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We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of trailblazing filmmaker, artist, and longtime Women Make Movies filmmaker Joan Braderman. Joan was a visionary in the world of experimental and feminist cinema, whose work redefined the possibilities of video art and storytelling. From her groundbreaking film JOAN DOES DYNASTY to her celebrated...
Women Make Movies celebrates the inclusion of several WMM filmmakers and friends among the 534 distinguished artists and executives invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2025. These individuals have made outstanding contributions to the world of film and continue to push the boundaries of storytelling, representation, and impact through...
We are excited to share that Lina Soualem has been awarded the 2025 Alice Guy Award for BYE BYE TIBERIAS. This prestigious award celebrates women filmmakers and their contributions to the film industry. In her acceptance, Soualem shared, “I discovered Alice Guy at the same time as the Award named after her. It’s an honor...
On January 4, 2025, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous honor to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the subject of WMM release FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA, directed by Joy Davenport and produced by Monica...
Zeinabu irene Davis, a filmmaker who has been with Women Make Movies since the 1990s, is a storyteller, educator, and trailblazer who has spent her career championing narratives that are often overlooked. And we are starting off 2025 by celebrating her as our January WMM filmmaker of the month! With a voice as unique as...
Women Make Movies (WMM) returned this week to Montreal to participate in the RIDM Montreal International Film Festival. WMM’s Executive Director Debra Zimmerman, and Leonard Cortana, Inclusion Programs and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC, presented the opening keynote of the DOC FORUM: Toward a Fairer, More Inclusive Industry. INTERCEPTED (dir. Oksana Karpovych), a powerful documentary...
SUGARCANE (dir. Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat), made with the support of our Production Assistance Program, is taking the awards circuit by storm. At this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the film, which delves into the harrowing abuse of Indigenous children, received a remarkable eight nominations, the most for any film this year. It...
Women Make Movies is thrilled to celebrate two incredible wins at the 2024 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), highlighting the remarkable work of WMM-supported filmmakers. WMM new acquisition MY STOLEN PLANET, directed by Farahnaz Sharifi, received the esteemed Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award, accompanied by a €5,000 prize. Using the essayistic style of...
We are excited to announce that WMM release IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?, directed by Ella Glendining, has received two prestigious nominations from BAFTA Scotland, following its earlier nominations for the BAFTA Awards this year. The film is nominated for Best Feature Film and Ella Glendining is nominated for Best Director Factual. IS THERE ANYBODY...
