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WFA 2020 Awards Ceremony + Gala Red Carpet + After Party
New York,NY10001United States

![]() | Winter Film Awards comes to a glittering close on February 29! 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 Ninth 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. 230 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10001 7:00pm-9:00pm: Red Carpet, Featuring Guinevere DiPiazza/Aerial Acrobat Entertainment Living Red Carpet. Enjoy snacks from Schmakery’s NYC and Veneiro’s Bakery! 9:00pm-10:30pm: Awards Ceremony featuring live performances by Dasche+Rich Kidd, Rudy Rush and Darja. Featuring fashions by Elie Balleh and Vila Beauty. 10:30pm-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 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: Gulzat Akhmetova, Deeksha Bhatnagar, Fernando Camacho, Anika Ji, Lillian Kreppel, Dawn Mecca, Michael Murray, Fulden Kologlu Oner, Vashti Persaud, David Warren, Lisa Wilf and Neal Williams.
Special thanks to Avimen Bala, Steve deCastro, Andrew Mingyar and Bragilyn Ates.
Thank you to Winter Film Awards staff, volunteers, screeners, judges, writers, panelists, friends and helpers! This event couldn’t happen without you!
WFA 2020 Awards Ceremony Writers
Steffanie Finn, Fernando Camacho
Awards Ceremony Production Team
Vasthi Persaud, David Warren, Fernando Camacho
WFA 2020 Awards Jury
Alie Beauvais, Amanda Lou, Andrew Curtis Black, Anika Ji, Asier Kintana, Bree Levy, Christopher Zweig, Claus Mueller, David Warren, Deeksha Bhatnagar, Despina Afentouli, Eliza Jane Lagonia, Ellis Ellenberg, Emilie Lorditch, Emma Purvey, Fulden Kologlu Oner, Gulzat Akhmetova, Jessica Scozzola, Joi Tribble, Jon Gann, Judith Balkin, Justin Ford, Lance Courts, Lianna Albrizio, Lisa Wilf, Nefeli Soteriou, Nicole Longhi, Nilufer Yenidogan Ozmekik, Pamela Segger, Quentin Washington, Richard Ruskin, Richard Stein, Robert LaRue, Roseanne Robertson, Salvatore Lagonia, Susan Wagner, Vashti Persaud, Vaughn Murphy and Zoe Fancher
WFA 2020 Submission Judges
Despina Afentouli, Lianna Albrizio, Hafeezah Ali, Alie Beauvais, Olivia Butler, Fernando Camacho, Lance Courts, Lance Courts, Christopher Eldridge, Zoe Fancher, Justin Ford, Anita Ganesan, Zachary Grinfeld, Preeti Gupta, Greg Horne, Steve Jairam, Evan Tyler Johnson, Travis Ketzak, Asier Kintana, Lauren La Melle, Salvatore Lagonia, Eliza Lagonia, Robert LaRue, Joyce Lee, Cleo Yi Li, Myles Linzey, Nicole Longhi, Emilie Lorditch, Amanda Lou, Christopher Lozano, Tianyao Ma, Christopher Marshall, Joseph Mauceri, Erika Mays, Vaughn Murphy, Youlim Nam, Anthony Nardello, Fulden Kologlu Oner, Nilufer Ozmekik, Greg Paul, Vashti Persaud, Christelle Petit-Homme, Ben Post, Charles Powell, Landon Rudd, Erica Ruhe, Richard Ruskin, Erica Salguera, Jazzy Santana, Rowshon Sarker, Nefeli Soteriou, Richard Stein, Quentin Washington, Lisa Wilf, Neal Williams and Christopher Zweig.






















































































