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The 95th Academy Award nominations have been announced and we are excited that 3 WMM filmmakers and program alum have been nominated, making this the 17th year in a row that a WMM film and/or filmmaker has been nominated for an Oscar!
The Oscar shortlists have been announced, and four films by WMM filmmakers are included. Congratulations to makers of THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, FIRE OF LOVE, and AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL.
WMM release FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA (dir. Joy Davenport, prod. Monica Land) took home the Best TV Feature Documentary or miniseries at the 38th IDA Awards held this past weekend!
We are pleased to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded grants to twenty-eight projects from the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program!
The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations have been announced, and five WMM films and filmmakers are on the list. Notably, three of the five films nominated for Best Documentary are by WMM filmmakers or Program alum.
BLUE ID (Dir. Burcu Melekoglu and Vuslat Karan), which was made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, has won the NPO IDFA Audience Award, the grand public prize of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
WMM release DYING TO DIVORCE (Dir. Chloë Fairweather) has won Best Feature Film in the Scotland BAFTA Awards. The film is also a BAFTA Breakthrough 2022 and winner of the BAFTA Cymru Breakthrough Award 2022 and was nominated for a Grierson Award.
The nominees have been announced for the 38th IDA Documentary Awards, and WMM releases and filmmakers are on the list! New acquisition LOVE, BARBARA, WMM release FANNIE LOU HAMER'S AMERICA, and program alums Laura Poitras and Sara Dosa are all on the list!
We are thrilled to announce that seven films supported by our Production Assistance Program will be screening at DOC NYC 2022, eight films will be participating in DOC NYC Industry Roundtable meetings, and two films have been selected for DOC NYC x VIDEO CONSORTIUM STORYTELLING INCUBATOR!
