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Twelve films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program are in the line-up at DC/DOX, taking place June 11–14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. In addition to films that premiered earlier this year at Sundance, SXSW, Frameline, and Tribeca, this will include the World Premiere of THE ENDLESS FRONTIER (dir. by the Emmy, Peabody,...
We are excited to share that four films from our Production Assistance Program will be in the line-up at the 2026 Sheffield DocFest; two films will participate in MeetMarket; and WMM staff and filmmakers will lead industry sessions. The films screening include: LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY – Directed by Leah Galant; Produced by Elijah Stevens – International Premiere An American filmmaker travels to Berlin to confront her family’s Holocaust...
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...
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...
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...
Five films supported through the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program will screen at the Movies that Matter Festival, taking place March 20–28, 2026 in The Hague, including the Opening Night film, AMERICAN DOCTOR (dir. Poh Si Teng). 9-MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili); THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD (dir. Patience Nitumwesiga); CITIZENFOUR (dir. Laura Poitras); and COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! (dir. Amber Fares) are also all in the line-up. THE CORD (dir. Nolwenn Hervé), from our Program, will be pitching in the Take on...
We are happy to share that Julie Forrest Wyman’s powerful documentary THE TALLEST DWARF, which was also made with the support of our Production Assistance Program, received the Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival. Described as “a beautiful manifesto” by Virgie Tovar of Forbes, the film follows Julie Wyman as she charts her personal journey to...
