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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 five amazing Web Series!
All screenings take place at CINEMA VILLAGE, 22 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003
This is not another goddamn, fat girl self-esteem journey. Katie is a plus-size woman who loves herself despite living in our diet-obsessed culture. In this stand-alone episode, an homage to Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, shopping for a party dress becomes a hero’s journey of epic proportions for a plus-size woman in the city.
Made during the CV19 lockdown and commissioned by Multistory as part of their project Stories in Isolation, Home Time tells a child’s simple point of view during a congested and manic period. In the midst of a nationwide lockdown, a school-boy is just a boy. Now that school is been taken from him, his realisation of how much he loved his teachers, classmates and the routine arises and he poetically awaits the day he can return.
Innerverse presents various characters, and explores how their personal life experiences shape their belief systems and perception.
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.
Who Got Balls: Jeffrey Cariaso
In this episode of the Who Got Balls series, basketball genius Jeffrey Cariaso or “The Jet” in Philippine basketball, gives us his perspective as a team player, coach, and entrepreneur.
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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