WFPF Recipients 1996-2014

Matrimony’s Speed Limit (1913)
America’s First Women Filmmakers Collection
14 min.35mm, B&W, silent
Director: Alice Guy-Blache

How men Propose (1913) & Too Wise Wives (1921)
9 min & 80 min.
Director: Lois Weber
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The Library of Congress

A Sister to Carmen (1913)
Director, Producer, Actress: Helen Gardner
70 min.
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  Cinema Museum, London

Raisin’ Cotton (1938-1941)
Director, Editor: Emma Knowlton Lytle
50 min.
8mm, B&W, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Southern Media Archive

Four Short Films (1934-1948)
Director: Mary Ellen Bute
Grant Awarded to:  Anthology Film Archives

Behind the Scenes (1914)
Writer: Margaret Mayo
Actress: Mary Pickford
72 min.
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The George Eastman House

Where Are My Children (1916)
Directed by Lois Weber
53 min.
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The Library of Congress

10 Short Films (1960’s)
Director: Storm de Hirsch
Grant Awarded to:  New American Cinema Group/Filmmakers’ Cooperative

The Movie Queen (1939)
Director: Margaret Cram Showalter
11 min.
16mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  John M.R. Bruner and Leroy E. Johnson

Divine Horseman: The Living Gods of Haiti (1947-51)
Director: Maya Deren
16mm
B&W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  New American Cinema Group/Filmmakers’ Cooperative

Paris, Maine & Chocorua, NH (1929-34)
Director: Elizabeth Woodman Wright
83 min.
16mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  Northeast Historic Film

Gandhi in India (1934)
Director: Adelaide Pearson
11 min.
16mm, color, silent
Grant Awarded to:  Northeast Historic Film

Natural Features (1990)
Director: Gunvor Nelson
30 min.
16mm, B&W, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Pacific Film Archive

Ellis Island (1981)
Director: Meredith Monk
35mm, B&W, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

The Women’s Film (1970)
40 min.
16mm, B&W, sound
Directors: Louise Alaimo, Judy Smith, Ellen Sorin

Liza’s Pioneer Diary (1976)
Directed by Nell Cox
87 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  University of Kentucky, King Library

Deliverance (1918)
Writer, Producer, Actress: Helen Keller
62 min.
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The Library of Congress

Eugene and Agnes Meyer Home Movies (1927-1933)
96 min.
16mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to: The Library of Congress

Riverbody (1970)
7 min.;
Near the Big Chakra (1972)
17 min.
16mm, B&W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Pacific Film Archives

Divination (1964)
Director: Storm De Hirsch
6 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Anthology Film Archives

Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA (1946)
Actress: Francine Everett
35mm, B&W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Southern Methodist University

Three Short Films
Burnette Roth Campaign (1955) 11 min.;
Florida Vacation (1956) 6 min.;
Connie Gordon (1961) 2 min.
Directors: Pearl Roth, Ros Lasky, Connie Gordon
8mm,16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Louis Wolfshon II Media History Center

A Fool and His Money (1912)
Directed by Alice Guy Blaché
10 min.
35mm, B&W, color, silent
Grant Awarded to:  National Center for Film & Video Preservation, AFI

The Blot (1921)
78 min;
incomplete films (1913-1916)
Directed by Lois Weber
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to: The Library of Congress

Barnard College Film Collection – Short Films (1925-1966)
90 min.
16mm, B&W, color, silent, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Barnard College Archives

Quarry (1976)
Director: Meredith Monk
96 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

Tarantella, Imagination, New Sensations in Sounds (1940-1949)
Animator, Director: Mary Ellen Bute
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Cecile Starr

Unmasked (1917)
Director, Writer, Actress: Grace Cunard
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The George Eastman House

For the Soul of Rafael (1920)
Writer: Dorothy Yost
78 min.
35mm, B&W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  American Film Institute

A Vilna Legend (1932)
Actresses: Ester-Rokhl Kaminska and Ida Kaminska
81 min.
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The National Center for Jewish Film

Marle Menken’s Short Flms
The Gravediggers from Guadix (1960s) 13 min.;
Zenscapes (1969) 3 min.;
Women in Touch (1960s) 4 min.
Director: Marie Menken
16mm, B&W, color, silent
Grant Awarded to:  Anthology Film Archives

Christine of the Big Tops (1926)
Screenwriter: Sonya Levien
60 min.
35mm, B&W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  George Eastman House

Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man (1975) 
Director: Mimi Pickering
40 min.
16mm, B&W, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Appalshop

My Lady of the Lilacs (1916)
Writer: Beta Breuil
10 min.
35mm, B&W, silent
Grant Awarded to:  Rhode Island Historical Society

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm (1986)
Director, Editor, DP, Producer: Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss
Grant Awarded to:  Jezebel Productions

The Wobblies (1979)
Director: Deborah Shaffer; DPs: Sandi Sissel, Judy Irola
90 min.
16mm, color sound
Grant Awarded to:  Deborah Shaffer

Joe and Maxi (1973)
Director: Maxi Cohen
80 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Maxi Cohen

Abstraction (1981)
Director: Rosalind Schneider
8 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to: Rosaline Schneider

All Women Are Equal (1972)
Director: Marguerite Paris
15 min.
16mm, B&W, sound
Grant Award to: MIX, New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film Festival

Attica (1974)
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor: Cinda Firestone Fox
80 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  New York Public Library

Choosing Children (1984)
Director, Producer, Editor: Debra Chasnoff
45 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Debra Chasnoff

Pastorale (1950)
Director, Producer: Mary Ellen Bute
9 min.
35mm, color, sound

Quilting Women (1976)
Director, Producer, Editor, Assist. Camera, Sound: Elizabeth Barret
28 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Appalshop

Three Short Films (1959-1962)
Director: Margaret Conneely
30 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Chicago Film Archives

Before Need Redressed (1995)
42 min.
Director, photographer, editor: Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Lucinda Barnes

Bent Time (1984)
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor: Barbara Hammer
22 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Barbara Hammer

3 Short Films-Jane Morrison
Lipstick 74 (1974) 8 min.
The Fang Gang (1973) 7 min.
Dream (1972) 10 min.
Director: Jane Morrison
Super 8, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Northeast Historic Film

Helen Hill’s Home Movies (2000-2005)
Director: Helen Hill
60 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to: The Center For Home Movies

The Secret Agent (1983)
Director, producer, cinematography: Jacki Ochs
58 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Human Arts Association

That Man of Mine (1947)
Starring: Ruby Dee
45 min.
16mm, B/W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Judy Chaiken

Heather Clary McAdams 2 Film Collection: We Hope you Enjoy This Film; It’s Eddie
Filmmaker: Heather Clary McAdams
17 min.
16mm

Parallax (1973)
Director: Rosalind Schneider
Choreographer: Edith Stephen
(21 min.) 16mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to Rosalind Schneider

South East Coal Company (1979)
Director: Wendy Ewald
(30 min.) 8mm, B/W & color, sound
Grant awarded to Appalshop

Will (1981)
Director: Jessie Maple
(70 min.) 16mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to Black Film Center/Archive, Smith Research Center

Anything You Want To Be (1971)
Director: Liane Brandon
(8 min.) 16 mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to Liane Brandon

Betty Tells Her Story (1972)
Director: Liane Brandon
20 min.
16mm, B/W, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Liane Brandon

The Daughter of Niagara (1910)
Starring: Pearl White
Director: Joseph A. Golden
10 min.
28mm/35mm, color, silent
Grant Awarded to:  The George Eastman House

Desire Pie (1976)
Director: Lisa Crafts
5 min.
16mm/35mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Lisa Crafts

Las Madres, The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (1985)
Directors: Lourdes Portillo and Susana Munoz
64 min.
16mm, color, sound
Grant Awarded to:  Lourdes Portillo

A Land of Their Own (1950)
Producer, Cinematographer: Hazel Greenwald
(20 min.) 16mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to Center for Jewish History

Mixed Pets (1911)
Director, Writer, Producer: Alice Guy Blache
(8-10 min.) nitrate, color, silent
Grant awarded to National Audio Visual Conservation Center

7 Short Films -Bette Gordon
I-94 (1974) 3:20 min.;
An Algorithm (1977) 11 min.;
An Erotic Film (1975) 2:30 min.;
Central Time (1977) 3:30 min.;
Michigan Ave (1973) 6 min.;
Noyes (1976) 2:50 min.;
Still Life (1975) 3:30 min.
Director: Bette Gordon
16mm, sound, color
Grant awarded to Anthology Film Archives

Mona’s Candle Light (ca. 1950)
No production credits
(8 min.) 35mm, 16mm, sound
Grant awarded to UCLA Film & Television Archive

Playing for Time (1980)
Producer: Linda Yellen, Producer: Louise Ramsay, Assoc producer: Ruth Morley,
(150 min.) 35mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to Linda Yellen

Illusions (1983)
Director: Julie Dash
(34 min.) 16mm, B&W, sound
Grant awarded to Women Make Movies

7 Animation Films – Jane Aaron
This Time Around (1989) 5 min.;
Set In Motion (1986) 4 min.;
Traveling Light (1985) 2 min.;
Remains To Be Seen (1983) 4 min.;
Interior Designs (1980) 5 min.;
In Plain Sight (1977) 3 min.;
A Brand New Day (1974) 3 min.
Animator: Jane Aaron
16mm, color
Grant awarded to Jane Aaron

Growing Up Female (1970)
Directors: Julia Reichert and Jim Klein
(53 min.) 16mm, B/W, sound
Grant awarded to Julia Reichert

Dodge House 1916 (1965)
Writer and Producer: Ester McCoy
(18 min.) 16mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

The Last To Know (1981)
Producer and Director: Bonnie Friedman
Camera: Bonnie Friedman, Nancy Schreiber; Editor: Julie Sloane; Sound: Margaret Strosser, Marilyn Mulford, Maria Patrick, Jane Schwartz; Camera Assistant: Lisa Rinzler; Sound Editor: Genie Joseph
(41 min.) 16mm, color, sound
Grant awarded to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Henrietta Szold (1946)
Producer: Hazel Greenwald
Scriptwriter: Mildred Barish Vermont
(32 min.) 16mm B/w, sound
Grant awarded to Hadassah Archives at the Center for Jewish Research

Janie’s Janie (1970)
Filmmaker Collective: Geri Ashur, Bev Grant, Marilyn Mulford, Stephanie Palewski
(25 min.) 16mm
Grant awarded to Third World Newsreel

A Child’s Introduction to the Wonders of Space (1979)
(12 min.) B/W,  16mm,  sound
Director: Rachel Reichman
Grant awarded to Rachel Reichman

Doppelganger (1987)
(7.5 min.) color, Super 8mm, sound
Director: Peggy Ahwesh
Grant awarded to Andrew Lampert, Curator of Collections, Anthology Film Archives

Glass Gardens (1982)
(5 min.) B/W, 16mm, sound
Director and Animator: Lisa Crafts
Grant awarded to Lisa Crafts

Tramp Strategy (1911)
(10min.) B/W, 35mm, Silent
Director:  Alice Guy Blaché
Grant awarded to Eye Film Institute

The Student Nurses (1970)
(89min.) Color, 35mm, Sound
Co-Writter, Co-Producer, Director: Stephanie Rothman
Grant awarded to Jake Perlin

Metroliner (1974-75)
(35min.) B/W, 16mm, Sound
Producer, Director and editor: Victoria Hochberg
Grant awarded to Victoria Hochberg

Aftermaths: Some Food May Be Found in the Desert  (1976)
(8min.) Color, Super 8, Sound
Filmmaker: Andrea Callard
Grant awarded to Brent Phillips, Fales Library & Special Collections