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WMM’s newest release BYE BYE TIBERIAS directed by Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker Lina Soualem and the story of her family’s history of displacement, featuring Emmy-nominated actress Hiam Abbass (Succession, Ramy), has drawn huge audiences and won notable awards, including its recent Jury Prize at the 2024 Salem Film Festival. The film kicked off its theatrical run...
We’re excited to share that 8 films from WMM filmmakers will premiere or screen at Full Frame this year, including 3 Production Assistance Program films: Light of the Setting Sun (United States) | Director: Vicky Du, Producers: Danielle Varga, Vicky Du | World Premiere A Photographic Memory (United States) | Director: Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Producers:...
We are excited about our latest acquisition, MY NAME IS ANDREA! Directed by award-winning, longtime WMM filmmaker Pratibha Parmar (ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH, WARRIOR MARKS, A PLACE OF RAGE, KHUSH, and more), MY NAME IS ANDREA, is a hybrid feature documentary about one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century who, shaped by the values...
We’re excited to announce that WMM Release A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE (dir. Zara Katz and Lisa Riordan Seville, prod. Kiara C. Jones) will be broadcast on WORLD Channel on March 28 as part of America ReFramed’s 12th season. The film will launch “Liberated Lives,” a theme curated by WORLD, which will be an on-going collection of...
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)...
Updated: March 22, 2024 at 2:55 PM ET After extended theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles, WMM Release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) continues to screen in festivals and theaters across the U.S. See below for updated opportunities to see this extraordinary and timely film. In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass (Succession)...
We are deeply grateful for the continued and generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts! Women Make Movies is among 958 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $27.1 million that were selected to receive this first round of fiscal year 2024 funding. “The NEA is delighted to announce this grant to...
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...