Winter Film Awards comes to a glittering close on February 24!  Dance the night away at the most beautiful club in NYC!

Winter Film Awards invites you to join us for the closing event of our 11th Annual International Film Festival! We are giving out awards to our best and brightest filmmakers, many of whom are traveling from countries all over the world in order to join us.

Get your photo taken at our cool popup photo booth, courtesy of EZPopupBooth!
Try delicious cookies from Michel et Augustin

Club 230FIFTH, 230 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10001 (between 26th & 27th Streets)

Schedule

7:00pm-9:00pm: Red Carpet, with LIVING RED CARPET from Aerial Acrobatic Entertainment
9:00pm-10:30pm: Awards Ceremony hosted by Chaka Khanvict and featuring live performances
10:30pm-2:00am: After Party
FREE before 10pm 21+ with ID. Please dress to the occasion- no athletic wear, hats, or sneakers.

Hosted By

Chaka Khanvict

Performances by

Blu Lyon

Soleil J

Presenters

Alexandra Degner

Asier Kintana

Charlii Sebunya

Christopher Bopp

Crickett Rumley

Frank Vera

Gotham Sharma

Jonathan Burdick

Joseph Mauceri

Katie Trubetsky

Liv Campbell

Savangh Blamo

Selma Ducanovic

Stella Crouch

Awards Handlers

Hillary Esposito

Jaclyn Marney

Mayuka Ezure

Tatiana Kurzhos

Winter Film Awards Team

Winter Film Awards is led by George Isaacs (CEO & Founder), Steffanie Finn (Executive Director), Lesley Sigall (Treasurer), Joseph Mauceri and Vaughn Murphy.

Winter Film Awards is grateful for the tireless support of our team: Fernando Camacho, Dawn Mecca, Michael Joseph Murray, Fulden Kologlu Oner and Lisa Wilf.

Thank you to Winter Film Awards staff, volunteers, screeners, judges, writers, panelists, friends and helpers! This event couldn’t happen without you!

WFA 2023 Awards Jury

Coming soon

WFA 2023 Submission Judges

Sam Akel, Samuel Bertsch, Megan Broudy, Fernando Camacho, Dariana Cikman, Danny Coronado, Lance Courts, Stryder Crown, Beca Dalimonte, Khadijah Davis, Zoe Fancher, Lechara Fletcher, Rhonda Fletcher, Ryan Friedlander, John German, Sondra Gomez, Moulya Gopaliaiah, Michael Guerra, Cody Hamlin, George Isaacs, Stephen Kardell, Sean King, Asier Kintana, Salvatore Lagonia, Whitney Larkins, Robert LaRue, Nicole Longhi, Emilie Lorditch, Christopher Lozano, Joseph Mauceri, John McGarr, Miguel Medina-Carrion, Chris Meyer, Michael Joseph Murray, Joanne Naclerio, Youlim Nam, Nilufer Ozmekik, Shila Pakbaz, Chad Pickett, Cindy Portillo, David Pulson, Justin Rigley, Catherine Rodriguez, Elise Smalley, Nefeli Soteriou, Ashley Southers, Chidum Uzochukwu, Lisa Wilf and Sydney Wontor.

WFA 2023 Film Reviewers

Abby Cole

Amanda Lou

Ava Manson

Belton DeLaine-Facey

Cristina Slattery

Despina Afentouli

Jahsh Durrant

Lianna Albrizio

Maria Clara Ribeiro

Matthew Emma

Nefeli Soteriou

Whitney Larkins

WFA 2023 Speakers and Panelists

Adesola Thomas

Andrea Swift

Brit Fryer

Crickett Rumley

Dan Gurlitz

Daphne Yeager-Ostendorf

Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith

Génesis Mancheren Abaj

Ireashia Bennett

Laura Gilliar

Lauren Brickman

Ley Comas

Maria C. Miles, Esq

Mars Roberge

Meagan Miller-McKeever

Randall Dottin

Samantha Soule

Steven De Castro

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