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“Preserving the stories and voices of those who have been historically marginalized is a political and feminist act, and these restored and preserved films make a crucial contribution to documenting the complexity and multiplicity of women’s history.” – Amy Aquilino, Manager of Distribution & Digital Assets, WMM & Steering Committee Member, Women’s Film Preservation Fund...
Congratulations to Sharon Yeung, director of WMM Production Assistance Program film WE ARE VOLCANOES, and Cherish Oteka, whose previous film FREE LYRIC was made with the support of the Production Assistance Program, for receiving 2024 IDA’s Logan Elevate grants. They were 2 of 3 filmmakers selected out of 76 nominees to receive $30,000 each supporting their feature-length...
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...
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 are excited about our latest release, MY NAME IS ANDREA! Directed by award-winning, longtime WMM filmmaker Pratibha Parmar (ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH, WARRIOR MARKS, A PLACE OF RAGE, KHUSH, and more), MY NAME IS ANDREA, is a hybrid feature documentary about one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century who, shaped by the values...
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...
We are thrilled to see that WMM Production Assistance Program film TO KILL A TIGER, directed by Nisha Pahuja and produced by Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe, and David Oppenheim, is nominated for Best Documentary in this year’s Academy Awards®! This powerful film, which is also nominated for the IDA Documentary Award for Best Writing, tells the story...
Nominated for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, Women Make Movies’s new release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) is now playing in theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. The film had its NY theatrical premiere on January 12 at the Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film with a SOLD...
Nominated for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, Women Make Movies’s new release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) will open theatrically in New York City on January 12 at the DCTV Firehouse Cinema. Director Lina Soualem and her mother, actress Hiam Abbass, will conduct Q&As during the following opening weekend screenings: Friday,...