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The Unfixing
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MY SEXTORTION DIARY
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SALLY!
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My Stolen Planet
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Is There Anybody Out There?
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Bye Bye Tiberias
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My Name Is Andrea
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Loud Enough
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Razing Liberty Square
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A Shot at History
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Marianne
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Esther Newton Made Me Gay
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What About China?
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80 Years Later
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Behind the Rage
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A Woman on the Outside
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WINN
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Rebel Dykes
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Looking for Simone
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The Tallest Dwarf
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The Inquisitor
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A Mother Apart
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Widow Champion
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Lesbian Custody
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Uvalde Mom
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9-MONTH CONTRACT Receives Special Mention at DOC NYC; NUNS VS. THE VATICAN Wins Subject Matter Award
We are pleased to share that 9-MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili; prods. Anna Khazaradze, Nino Chichua), made with the support of Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program, has received a Special Mention in the International Competition at the 2025 DOC NYC Feature Film Jury Awards. The film follows a Georgian mother who, striving to provide a better future for...
Read Post24 New York Projects Receive NYSCA Grants
We’re thrilled to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has awarded grants to 24 projects sponsored by Women Make Movies’ Production Assistance Program, including Academy award nominated filmmakers Anne Alvergue and Rebecca Camissa, as well as long time WMM Production Assistance filmmakers, Stephanie Wang-Breal and Theresa Loong. These grants are...
Read PostFour of the Five Films Nominated for Best Feature Documentary in the IDA Awards are by WMM Filmmakers!
The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for the 41st IDA Documentary Awards, and four of the five nominees for Best Feature Documentary were made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program, including: LIFE AFTER (dir. Reid Davenport; prod. Colleen Cassingham), APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (dir. Petra Costa; prods. Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa), SEEDS (dir. Brittany Shyne; prods. Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon,...
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