Ultimate Citizens, directed by Francine Strickwerda, is an official selection of New York City’s 13th Annual Winter Film Festival. The documentary film follows Jamshid, an Iranian American public school counselor, as he helps the children of immigrants and refugees in Seattle find belonging on their way to compete in the world’s largest Ultimate Frisbee Tournament.
I Am Here You Are Not I Love You, directed by Aidan Ryan, is an official selection of New York City’s 13th Annual Winter Film Festival. The documentary short film follows the writer Aidan Ryan as he attempts to make sense of the work and clues left behind by the late visual artists Andrew Topolski and Cindy Suffoletto, his aunt and uncle, who passed away when he was a teenager.
Smoking Tigers, directed by So Young Shelly Yo, is an official selection of New York City’s 13th Annual Winter Film Festival. The feature film tells the story of a lonely Korean-American teenager who hides her true identity to fit in, only to discover the bittersweet pains of adulthood.
Winter Film Festival is returning to the Big Apple for its lucky 13th year – February 19-23 2025. The festival places a special emphasis on highlighting the work of under-represented filmmakers, and for 2025, the festival will showcase 87 films from around the world – from animated films, documentaries, dramas, horror films and music videos, 14 student films, 29 first-time directors and more than half of the films made by women and half by BIPOC directors.
Original artwork by Haitian New Yorker Kervin Brisseaux has been selected to represent NYC’s 2025 Winter Film Festival
Winter Film Festival announces a Call for Entries for its 13th Annual celebration of independent film, to be held February 19-23 2025 in New York City. Filmmakers from around the world will travel to NYC to attend the Festival’s thoughtfully curated film screenings , fascinating discussion panels and professional development workshops and glittering parties at venues throughout NYC. The Festival will conclude with an awards ceremony to be held on February 23, 2025 at NYC’s premiere nightclub.
