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We’re excited to announce that 15 WMM films and filmmakers will have premieres at the 2026 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! Ten films from WMM’s Production Assistance Program and five new films from Program Alum will screen at the festival. WMM’s Executive Director Debra Zimmerman will be in attendance at the festival. ✦ LOVE APPTUALLY will have its world premiere at the festival. Shalini Kantayya (director of WMM-acclaimed releases CODED BIAS and TIKTOK, BOOM) turns her lens on the...
Great news! We’re thrilled to see that WMM new release DRIVER, directed by Nesa Azimi, is nominated for a News & Doc Emmy® for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary. And, in total, we’re celebrating 21 nominations across 13 projects — 3 nominations for Best Documentary, 2 for Outstanding Direction, 4 for Outstanding Editing, 2 for Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary, 1 for Outstanding Social Documentary, and 1 for Outstanding Short Documentary! Here’s the full list of nominations: DRIVER | Director: Nesa Azimi – Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary American Documentary...
Fresh off its Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival , WMM release THE TALLEST DWARF (dir. Julie Forrest Wyman) is one of eight films shortlisted for the 2026 All Inclusive Award at the 41st Dok.fest München! Dok.fest München’s All Inclusive Award honors documentary film productions where filmmakers with disabilities play a leading role. It is sponsored by the Werksviertel-Mitte Stiftung and...
Amazing news from Copenhagen! Four of the six films from WMM’s Production Assistance Program that premiered in competition at the CPH:DOX festival this year won awards, including WHISPERS IN MAY, which took home the festival’s top prize! Additionally, two Program films won DOX:INDUSTRY awards for their pitches. The winners are: 🏆WHISPERS IN MAY – DOX:AWARD Winner Director: Dongnan Chen Producers: Jia Zhao, Kay Xu | Co-Producers: Heejung Oh & Malin Hüber Dongnan Chen’s WHISPERS IN MAY took home...
We are over the moon celebrating members of the Women Make Movies community who won at the 98th Academy Awards! WMM filmmakers and family took home Oscar wins in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories. The winners are: 🏆Winner: Best Documentary Feature Film MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN Co-directed by Pasha Talankin & David Borenstein Produced by WMM filmmaker Helle Faber*, as well as David Borenstein, Alžběta Karásková, Radovan Síbrt Executive Produced by WMM...
Five films supported through the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program will screen at the Movies that Matter Festival, taking place March 20–28, 2026 in The Hague, including the Opening Night film, AMERICAN DOCTOR (dir. Poh Si Teng). 9-MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili); THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD (dir. Patience Nitumwesiga); CITIZENFOUR (dir. Laura Poitras); and COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! (dir. Amber Fares) are also all in the line-up. THE CORD (dir. Nolwenn Hervé), from our Program, will be pitching in the Take on...
We are happy to share that Julie Forrest Wyman’s powerful documentary THE TALLEST DWARF, which was also made with the support of our Production Assistance Program, received the Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival. Described as “a beautiful manifesto” by Virgie Tovar of Forbes, the film follows Julie Wyman as she charts her personal journey to...
We are excited to share that Program Alum and WMM filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir won Best Documentary at the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards for her most recent film THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR. Gandbhir winner of multiple Emmy Awards for her work, explores weaponized racism and exposes the consequences of “stand your ground” laws in THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR, which has has had 35 wins and 41 nominations since its premiere at Sundance...
Three WMM filmmakers won awards at the prestigious 76th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival! Made with support from the WMM Production Assistance (PA) Program, BARBARA FOREVER directed by Brydie O’Connor won the esteemed Teddy Award for Best Documentary/Essay Film. BARBARA FOREVER takes an exclusive look at the iconic life, work, & legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker, Barbara Hammer, tracing her prolific canon alongside never-before-seen...
