Twelve films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program are in the line-up at DC/DOX, taking place June 11–14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. In addition to films that premiered earlier this year at Sundance, SXSW, Frameline, and Tribeca, this will include the World Premiere of THE ENDLESS FRONTIER (dir. by the Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont Award-winning director Marilyn Ness) and the U.S. Premieres of LOVE APPTUALLY (dir. Shalini Kantayya, filmmaker of acclaimed WMM releases CODED BIAS and TIKTOK, BOOM.) and THE SANDBOX (dir. Kenya-Jade Pinto).
Additionally, nine Program Alum films will also be premiering and screening at the festival including the Opening Night Film, GIVE ME THE BALL!, by Liz Garbus and the World Premieres of SHEESH: A TAYLOR LOVE STORY by Ramona Diaz (also director of WMM-distributed film THE LEARNING) and FREEFALL: A RECKONING FOR BOEING by Rory Kennedy.
The full list of Production Assistance Program films in the lineup includes:
- AMERICAN DOCTOR (dir. Poh Si Teng, prod. Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad)
- BARBARA FOREVER (dir. Brydie O’Connor, exec. prod. Christine Vachon, prod. TBD)
- BIRDS OF WAR (co-dirs. Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, prod. Sonja Henrici)
- DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST (dir. Otilia Portillo Padua, prod. Paula Arroio, Elena Fortes, Otilia Portillo Padua)
- THE ENDLESS FRONTIER (dir. Marilyn Ness, prod. Beth Westrate, Ted Richane, World Premiere)
- THE HOTLINE (co-dirs. Ricki Stern and Jesse Sweet, prod. Ricki Stern)
- KIDS LIKE ME (dirs. Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs, prod. Cynthia Lowen, Jon Cohrs)
- LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY (dir. Leah Galant, prod. Elijah Stevens, Leah Galant)
- LOVE APPTUALLY (dir. Shalini Kantayya, prod. Elizabeth Woodward, US Premiere)
- THE SANDBOX (dir. Kenya-Jade Pinto, prod. Shasha Nakhai, US Premiere)
- TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (co-dirs. Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, prod. Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Quentin Laurent, Rok Biček)
- WOMEN LAUGHING (co-dirs. Kathleen Hughes and Liza Donnelly, prod. Judith Mizrachy, Liza Donnelly, Nathalie Seaver)
New films from Program alumni Maite Alberdi, Ramona Diaz, Sara Dosa, Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy, Alysa Nahmias, Dawn Porter, Lynne Sachs, and Michèle Stephenson will also be premiering and screening at the festival.
Additionally, WMM filmmakers and alumni will be participating in numerous events in the Reality Check Forum including:
- Dawn Porter and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon in Awards Industrial Complex
- Kenya Jade-Pinto and Poh Si Teng in Signal to Noise
- Michèle Stephenson and Debra McClutchy in Archival Storytelling and the Documentary Imagination
- Marilyn Ness in Field Notes: Science, Storytelling and the Public Interest
- Eden Wurmfeld in Multi-Hyphenate: A Masterclass
- Ema Ryan Yamazaki in Cutting Through Crisis: An Editing Masterclass
- Ina Fichman in International Documentary Co-Productions
We look forward to seeing these films and panels at DC/DOX. Over four days, the festival presents 100+ feature and short documentaries from around the world, with every screening followed by filmmaker Q&As and thought-provoking discussions.
