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Winter Film Awards Is New York City. Like the city itself, the organization showcases the eclectic diversity and excitement of the independent arts world. The 10th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival runs September 23-October 2, and includes awesome film screenings, cool discussion panels, career-building professional development workshops and super-fun parties at venues throughout NYC. The Fest celebrates the outstanding work of emerging filmmakers in all genres from around the world, with an emphasis on highlighting underrepresented and marginalized artists. The Festival’s 2021 lineup includes 91 outstanding films from 28 countries; half of the films were created by women, 53% were created by or about people of color.
For our 2021 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen thirteen amazing animated films from around the world!
All screenings take place at CINEMA VILLAGE, 22 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003
Anacronte and the Sorcerers of Evil must fulfill their destiny by putting humanity’s happiness to test in a struggle that has each of us as winners and losers.
A doll faces her fears when a spider invades her dollhouse. However, something far more terrifying lies beneath the surface.
Bibi is plagued by memories of the past, and her granddaughter Simran is starting to notice. In resolving to teach Simran how to make Cha, they are pulled into the past, to Bibi’s memories of one fateful day in Delhi, 1984.
When colorful birds from all over the world land at the border crossing of a fictitious country, they get hit with a slew of insults by the two nasty vulture guards, and are denied entry. Prejudice is in the air. A comedic parody on a serious subject.
When Gon, a playful orphaned fox, finds that young Hyoju has lost his mother, he tries to comfort him and make amends for his own earlier mischief by secretly bringing small gifts to the boy every day. But Hyoju doesn’t realize who is behind the anonymous gifts, and the two are headed for a heartbreaking climax.
The lives of four lively Arctic hares take a turn after discovering a strange new creature
Endless distractions threaten to destroy creativity.
Röckët Stähr’s Death of a Rockstar
In the year 2164, when rock ‘n roll is banned, a group of underground rebels, led by a mad scientist, attempt to start a non-violent revolution by waking up the docile masses via a cloned rockstar sent on a guerrilla tour to “rock n roll them free from the tyranny”. But they soon find out, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
This story is a sarcasm to today’s society. This is a made up world, representing the stereotypes or tags of everyone, all labeled with different tags since birth including gender, body shame, social class, student score and job stereotype. People are tagged by others while they tag others in turn and are defined by these tags and hide their true selves.
An old woman prepares to die. Accompanied by her granddaughter, she reflects on the memories of her life, and on the profound experience of being human, before taking the next step into the unknown.
On the day that all girls dread, Sam encounters the inescapable bloody monster on a trip to the bathroom at school. With nowhere to run or hide, Sam is losing hope…until the arrival of a bad-ass female warrior. Together, they must don their red pads of courage and get down to lady-business to demolish the bloody thing.
This is one of four short films in a series called The Seasons. Each short film represents a feeling related to a season of the year. The Winter applies traditional paint-on-glass animation depicting a story between a peasant and a mysterious deer in a snowy forest.
This hand-painted short animation depicts a story of two little people living in a wheat field. They grow together until the day the man left. The relationship between two little people keeps growing in the woman’s heart.
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.
WFA-IFF’s mission is to promote diversity, bridge the opportunity divide and provide a platform for under-represented artists and a variety of genres, viewpoints and approaches. We believe that only by seeing others’ stories can we understand each other and only via an open door can the underrepresented artist enter the room. WFA-IFF is 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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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