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 WMM PROJECTS AND FILMMAKERS
NOMINATED FOR 2018 OSCARS
Congratulations to the WMM Production Assistance projects and alums who have been nominated for Academy Awards!
- STRONG ISLAND (director Yance Ford), supported by WMM's Production Assistance Program, was nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Yance is the now first transgender director ever to be nominated for an Oscar.
- MUDBOUND by PA Alum Dee Rees received 2 nominations- Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography, breaking two more records: first African American woman nominated in the adapted screenplay category and, for Rachel Morrison, first woman ever nominated for cinematography.
- Production Assistance Program alum Laura Checkoway's film EDITH & EDDIE was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
These nominations continue our streak: films and filmmakers we have supported have been nominated for or won Oscars in 12 of the past 13 years. But more importantly, these nominations represent the impact our program seeks to achieve. These diverse voices are building real and sustainable careers in the industry. We are extremely proud to see this progress and want to make sure it continues.
To read more about all the nominees click
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NEW ACQUISITION
YOURS IN SISTERHOOD
TO HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE IN BERLIN
YOURS IN SISTERHOOD is a performative, participatory documentary inspired by the breadth and complexity of letters that were sent in the 1970s to the editor of Ms.- America's first mainstream feminist magazine. T
he film documents hundreds of strangers from around the U.S. who were invited to read aloud and respond to these letters written by women, men and children from diverse backgrounds. Collectively, the letters feel like an encyclopedia of both the 70s and the women's movement- an almost literal invocation of the second-wave feminist slogan "the personal is political."
The intimate, provocative, and sometimes heartbreaking conversations that emerge from these performances invite viewers to think about the past, present, and future of feminism.
Click here to read about the film on the Ms. blog.
Click here
to donate to the film's IndieGoGo campaign.
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WMM SUPPORTED PROJECT WINS AT SUNDANCE 2018
Congratulations to Sandi Tan for winning the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition Award for Best Directing for SHIRKERS! The film is currently supported through our Production Assistance Program.
Congratulations also to all the
WMM current and alum filmmakers who had projects in competition: Roberta Grossman
, Jennifer Fox
, and Katy Chevigny. Other filmmakers from the PA Program who participated at Sundance this year include:
Martina Radwan as DP for INVENTING TOMORROW in the Documentary Competition;
Brett Story on a panel called Brave New Stories;
Geeta Gandbhir and April Hayes as co-producers for THE SENTENCE and
Emily McEvoy as producer for the short film CHEER UP BABY.
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ATOMIC HOMEFRONT TO PREMIERE ON HBO
ATOMIC HOMEFRONT, from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rebecca Cammisa, will have its broadcast premiere on HBO on February 12th.
Powerfully exploring the lasting toxic effects that nuclear waste can have on communities, ATOMIC HOMEFRONT follows a group of moms-turned-activists in St. Louis as they confront the corporations behind the illegal dumping of dangerous radioactive waste in their backyards. The film bears
witness the power of a citizens' movement that takes on state and federal agencies in an effort to get to the truth and keep their families safe.
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UPCOMING FUNDING WEBINAR
With current projects like UNREST, TRIBAL JUSTICE and IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST, organizations ITVS, Vision Maker Media and Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) are at the forefront of funding and supporting diverse filmmakers. PIC currently has a rolling application for Research and Development, and the deadlines for
ITVS' Open Call (February 9th) and
Vision Maker Media Public Fund (March 1st) are fast approaching. We are thrilled to be joined by
Monika Navarro (ITVS),
Shirley Sneve (Vision Maker - Native American Filmmakers' Consortia) and
Cheryl Hirasa (Pacific Islanders in Communications) for an informative session that will discuss everything you need to know about getting your project funded through public media.
Register
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SCREENINGS IN NEW YORK
- Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) will host a screening of A Better Man on March 26th at 7pm. The film offers a unique paradigm for domestic violence prevention and the healing revelation that can happen when men take responsibility for their abuse. A Q&A with co-director Attiya Khan will follow the screening.
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PROJECTS FROM WMM FILMMAKERS TO RECEIVE IDA ENTERPRISE AND PARE LORENTZ FUND GRANTS
The IDA Enterprise and Pare Lorentz Documentary Funds have announced their 2018 grantees and almost half of the 13 projects are from alums or filmmakers currently in our programs.
Congratulations to Production Assistance Program projects GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (dir. Michele Stephenson, Joe Brewster, prod. Amilca Palmer) and UNTITLED BORDER PROJECT (dir. Maisie Crow, prod. Heidi Reinberg). Additionally, congrats to WMM distribution alum Jenifer McShane, who received funds for ERNIE AND JOE, and to PA filmmakers Ramona Diaz, for the UNTITLED RAMONA S. DIAZ FILM, and Jessica Devaney for THE RASHOMON EFFECT (dir. Lyric R. Cabral).
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NINE PROJECTS FROM OUR PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE NYSCA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS
Congratulations to the nine projects from our Production Assistance program that received 2018 NYSCA Individual Artist grants.
MOVING STORIES (dir. Rob Fruchtman, prod. Cornelia Ravenal, Wendy Sax) RADIUM GIRLS (dir. Virginia Mohler, prod. Lydia Pilcher, Emily McEvoy) EXPOSURE (dir. Holly Morris), BLOWIN' UP (dir. Stephanie Wang Breal, prod. Carrie Weprin), WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE (dir. Emily Harrold), BEBA (dir. Sofia Geld & Rebeca Huntt), HARD HATTED WOMAN (dir. Lorien Barlow), DRIVEN TO ABSTRACTION (dir. Daria Price) and QUEEN OF HEARTS (dir. Deborah Shaffer).
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FILM GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & SUBMISSION DEADLINES
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About WMM:
For more than 40 years, Women Make Movies (WMM) has helped elevate diverse women directors and producers and improved equity in the film industry. The largest distributor of films by and about women in the world, WMM also supports hundreds of independent filmmakers each year with our highly successful Production Assistance Program.
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Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The Andy Warhol Foundation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation with the encouragement of Rebecca Gregg.
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