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The Official 2024 Tribeca Film Festival selections were released and 9 films from WMM filmmakers will premiere (8 will have their world premieres!). The Tribeca Film Festival, now in its 23rd year, will take place Wed, June 5, 2024 – Sun, June 16, 2024. Three films made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance...
Twenty-nine (yes 29!) Women Make Movies filmmakers will be pitching and premiering at Hot Docs this year, a record number! Eight films made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program will be premiering at the festival, including: STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS (dir. Jalena Keane-Lee; prod. Erin Lau, Amber Espinosa-Jones) – WORLD PREMIERE; KARUARA, PEOPLE...
Originally posted on February 23, 2024 Updated: April 23, 2024 at 1:30 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 shines...
Six Production Assistance Program films will be in theaters, on television, and streaming in April & May, including: BREAK THE GAME (dir. Jane M. Wagner), which premiered at Tribeca and follows a transgender teenager hell-bent on setting a new speedrunning world record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, opened theatrically in...
We’re excited to share that 8 films from WMM filmmakers will premiere or screen at Full Frame this year, including 3 Production Assistance Program films: Light of the Setting Sun (United States) | Director: Vicky Du, Producers: Danielle Varga, Vicky Du | World Premiere A Photographic Memory (United States) | Director: Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Producers:...
We’re excited to share that 7 WMM films and filmmakers are in the line-up at CPH: DOX this year, and Executive Director Debra Zimmerman will be in attendance at the festival! Continuing its successful festival run — including premieres at Venice, Toronto, DOC NYC, and Palm Springs — WMM Release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem)...
We’re excited to share that six WMM films and filmmakers are screening at the prestigious 74th Berlinale Film Festival! Three Production Assistance Program films will have world premieres: INTERCEPTED (dir. Oksana Karpovych, prod. Giacomo Nudi); A BIT OF A STRANGER (dir. Svitlana Lishchynska, prod. Anna Kapustina); and REAS (dir. Lola Arias, prod. Gema Juárez Allen). Also screening are DAHOMEY (ATLANTICS), a premiere of the new film by WMM...
The IDFA program has been announced, and we are elated to share that 4 WMM-sponsored films are included, three of which are screening in the “Best of Fests” section, which includes prize-winners, public favorites, and high-profile titles from the international circuit: MACHTAT (dir. Sonia Ben Slama) – BEST OF FESTS MILISUTHANDO (dir. Milisuthando Bongela) – BEST OF FESTS GREAT PHOTO, LOVELY...
Exciting News! 7 films from the WMM Production Assistance (PA) program are premiering at DOC NYC 2023! Here’s a peek at the features and shorts that will be screening: TOMORROW, TOMORROW, TOMORROW (dir. Martina Radwan) WORLD PREMIERE PRETTY UGLY – THE STORY OF THE LUNACHICKS (dir. Illya Chaiken) WORLD PREMIERE TAKING VENICE (dir. Amei Wallach), NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE EAT...