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BLUE ID (Dir. Burcu Melekoglu and Vuslat Karan), which was made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, has won the NPO IDFA Audience Award, the grand public prize of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The film is an intimate account of the eventful gender affirmation of former actor Rüzgar Erkoçlar, who must...
WMM release DYING TO DIVORCE (Dir. Chloë Fairweather) has won Best Feature Film in the Scotland BAFTA Awards. The film is also a BAFTA Breakthrough 2022 and winner of the BAFTA Cymru Breakthrough Award 2022 and was nominated for a Grierson Award.
As many of you may have already heard, Women Make Movies and the independent film community suffered a huge loss this past week. Michelle Materre, the Chair of the WMM Board, former staff member and long time supporter of the organization passed away. There have been so many tributes to her, but it has taken...
On Sunday, May 16, 2021, 60 Minutes aired a segment about racial bias in facial recognition software and omitted any mention of the three Black women who are pioneers in the field, including CODED BIAS's Joy Buolamwini.
Women Make Movies is thrilled to announce that seven of our films are being screened at this year’s Minority Health Film Festival, a project of the Milwaukee Film Festival, through September 24th. The WMM releases to keep an eye out for include: #FEMALE PLEASURE (dir. Barbara Miller), THE R-WORD (dir. Amanda Lukoff), SISTERS RISING (dir. Willow...
Women Make Movies has experience working with universities, high schools, museums, art galleries, community organizations, religious organizations, corporations, public libraries, and more to offer our films online. Whether you are looking to include films in diversity programming, create virtual art exhibits, teach online, or offer enrichment to patrons, we have many options for you.
Willow O'Feral and Brad Heck’s SISTERS RISING, a film about Native American survivors of sexual assault fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty, will screen as the closing night film at The Americas Film Festival of New York on June 28. SISTERS RISING is an urgent call to action, a gorgeous portrait of women acting…
The online sessions discussions with RCS members are on key questions in the editing of documentary films. Find out more.
The staff and board of Women Make Movies want to express our deepest condolences to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, and the countless others who have needlessly lost their lives at the hands of inhumane police brutality and condoned, extremist violence caused…
