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Originally posted on February 23, 2024 Republished: October 7, 2024 at 12:22 PM ET “BYE BYE TIBERIAS cements Soualem’s status as a documentary filmmaker to watch.” – Variety “Suffused with the scents of Palestine, the film is an instructive and touching mosaic where past and present overlap, and a keen sense of heritage and transmission...
We are excited to announce that GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT, directed by Michéle Stephenson and Joe Brewster and made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, has won the Creative Arts Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking! The Creative Arts Emmy Awards celebrate the technical and artistic achievements that...
We’re excited to share that five WMM-supported films and program alum will be screening at the 62nd New York Film Festival, including two from our Production Assistance Program: BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE (dir. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) – A beautiful art film about the intellectual, philosophical and emotional imprint left by Martinican anti-colonialist writer and Afro-surrealist pioneer Suzanne...
We are thrilled to announce that WMM releases BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) and MY STOLEN PLANET (dir. Farahnaz Sharafi) and DAHOMEY (dir. progam alum Mati Diop) have all been shortlisted as part of the European Film Awards Documentary Film Selection 2024. This places these three films among an exclusive group of 12 feature...
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), a premier platform for showcasing cutting-edge documentary films, has just revealed its lineup, featuring 12 WMM films and filmmakers. Three films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program will be screening at Camden: APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (dir. Petra Costa) MOTHER VERA (dir. Cécile Embleton and Alys...
The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards nominations have been announced and 5 WMM PA Program Projects and filmmakers are on the list! The Documentary ceremony will broadcast live on Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The following films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program are nominated: NO ACCIDENT (dir....
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off September 2 and features five WMM films and filmmakers. Two films made with the support of the Production Assistance Program are in the line-up including the North American Premiere of RUSSIANS AT WAR (dir. Anastasia Trofimova); and the Canadian Premiere of THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CESAIRE (dir. Madeline Ehrlich). We...
This year, 5 films supported by the Production Assistance Program and 7 films by PA Program alumni will participate in the Gotham Week Project Market in Brooklyn. The Gotham Week Expo brings together partners from The Gotham’s Expanding Communities initiative to provide community and thought leadership on topics pertinent to film and media creators, including...
WMM release ILLUSIONS, a breakthrough film by the legendary Julie Dash (DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST), which WMM has been proud to distribute since the ’80s, has been restored. IndieCollect has completed the 4K restoration of ILLUSIONS. This restored version is premiering as part of “Passing You By: Impostorism on Film,” curated by Jessica Green. Made...
