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A new bill passed by the Senate this week and signed into law by President Biden demands that its Chinese owners sell the social media app TikTok within a year or face a U.S. ban, underscoring the themes explored in WMM release TIKTOK, BOOM., directed by Shalini Kantayya (CODED BIAS). The film delves into the...
Cinephiles and women’s cinema history buffs, we have great news for you. The Criterion Channel recently licensed a number of important WMM titles, including a special selection of films made in the 80s and 90s through the London–based Sankofa Film and Video Collective, which produced experimental narrative and documentary works that examine Black life in...
We’re excited to share that 5 WMM films and filmmakers will have their world premieres at SXSW this year, including 3 Production Assistance Program films: An Army of Women (Germany, Norway) Director: Julie Lunde Lillesæter, Producers: Natalya Sarch, Julie Lunde Lillesæter The In Between (United States, Mexico) Director: Robie Flores, Producers: Alejandro J Flores, Kellen Quinn 7 Beats Per...
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...
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...
WMM is excited to announce its presence at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! WMM release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (directed by Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker Lina Soualem about her family’s story of exile and displacement), which premiered at Venice and had its North American premiere at TIFF, will have its Northwestern premiere! Don’t miss this extraordinary film!...
This Friday, January 12th at 4:00 p.m., the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) offers a unique opportunity to explore the cinematic world of Fronza Woods, an acclaimed filmmaker renowned for her insightful portrayal of Black women’s experiences in America. Join us at MoMA for a special screening of Women Make Movies’ releases, KILLING TIME and...