9th Annual Festival – February 20-29 2020 #WFA2020 WFA 2020 Home Schedule Explore the Film Guide Education Parties WFA 2020 Winners Photos
Winter Film Awards 9th annual International Film Festival has a jam-packed schedule of 79 films of All Genres — FREE Discussion Panels/Workshops — $10 Matinees — Daily Screenings of fantastic films and lots of Free Parties. Come see a diverse mixture of 11 Animated films, 6 Documentaries, 10 Feature narratives, 11 Horror films, 11 Music Videos, 22 Narrative shorts and 7 Web series! Filmmakers come from 27 countries; 45% of the films were created by women, 53% were created by or about people of color.
Winter Film Awards showcases films from emerging filmmakers from around the world in all genres.
Screening Tickets are $12.50/In Advance, $16.50/Door, $5/Door with Student ID.
Screening blocks run 2½-3 hours with a mix of shorts and feature-length films plus a 15-minute Q&A Session with the filmmakers. Click here for more about WFA2020
Filter Films By All Animated Film Competition (11) Documentary Film Competition (6) Feature Film Competition (10) Horror Film Competition (10) Music Video Competition (11) Short Film Competition (23) Web Series Competition (8) Student Work (12) NY Perspectives (8) Films Made By Women (29) Spotlight on Films by Asians (15) Films from Latin America (9) Films from ME/Africa (5) Friday (11) Saturday (20) Sunday (25) Monday (16) Tuesday (5) Wednesday (19) Thursday (9)
Alex’s Strip
Feature Film by Irene Zoe Alameda (Spain / India / United States / Spain, 109 mins)
Bells
Horror Film by Ben Botwick (United States, 6 mins)
Bozkir Look at the Birds
Feature Film by Mehmet Tanrisever (Turkey, 111 mins)
Feature Film by Mehmet Tanrisever (Turkey, 111 mins)
Burqa City
Short Film by Fabrice Bracq (France, 20 mins)
Comforter
Horror Film by Hiroho Mieno (Japan, 3 mins)
Daddy Issues
Feature Film by Laura Holliday (United Kingdom / United States, 81 mins)
Feature Film by Laura Holliday (United Kingdom / United States / United Kingdom, 81 mins)
Decoyed
Horror Film by Pezhmann Mokary (Denmark, 10 mins)
Dickie & Bea
Web Series by Samantha Eggers & Ped Naseri (United States, 10 mins)
Elid + Damh
Horror Film by Neil Cavalier (Canada, 11 mins)
Empty Skies
Short Film by Wenting Deng Fisher & Luke Fisher (United States, 19 mins)
First Disco
Short Film by Helen O'Reilly (Ireland, 19 mins)
Fool’s Gold
Music Video by Mithin Thomas (United States, 3 mins)
Fresh
Horror Film by Tatiana Wisniewski (United States, 11 mins)
Fresh Green
Animated Film by Ida Greenberg (United States, 4 mins)
Animated Film by Ida Greenberg (United States, 4 mins)
Heartspace
Animated Film by Ziyi Wang (United States / United Kingdom, 3 mins)
Her Body
Short Film by Juan Avella (Venezuela / Mexico / United States, 10 mins)
Illegal
Documentary by Nick Alexander (United States / El Salvador / Mexico, 86 mins)
Inner Fire
Feature Film by Misha Mareskin (Russian Federation / United Kingdom, 97 mins)
Latteship
Animated Film by Hsing-Fang Tsai & Daishi Takishima (United States, 4 mins)
Linoleum
Music Video by Niki Noves (France, 6 mins)
Myth
Feature Film by Brian DiLorenzo (United States, 89 mins)
Never Give Up
Documentary by Jonathan Schörnig (Malta / Japan, 16 mins)
Oasis
Short Film by Alejandro Zuno (Mexico, 16 mins)
Ouroboros
Horror Film by Umut Utku Şerbetçi (Turkey, 11 mins)
Polybius
Horror Film by Jimmy Kelly (United States, 17 mins)
Pop Down
Short Film by James Button (United Kingdom, 10 mins)
Reverie
Music Video by Angela Chen (United States, 3 mins)
Running Man
Horror Film by Chris Turner (United Kingdom, 15 mins)
Schemers
Feature Film by David McLean (United Kingdom, 89 mins)
Sisters
Short Film by Florian Bayer (Austria, 20 mins)
Subway
Short Film by Carlos Garcia De Dios (Spain / United States / Spain, 5 mins)
Survive
Web Series by Tyna Ezenma (Nigeria, 8 mins)
Switch
Web Series by Stavroula Toska & Cady McClain (United States, 13 mins)
Tapestry
Feature Film by Ken Kusher (United States, 92 mins)
The Act
Short Film by Raffinand Akiji (Canada / United States / China, 16 mins)
The Barber
Short Film by Melanie Aronson (Sweden, 14 mins)
The Chain
Music Video by Lonnie Iske & Nate Talan (United States, 3 mins)
The Chef
Short Film by Hao Zheng (United States, 20 mins)
The Condor & The Eagle
Documentary by Sophie Guerra & Clement Guerra (France / United States / Canada, 82 mins)
The Dam
Horror Film by Matilda Szydagis & Ric Sechrest (United States, 6 mins)
The Ribbon
Animated Film by Polla-Ilariya Kozino (United States / Taiwan, 4 mins)
The Seal
Short Film by Richa Rudola (United States / India, 16 mins)
The Taste of Me
Music Video by Carlos Alberto Hurtado (United States, 5 mins)
The Vic
Web Series by Roman Rivera (United States, 24 mins)
Traces
Short Film by Sébastien Pins (Belgium, 12 mins)
Yonlu
Feature Film by Hique Montanari (Brazil, 88 mins)
WFA 2020 Photos
WFA 2020 Speakers Anika Jennie Ji, aka AJ is a multi-faceted producer, director and actress. After her successful career as an actress in ...
Annette Insdorf is Professor of Film at Columbia University's School of the Arts, and Moderator of the popular "Reel Pieces" ...
William S Sondheim for years has been a respected home entertainment executive, known for taking independent content and exploiting it ...
Bri Castellini is an award-winning independent filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. She has an MFA in Writing and Producing for ...
Brian McKenna is a NYC-based Film/TV composer and producer. His work has been featured in hit TV shows, spots, major ...
Chelsea Pace (SDC) is an intimacy choreographer, coordinator, and movement specialist. She is Co-Founder and Head Faculty of Theatrical Intimacy ...
Christina Raia is an NYC-based writer and director, the Founder of CongestedCat Productions, and the Head of Education at Seed&Spark ...
CR Capers is the Founder and CEO of Harlem Film House, a 501(c) 3) corporation, that creates and produces film ...
Soundview Media Partners Founding Member and CEO Dan Gurlitz entered the entertainment distribution industry in 1984. His career began in ...
Fulden Kologlu is a Film and Content Acquisitions and Distribution Professional. As a representative and distributor for Warner Bros., Disney, ...
As Executive Director and Founder of Haydenfilms LLC and Haydenfilms Institute, Hayden Craddolph has always been an avid film lover ...
Jared Kirby has been involved in Western Martial Arts and Combat for Stage & Screen for nearly 25 years. He ...
Judith B. Balkin is a graduate of NYU Tisch School Of the Arts. She has worked in various media outlets, ...
Laura Rikard (SAG-AFTRA/AEA/SDC) is an intimacy choreographer and coordinator. She is Co-Founder and Head Faculty of Theatre Intimacy Education. She ...
Lisa Osinloye is an Executive Producer and entertainment industry veteran for over 25 years. She began her career in the ...
Nick Savva oversees the digital distribution business at Giant Pictures. Prior to Giant, Nick led content acquisitions and digital distribution ...
Randy Frisch started LoveCat Music in 1999. Before that he was a musician and then a lawyer in the record ...
Steven De Castro is a New York-based cinematographer and professor. Before he was a filmmaker, De Castro was a trial ...
Cristina "Trinity" Vélez-Justo is a music composer for film and media. Currently, she works full-time scoring features, shorts, commercials, video ...
Zach Grinfeld is a recent graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in film studies and production and a minor ...
Zelda Gay is a native New York ninja who loves to tell stories through violence and combat ...
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