Spotlight on Documentaries #WFA2023
For our 2023 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen an incredible collection of twelve documentaries! Check out Documentary Day on February 18th!
Category: 2023 International Film Festival
Spotlight on Films from Asia #WFA2023
For our 2023 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen an incredible collection of six films from Asia!
Spotlight on Animation at #WFA2023
For our 2023 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen ten amazing animated films from around the world!
Impactful Art, Meaningful Dialogue
Active participation, neutrality, abstinence. How do we participate in History? How do we deal with social issues, such as bigotry and hatred, when they do not directly resonate with us? How can art make a difference to our societies in promoting human rights protection? And how can we make the world a fairer place? See the documentary film on Feb 18 @12PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Life is not only about being alive but about living your life to the fullest
Former beauty queen and senior citizen Solvej lives alone with her dog in a social housing area on the outskirts of Danish provincial town Viborg. Each day, she performs the same old routines roaming around on her scooter dealing her prescription drugs, dreaming of a world outside Viborg and reminiscing over old love letters from her past. When unforeseen circumstances bring her neighbor’s daughter into her life, an unlikely friendship forms and new hope for the future emerges. See the feature film on Feb 20 @8:30PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Family, legacy, success, and textiles. Yes, textiles.
A story about the things that matter: Family, legacy, success, and textiles. Yes, textiles. Two estranged half-sisters form a complicated bond as they work together to retrieve their rare and precious inheritance, which their late father inexplicably leaves to the mysterious Marco. See the feature film on Feb 17 @5:15PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
A look at love throughout the ages in “The Seasons-Four Love Stories”
“The Seasons – Four Love Stories” offers an intimate, often funny and sometimes emotional series of stories which create a cohesive vision of love and relationships at different stages in life. See the feature film on Feb 19 @2:15PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Unite and Fight Back to Keep New York a Special Place
NYC is rapidly gentrifying and pricing out the people and business that make New York, New York. But, things are not hopeless … It’s not defined by politicians. It’s not defined by corporations. It’s defined by people uniting and fighting back. See the documentary “There Goes the Neighborhood as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @9PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Finding a Healthy Place in the Magical World of Barbies in ‘Keeping Olivia’
Filmmaker Daphne Yeager Ostendorf deals with the loss of her daughter and husband through a stirring documentary about enduring love and processing grief. See the documentary “Keeping Olivia” as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @4:25PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Documentarians Traverse The World of the Unburstable Beauty Bubble
A life-altering haircut was all it took for filmmaker Cheryl Bookout to decide on the subject of her next big documentary. That, and a gay father who owns a quaint, retro salon who is living his best life filled with love, art, music and adventure. Enter: The Beauty Bubble. See the documentary “Inside the Beauty Bubble” as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @12PM and Feb 22 @2:45PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Winter Film Awards proudly unveils 2023 International Film Festival Official Artwork
Work by native New Yorker and recent High School of Art & Design graduate, Azailia Pope was selected by a jury to represent Winter Film Awards’ 2023 International Film Festival.
Celebrating Neurodiversity in Film
Neurodiversity is being increasingly recognized as ‘the norm.’ There is no ‘normal’ when it comes to how we all, individually, experience and interact with the world. A key shift in how, as a culture, we’re now responding to and embracing neurodiversity is evident in the growing celebration of neurodiversity in the film world.
Can A New Camera Make Your Cinematography Better?
In 2021, around 2.16 million digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras were shipped globally. This is a significant decrease from the 16.2 million DSLR shipments in 2012, less than ten years ago. Market research suggests the shift to smartphones and mirrorless cameras are some of the reasons for the decrease in demand. Are high-end cameras a necessity for quality filmmaking and cinematography?
Spotlight on Films from Asia #WFA2023
For our 2023 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen an incredible collection of six films from Asia!
Spotlight on Animation at #WFA2023
For our 2023 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen ten amazing animated films from around the world!
Impactful Art, Meaningful Dialogue
Active participation, neutrality, abstinence. How do we participate in History? How do we deal with social issues, such as bigotry and hatred, when they do not directly resonate with us? How can art make a difference to our societies in promoting human rights protection? And how can we make the world a fairer place? See the documentary film on Feb 18 @12PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Life is not only about being alive but about living your life to the fullest
Former beauty queen and senior citizen Solvej lives alone with her dog in a social housing area on the outskirts of Danish provincial town Viborg. Each day, she performs the same old routines roaming around on her scooter dealing her prescription drugs, dreaming of a world outside Viborg and reminiscing over old love letters from her past. When unforeseen circumstances bring her neighbor’s daughter into her life, an unlikely friendship forms and new hope for the future emerges. See the feature film on Feb 20 @8:30PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Family, legacy, success, and textiles. Yes, textiles.
A story about the things that matter: Family, legacy, success, and textiles. Yes, textiles. Two estranged half-sisters form a complicated bond as they work together to retrieve their rare and precious inheritance, which their late father inexplicably leaves to the mysterious Marco. See the feature film on Feb 17 @5:15PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
A look at love throughout the ages in “The Seasons-Four Love Stories”
“The Seasons – Four Love Stories” offers an intimate, often funny and sometimes emotional series of stories which create a cohesive vision of love and relationships at different stages in life. See the feature film on Feb 19 @2:15PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Unite and Fight Back to Keep New York a Special Place
NYC is rapidly gentrifying and pricing out the people and business that make New York, New York. But, things are not hopeless … It’s not defined by politicians. It’s not defined by corporations. It’s defined by people uniting and fighting back. See the documentary “There Goes the Neighborhood as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @9PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Finding a Healthy Place in the Magical World of Barbies in ‘Keeping Olivia’
Filmmaker Daphne Yeager Ostendorf deals with the loss of her daughter and husband through a stirring documentary about enduring love and processing grief. See the documentary “Keeping Olivia” as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @4:25PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Documentarians Traverse The World of the Unburstable Beauty Bubble
A life-altering haircut was all it took for filmmaker Cheryl Bookout to decide on the subject of her next big documentary. That, and a gay father who owns a quaint, retro salon who is living his best life filled with love, art, music and adventure. Enter: The Beauty Bubble. See the documentary “Inside the Beauty Bubble” as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @12PM and Feb 22 @2:45PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Winter Film Awards proudly unveils 2023 International Film Festival Official Artwork
Work by native New Yorker and recent High School of Art & Design graduate, Azailia Pope was selected by a jury to represent Winter Film Awards’ 2023 International Film Festival.
Celebrating Neurodiversity in Film
Neurodiversity is being increasingly recognized as ‘the norm.’ There is no ‘normal’ when it comes to how we all, individually, experience and interact with the world. A key shift in how, as a culture, we’re now responding to and embracing neurodiversity is evident in the growing celebration of neurodiversity in the film world.
Can A New Camera Make Your Cinematography Better?
In 2021, around 2.16 million digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras were shipped globally. This is a significant decrease from the 16.2 million DSLR shipments in 2012, less than ten years ago. Market research suggests the shift to smartphones and mirrorless cameras are some of the reasons for the decrease in demand. Are high-end cameras a necessity for quality filmmaking and cinematography?
