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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,...
The Academy Awards shortlist has been announced and we are thrilled that the following WMM films and filmmakers are on the list: GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT Directed by Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster A WMM Production Assistance Program Film The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2023, this examination presents the...
We are thrilled that so many films from both our programs and our alum are eligible for Best Documentary in the 2024 Academy Awards. Don’t miss these wonderful films! BYE BYE TIBERIAS Directed by Lina Soualem A Women Make Movies Release Hiam Abbass departs from her Palestinian village to chase her dream of acting, parting ways...
We are pleased to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts has awarded grants to eighteen projects from the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program! Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the...
Exciting News! 7 films from the WMM Production Assistance (PA) program are premiering at DOC NYC 2023! Here’s a peek at the features and shorts that will be screening: TOMORROW, TOMORROW, TOMORROW (dir. Martina Radwan) WORLD PREMIERE PRETTY UGLY – THE STORY OF THE LUNACHICKS (dir. Illya Chaiken) WORLD PREMIERE TAKING VENICE (dir. Amei Wallach), NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE EAT...
We are excited to share that Filmmaker Magazine has recognized Jane M. Wagner and Sarah Friedland, directors of WMM-sponsored films BREAK THE GAME and FAMILIAR TOUCH respectively, as two of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film! Jane and Sarah were also interviewed about their careers as filmmakers and the story behind their inspiring documentaries....
Debra Zimmerman recently returned from two weeks in Malawi and Zambia. She traveled as an envoy for the American Film Showcase, the premier American film diplomacy program that organizes screenings and workshops with American filmmakers and film experts. Almost 100 participants participated in the workshops she and filmmaker Tracie Holder presented in the Lliongwe, Kitwe...
WMM release RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS (dir. Rebekah Henderson) will have its broadcast premiere on WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed on September 14th, 2023. RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS follows five diverse female activists who run for municipal office in Denver (one of the U.S.’s fastest gentrifying cities) because they are tired of watching their local government...