NYWIFT Women’s Film Preservation Fund Announces 2025 Grant Recipients
(Film still: Sade Thompson, 1927)
The Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF), a program of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), announces the recipients of its 2025 preservation grants. This year’s awards support eight films by women filmmakers whose work spans experimental, documentary, narrative, and performance-based practices, collectively reflecting nearly a century of moving-image history.
Awarded during WFPF’s 30th anniversary year, the 2025 grants continue the Fund’s long-standing commitment to preserving and elevating films by women for future generations.
This year’s funded projects include:
All of Us Stronger (1976), directed by Susan Delson
Cycles (1989), directed by Zeinabu irene Davis
Daughter’s Rite (1978), directed by Michelle Citron
First Look (1983), directed by Kavery Dutta Kaul
Metamorphosis (1990), directed by Lisa Leeman
Othello (1980), directed by Liz White
Sadie Thompson (1927), produced by and starring Gloria Swanson
The Kind and Quality of the Whole (2004), directed by Josephine Sales
From early independent features and landmark feminist works to experimental and documentary films that reshaped how stories could be told, these projects represent the enduring impact of women’s creative leadership across generations.
For detailed information on these films and previously supported titles, visit https://www.nywift.org/wfpf/wfpf-recipients/
(Film Still: Cycles, 1989)
WFPF grants support professional archival preservation—ensuring that films are not only saved, but returned to circulation through screenings, teaching, and public access. Many past WFPF-supported titles have gone on to new life at festivals, museums, and cinematheques worldwide.
The Women’s Film Preservation Fund receives essential support from the Leon Levy Foundation, the Harnisch Foundation, and Cineric, Inc., along with the generosity of many individual donors. We are deeply grateful to this community of supporters who help ensure that women’s film history remains visible, accessible, and alive.
Learn more about the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television, and how to support the future of cinema history at https://www.nywift.org/wfpf/.
