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 | SEVENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 22 – MARCH 3, 2018 |
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SEVENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FEBRUARY 22 – MARCH 3, 2018
Winter Film Awards International Film Festival Announces
2018 CALL FOR ENTRIES
Over $100,000 in Cash, Prizes & Distribution Opportunities!
Winners will receive prizes and distribution opportunities!
Winter Film Awards showcases emerging filmmakers from all genres from around the world, with a special emphasis on highlighting the work of women and under-represented filmmakers. Categories include Documentary, Narrative (Feature and Short), Horror (Feature and Short), Music Video, Animation and Web Series!
New York, NY (June 1 2017): The Winter Film Awards International Film Festival (WFA) announces a Call for Entries for its 7th Annual celebration of independent film, to be held February 22 – March 3, 2018 in New York City. Filmmakers from around the world will travel to NYC to attend the Festival’s full week of film screenings and industry networking after-parties, which will conclude with a glittering awards ceremony to be held on March 3, 2018.
The rapidly growing Festival – which was recently voted one of the top 10 best reviewed festivals on FilmFreeway – seeks a diverse collection of creative indie films from NYC and worldwide in all genres – ranging from narrative features to short films, from documentaries to animation, and from music videos to web series and horror films. Outstanding work will be awarded for each category, along with Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Best Original Score, Best Student Film and the NY Perspectives Award for best depiction of the New York multi-cultural experience. For the 2017 Festival, 88 films from 30 countries were selected for screening, including 42% made by women, 45% made by people of color and 33 first-time directors. Works of all genres, forms, and lengths are considered for Festival screening.
Independent filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit films online via …
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Milestone Dates are as follows:
September 5, 2017 … Early Bird Submissions Deadline
October 17, 2017 … Regular Submissions Deadline
November 15, 2017 … Late Submissions Deadline
January 8, 2018 … Entrants to be notified of final decisions
February 22, 2018 … Festival Opening Night Celebration
February 22-March 2, 2018 … Screenings, Discussion Panels & Networking After-Parties
March 3, 2018 … Gala Red Carpet & Awards Ceremony
Steffanie Finn, WFA Executive Director says “At Winter Film Awards, we believe everyone deserves a fair shot at getting their voices heard and we make an enormous effort to provide a careful bias-free selection process. Emerging filmmakers with low budgets and no connections are so often ignored in favor of the standard big budget generic action films – exciting low-budget films are created all over the world; we need the opportunity to actually see them! “
Winter Film Awards is honored to partner with a large variety of local and international sponsors, including Yelp, Cyberlink, Jungle Software and IndiePix. Among our $100k+ in awesome prizes, winners of the Best Picture, Best Short and Best Horror Feature categories will receive a an InkTip Script Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.
Winter Film Awards is an all-volunteer women and minority-run 501(c)3 organization founded in 2011, which celebrates diversity of local and international filmmaking. It was built with the dream of making diverse indie film more accessible to the public and providing driven, talented artists the opportunity to break through competitive barriers to establish meaningful careers in film. The focus is on showcasing emerging filmmakers from every age, ethnic, racial, religious, cultural, political and geographic perspective while providing a stepping stone for all filmmakers, from students with blossoming careers to established industry veterans, to screen their work in front of a large audience and gain recognition for their achievements.
For more information about Winter Film Awards events and sponsors, visit www.WinterFilmAwards.com.
For more information about the Winter Film Awards judging process, visit our FAQ.
For more information about last year’s Festival, including Press Information, visit our 2017 Festival page.
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