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Production Assistance Program filmmaker Rachel Handler was recognized by Arts Mid-Hudson as the Individual Artist of the Year at the Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards on October 7. Rachel Handler is a writer, filmmaker & actor known for her role as Peg Leg Doris on AMC’s “INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE” and her award-winning Slamdance films...
We’re excited to announce that 16 WMM films and filmmakers are heading to DOC NYC 2026! DOC NYC is the largest documentary festival in the US! This year’s lineup brings together a wonderful range of stories from WMM-supported filmmakers. 🎬 LOVE APPTUALLY (dir. Shalini Kantayya), made with the support of our Production Assistance Program and an upcoming...
Women Make Movies is delighted to present the Women Make Movies Award at the 2026 Durban FilmMart to ON THE SEA ROAD, a documentary directed by Palestinian filmmaker Fitnat Waked. This award recognizes the best pitch by a woman filmmaker and comes with acceptance into WMM’s Production Assistance Program, giving Waked access to fiscal sponsorship; individualized fundraising, distribution,...
Ten projects from Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program, as well as seven new projects by program alum, have been selected for 2026 Research & Development Grants from Chicken & Egg Films’ 2026 programs! From OUR PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: UNTITLED LEBANON PROJECT (dir. Janay Boulos) PRESS PLAY LATER (dir. Myriam El Hajj) MISTAKES OF THE TIMES (dir. Oksana...
We’re excited to celebrate several WMM filmmakers from Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program who have been recognized as part of the Sundance Institute’s 2026 Documentary Fund grantees! Two projects made with support from WMM’s Production Assistance Program received grants: GOD OF THE IN-BETWEEN (dir. Archana Phadke; prod. Aman Mann and Shaunak Sen). For generations,...
We’re excited to share that both recipients of the inaugural Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Documentary Film Award – INDÍGENA (dir. Siku Allooloo, prod. Jessica Hallenback) and UNTITLED EAR HUSTLE FILM (dir. Erika Cohn, prod. Rajal Patroda, Jaz Kealoha Berger) – are by WMM filmmakers! This award recognizes ambitious, artist-driven nonfiction work and gives filmmakers the resources to continue developing their projects on their own terms, including a $50,000 unrestricted...
Congratulations to WMM Board Member Lisa Cortés on receiving the 2026 Black Film Space Visionary Award, a special honor given to prominent Black filmmakers and leaders who shape the landscape of film and television! The BFS Awards take place on Sept. 20, from 1–5 PM. A beloved member of the WMM community, Lisa has built...
Congratulations to Olivia Newman, former WMM intern and staff member, on her Primetime Emmy win! Olivia directed REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, the 2026 Netflix drama starring veteran actress Sally Field, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Movie at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. Field made history as well, becoming the oldest actress ever to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Adapted...
Congratulations to the Production Assistance films selected for the 2026 Gotham Week Project Market, taking place September 27–October 3: BAD GIRL MARCIA TUCKER (dir. Simone Estrin, prod. Mafe Simonsen) After being fired from NYC’s Whitney Museum for her radical exhibitions, feminist curator Marcia Tucker founded the New Museum in 1977 to champion marginalized artists. BAD GIRL MARCIA TUCKER...
