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WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | E-NEWS APRIL 2017
MAYACALLUSHOT DOCS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO WMM
FILMMAKER MAYA GALLUS WITH RETROSPECTIVE!


 
We are super excited to share the news that  Hot Docs will pay tribute to director and producer Maya Gallus with this year's Focus On Retrospective. This is an annual program that showcases the work of a mid-career Canadian filmmaker. The Festival will screen a selection of Gallus' films from  April 27 to May 7, 2017.

Maya Gallus is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has screened around the world. WMM is proud to distribute 3 of her films, GIRL INSIDEan intimate, early transgender story, for which she won the Gemini Award for Best Direction  DISH-WOMEN, WAITRESSING & THE ART OF SERVICE, a portrait of working women in the service industry, from North American diners to Japanese fantasy maid cafes; and  DERBY CRAZY LOVE which takes viewers inside the adrenaline-fueled phenomenon of women's roller derby. Congratulations to Maya on this much deserved retrospective of her work! 

Workshops W MM EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, AND WEBINARS



   PROGRAMS  SUPPORTING WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA

Do you know what it takes to get your film into the Toronto International Film Festival or DOC NYC?  Are you interested in learning how your film can qualify for the Oscars? How does a filmmaker attach Wim Wenders and Errol Morris to Executive Produce their feature-length documentary debut?  Do you know what festival programmers are looking for? We have events to answer all those questions!

WORKSHOPS
A Case Study: National Bird - Screening & Discussion with Sonia Kennebeck + Ines Hofman Kanna  
Director Sonia Kennebeck will be joined by producer Ines Hofmann Kanna in a stimulating conversation tracing the team's journey from seed of an idea through the making of, the financing and their premiere at the 2016 Berlinale and broadcast on Independent Lens. 

How to Oscar-qualify your film in NYC with Erika Dilday of the Maysles Documentary Center & Jake Perlin of the Metrograph Cinema
Erika Dilday and Jake Perlin will discuss how to work with them to qualify your film for an Academy Award, how much it costs and when you should start planning. They will also talk about how to submit your film to their programming lineups throughout the year.


WEBINARS
* Meet the Festival Programmer: Thom Powers of Toronto International Film Festival & DOC NYC
Thom Powers, Documentary Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival and Artistic Director for DOC NYC, will join us to answer your questions about what these prestigious festivals are looking for and what you should know before submitting. The deadline to submit to TIFF is June 2nd so this is a great opportunity to get the inside scoop on making your film stand out!

**A link to the webinars will be available to all participants for 3 months following.

FilmCraftWMM RECEIVES FILMCRAFT GRANT  FROM 

 

Women Make Movies' is honored to have been awarded a FilmCraft Grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for our highly regarded  Production Assistance Program which supports emerging and established filmmakers. This grant was established to identify and empower future filmmakers from nontraditional backgrounds, cultivate new and diverse talent, promote motion pictures as an art form, and provide a platform for underrepresented artists. We are pleased to be among the prestigious organizations receiving awards this year and congratulation them all.   
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WMM EXPANDS ITS PA PROGRAM TO INCLUDE TV WITH 48 HOURS EPISODE 
 "THE FAMILY" AIRING THIS SATURDAY ON CBS



Tune into CBS's 48 Hours this weekend and watch THE FAMILY! As part of our commitment to supporting women filmmakers, WMM's Production Assistance Program has expanded to include pre-sale, co-production and other broadcast opportunities for selected projects.  Our first successful collaboration is a licensing agreement between the national broadcaster CBS and the award winning directing/producing team Rosie Jones and Anna Grieve to bring the story of Anne Hamilton-Byrne and her notorious cult "The Family" to US audiences. PA Program Director Barbara Ghammashi, negotiated the deal for this Saturday's episode of the award winning series, entitled THE FAMILY.  

WMM is proud of Ghammashi's involvement and Executive Producer credit for this powerful story showing in prime time across the US. 

Click here for more information about the feature documentary and Rosie Jones' book about The Family.  
JANESCREENING
WMM, HARPER'S MAGAZINE AND N+1 PRESENT 
A CONVERSATION & SCREENING OF JANE: AN ABORTION SERVICE




WMM has partnered up with H arper's Magazine and  n+1 to  present a screening of the documentary  JANE: AN ABORTION SERVICE, f ollowed by a conversation with Laura Kaplan, the  author of  The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service ,  and the journalist Madeleine Schwartz. The screening will take place at the Anthology Film Archives on April 30th at 2:30pm. 

JANE: AN ABORTION SERVICE follows the activities of a Chicago-based women's health collective, members of which performed-without formal medical training-nearly 12,000 safe illegal abortions between 1969 and 1973. For more information about the screening click here

This documentary is one of many films from WMM on the history of and present reproductive rights movement. You can find a robust collection on this topic here
About WMM:

Since our beginnings in 1972, WMM has grown from a feminist filmmakers' collective into an industry-leading nonprofit media arts organization and distributor. For over 40 years, WMM has transformed the landscape of filmmaking for women directors and producers, bringing the issues facing women around the world to screens everywhere. Now, with more than 550 films in our catalog, including Academy®, Emmy®, Peabody and Sundance nominees and award winners, WMM is the largest distributor of films by and about women in the world. Women Make Movies. By Women. About Women. For Everyone. 

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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