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WFA 2018 Awards Ceremony + Gala Red Carpet + After Party
New York,NY10036United States
Winter Film Awards comes to a glittering close on March 3! Dance the night away at the world famous COPACABANA, where Legends are born and made!
Winter Film Awards comes to a glittering close on March 3! Dance the night away at the world famous COPACABANA, where Legends are born and made!268 W 47th Street
7:00pm-8:00pm: Red Carpet
8:00pm-9:30pm: Awards Ceremony
9:30pm-2:00am: After Party
FREE before 10pm
21+ with ID. Please dress to the occasion- no athletic wear, hats, or sneakers.
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Winter Film Awards invites you to join us for the closing event of our Seventh Annual International Film Festival! Enjoy amazing Goodie Girl Cookies and Lindt Chocolates while we celebrate outstanding achievement!
The Awards Ceremony begins at 8:00pm. 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.
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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: Avimen Bala, David Pablo Bücheler, Fernando Camacho, Steven De Castro, Zack Grinfeld, Dawn Mecca, Andrew Mingyar, Fulden Kologlu Oner, Vashti Persaud, Paul Prado, Katy Quinn and Neal Williams.
Thank you to Winter Film Awards staff, volunteers, screeners, judges, writers, panelists, friends and helpers! This event couldn’t happen without you!
Awards Ceremony Writers
Vashti Persaud, Zachary Grinfeld, Fernando Camacho
Awards Ceremony Production Team
Vasthi Persaud, Zachary Grinfeld, Fernando Camacho, Chelsea Rose Tambis
WFA Submission Judges
Aleksei Postnikov, Amanda Godman, Avimen Bala, Azadeh Nikzadeh, Bita Alahyan, Bob LaRue, Charles Pazos, Denise Olusala, Donnie Banks, Eliza Lagonia, Fulden Kologlu Oner, Ilona Tuominen, Jane Hare, Jayne Johnson, Jennifer McAuliffe, Joseph Mauceri, Julie Hidalgo, Kirsten Ittershagen, Makiyta Robinson, Marc Lyons, Maria Rodriguez, Meng Guo, Nilufer Ozmekik, Pedro Branco, Phillip Cartwright, Prince Owusu, Salvatore Lagonia, Selin Ozdemir, Steve De Castro, Susan Davis, Vashti Persaud, Vaughn Murphy, Ya Wang, Yauheniya Taran, Yung-Jen Yang and Zachary Grinfeld
Film Reviewers
Alessandra Newhard, Belton DeLaine-Facey, Chloe Lee, Christy Addis-Gutierrez, Elizabeth Scholnick, Jerry Del Priore, Keiona Williamson, Lianna Albrizio, Olivia Butler, Olivia Tjernberg, Peter Bell and Walter Howard
Awards Judges
Brian McKenna, Claus Mueller, Richard Jordan, Lauren Magura, Randy Frisch, Maria Miles, Jon Gann, Aleks Dimitrijevic, Joi Tribble, Paul Elsnau and Toni Pennacchia
Speakers and Panelists
Anthony Lopez (Showbiz Media Services), Barbara Ghammashi (Women Make Movies), Catherine Branscome (Branscome International), Donna Zaccaro (Ferrodonna Features), Emellie O’Brien (Earth Angel), Erica Peek (IndiePix Films), Fulden Kologlu Oner (Winter Film Awards), Gary Rebholz (Magix), Hassan Heyward (Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment), Jennifer Tyrrell (Women in Animation), Judith Balkin (NYU Tisch School of the Arts), Lauren DeBellis Aviv, Lauren Magura (Cinematcher), Maria Miles (NYWIFT), Matthew Levy (Passion River Films), Phyllis M.G. Bishop, Randy Frisch (LoveCat Music), Roland Rojas (Bidslate), Skylar Wilman (DR Reiff Indie Insurance), Steve De Castro (DeCastro Cinematography), Steven C Beer (FWRV, P.C.), Zachary Grinfeld (Winter Film Awards) and SAG-AFTRA.
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