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"When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker!"- Agnès Varda
We'll miss you, Agnès. Thank you for everything.
#AgnesVarda
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Exciting news!
@ava
Launches Annual Curated Film Series for Women Directors and Emerging Artists
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Thanks to
@TheAcademy
for awarding WMM a 2018-19 FilmCraft Grant! Congratulations to all the recipients.
Announcing our 2018 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grant recipients, including three international film archives impacted by recent natural disasters. We admire the work that you do.
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1st deadline for
#TheWritersLab
funded by
#MerylStreep
is 3/23 -
#women
over 40, submit your scripts today!
#NYWIFT
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Watch
@AbigailDisney
grapple with America's inequality crisis, exploring systemic injustices via her family's story in WMM-sponsored
@amerdreamdoc
. It's the movie Disney doesn't want you to see. In theaters and on digital September 23.
#AmericanDreamDoc
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What does it mean to
#VoteLikeBlackWomen
? African-American women have long been one of the most reliable Democratic voting blocs. Black women led the way in the Civil Rights movement, a compelling story told in the doc STANDING ON MY SISTERS’ SHOULDERS:
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9 (Free) Films for Understanding Afghanistan and the Lives of Women Who Live There 🎥 Available to watch at no cost through September 12!
@MsMagazine
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Voices of Afghan Women - Films available to Watch At No Cost Through August 31 -
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1. On this dark day, we want to restate our commitment to supporting women filmmakers who champion feminist perspectives, document issues of abortion access, address unjust laws, advocate for women’s bodily autonomy, and expose how women of color and poor women are
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Did you know Shirley Chisholm was the 1st woman to seek the presidential nomination? Be inspired!
#ElectionDay
#Vote
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On this day in 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote!
#feminism
#votesforwomen
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Congratulations to Chloé Zhao for becoming the first woman of color to win top honor at the Directors Guild Association Awards! She is also the second woman to earn the honor.
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The WMM Virtual Film Festival now has more than 1000 attendees in 48 countries. A warm welcome to our new attendees from Israel, Peru, Romania, Thailand, and the Czech Republic. Reach across virtual distance. Join us:
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It's
#BlackHistoryMonth
! Join us in celebrating the lives & accomplishments of trailblazing African American
#women
!
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2 time Oscar-winner
@sharmeenochinoy
recently won the du-Pont/Columbia Award & will chair the '17
@wef
mtg Congrats!
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#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Behind the Lens Spotlight
1. Meet Marion Konwennénhon Delaronde!
Marion Delaronde (Mohawk) is an animator from the territory of Kahnawake. Receiving a Bachelor in Fine Arts with a Major in Film Animation from Concordia University, Marion has ...
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#HappyBday
#ShirleyChisholm
!! The 1st black woman elected to Congress & 1st woman to seek presidential nomination!
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Women Make Movies is currently hosting a Virtual Film Festival to celebrate
#WomensHistoryMonth
! This is a perfect way for filmmakers and film enthusiasts to watch FREE films by and about women from around the globe! Follow this link to register:
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Susan Sarandon/Geena Davis honored by
@KeringGroup
! LOVE their support of diversity in film!
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It's International Women's Day /
#ADayWithoutAWoman
- we herald the strong, brave women who have paved the way for us all!
#IWD2017
#resist
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Also incl in
#Academy
invitees are WMM filmmakers Julie Dash &Trinh T. Minh-ha! A small step in the right direction!
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We are so proud that
#SONITA
will be heading to
@sundancefest
in the World Cinema Documentary Competition
#Sundance
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Are you a filmmaker looking for funding?
@TribecaFilmIns
grants are open for submissions until Nov. 6th!
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"Finally, A Wall Street Movie About Women" Amen! We are so excited to see
#Equity
@alysiareiner
#Sundance
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Are you a documentary filmmaker seeking funding through
@IDAorg
? Our next webinar is just for you! Join
@pohsi
and
@dana_merwin
for an inside look at IDA's various funding programs. They will cover the Enterprise, Pare Lorentz and Logan Elevate Funds.
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As states roll back abortion access nationwide, we are making a selection of films available to watch for free that shed light on the history of
#reproductiverights
in the U.S. and set forth exactly what is at stake. Sign up to watch now through May 31:
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If you haven’t seen
@unrestfilm
yet, now is your chance! It is now on
@Netflix
and is a must see! Watch it now:
#UnrestNetflix
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Congratulations to
@shalinikantayya
and her team behind
@CodedBias
for receiving the
#SIMA2021
Awards for Best Director, Best Sound Design and Jury Prize for Transparency in the Documentary Feature Category! We are honored to distribute your work.
@SIMAawards
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British Film Institute expects to provide 50% funding to women directors by 2020. Yes!
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WMM is excited to release the new digitally remastered edition of ILLUSIONS by
@JulieDash
!
http://t.co/tqBm1ZavK5
http://t.co/HOe2JTsJre
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In a community outside of Chicago, hundreds of Muslim families believe they've been under surveillance for years. Filmmaker & journalist
@assuss
uncovers one of the largest counterterrorism investigations pre-9/11. Watch
@BeingWatchedDOC
on
@POVdocs
.
#AAHM
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Join the
#16DaysOfActivism
against
#GenderBasedViolence
:
#HearMeToo
#orangetheworld
#Equality
#UN
@UN_Women
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Exciting news! Ayoka Chenzira's HAIR PIECE: A FILM FOR NAPPYHEADED PEOPLE was added to
@librarycongress
's
#NatFilmRegistry
! Learn more about the film here:
.
@LeonardMaltin
speaks with director Ayoka Chenzira about her film HAIR PIECE: A FILM FOR NAPPYHEADED PEOPLE ('84), which was just added to
@librarycongress
's
#NatFilmRegistry
See it and other films that were added to the National Film Archive this year starting tonight @ 8pm ET
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A year ago, Muslim filmmaker
@Deeyah_Khan
found herself in the middle of the Unite the Right Rally in
#Charlottesville
meeting face-to-face with neo-Nazis as she filmed WHITE RIGHT, an urgent look at race wars in America:
#FemaleFilmmakerFriday
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Looking for something to do while you are social distancing? Join WMM's no-cost virtual film festival. We currently have over 700 attendees in 38 countries and growing.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#VirtualFilmFestival
#WithEverythingSuspended
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Nobel Prize-winning journalist
@mariaressa
cites
@jovialjoy
’s investigation into algorithmic bias in WMM’s
@CodedBias
on a new podcast episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour!
@WNYC
Listen here:
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Need film financing? Meet Catapult Film Fund Founder,Lisa Kleiner Chanoff at WMM (6/1, 6:30)
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"In the midst of the political tumult and our fear for women’s lives and rights, it’s important for all of us to know more about the country and the lives of women who live there...” Watch our VOICES OF AFGHAN WOMEN collection, free through August 31.
.
@womenmakemovies
is virtually screening its “Voices of Afghan Women” collection for free through the end of August.
Learn more:
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When MIT Media Lab researcher
@jovialjoy
discovers that many facial recognition technologies misclassify women and darker-skinned faces, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. Celebrate
#LoveData22
week with
@CodedBias
.
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Animator Lotte Reiniger predates Disney: For women in film pioneers:
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Every Studio Film Directed By Female Filmmakers Coming Out Over the Next Two Years:
@IndieWire
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Are you looking for $100k to fund your next documentary? If so,
@IDAorg
’s Enterprise Fund might be for you! Join
@womenmakemovies
for a webinar with Director of Funds
@pohsi
and Program Officer
@dana_merwin
for an insider’s perspective. Register to attend:
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This
#FemaleFilmmakerFriday
we introduce you to
#AttiyaKhan
, co-director of
@ABetterManFilm
. This intimate documentary aims to illustrate a new paradigm for domestic violence prevention:
#dv
#vaw
#restorativejustice
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"When I first saw
@IndiasDaughter
I couldn't speak afterwards." -
#MerylStreep
http://t.co/WvPVPQjFs1
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Help young
#womenfilmmakers
share stories, make films, get jobs + be heard! Support friends
@DCTVny
!
#womeninfilm
http://t.co/buTDde9g1r
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Why Making It A Mandate To Hire More Women In Front Of & Behind The Camera Benefits Everyone:
@HuffingtonPost
#wif
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Congratulations to the nine projects from our Production Assistance program that will be receiving 2018 NYSCA Individual Artist grants!
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See the powerful
#TEDtalk
given by
@jenbrea
on her life& work while living w/ chronic fatigue syndrome
@TEDFellow
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Thanks to
@WIF_LosAngeles
for creating the
#52FilmsbyWomen
movement to increase awareness of
#femalefilmmakers
!
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In support of the thousands of Afghan women whose lives will undoubtedly change – many fear, for the worse – with the ascent of the Taliban, we are making available nine films on women from Afghanistan for free until September 12, 2021.
@trtworld
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It's
#WomensHistoryMonth
! Check out our films on
#feminist
resistance & progress that have contributed to the global advancement of
#women
!
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Congrats to
@Cameraperson16
,
@THEFITSFILM
,
#SONITA
- all are nominated for
@filmindependent
#SpiritAwards
!!!
#WIF
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#WomensHistoryMonth
! Celebrate Nell Shipman - she's the 1st female independent filmmaker & action-adventure heroine!
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WMM supported
@Cameraperson16
@weinerdoc
&
@TrappedDoc
among Anne Thompson's Oscar Doc Shortlist pics!!
@akstanwyck
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It's Caribbean American Heritage Month! See Shirley Chisholm doc 6/23
@brooklynmuseum
#iamcaribbeing
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Thank you
@RooftopFilms
/
@IDFAindustry
for hosting a great screening of
#SONITA
last night at Socates Sculpture Park!
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Today is a sad day for women and film. Farewell to
#ChantalAkerman
, influential, experimental feminist filmmaker.
http://t.co/oDHMtA16DU
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"
@CodedBias
is an impressively extensive documentary on how racism and sexism creep into the unseen algorithms that control our lives, told by women activists who’re fighting the big tech companies that hold the code." -
@dailymaverick
on
#CodedBias
.
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#Women
Make Indie Movies panel moderated by Debra Zimmerman receives standing ovation
@ashlandfilm
!
#AIFF2016
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A recent study from The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film finds that
#documentary
films continue to employ higher percentages of behind-the-scenes women than narrative features.
#WomenMakeMovies
#WomeninFilm
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Women directors! Submit your films to the London Feminist Film Festival by June 12!
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We're excited to announce that a selection of some of our newest and most acclaimed titles are now available to stream on
@Kanopy
! Visit our page to browse our launch collection and check back as new titles are released:
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TODAY @ 6pm ET/3pm PT: Join us for "A Women's Story," a conversation about
@OnceVzlafilm
with WMM Executive Director Debra Zimmermann and Dir.
@anapalupza
, EP Claudia Lapage and Co-Writer Marianela Maldonado. RSVP to this free event:
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"For a long time Black women have led the way in the cause of equality and justice. The subject of Abby Ginzberg’s spirited documentary
@truthpowermovie
has been doing so for five decades." -
@BostonGlobe
. This WMM new release opens in theaters August 20!
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.
@hotdocs
announces its full lineup, including 11 films from WMM's Production Assistance Program!!
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Women are creating new tech that is more ethical, accountable and inclusive. But the tech industry keeps trying to erase their work from the history books. MIT
@techreview
explores the leaders, like
@CodedBias
's
@timnitGebru
, who will not be silenced.
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This
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we shine a light on
@silkiecarlo
, director of
@BigBrotherWatch
. Learn more about her work to uphold rights in the fields of surveillance and artificial intelligence in
@CodedBias
, airing TONIGHT on
@IndependentLens
.
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Join
@firelightmedia
for a
#BeyondResilience
Muslim Filmmakers Roundtable on ethics + accountability in the
#documentary
ecosystem, ft. WMM filmmaker
@assuss
(dir. THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED),
@thatkarimahmad
,
@samikhanfilm
, and
@Marj
. RSVP to attend:
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Attention fans of
@nlyonne
&
@evilhag
!
@NewFestNYC
is offering 20% off tix! Use code WMF!
http://t.co/XKjqgrahSv
http://t.co/7V2HS1CprG
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GIRL FROM GOD'S COUNTRY is the untold story of the 1st female silent indie filmmaker and action-adventure heroine:
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Commemorate
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
with WMM release THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED. In this film, filmmaker and journalist Assia Boundaoui uncovers the story of her community’s surveillance by the FBI long before 9/11. Watch on
@Kanopy
:
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Thanks
@ACLU
for targeting
#sexism
in Hollywood, you have our support!
#womeninfilm
#SeeHerNow
http://t.co/6JGkwTP9zs
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Major congrats to Anna Rose Holmer who won the "Someone to Watch Award" at the
@filmindependent
#spiritawards
!
@BARFH
#TheFits
@THEFITSFILM
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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
Happy birthday,
#AngelaDavis
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7
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Jennifer Brea's
@unrestfilm
, a terrific project from our Production Assistance program, is now available for rentals on
@iTunes
. Rent or buy:
#TimeforUnrest
#womenmakemovies
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Execs credit Dunham, Lawrence, & DuVernay w/"rewriting script" for women in H'wood:
@variety
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ACTION ALERT: Please call (518) 474-8390 and urge
@NYGovCuomo
to sign the nation's first TV diversity bill which incentivizes the hiring of women and people of color to write and direct television in New York.
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The incredible black women filmmakers series at
@BAM_Brooklyn
has garnered rave reviews & enthusiastic audiences!
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1 in 4 women experience domestic violence or abuse. BEHIND THE RAGE: INSIDE AMERICA'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (dir.
@Deeyah_Khan
) explores the root of male violence and questions the possibility of rehabilitation. Find out if it is possible and learn more here:
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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Join the
@SayNO_UNiTE
#16Days
campaign and get inspired to help end one of the world's most widespread human rights violations with two films about resilient women:
#HearMeToo
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