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We’re excited to announce that 16 WMM films and filmmakers are heading to DOC NYC 2026! DOC NYC is the largest documentary festival in the US! This year’s lineup brings together a wonderful range of stories from WMM-supported filmmakers. 🎬 LOVE APPTUALLY (dir. Shalini Kantayya), made with the support of our Production Assistance Program and an upcoming...
Women Make Movies is delighted to present the Women Make Movies Award at the 2026 Durban FilmMart to ON THE SEA ROAD, a documentary directed by Palestinian filmmaker Fitnat Waked. This award recognizes the best pitch by a woman filmmaker and comes with acceptance into WMM’s Production Assistance Program, giving Waked access to fiscal sponsorship; individualized fundraising, distribution,...
Ten projects from Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program, as well as seven new projects by program alum, have been selected for 2026 Research & Development Grants from Chicken & Egg Films’ 2026 programs! From OUR PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: UNTITLED LEBANON PROJECT (dir. Janay Boulos) PRESS PLAY LATER (dir. Myriam El Hajj) MISTAKES OF THE TIMES (dir. Oksana...
We’re excited to celebrate several WMM filmmakers from Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program who have been recognized as part of the Sundance Institute’s 2026 Documentary Fund grantees! Two projects made with support from WMM’s Production Assistance Program received grants: GOD OF THE IN-BETWEEN (dir. Archana Phadke; prod. Aman Mann and Shaunak Sen). For generations,...
Congratulations to the Production Assistance films selected for the 2026 Gotham Week Project Market, taking place September 27–October 3: BAD GIRL MARCIA TUCKER (dir. Simone Estrin, prod. Mafe Simonsen) After being fired from NYC’s Whitney Museum for her radical exhibitions, feminist curator Marcia Tucker founded the New Museum in 1977 to champion marginalized artists. BAD GIRL MARCIA TUCKER...
We’re excited to announce that LIKE MAGIC (dir. Melissa Saavedra Gil), made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In her debut feature film, Columbian filmmaker Melissa Saavedra Gil transforms a childhood tragedy into a powerful exploration of memory, truth, and healing. We are also...
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has just revealed its lineup, featuring 5 WMM films and filmmakers. NO MONEY, NO HONEY (dir. Nicole Costa), made with the support of the Production Assistance Program, will have its world premiere in competition for the Cinematic Vision Award. The film is a portrait of Máxima, a sex worker in 90’s and early...
The BlackStar Film Festival, now celebrating 15 years of Cinema for Liberation, returns August 6-9, 2026 in Philadelphia — and Women Make Movies is proud to have seven films connected to our organization screening at this year’s festival. 🎬 A DIFFERENT IMAGE (1982, dir. Alile Sharon Larkin), long distributed by Women Make Movies and recently digitally preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive, will be in the line-up. A foundational...
We are delighted to share that BIRDS OF WAR, directed by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak and made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, received a Special Mention for the Tim Hetherington Award at the 2026 Sheffield DocFest, which honors outstanding humanitarian storytelling. The film follows the love story of a Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist, depicting their resilience as they navigate the front lines of war. Congratulations are also in order for two WMM-supported projects that...
