUCH Wins Big at Venice Film Festival
Congratulations to WMM PA filmmaker Sarah Friedland, director of FAMILIAR TOUCH, which was made with the support of our Production Assistance Program! Sarah won the prestigious Lion Of The Future – ‘Luigi De Laurentiis’ Venice Award for a Debut Film and the Orizzonti Best Director award at the Venice Film Festival. FAMILIAR TOUCH delves into...
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BYE BYE TIBERIAS – NOW IN THEATRES ACROSS THE US.
Originally posted on February 23, 2024 Republished: September 10, 2024 at 12:22 PM ET “BYE BYE TIBERIAS cements Soualem’s status as a documentary filmmaker to watch.” – Variety “Suffused with the scents of Palestine, the film is an instructive and touching mosaic where past and present overlap, and a keen sense of heritage and transmission...
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WMM-Sponsored Film GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT Wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
We are excited to announce that GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT, directed by Michéle Stephenson and Joe Brewster and made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, has won the Creative Arts Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking! The Creative Arts Emmy Awards celebrate the technical and artistic achievements that...
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