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Winter Film Awards 8th annual International Film Festival has a jam-packed schedule of 89 films of All Genres — FREE Discussion Panels — $5 Matinees — Daily Screenings of fantastic films and lots of Free Parties. Come see a diverse mixture of 13 Animated films, 13 Documentaries, 10 Feature narratives, 9 Horror films, 9 Music Videos, 25 Narrative shorts and 10 Web series! Filmmakers come from 32 countries; 50% of the films were created by women, 54% were created by or about people of color. See photos from the Festival and the Awards Ceremony!
| Winter Film Awards showcases films from emerging filmmakers from around the world in all genres. Screening Tickets are $12.50/In Advance, $16.50/Door, $5/Door with Student ID. Screening blocks run 2½-3 hours with a mix of shorts and feature-length films plus a 15-minute Q&A Session with the filmmakers. | Click here for more about WFA 2019 |
Horror Film by Emma Keehan (United States, 7 mins)
17646
Short Film by Albert Fry Jr. & Amber LeRae Earls (United States, 25 mins)
17648
Documentary by Anne Flore Marxer (France / Iceland / Austria, 26 mins)
17640
A Scientist’s Guide to Living and Dying
Feature Film by Nitzan Mager & Shachar Langlev (United States, 77 mins)
17649,17652
Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor
Short Film by Adriano Valentini (United States, 8 mins)
Horror Film by Andrea Guerrero (Mexico, 5 mins)
17645
Documentary by Nancy Dionne (United States, 14 mins)
17648,17650
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Short Film by Christopher Piazza (United States, 22 mins)
17638,17650
Documentary by Catherine Lurie (United Kingdom / Hungary / United Kingdom, 75 mins)
17637
Bobo Touch Helpline – Defective Bathroom
Web Series by Mike Rizzo & Brian Bonz (United States, 6 mins)
17638,17650
Short Film by Anaïsa Visser (Canada, 15 mins)
17633
Burkinabe Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso
Documentary by Iara Lee (Burkina Faso / Italy / Bulgaria, 37 mins)
17643
Horror Film by Kate Dolan (Ireland, 9 mins)
17646
Short Film by Humberto Vallejo (Dominican Republic, 10 mins)
17649
Constance Cooks: Edible Arrangements
Web Series by Marc Stuart Weitz & Constance Zaytoun (United States, 15 mins)
17637,17650
Music Video by Lonnie Iske & Nate Talan (United States, 3 mins)
17649,17651
Horror Film by Abdelhamid Bouchnak (Tunisia / France, 114 mins)
17646
Music Video by Andrew Hachem (Lebanon, 3 mins)
17634,17651
Music Video by Kotaro Saito (Japan, 3 mins)
17647,17651
Short Film by Ali Asadollahi (Iran, 14 mins)
17634
Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant
Animated Film by Suraya Raja (United Kingdom, 7 mins)
17639,17651
Documentary by Vivian Rivas (United States, 15 mins)
17639,17650
Music Video by Hugo Diego Garcia (France / United States, 5 mins)
17637,17651
Animated Film by Bismark Fernandes (United States, 4 mins)
17634,17651
Feature Film by Irina Arms (Germany, 81 mins)
17648
Documentary by Omar Rammal (Jordan, 10 mins)
17634
Animated Film by Toshiko Hata (Japan, 8 mins)
17637,17651
Animated Film by Yasmin Mistry (United States, 10 mins)
17648,17651
Frank & Lamar | Balling Out of Control
Web Series by Fred Soligan (United States, 9 mins)
17649,17650
Web Series by Jason De Ford (United States / Thailand, 7 mins)
17649,17650
Horror Film by Cherie Julander (United States, 10 mins)
17645
Documentary by Saima Chaudhry & Aanchel Pawa (United States, 20 mins)
18978
Animated Film by YenJuen Lee (United States, 2 mins)
17633,17651
Short Film by Lovisa Lara (Iceland, 17 mins)
17648
Music Video by Bettina D'mello & Dr Khan (Germany / Brazil / Argentina / Germany, 7 mins)
17643,17651
Feature Film by Julius B. Kelly (United States, 83 mins)
18978
Documentary by Hava Kohav Beller (Germany / Israel / United States, 125 mins)
17641
Feature Film by Caylee So & Sok Visal (Cambodia, 91 mins)
17643
Animated Film by Stefano Cassini (Kenya / United Kingdom, 5 mins)
17649,17651
Web Series by Pepper Binkley & Delavega Delavega (United States, 7 mins)
17644,17650
Short Film by Lin Qi (China, 14 mins)
17636
Short Film by Stacey Larkins (United States, 10 mins)
17649,17650
Short Film by Ria Tobaccowala (United States, 13 mins)
17639,17650
Short Film by Arian Vazirdaftari (Iran, 20 mins)
17647
Documentary by Irina Patkanian (United States / Mozambique / United States, 16 mins)
17635
Web Series by Aitan Spring & Jonathan Vakneen (United States, 7 mins)
17649
Horror Film by Chelsea Lupkin (United States, 17 mins)
17645
Documentary by Silvia Schmidt (United Kingdom / Norway / United Kingdom, 12 mins)
17638
Feature Film by Aksel Rifman (Morocco, 96 mins)
17642
Documentary by Shaan Couture (United States, 93 mins)
17633
Web Series by Erin Oechsel & Alex Oechsel (United States, 9 mins)
17637
Short Film by Lorena Colmenares (Venezuela, 11 mins)
17647
Music Video by Matias Vellutini (Brazil, 2 mins)
17648,17651
Animated Film by Anne Breymann (Germany, 5 mins)
17641,17651
Animated Film by Guy Hayout (Israel, 5 mins)
17636,17651
Short Film by Jaime Pena (Mexico, 12 mins)
17648
Music Video by Derek Frey (United States / United Kingdom, 7 mins)
17644,17651
Documentary by Christine Shaw (United States, 74 mins)
17634
Feature Film by Catherine Dee Holly & Fray Forde (United States, 60 mins)
17647
Horror Film by Hanna Bergholm (Finland, 15 mins)
17645
Short Film by Lynda Reiss (United Kingdom, 10 mins)
17649
Feature Film by Florian Convey (Austria, 102 mins)
17638
Short Film by Greg Chwerchak (United States, 13 mins)
17649,17650
Short Film by Claire Fowler (United States / Germany, 14 mins)
17647,17650
Music Video by Denise Reed (United States, 3 mins)
17642,17651
Short Film by Jiage Tong (United States / China, 14 mins)
17644
Short Film by Genevieve Clay-Smith (Japan, 21 mins)
17637
Music Video by Adam Williams (Canada, 7 mins)
17646,17651
Web Series by Kabir Chopra (United States, 15 mins)
17634,17650
Web Series by Sebastian Stojetz (Germany, 10 mins)
17640
Short Film by Valerii Gaken & Valerii Gaken (Russian Federation / Russia / Italy / France, 16 mins)
17644
Animated Film by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr (Sweden, 14 mins)
17647,17651
The Flapping of the Hummingbird
Short Film by Meritxell A. Valls (Spain, 14 mins)
17648
Animated Film by Alain Bidard (Martinique / France, 4 mins)
17635,17651
Feature Film by Gyu-min Gim (Korea / United States / Korea, 88 mins)
17636
Horror Film by George Vatistas (United States, 9 mins)
17645,17650
Short Film by Ramón Rodríguez (United States, 9 mins)
17633,17650
Short Film by Machu Latorre (Spain, 16 mins)
17639
Animated Film by Asghar Safar & Abbas Jalali Yekta (Iran, 8 mins)
17638,17651
The Unknown Life Of Antarctica
Documentary by Joanna Michna & Lars Pfeiffer (Germany, 89 mins)
17644
Web Series by Sara Martins (Canada, 15 mins)
17642
Documentary by Marek K?osowicz (Papua New Guinea / Poland, 47 mins)
17647
Short Film by Paul Schwartz (United States, 14 mins)
17642
Horror Film by Caspar Seale-Jones (United Kingdom / Japan / South Africa / United Kingdom, 75 mins)
17645
Feature Film by Paul Duddridge (United Kingdom, 85 mins)
17639
Short Film by Mayumi Yoshida & Nach Dudsdeemaytha (Japan / Canada, 19 mins)
17642
Animated Film by Iris Moore (Canada, 5 mins)
17642,17651
Feature Film by Dom Lenoir (United Kingdom, 87 mins)
17640
Feature Film by Johan Cronje (South Africa, 115 mins)
17635
Short Film by Sarah Deakins (Canada, 34 mins)
17649
Animated Film by Stiv Spasojevic (France, 13 mins)
17640,17651
Short Film by Justin Andrew Davis (United States, 26 mins)
17636
WFA 2019 Speakers
Brian McKenna is a NYC-based Film/TV composer and producer. His work has been featured in hit TV shows, spots, major ...
Catherine Branscome has worked in every aspect of distribution - international feature film, TV and animation. She formed her own ...
Christina Raia is an NYC-based writer and director, the Founder of CongestedCat Productions, and the Head of Education at Seed&Spark ...
Soundview Media Partners Founding Member and CEO Dan Gurlitz entered the entertainment distribution industry in 1984. His career began in ...
Erica Peek is a multidisciplinary artist and Creative Director at IndiePix Films. Her independent film distribution efforts include online and ...
Fulden Kologlu is a Film and Content Acquisitions and Distribution Professional. As a representative and distributor for Warner Bros., Disney, ...
Hassan Heyward was born and raised in New York City in the coolest area of Money Making Manhattan, called Washington ...
Isil Bagdadi is an indie film producer, distributor and publicist. In 2001, Ms.Bagdadi and her business partner Michael Sergio started ...
Judith B. Balkin is a graduate of NYU Tisch School Of the Arts. She has worked in various media outlets, ...
Mat Levy has worked with Passion River Films since 2004. Having a background in Film and TV publicity, Mat has ...
Nick Huston has been a professional sound mixer since 2003 and is currently the sales manager at Gotham Sound ...
Randy Frisch started LoveCat Music in 1999. Before that he was a musician and then a lawyer in the record ...
Zach Grinfeld is a recent graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in film studies and production and a minor ...
Winter Film Awards International Film Festival Sponsors and Partners
Corporate and local support of Winter Film Awards plays an critical role in the life of the Festival and underscores WFA’s commitment to quality, adventure and diversity in the art of cinema. WFA is privileged to work with the following partners and sponsors:
