WFA 2024 Winners & Nominees

For our 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival we were honored to screen 82 outstanding films from 23 countries.
We congratulate all of our filmmakers for their outstanding work!

Best Picture

Maoussi— WINNER —
Maoussi
Charlotte Schiøler
City of TigersCity of Tigers
Jan Vardøen
Real Estate SistersReal Estate Sisters
Reabetswe Moeti-Vogt
UnpackingUnpacking
Michal Sinnott & Alexandra Clayton

Best Director

City of Tigers— WINNER —
City of Tigers
Jan Vardøen
The BallThe Ball
Malgorzata Saniewska
UnicornsUnicorns
Alex Lora Cercos
UnpackingUnpacking
Michal Sinnott & Alexandra Clayton

Best NYC Film

Wonders— WINNER —
Wonders
Huriyyah Muhammad
Night SweatsNight Sweats
Andrew Lyman-Clarke
The BallThe Ball
Malgorzata Saniewska

IndiePix Vision Award

Playing Sam— WINNER —
Playing Sam
Ramon Pesante
The Ball— WINNER —
The Ball
Malgorzata Saniewska
Unicorns— WINNER —
Unicorns
Alex Lora Cercos
 

Best Documentary Feature

The Ball— WINNER —
The Ball
Malgorzata Saniewska
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson'sMatter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
Anna Moot-Levin & Laura Green
PianomanPianoman
Sunny Liu
StuntwomenStuntwomen
Elena Avdija

Best Short Film

How Not To Date While Trans— WINNER —
How Not To Date While Trans
Nyala Moon
WondersWonders
Huriyyah Muhammad
WussWuss
Nadine Wilson

Best Documentary Short Film

The Other Side - A Portrait of Nikki Bell— WINNER —
The Other Side – A Portrait of Nikki Bell
Aubrey Franchell
Living LoudLiving Loud
Carin Van Der Donk & Sarah Teal
Never Fade AwayNever Fade Away
Donna Weng Friedman

Winter Fear Award for Best Horror Film

Leaving Yellowstone— WINNER —
Leaving Yellowstone
Kayla Arend
Catching SpiritsCatching Spirits
Vanessa Beletic
OdditiesOddities
Tyler Savage
Sleep StudySleep Study
Natalie Metzger

Best Animated Film

Pigsy— WINNER —
Pigsy
Li Wei Chiu
ExtinctExtinct
Raúl Díez Rodríguez
OvoOvo
Stiv Spasojevic

Best Music Video

Hold You Down— WINNER —
Hold You Down
Jean-Charles Charavin
I Cherish WomenI Cherish Women
Judith Lynn Stillman
QuickQuick
Belle Butler
The WuThe Wu
Maxwell Carrier

Best Web Series

Room For Rent Season Two— WINNER —
Room For Rent Season Two
Steven St. Pierre
TransGenerationsTransGenerations
Brady Peeti
Unravelling Anxiety EP01Unravelling Anxiety EP01
Charlotte Wanhill & Soana Aholelei

Best Student Film

Doorway— WINNER —
Doorway
Siddharth Gautam
Dreamy Fragrance of Spring BlossomsDreamy Fragrance of Spring Blossoms
Hera Khanmirzaei & Amirhosein Saqafi
Glass WorksGlass Works
Norman Ng
Pier 35Pier 35
Raina Yang

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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