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June 2025 will mark the third edition of DC/DOX, a major international film festival in the U.S. capital. This year, 21 WMM films and filmmakers will be in the line-up, and Managing Director Kendra Hodgson will be in attendance. We’re excited to be a significant part of this festival that is fast becoming an essential...
As recently reported by CNN, the r-word slur is becoming commonplace again. To better understand the history and implications of derogatory language used to describe people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, watch WMM release THE R-WORD (dir. Amanda Lukoff). As the r-word resurfaces in pop culture and online spaces, amplified by high-profile figures like Joe...
Women Make Movies is pleased to share that director Rajani Mani has been selected to receive this year’s Women Make Movies’s Award at DocsBarcelona for her film BEFORE THE FEAST. The award is given to the best project by a woman director who pitched at Docs Barcelona Industry Days. The award is given to the best...
We’re thrilled to share that four films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program received awards at Hot Docs 2025! Congratulations to all of the filmmakers who premiered, screened in Works in Progress, and took meetings. WMM staff members Debra Zimmerman, Kendra Hodgson, and Kyra Brands were happy to get the chance to...
WMM release REBEL DYKES (dir. Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams) is being spotlighted by PinkNews — the world’s most-read LGBTQ+ publisher — as part of this year’s Lesbian Visibility Week. The feature comes at a critical moment, following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that defines “woman” solely by biological sex, a move that many LGBTQ+...
We’re excited to share that WMM release RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE, directed by Katja Esson and broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens, has been nominated for a 2025 News & Documentary Emmy®. Esson, whose films we’ve been distributing for over 20 years, brings a powerful lens to the story of Liberty Square, the first segregated public housing...
The Peabody Awards just announced its nominees in documentary, news, public service, and radio podcast categories for its 85th competition. We are happy to announce that out of over 1,000 submissions, SUGARCANE (dir. Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat), made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, is one of the nominees! SUGARCANE...
We’re excited to announce that thirteen films from WMM’s Production Assistance Program will be at the 2025 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Eight films made will be premiering or screening at the festival, and five exciting new projects from our program will be participating in Works-in-Progress and Deal Maker programs. The following four films...
Two films made with support of Women Make Movies’s Production Assistance Program took home awards at CPH:DOX this year. 9 MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili, prod. Anna Khazaradze, Nino Chichua, Martichka Bozhilova & Sylvia Nagel) won the Human Rights Award for its unflinching look at the surrogacy industry in Georgia. Told through the lens of...
