Thank you to everyone who took part in the
2018 Winter Film Awards International Film Festival!
Our judges had a very difficult time selecting nominees and winners – every film in the Fest was absolutely outstanding. Here are their choices …
Best Picture
 — WINNER — The Girl Who Invented Kissing Feature Film by Tom Sierchio (United States, 105 mins) |  The Best of all Worlds |  My Name is Batlir, not Butler |  A Roar of Wolf Troops |
NY Perspectives Award
 — WINNER — One Ticket Please Documentary Film by Matiss Kaza (Latvia, United States, 65 mins) |  Pelican |  Nine Letters |  No One Is Safe From Son of Sam |
Outstanding Woman Filmmaker
 — WINNER — Word Count Short Film by Charlotte de Bekker (United Arab Emirates, 10 mins) |  Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance In Burkina Faso |  E-Delivery | My Name is Batlir, not Butler |
Best Director
— WINNER — The Best of all Worlds Feature Film by Adrian Goiginger (Austria, 103 mins) | The Girl Who Invented Kissing |  Ambition’s Debt | My Name is Batlir, not Butler |
Best Documentary
— WINNER — Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance In Burkina Faso Documentary Film by Iara Lee (Burkina Faso, 72 mins) |  Nobody Dies Here |  To A More Perfect Union: US v. Windsor |  Trenches of Rock |
Winter FEAR Award – Best Horror Feature
 — WINNER — The Revenge of Phantom Knight Horror Film by David Shao (China, 105 mins) |  Framed |
Winter FEAR Award – Best Horror Short
 — WINNER — Monsters Horror Film by Steve Desmond (United States, 14 mins) |  Slapface |  Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir |  The Son, the Father… |
Best Short Film
 — WINNER — Path of Dreams Short Film by Tamara Ruppart (Japan, 25 mins) |  State of Emergency Motherfucker! | Word Count |  Attila |  Gray Umbrella |
Best Original Score
 — WINNER — The Guardian of the Ice Feature Film by Salvatore Metastasio (Italy, 105 mins) | Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance In Burkina Faso | The Best of all Worlds | The Girl Who Invented Kissing |
Best Animated Film
 — WINNER — Curpigeon Animated Film by Dmitry Milkin (United States, 10 mins) |  Au Revoir Balthazar |  Citipati | E-Delivery |
Best Music Video
 — WINNER — True Paradise Music Video by Evgeniya Radilova (United States, 5 mins) |  I Crave To Go Home: The Stories Untold |  You Will Be Found | Pelican |
Best Web Series
 — WINNER — Your Mom Says Hi! Web Series by Carlie Andrea Mantilla & Doni D Carley (United States, 10 mins) |  End Unsung |  Time Ghost Presents the Cuban Missile Crisis |  Dating in Retrograde |
Best Student Film
 — WINNER — Isabella Short Film by Qihong Wei (United States, 14 mins) | Citipati |  Fon (Rain) |  Lawman |
Best Actor
— WINNER — Jeremy Miliker (The Best of all Worlds) Feature Film by Adrian Goiginger (Austria, 103 mins) |  Adobuere Ebiama (Sight) | Dash Mihok (The Girl Who Invented Kissing) | Yassine Fadel (State of Emergency Motherfucker!) |
Best Actress
— WINNER — Caitlin Carmichael (Monsters) Horror Film by Steve Desmond (United States, 14 mins) | Dongmei Xu (A Roar of Wolf Troops) |  Maria Achkar (In White) | Suki Waterhouse (The Girl Who Invented Kissing) |
About Winter Film Awards
New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival runs February 22-March 3 2018. Check out our jam-packed lineup of 93 fantastic films in all genres from 31 countries, including Animation, Drama, Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Documentary and Music Video. Hollywood might ignore women and people of color, but Winter Film Awards celebrates everyone!
Winter Film Awards is an all volunteer, minority- and women-owned registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2011 in New York City by a group of filmmakers and enthusiasts. The program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the NY State Council on the Arts.
