WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | MARCH 2026 E-NEWS | | 6 Productions Assistance Program Films Will Have Their World Premieres In Competition at CPH:DOX! | | | Great news from Copenhagen! Six films supported by the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program will have their world premieres, all in competition, at CPH:DOX 2026 (March 11–22)! This includes four films competing for the DOX:AWARD — representing a remarkable one-third of films in the festival's main competition: THE CORD (dir. Nolwenn Hervé); DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST (dir. Otilia Portillo); THE SANDBOX (dir. Kenya-Jade Pinto); and WHISPERS IN MAY (dir. Dongnan Chen).
Also premiering are: WHERE THE SILENCE IS HEARD (dir. Gabriela Pena); THE PHANTOM PAIN OF ROJAVA (dir. Maryam Embrahimi); THE AMERICAN DOCTOR (dir. Poh Si Teng); and TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (dir. Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić), which recently won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance.
Additionally, four Production Assistance films — DON'T LET THE SUN GO UP ON ME (dir. Asmae El Moudir), WAR ON WOMEN (dir. Maris Salumets), WE ARE VOLCANOES (dir. Sharon Yeung & Natalie Chao), and QUEENS' BALLROOM (dir. Hansen Lin & Siyi Chen) — will pitch in the Forum.
A shoutout to WMM filmmakers and alums Maite Alberdi, Joslyn Barnes, Lauren DeFilippo, Helle Faber, Kathryn Ferguson, Alisa Kovalenko, Katrine Philip, Christine Turner, and Estelle Robin You, who have new films pitching and premiering at the festival. We are excited that Executive Director Debra Zimmerman will be in attendance at the festival March 15-19 to support the filmmakers. Email her if you want to connect. For complete lineup information, including producers, read our blog. | | WMM Filmmakers Premiere at SXSW! | | | We are excited to announce that two WMM Production Assistance Program films will premiere at SXSW this year: Additionally, Program Alums Juliane Dressner & Miriam Shor and Luchina Fisher have new films premiering. More information can be found on our blog. Congratulations to all of our filmmakers! | | Special NYC Screening: THE TALLEST DWARF at DCTV's Firehouse Cinema on March 18 | | | WMM release THE TALLEST DWARF (dir. Julie Forrest Wyman), which recently received the Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival, will have a special NYC screening at DCTV's Firehouse Cinema on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 PM. The documentary, made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, follows the filmmaker as she charts her personal journey to understand her place within the little people (LP) community and joins forces with a group of dwarf artists to reclaim creative expression and agency. A Q&A with director/producer Julie Forrest Wyman, moderated by executive producer and film participant Sofiya Cheyenne to follow the screening. Tickets and more info
CART/ live-captions provided during introduction and post-screening conversation. Audio Description for the film is available via concessions. Step stools will be provided in restrooms. To make a request, please use THIS FORM. Here is more info: Accessibility at DCTV Firehouse Cinema. | | WMM GOES TO MOVIES THAT MATTER
IN THE HAGUE | | WMM is excited to be taking part in the Movies that Matter Festival, an important Human Rights Film Festival taking place in The Hague this month. Five films produced with support from the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program will screen including the Opening Night film, AMERICAN DOCTOR (dir. Poh Si Teng). 9-MONTH CONTRACT (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili); THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD (dir. Patience Nitumwesiga); CITIZENFOUR (dir. Laura Poitras); and COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! (dir. Amber Fares) are also all in the line-up. THE CORD (dir. Nolwenn Hervé) will be pitching in the Take on Film & Impact program, which supports filmmakers in refining their impact strategies and creating connections and collaborations.
Women Make Movies Executive Director Debra Zimmerman has been invited to be on the festival's Grand Jury for Documentary and will moderate an Industry Take on Industry Dilemmas panel about activism in film. Debra will also participate on the panel Backsliding Democracies, Impact & Independent Storytelling, exploring the role independent filmmakers and impact campaigns can play at a time when democracies around the world are facing rising polarization, censorship, and pressure on independent media. She will be at the festival March 20-25. Email her if you would like to connect. | | Award Wins from
WMM's Production Assistance Program | | WMM Celebrates Women's History Month | | | It's always Women's History Month at Women Make Movies, but we always love an excuse to spotlight films by women filmmakers who refuse to let women's stories be sidelined!
From cultural icons to mothers demanding justice, this month we're featuring new and recent documentaries that center women who challenged power, reshaped culture, and are still influencing the world today like: THE INQUISITOR (dir. Angela Tucker), about Barbara Jordan, the first Southern Black woman to join Congress; A MOTHER APART (dir. Laurie Townshend), about Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin's journey as a daughter and mother, radically re-imagining the essential art of mothering; MY NAME IS ANDREA (dir. Pratibha Parmar), a bold exploration of the work and ideas of feminist writer Andrea Dworkin; SALLY! (a film by Deborah Craig, Ondine Rarey, and Jörg Fockele), a look at the life and legacy of trailblazing lesbian activist Sally Gearhart; LOOKING FOR SIMONE (dir. Nathalie Masdurad and Valérie Urréa), which chronicles Simone de Beauvoir's journey writing "The Second Sex"; and UVALDE MOM (dir. Anayansi Prado), which follows a mother who turned grief into relentless advocacy after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Explore these films and more, and purchase for your collections or book screenings today. | | | | |
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