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The BlackStar Film Festival, now celebrating 15 years of Cinema for Liberation, returns August 6-9, 2026 in Philadelphia — and Women Make Movies is proud to have seven films connected to our organization screening at this year’s festival. 🎬 A DIFFERENT IMAGE (1982, dir. Alile Sharon Larkin), long distributed by Women Make Movies and recently digitally preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive, will be in the line-up. A foundational...
This month marks 36 years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark legislation, signed on July 26, 1990, made disability-based discrimination unlawful and revolutionized the way we consider all people’s abilities. Today, disability rights activists are warning that recent federal actions could weaken decades of progress toward community integration and independent living. This moment demands that we revisit one of the central questions of disability...
We are delighted to share that BIRDS OF WAR, directed by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak and made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, received a Special Mention for the Tim Hetherington Award at the 2026 Sheffield DocFest, which honors outstanding humanitarian storytelling. The film follows the love story of a Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist, depicting their resilience as they navigate the front lines of war. Congratulations are also in order for two WMM-supported projects that...
Coming to The Criterion Channel in July, “Blackstar Film Festival presents” is a curated selection of features and shorts showcasing one film from each year of the festival’s 15-year history. Streaming on Criterion through the end of December 2026, the selection includes two WMM-distributed films – LANDFALL (2020), directed by Cecilia Aldarondo, and THE PASSION OF REMEMBRANCE (2011), directed by Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien – and two films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program – FAYA DAYI (2021), directed by Jessica...
Co-organized by ICI, Joan Braderman Archive, and the School of Visual Arts Sponsored by the Joan Braderman Archive, School of Visual Arts, Art Ferrara, Lyn Hughes, Robert C. Reckman, Women Make Movies, and Video Data Bank As we approach one year since the passing of longtime WMM filmmaker Joan Braderman – an artist, storyteller, performer,...
After an exceptionally challenging year for public media, American Documentary has announced the 39th season of its flagship documentary series, POV on PBS, the nation’s longest-running documentary series. This upcoming season features six powerful films, fewer than in past years due to CPB funding cuts and other downstream funding reductions. We couldn’t be prouder that HALF of this select group was made...
Kraków Film Festival will present acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto with its prestigious 2026 Dragon of Dragons Award, alongside a major retrospective celebrating her groundbreaking documentaries and lasting impact on generations of nonfiction filmmakers. “I am proud that our most important award will go to an outstanding artist who has consistently placed women at the centre of her work, often...
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,...
We are excited to share that four films from our Production Assistance Program will be in the line-up at the 2026 Sheffield DocFest; two films will participate in MeetMarket; and WMM staff and filmmakers will lead industry sessions. The films screening include: LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY – Directed by Leah Galant; Produced by Elijah Stevens – International Premiere An American filmmaker travels to Berlin to confront her family’s Holocaust...
