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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 eleven incredible films that highlight the LGBTQ+ experience!
All screenings take place at CINEMA VILLAGE, 22 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003
Goddess Snow and her close friends Ceara Lynch, Princess Rene, Astro Domina, Princess Meggerz and Sarah DiAvola have built a supportive underground punk scene of fetish content creators, empowering each other, their clients, fans and the rest of the adult population to engage in the fight for a shame-free, consensual, and safe exploration of one’s sexuality. Dancing between the worlds of online fetish content creation, and in-person domination sessions, Goddess Alexandra Snow has built a thriving empire which supports the empowerment of women, sex workers, and anyone who has ever felt like a misfit.
In the midst of a global pandemic, a drag queen sends his ailing sister a surprising care package.
Araceli takes care of her lifetime partner Lulu. Julian, a teenager exploring his identity, lives under the watch of his conservative mother. A sudden event will draw an unexpected path between the old couple and Julian.
Gay As In Happy: A Queer Anti-Tragedy
An experimental autoethnographic documentary about queer joy, resistance, and resilience in the face of abuse, trauma, and transphobia.
Sara has been captured by two neo nazis who hate her for being a lesbian. So, obviously, she is about to lose her temper…
A suicidal man from Milwaukee is given a second chance at life in NYC, working as a drag MC while learning courage from the caring LGBTQ+ community in order to pursue his dreams, including a relationship with a tap-dancing single mom.
My Mama, A Man is a short documentary about Julie Middleton and her desire to spend a day as a man. When Julie was a child she was desperate to be a boy, when she hit adolescence she felt she lost that boy inside of her. Now Julie is approaching her 60th birthday and she has made a list of 60 things she wants to do, and right near the top of that list is to be a man for a day.
STAY is a short film depicting two people going their separate ways. A story about connecting while departing. About loneliness in togetherness. A love story about sharing, taking, losing, wanting and not wanting one another.
The VV Vlog Ep. 2 “How to be a Feminist”
“How to Be a Feminist” is a three-steps-tutorial for women who want to be sexy but also have an opinion. As Valentina explains how fashion, femvertising, and occasional queerness can set a woman free, one wonders how much of that freedom is piloted by the media and multinational corporations.
Escape “remotely” or “virtually” from home to India! Find local treasures with Rohini Chandra in the regions of Delhi, Haryana, & Kolkata where no commercial tour guide will take you. As your special tour guide, Rohini takes you to the country where her parents were born and brought up. Through the artistic perspective of her eyes and heart, this travelogue reveals the fresh & personal moments that travel can bring with exuberant joy and life lessons. The rustic & new India is now at your fingertips!
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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