Women Make Movies, established in 1972, is a non-profit media arts organization based in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. The organization distributes and assists with the production, promotion, exhibition of independent films by and about women.

Film catalog

The organization distributes more than 500 films created by over 400 women filmmakers from nearly 30 countries. These films address such subjects as reproductive rights, AIDS, body image, economic development, racism, immigration, medical ethics, and global feminism. The collection includes films by noted filmmakers including Jane Campion and Kim Longinotto.

Recognition and distribution

Films distributed by WMM have appeared at film festivals worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

, Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Its films have received such media awards as the Special Jury Prize at Sundance (The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo and Rough Aunties), the Academy Award (Love & Diane), the Emmy (Quick Brown Fox: An Alzheimer’s Story), and the Peabody (Sisters in Law).

WMM films have aired on cable networks and public television stations around the world, including HBO/Cinemax, PBS, Sundance Channel, and TV Globo Brazil. Among the broadcast titles: Kim Longinotto’s Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go and Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco’s Ella Es El Matador. The organization has worked closely with the Public Broadcasting System Hunter College, the Museum of Modern Art, and many other NYC-based media arts organizations.