We’re thrilled to share that 16 films from Women Make Movies filmmakers will premiere at this year’s DOC NYC, the largest documentary festival in the U.S.! From world premieres to North American, U.S., and NYC debuts, these films showcase the extraordinary range, vision, and impact of WMM-supported films and filmmakers from around the world.
From the WMM Production Assistance (PA) Program:
World Premiere
- A PLACE OF ABSENCE (dir./prod. Marialuisa Ernst)
North American Premiere
- MY SUNNYSIDE (dir. Matylda Kawka, prod. Alicja Gancarz, Anna Wereda)
U.S. Premieres
- 9-MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili, prod. Anna Khazaradze, Nino Chichua)
- NUNS VS. THE VATICAN (dir. Lorena Luciano, prod. Filippo Piscopo)
NYC Premieres
- ARREST THE MIDWIFE (dir./prod. Elaine Epstein, prod. Robin Hessman)
- THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT (dir./prod. Karla Murthy, prod. Rajal Pitroda)
- THE AGE OF WATER (dir. Alfredo Alcántara, Isabel Alcántara Atalaya, prod. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Lindsay Perna)
- I DREAMED HIS NAME (dir./prod. Ángela Carabalí, prod. Sandra Tabares-Duque)
- EXODUS (dir./prod. Nimco Sheikhaden, prod. Sara Chishti)
From PA Alumni:
World Premieres
- THE MERCHANTS OF JOY (dir. Celia Aniskovich)
- THE TRIAL OF ALEC BALDWIN (dir. Rory Kennedy)
- WE MET AT GROSSINGER’S (dir. Paula Eiselt)
- REGGAE GIRLZ (dirs. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Trish Dalton)
NYC Premieres
- STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! (dirs. Carl Deal, Tia Lessin)
- TRUE NORTH (dir. Michèle Stephenson)
Also Screening
- FREE JOAN LITTLE (dir. Yoruba Richen, prod. Christalyn Hampton)
