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The new
2016/17 Digital Online Catalog
is here! We are excited to present these acclaimed and award-winning films that cover critical hot button topics of today: a new collection on race, identity, and racial justice; LGBTQ issues; immigration and Latin America; technology /STEM; violence against women; feminism and the environment; and even a film on the current struggle for equity for women filmmakers, plus more!
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WMM SUPPORTED FILMS
NOMINATED FOR 4 NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS
Three films from the Production Assistance Program received News and Documentary Emmy nominations! Leah Wolchok's
VERY SEMI-SERIOUS received two nominations, one for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming and one for Outstanding Editing: Documentary Long Form. For her film
MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER, Ann Shin received a nomination for Outstanding Short Documentary and Johanna Hamilton's film
1971 received a nomination for Outstanding Historical Programming: Long Form. Congratulations to all the filmmakers!
For more information on the Production Assistance Program, click
here.
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7 WMM FILMS SELECTED
FOR IFP FILM WEEK
We are proud to have the following WMM supported films in the 2016 IFP Spotlight on Documentaries! Congratulations to these talented directors:
Debra Zimmerman, along with Production Assistance Program Director, Barbara Ghammashi and Director of Distribution, Kristen Fitzpatrick, will be participating in Spotlight on Documentaries at IFP Film Week, as well as conducting filmmaker and industry meetings throughout the week.
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WMM WORLD & US PREMIERES AT FILM FESTIVALS
WMM has had a banner year with film festivals beginning with two top honors at the Sundance Film Festival, and numerous Audience Awards and accolades from SXSW, Hot Docs, Full Frame, True/False, Human Rights Watch Film Festivals and beyond!
Telluride Film Festival is about to launch, and we're proud that WMM new release,
MEN: A LOVE STORY will have its World Premiere and be presented as one of only a handful of films selected each year. Directed
by award-winning filmmaker and photographer Mimi Chakarova (PRICE OF SEX), the film takes a look at masculinity in America, and what men think about women and love.
A REVOLUTION IN FOUR SEASONS, directed by Jessie Deeter, follows two young women fighting to shape their lives along with the political future of Tunisia, the sole country to emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings as a functional democracy. The film will
open the Margaret Mead Film Festival, which is also its US premiere! Film subject Jawhara Ettis will travel from Tunisia to attend the post-screening discussion.
SONITA and OVARIAN PSYCOS continue to tear up the festival circuit. This fall
SONITA will screen at the
Hamptons International Film Festival,
Milwaukee Film Festival, and the Camden International Film Festival. While
OVARIAN PSYCOS will also be screening at the
Milwaukee Film Festival, and
Watsonville Film Festival.
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WMM AT NATIONAL MEDIA MARKET
WMM will be showing films at six conferences this fall. We're excited to share our 2016-2017 new releases with the educational community!
National Media Market (NMM)
WMM's S
ales and Distribution Manager, Amy Aquilino, and Marketing Manager, Erika Howard will be attending NMM in Baltimore, MD! If you're attending, be sure stop by Room 3603 for coupons, raffles and more! At our suite, visitors can view a complete collection of new releases. Stop in to say hello and make sure to enter our giveaway raffle to win a slew of great prizes!
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
WMM will also be attending the NWSA conference November 10th-13th in Montreal, Canada.
October 5th-9th, Richmond, VA
Will be showing:
PROFILED,
WILHEMINA'S WAR, and
SOUTHERN RITES.
October 29th-31st, Denver, CO
Will be showing:
UNAFRAID,
DON'T TELL ANYONE (NO LE DIGAS A NADIE),
WILHEMINA'S WAR, and
ON BEAUTY.
November 9th-12th, Cleveland, OH
Will be showing:
VOICES OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE US SOUTH, and
THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA BOWEN.
November 10th-12th Atlanta, GA
Will be showing:
OVARIAN PSYCOS.
November 16th-20th, Minneapolis, MN
Will be showing:
DREAMCATCHER, WILHEMINA'S WAR, and
LET'S GET THE RHYTHM.
November 17th-20th,
Atlanta, GA
Will be showing:
ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH.
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#NOMINATENYC
Did you hear about
#NominateNYC?
It's a great new initiative from
the
Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
that works toward bringing greater diversity to the film and entertainment industry. Until
November 15th
, #NominateNYC invites New York City-based entertainment professionals to nominate themselves or someone they know for consideration for membership to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Potential candidates are
encouraged to review the requirements
and indicate qualifications for possible consideration. For more information, click here.
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CURIOUS GEORGE DOCUMENTARY
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FROM THIS DAY FORWARD (Sharon Shattuck), PINK BOY (Eric Rockey) and WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS (Beth Murphy) will all air as part of
POV
this fall.
EVEN WHEN I FALL (Sky Neal and Kate McLarnon),
IMITATION OF CHOICE (Stephanie Wang-Breal),
OBSTINATE (Sahra Mosawi), and an untilted film by (Amber Fares) all received a grant from
Fork Films.
The broadcast premiere of WEINER (Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman) will be this fall (10/22), on Showtime.
UNITED SKATES (Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler) and WHOSE STREETS? (Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan) are among the ten finalists for the
2016 SFFS Documentary Film Fund
.
Ema Ryan Yamazaki, director of the upcoming
CURIOUS GEORGE documentary has experienced
major Kickstarter success - more than $186,000 has been raised by nearly 1500 backers!
Women Make Movies accepts applications to the Production Assistance Program on a rolling basis. Click
here for more information.
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FILM FESTIVAL, GRANT, AND SUBMISSION DEADLINES
FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINES
Sundance Film Festival
Deadline: August 26, 2016 (Shorts and Episodic Content) & August 29, 2016 (Features)
Big Sky Documentary Festival
Deadline: September 2, 2016
Slamdance Film Festival
Deadline: September 2, 2016
Docs for Sale
Deadline: September 15, 2016
SXSW
Deadline: September 22, 2016
Nashville Film Festival
Deadline: September 30, 2016
True/False Film Fest
Deadline: September 13, 2016 (Early), October 11, 2016 (Regular)
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Deadline: November 4, 2016 (Regular deadline)
Athena Film Festival
Deadline: September 15, 2016
FUNDING DEADLINES
Samuel Rubin Foundation
Deadline:
September 7, 2016
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)
Manhattan Community Arts Creative Engagement Fund
Deadline: September 13, 2016, 5pm
,
for projects taking place
between January 1 - December 31, 2017.
Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) BRIO Individual Artist grant
Deadlines: Artists for Community Based: October 14, 2016 5pm
Arts Fund: October 28, 2016 5pm
American Documentary Film Fund
Deadline: October 15, 2016
The Frameline Completion Fund
Deadline: October 31, 2016
California Documentary Project Grant
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Community Arts Grants
Deadline: November 18, 2016 5pm
YEAR ROUND/ROLLING DEADLINES
Rolling Deadline
Sundance Documentary Fund
Rolling deadline
Catapult Film Fund
Deadline: Ongoing - accepting applications on a rolling basis
nextPix/firstPix Grant
Fledgling Fund
Submissions accepted on rolling basis
Jerome Foundation General Program
No Deadlines - applications processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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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.
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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, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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