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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...
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....
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...
We are excited to share that two documentary filmmaking teams supported by Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program have been selected for the highly competitive Catapult Film Fund and True/False Film Fest Rough Cut Retreat. Congratulations to the teams behind THE LAST NOMADS (dir. Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić) and SEEDS (dir. Brittany Shyne and...
In honor of Disability Pride Month, Women Make Movies proudly presents IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? directed by Ella Bee Glendining. This powerful documentary follows Ella’s quest to find others who share her rare disability, short femurs, and no hip joints. Having never seen anyone with a body like hers, Ella embarks on a global...
“Aunt Fannie Lou experienced things that many people today can’t even begin to imagine: The atrocities of Jim Crow and segregation, gross miscarriages of justice and the constant threat of intimidation and death. Her vision of equal rights for everyone has yet to fully materialize. But her sacrifices and her efforts to achieve that goal should...
WMM release ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY (dir. Jean Carlomusto) has been prominently featured in a recent article on Medium titled “Esther Newton Won’t Make You Gay,” written by Melinda Blau. This insightful article accompanies a special episode of the Crow’s Feet podcast, “Finally Celebrated: Esther Newton’s Journey from Outlier to LGBTQ.” Clips from the...
