WMM @ Sundance - SONITA and others

Women Make Movies is proud to announce films at Sundance Film Festival 2016 WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION SECTION NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE  SONITA Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami Sonita, an 18-year-old Afghan refugee in Iran, thinks of  Michael Jackson and Rihanna as her spiritual parents and dreams  of becoming a big-name rapper. For the time being, her only fans are  the other teenage girls in a Tehran shelter. And her family has a very  different future planned for her: as a bride she's worth $9,000.   Director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami poignantly shifts from observer  to participant altering expectations, as Sonita's story unfolds  in an intimate and joyful portrait. SONITA Screening Dates & Times FRI 1/22 6:00 PM  Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room SAT 1/23 2:30 PM Holiday Village Cinema 1 - INDUSTRY MON 1/25 9:00 PM  Yarrow Hotel Theater WED 1/27 12:00 PM  Temple Theater THU 1/28 6:45 PM  Broadway Centre Cinema 3 FRI 1/29 6:30 PM  Redstone Cinema 1 SAT 1/30 9:15 AM  Holiday Village Cinema 2  91 min. | English and Farsi | Germany/Iran/Switzerland Sonita will also be performing at the Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe on Tuesday, 1/26 at 4:30 PM. Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami and Sonita will be speaking on numerous panels and attending events, including two special screenings for high school students in Salt Lake City as part of the Utah Student Screening Series.  For press inquiries contact David Magdael at dmagdael@tcdm-associates.com and for information about SONITA visit www.wmm.com/sonita. Congratulations to the five other films from WMM's Production Assistance Program that will be premiering at Sundance: TRAPPED (U.S. Documentary Competition) Directed by Dawn Porter Produced by Marilyn Ness 83 min. | English | U.S.A.  Click here for screenings.  WEINER (U.S. Documentary Competition) Directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg Produced by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg 100 min. | English | U.S.A.  Click here for screenings.  THE FITS (NEXT) Directed by Anna Rose Holmer Produced by Lisa Kjerulff and Anna Rose Holmer 72 min. | English | U.S.A./Italy  Click here for screenings.  NORMAN LEAR: Just Another Version of You (Documentary Premieres) Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Produced by Suzanne Hillinger and Brent Miller 91 min. | English | U.S.A. Click here for screenings.  CAMERAPERSON (New Frontiers)  Directed by Kirsten Johnson Produced by Marilyn Ness and Kristen Johnson 103 min. | English/Arabic/Bosnian/Dari | U.S.A. Click here for screenings.  Attending Sundance Jan 21-26: Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director  Kristen Fitzpatrick, Director of Public Exhibition and Acquisitions For booking contact Kristen: kf@wmm.com 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, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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