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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...
Congratulations to the team behind the WMM-sponsored film COACH EMILY (dir. Pallavi Somusetty) for taking home the DOCLANDS 2023 DocPitch Industry Prize, which includes $40k in production funding! The festival wrapped up last night and included 6 films from WMM filmmakers.
The 95th Academy Award nominations have been announced and we are excited that 3 WMM filmmakers and program alum have been nominated, making this the 17th year in a row that a WMM film and/or filmmaker has been nominated for an Oscar!
WMM release BREACH OF TRUST (dir. Mishal Mahmud) will have its broadcast premiere on WORLD Channel’s Local USA October 3, 2022, and will be available to stream through Oct. 31, 2022.
We are so thrilled to announce that 10 WMM filmmakers past and present have been nominated for Emmy Awards by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)!
Chicken & Egg announced the recipients of their 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab Grants and four of the feature documentary film projects selected are WMM-sponsored projects!
