Since its inception, the Production Assistance Program has assisted in the completion of hundreds of projects, including Oscar-winning documentary CITIZENFOUR by Laura Poitras, Oscar nominee STRONG ISLAND by Yance Ford, and Sandi Tan’s SHIRKERS, which won the World Cinema Documentary Competition Award for Best Directing at Sundance in 2018. In the last 5 years, WMM’s PA Program has helped 136 films reach completion and assisted filmmakers in raising more than $28,000,000 from government, foundation, corporate or individual, and crowd-funded sources.
Below you can browse, learn more about, and support select films fiscally sponsored through our Production Assistance Program. You can take part in helping women’s visions reach the screen by making a tax-deductible donation to any of the projects featured here. With your help, we can continue to see advancements in feminist filmmaking every day. Hopefully, with our collective efforts to support these artists, more opportunities and celebrated accomplishments will continue to flourish.
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On Three Wheels
The feature documentary On Three Wheels looks at the state of care for children living with disabilities in the United States through the eyes of caregivers and the founder of an adaptive non-profit.
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The Portal
A documentary and book with a global vision to shift humanity out of a state of crisis. The Portal follows six real-life stories that all overcome trauma, anxiety, depression and PTSD using a simple yet powerful technique. What does the planet look like if we all did this?
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One Person, One Vote?
One Person, One Vote? is an illuminating documentary that examines the long and contentious history of the Electoral College and contemplates where our democracy goes from here — should one person equal one vote in America?
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Tomboy
TOMBOY shines a light on four women drummers, making their mark in a field that was once the exclusive domain of men. The narratives of these trailblazing musicians interweave, launching a dialogue on gender and artistry, which extends far beyond the musical sphere.
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SuperD!ville
We are creating a web series for public schools focusing on social and emotional learning for children with dyslexia and attention issues. Our mission is to help kids succeed in school and life because of, and not in spite of, their learning differences.
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Break the Game
Alone in her studio apartment, Narcissa Wright sets video game world records and live streams nearly every minute of her life. But when her tightly-controlled digital existence begins to crack, she must stage a dramatic comeback and search for true love.
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As Prescribed
“Benzo warriors” fight a grassroots battle to save others from the devastating consequences of the little pill they took as prescribed.
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COAST
16-year-old Abby’s small town trappings and her mother’s unlived dreams are closing in on her when she falls in love with the lead singer of a punk rock band who introduces her to a world of possibility and self-expression.
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ithaka
This film is a project of Documentary Australia and is sponsored by Women Make Movies as part of our ongoing partnership in support of independent filmmakers.
The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an father's fight to save his son.
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Jacinta
JACINTA (working title) follows a young mother in and out of prison in Maine, while exploring the relationship between trauma and love within a family fractured by a cycle of addiction and incarceration.
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You Lucky You Got A Mama
You Lucky You Got A Mama is a visual love letter that affirms the stories and lived experiences of pregnant Black women and trans/non-binary birthing people who all have one thing in common: they intend to not only survive. but thrive.
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LISTEN TO MY HEARTBEAT
Washington, D.C. is the political epicenter, but residents beyond Capitol Hill have long battled socioeconomic disparity. As the city gentrifies, black residents are pushed out, along with their folkloric music: Go-Go. LISTEN TO MY HEARTBEAT examines a changing city and the future of the music that gave it a voice.
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A Place of Absence
A Place of Absence follows filmmaker Marialuisa Ernst’s search to find meaning and connection with Anita and Leticia, two Central American women traveling to Mexico as part of the Caravan of Mothers of Missing Migrants. As the group searches for sons and daughters who vanished en route to the U.S.
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Querida (Working Title)
Fed up with a thousand years of exclusively male leadership, a global coalition of women in Latin America and the United States work together to change women’s roles in the Catholic church.
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In Balanchine's Classroom
Balanchine’s former dancers reveal startling new facets of the legendary choreographer as they open the door to his private classroom - his laboratory, set against their present-day efforts to keep his legacy alive.
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Dermalian
The Dermalians, an alien culture long after humans, discover the ruins of the New York Public Library, and enamored of human culture, they establish the NYPL as an archaeological site for the study of why humans became extinct.
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Razing Liberty Square
Razing Liberty Square is a feature documentary about the development, decline and redevelopment of Liberty Square, Miami, the oldest segregated public housing community in the history of the United States. Best known as setting for the Oscar-winning movie Moonlight.
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