A big thank you to Richard Eads for having us on his show!
JOIN VOICES IN POWER AND LEND YOUR VOICE TO NEW MEXICO'S FUTURE!
We are excited to launch NMGMM’s latest project: VOICES IN POWER! Create a video that tells our historic female leadership what you want for New Mexico’s future. Join hundreds of other New Mexican women as we raise our voices in power. Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2020. For more information or to submit, click here.
2019 PRODUCTION ASSISTANT TRAINING IN ABQ!
We will thrilled to have had the opportunity to work with these amazing young women in the 2019 Production Assistant Training Program in Albuquerque. Stay tuned here for upcoming trainings in 2020!
NMGMM 2019 Screenwriting Competition Winners!
2019 Screenwriting Competition Winner and Finalists. From top left, RaSandra Daniels, Austin Tackman, Kiki Gonglewski, Maria Sokolova, and Nalu Grushkus. From bottom left, Sarah Mease, Samantha Jeffries, and Sophie Wickert. Not pictured: Tanner Medrano. Photo by Linda Carfagno.
A big congratulations to our 2019 Screenwriting Competition Winners! We are inspired by your brilliant screenplays and look forward to seeing your work continue to grow in the future!
The Winners of the 2019 Competition are:
Winner:
Holy Word by Sarah Mease
1st Runner-Up:
Inner Thoughts by Samantha Jeffries and Austin Tackman (team entry)
2nd Runner-up:
Juniper Hammer, Rock Slayer by Sophie Wickert
Finalists (in alphabetical order):
Outside the Elements by RaSandra Daniels
Elevator Pitch by Kiki Gonglewski
Dog Show by Nalu Grushkus
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
Breakthrough by Tanner Medrano
What a Man Wants by Maria Sokolova
Congratulations Sarah, Samantha, Austin, Sophie, RaSandra, Kiki, Nalu, Tanner, and Maria and to all of the young women who entered the 2019 Competition!
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NMGMM on the set of Disney's Stargirl!
A big thank you to Kaaren Ochoa, Julia Hart, Jim Powers, Amanda Luce, and the cast and crew of Disney’s Stargirl for welcoming our NMGMM Mentees to the set! They learned so much and really enjoyed being a part of the crew.
Celebrate with NMGMM at the 2018 New Mexico Women in Film Sage Awards
NMGMM Is honored to be the recipient of the 2018 Sage Award from New Mexico Women in Film. Please join us at the NMWIF Holiday Celebration - invitation below with the link to RSVP.
NMGMM visits Santa Fe's Capital High with Communities in Schools!
A big thank you to Heather Sellers of Communities in Schools and the young women of Capital High for inviting us to speak at their Girls Club. Looking forward to working with CIS and Capital to bring more of our NMGMM programs to their school.
NMGMM is honored with the 2018 New Mexico Women in Film Sage Award!
For Immediate Release
November 24, 2018
New Mexico Women in Film Honors New Mexico Girls Make Movies with 2018 Sage Award
SANTA FE, NM - New Mexico Women in Film (NMWIF) will honor New Mexico Girls Make Movies (NMGMM) as this year’s Sage Award winner for their enormous contribution to the training and empowerment of young women seeking careers in the film industry. The award will be given at NMWIF’s Holiday Party on Saturday, November 15th from 2pm-5pm at BMW of Santa Fe, 2578 Camino Entrada. Everyone is welcome to attend the Holiday Party for free with an RSVP.
The annual Sage Award was created by NMWIF to honor a person who is dedicated to the ‘greater feminine’ and active in supporting women in the film and TV industry. NMWIF is very proud of their recipients who have received the Sage Award since its inception: Shirley MacLaine, Lisa Strout, Ann Lerner, Ali MacGraw, Ana Gallegos y Reinhart, Jo Edna Boldin, Monique Anair, Julia Cameron, and Trish Lopez.
“We are thrilled to present the Sage Award to NMGMM for their dedication to training the next generation of women in the film industry,” said Christine McHugh, President of NMWIF.
New Mexico Girls Make Movies is a free state-wide program that provides education and job training to New Mexico girls and young women ages 12-25. Through filmmaking programs, grants, workshops, internships, set placement, and networking, we empower young women in New Mexico to create their own opportunities in the film and television industries and make their creative dreams a reality.
The Holiday Party will also honor volunteers from the past year for their hard work and dedication to the organization. In addition, will honor the 13 scholarship grant winners for 2018. To RSVP for the NMWIF Holiday Party, go to www.nmwif.com.
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About NMWIF - NMWIF is a chapter of Women In Film & Television International, which has over 40 chapters worldwide. By creating a professional alliance with the international force, New Mexico members make a statement of professionalism and intent as filmmakers and film workers.
NMGMM holds its first PA Training Workshop in ABQ, hosted by PAPA!
We are thrilled to report that the NMGMM Production Assistant Training workshop in ABQ in October was a success. Young women from six schools were trained to be “set ready” and gain entry level job experience in the film industry. These girls hit it out of the ballpark with their storyboards and creativity. The next day, the NMGMM Mentees got to put what they learned to the test on set of the New Mexico Women in Film Public Service Announcement set for Enlace Comunitario. They worked as PAs in various departments including Camera, Sound, and Assistant Director. A big thanks to Su Hudson of Public Academy for the Performing Arts (PAPA) and her wonderful students for hosting us and to Cat Jones, writer/director of the PSA, and New Mexico Women in Film for giving the young women a great on set opportunity! Please stay tuned here on our website for upcoming PA training workshops!
Jocelyn & Barb