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We are excited to announce that WMM new and recent releases are now streaming on 1stLook, powered by Docuseek, making urgent and transformative films available earlier in their release life. This partnership expands access to stories that challenge dominant narratives and spark critical conversation, allowing colleges, universities, and schools to license hosted streaming for these titles for 1 or...
We’re thrilled to celebrate WMM filmmakers who have received nominations at the 98th Academy Awards®. This year, our community is represented in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories, and we are also celebrating that every Best Documentary Feature nominee is directed or produced by a woman, a powerful affirmation of feminist filmmaking on the world’s biggest stage. Nominated for Best...
We are deeply saddened by the passing of longtime WMM filmmaker, and dear friend, Allie Light, an artist, storyteller, educator whose whose work had a deep impact of the lives of many independent filmmakers, students, and the audiences who saw her film, in the landscape of documentary filmmaking. Allie was a force of creativity and...
As recently reported by CNN, the r-word slur is becoming commonplace again. To better understand the history and implications of derogatory language used to describe people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, watch WMM release THE R-WORD (dir. Amanda Lukoff). As the r-word resurfaces in pop culture and online spaces, amplified by high-profile figures like Joe...
Women Make Movies (WMM) and six other venerable filmmaker support organizations are deeply concerned by the news that DOGE is immediately cutting U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities grant programs. The NEH’s vital support of documentaries in the U.S. includes the NEH Media Projects grant program and documentary funding grants from many U.S. state humanities...
WMM is excited to announce its presence at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! Two new releases will screen: MY SEXTORTION DIARY (directed by Patricia Franquesa, produced by Patricia Franquesa and Mireia Graell), a gripping firsthand account of a woman fighting online blackmail after receiving a chilling threat demanding $2,400. MY STOLEN PLANET (directed by...
We’re excited to announce that four films from the WMM Production Assistance Program and notable WMM filmmakers and alum will premiere at this year’s SXSW. The festival runs from March 7–15, 2025, in Austin, TX. The following films were made with the support of our Production Assistance Program: ARREST THE MIDWIFE (Directed by Elaine Epstein,...
We are thrilled to announce that SUGARCANE (dir. Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie), made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, has been nominated for Best Documentary in the 96th Academy Awards®! This documentary, which recently won Best Political Documentary and Best True-Crime Documentary at the Critic’s Choice Awards, reveals a groundbreaking investigation...
Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark film COMPENSATION— distributed by Women Make Movies from 2002 until 2023, when it was restored and re-released by The Criterion Collection—has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. This recognition affirms the enduring cultural, historical, and artistic importance of Davis’s work, and its...
