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Women Make Movies is thrilled to announce that three films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program are screening at the 29th Docs Barcelona. Films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program include: BARBARA FOREVER Directed by Brydie O’Connor; Produced by Elijah Stevens / Space Time Films, Claire Edelman MAILIN Directed and Produced by María Silvia Esteve ...
Women Make Movies is thrilled to celebrate three of our filmmakers from both our programs among the recipients of the 2026 Chicken & Egg Award. Chicken & Egg Films announced $450,000 total in grants to six recipients, with each filmmaker receiving a $75,000 grant, which includes a $50,000 unrestricted career grant and $25,000 to be applied to a project during their award year. We...
We mourn the loss and celebrate the monumental life of Ruby Duncan (June 7, 1932 – April 26, 2026), a fierce visionary who transformed the landscape of economic justice in America, and the center of WMM release STORMING CAESARS PALACE (dir. Hazel Gurland-Pooler). A fearless organizer and the heart and soul of the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement, Ruby proved that poverty...
Exciting news from Tribeca! We are thrilled to celebrate four films made with the support of Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The following two films will have their world premieres in competition: THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY (dir. Habiba Nosheen) The birth of a gymnastics team in Pakistan provides an inspiring spark of light for a small group of girls on...
We’re excited to announce that 15 WMM films and filmmakers will have premieres at the 2026 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! Ten films from WMM’s Production Assistance Program and five new films from Program Alum will screen at the festival. WMM’s Executive Director Debra Zimmerman will be in attendance at the festival. ✦ LOVE APPTUALLY will have its world premiere at the festival. Shalini Kantayya (director of WMM-acclaimed releases CODED BIAS and TIKTOK, BOOM) turns her lens on the...
Great news! We’re thrilled to see that WMM new release DRIVER, directed by Nesa Azimi, is nominated for a News & Doc Emmy® for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary. And, in total, we’re celebrating 21 nominations across 13 projects — 3 nominations for Best Documentary, 2 for Outstanding Direction, 4 for Outstanding Editing, 2 for Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary, 1 for Outstanding Social Documentary, and 1 for Outstanding Short Documentary! Here’s the full list of nominations: DRIVER | Director: Nesa Azimi – Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary American Documentary...
Fresh off its Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival , WMM release THE TALLEST DWARF (dir. Julie Forrest Wyman) is one of eight films shortlisted for the 2026 All Inclusive Award at the 41st Dok.fest München! Dok.fest München’s All Inclusive Award honors documentary film productions where filmmakers with disabilities play a leading role. It is sponsored by the Werksviertel-Mitte Stiftung and...
Amazing news from Copenhagen! Four of the six films from WMM’s Production Assistance Program that premiered in competition at the CPH:DOX festival this year won awards, including WHISPERS IN MAY, which took home the festival’s top prize! Additionally, two Program films won DOX:INDUSTRY awards for their pitches. The winners are: 🏆WHISPERS IN MAY – DOX:AWARD Winner Director: Dongnan Chen Producers: Jia Zhao, Kay Xu | Co-Producers: Heejung Oh & Malin Hüber Dongnan Chen’s WHISPERS IN MAY took home...
We are over the moon celebrating members of the Women Make Movies community who won at the 98th Academy Awards! WMM filmmakers and family took home Oscar wins in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories. The winners are: 🏆Winner: Best Documentary Feature Film MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN Co-directed by Pasha Talankin & David Borenstein Produced by WMM filmmaker Helle Faber*, as well as David Borenstein, Alžběta Karásková, Radovan Síbrt Executive Produced by WMM...
