January 2026 Newsletter: Something BIG is coming…
Something big is coming. We’re counting down.
Mark your calendars: February 20, 2026 🎞️ 🌍 🗓️
UNMUTED will be launching on Kinema this upcoming World Social Justice Day, a global moment to amplify voices, spark dialogue, and challenge silence. This release is more than a world premiere. It is an invitation to engage, reflect, and take part in the conversation. As we count down to launch, we will be sharing more behind-the-scenes moments from the UNMUTED journey, spotlighting the stories at the heart of the series and the partners we have been proud to support along the way.
Join the UNMUTED waitlist for early access, exclusive updates, and a few surprises leading up to launch.
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🎥 Bring UNMUTED to Your Community
Host a screening — virtually or in person — to inspire dialogue and action against gender-based violence. Screenings requested before February 20 are free.
Screenings requested after February 20 will require a fee.
2026: Upcoming Events 👀
🎬 Sundance Festival & Impact Lounge Panel – January 2026
Join us at the Sundance Film Festival for a panel on how film can drive meaningful change on difficult social issues & mobilize allies beyond the screen!
Visit the Sundance Impact Lounge event page for the full schedule.
🌴 Realscreen Summit – Miami, February 2026
We’ll also be attending the Realscreen Summit in Miami in early February. If you’ll be there, let’s make time to discuss new opportunities or upcoming work.
Looking to connect with us at an upcoming event?
How Without Exception Films Began
Charlotte during a 2017 trip to Vrindavan, India. This experience would later shape the founding of WXF Films and the values behind UNMUTED.
Without Exception Films was founded by Charlotte following a formative experience that reshaped how she thought about storytelling, impact, and responsibility. While based in Dubai circa 2010, Charlotte travelled to FFLV in Vrindavan, India, where she first became aware of the realities facing girls and women from rural and impoverished communities.
During that time, she listened to women, advocates, and organizations working on the front lines of gender-based violence. What stayed with her wasn’t just the scale of the issue, but the courage, resilience, and leadership of those pushing for change- often with limited resources and little visibility. The stories were powerful, complex, and deeply human, yet rarely told in ways that truly honored the people at their center.
Charlotte later returned to India in 2017 with a film crew to document some of these stories firsthand. That experience made something clear: film could do more than document injustice. It could create space for dialogue, shift perspectives, and support the people already doing the work. Without Exception Films was created from that realization, with a commitment to ethical storytelling and partnership with those most affected.
As we move toward our launch on February 20, we’ll be sharing more from the UNMUTED journey, including behind-the-scenes moments, the stories at the heart of the series, and the partners helping bring this work forward.
Join the UNMUTED waitlist for early access, updates, and what’s to come.
Support us by donating to our impact campaign.
If you’ve enjoyed our newsletters, please consider contributing to our UNMUTED docuseries impact campaign to help us further our mission.
We aim to take UNMUTED on the road in 2025 by hosting screenings, panels, and policy workshops with our impact partners to put an end on the harmful practices on women and girls featured in the series. With your help, we are one step closer to stopping child marriage, stopping FGM/C and preventing acid violence by changing laws and minds.
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