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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 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)...
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...
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 IDFA program has been announced, and we are elated to share that 4 WMM-sponsored films are included, three of which are screening in the “Best of Fests” section, which includes prize-winners, public favorites, and high-profile titles from the international circuit: MACHTAT (dir. Sonia Ben Slama) – BEST OF FESTS MILISUTHANDO (dir. Milisuthando Bongela) – BEST OF FESTS GREAT PHOTO, LOVELY...
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....
Films from both WMM programs are screening in theaters and on your television screen this month. Our newest release, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE (dir. Katja Esson), will have its theatrical premiere at the DCTV Firehouse Cinema in NYC, October 27- – November 2. WMM board member Neyda Martinez, Director of the Media Management Graduate Program at the New...