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We are delighted to announce that as awards season gets underway, WMM films and filmmakers are receiving nominations and making the lists of top contenders. The nominations for the 9th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards were unveiled last week, and a film from our Production Assistance Program received eight nominations. SUGARCANE (dir. Julian Brave NoiseCat...
This has been an exceptional year for Women Make Movies where 20 WMM films and filmmakers were eligible for documentary awards! Nominated for Best Documentary is THE ETERNAL MEMORY, a new film directed by WMM PA alum Maite Alberdi, which centers on a Chilean couple coping with Alzheimer’s disease. And WMM Program Alum Christine Turner received a nomination for Best Short Documentary for, THE BARBER OF LITTLE...
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...
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 ecstatic to announce that Women Make Movies Executive Director Debra Zimmerman has been invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!
We’re proud to announce that ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA (Dir. Anabel Rodríguez Ríos), made with the support of WMM's Production Assistance Program, has been selected by Venezuela as the country's International Feature entry for the 2021 Oscars.
WMM Production Assistance Program film THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature!
The Academy invited 842 new members to join the organization in 2019 including many from the WMM community