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We are excited to share that Filmmaker Magazine has recognized Jane M. Wagner and Sarah Friedland, directors of WMM-sponsored films BREAK THE GAME and FAMILIAR TOUCH respectively, as two of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film! Jane and Sarah were also interviewed about their careers as filmmakers and the story behind their inspiring documentaries....
Films from both WMM programs are screening in theaters and on your television screen this month. Our newest release, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE (dir. Katja Esson), will have its theatrical premiere at the DCTV Firehouse Cinema in NYC, October 27- – November 2. WMM board member Neyda Martinez, Director of the Media Management Graduate Program at the New...
Four WMM filmmakers took home EMMY wins last week at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards! THE JANES (dir. Emma Pildes and co-directed by WMM Production Assistance Program alum Tia Lessin) Winner: Best Documentary and Best Social Issue Documentary Additional Nominations include: “Outstanding Research: Documentary,” and “Outstanding Direction: Documentary.” ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES (co-directed...
One in four American women has a loved one who has been incarcerated. Given this, we are eager to create more conversation around the loved ones who are directly affected. We have teamed up with the team behind the award-winning documentary and WMM release, A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE (dir. Zara Katz and Lisa Riordan Seville) to present two...
Great news for the WMM community! Two out of the three documentaries selected for the inaugural Dianne Weyermann Fellowship at Points North announced this week at the Camden International Film Festival, are WMM-sponsored projects: THE LAST NOMADS (dir. Biljana Tutorov, co-dir. Petar Glomazić) & THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD (dir. Brett Story). THE LAST NOMADS, a...
Debra Zimmerman recently returned from two weeks in Malawi and Zambia. She traveled as an envoy for the American Film Showcase, the premier American film diplomacy program that organizes screenings and workshops with American filmmakers and film experts. Almost 100 participants participated in the workshops she and filmmaker Tracie Holder presented in the Lliongwe, Kitwe...
The 24th edition of the Woodstock Film Festival kicks off Wednesday, September 27 and WMM filmmaker Katja Esson (SKYDANCER, POETRY OF RESILIENCE, LATCHING ON, and FERRY TALES) is showcasing her new film RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE. Made with the support of the WMM production assistance program, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE is the urgent and clear-eyed portrait of...
We are delighted to announce that our friends at DCTV will be hosting two NYC public screenings of WMM new release ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY (Dir. Jean Carlomusto) at Firehouse Cinema on Wednesday, September 6th, and Thursday, September 7th at 7 pm EST. After the showing on September 6th, there will be a special...
WMM release RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS (dir. Rebekah Henderson) will have its broadcast premiere on WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed on September 14th, 2023. RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS follows five diverse female activists who run for municipal office in Denver (one of the U.S.’s fastest gentrifying cities) because they are tired of watching their local government...
