WFA 2020 Nominees & Winners

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For our 2020 Festival, Winter Film Awards was honored to screen 79 incredible films from around the world!
We congratulate all of our filmmakers for their outstanding work!

Best Picture

Alex's Strip
— WINNER —
Alex’s Strip
Irene Zoe Alameda
Bozkir Look at the Birds
Bozkir Look at the Birds
Mehmet Tanrisever
Inner Fire
Inner Fire
Misha Mareskin
Yonlu
Yonlu
Hique Montanari

NY Perspectives Award

Subway
— WINNER —
Subway
Carlos Garcia De Dios
Dickie & Bea
Dickie & Bea
Lauren Lorentz
Switch
Switch
Stavroula Toska, Cady McClain
The Art Of Saying Goodbye
The Art Of Saying Goodbye
Erika Sanz Corbacho

Outstanding Woman Filmmaker

The Ocean's Choice
— WINNER —
The Ocean’s Choice
Signý Rós Ólafsdóttir
Alex's Strip
Alex’s Strip
Irene Zoe Alameda
Daddy Issues
Daddy Issues
Laura Holliday
First Disco
First Disco
Helen O’Reilly

Best Director

Schemers
— WINNER —
Schemers
David McLean
Alex's Strip
Alex’s Strip
Irene Zoe Alameda
Bozkir Look at the Birds
Bozkir Look at the Birds
Mehmet Tanrisever
Burqa City
Burqa City
Fabrice Bracq

Best Documentary

The 600: The Soldiers' Story
— WINNER —
The 600: The Soldiers’ Story
Richard Hall, Laurent Basset
Illegal
Illegal
Nick Alexander
The Condor & The Eagle
The Condor & The Eagle
Sophie Guerra, Clement Guerra

Winter FEAR Award – Best Horror Film

Polybius
— WINNER —
Polybius
Jimmy Kelly
Bells
Bells
Ben Botwick
Her Body
Her Body
Juan Avella
Imagine a World
Imagine a World
Joanna Tsanis

Best Short Film

First Disco
— WINNER —
First Disco
Helen O’Reilly
A Little Hornless Goat
A Little Hornless Goat
Sebastian Dietsch
Burqa City
Burqa City
Fabrice Bracq

Best Animated Film

My Little Goat
— WINNER —
My Little Goat
Tomoki Misato
A Japanese Boy Who Draws
A Japanese Boy Who Draws
Masanao Kawajiri
He Can't Live Without Cosmos
He Can’t Live Without Cosmos
Konstantin Bronzit
The Ribbon
The Ribbon
Polla-Ilariya Kozino

Best Music Video

Minotaur // Black Vulpine
— WINNER —
Minotaur // Black Vulpine
Natalie Plaskura
Italy & (this is) Water
Italy & (this is) Water
Anja Plaschg, Ioan Gavriel
Linoleum
Linoleum
Niki Noves

Best Web Series

Chronicles Of-The Good Reverend
— WINNER —
Chronicles Of-The Good Reverend
Jamaal Green
Dickie & Bea
Dickie & Bea
Lauren Lorentz
The Blue Marble
The Blue Marble
Ralph Toporoff

Best Student Film

The Chef
— WINNER —
The Chef
Hao Zheng
Latteship
Latteship
Hsing-Fang Tsai, Daishi Takishima
My Little Goat
My Little Goat
Tomoki Misato
Sisters
Sisters
Florian Bayer

Best Actor

Schemers
— WINNER —
Conor Berry
Schemers
Bozkir Look at the Birds
Tarik Tanrisever
Bozkir Look at the Birds
The Art Of Saying Goodbye
Jeff El-Eini
The Art Of Saying Goodbye

Best Actress

Alex's Strip
— WINNER —
Rocío Yanguas
Alex’s Strip
My Daughter Yoshiko
Rika Akanishi
My Daughter Yoshiko
The Seal
Shahana Goswami
The Seal

About Winter Film Awards

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. This program is funded, in part, by a grant from the NYC & Company Foundation and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Festival Founder George Isaacs says “Emerging filmmakers are so often ignored in favor of big budget generic action films, and filmmakers with limited budgets and lack of connections can be easily overlooked. Diverse, exciting low budget films are created all over the world; it is critical for local film festivals to showcase them. WFA’s location in the center of the action provides our filmmakers with a dazzling chance to begin their careers in the film industry.

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