BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Winter Film Festival - ECPv6.15.13//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://winterfilmawards.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Winter Film Festival REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T193000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191204T182127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T054706Z UID:20367-1582826400-1582831800@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Discussion: Everything You Need to Know About Music in Film DESCRIPTION:You know you need music and sounds to set the mood for your film\, but where do you begin? How do you find a composer? How much does it cost? When do you get the composer involved? Can you get away with just using online music? How do you communicate your vision with your composer? How does copyright work? \nCome get all of your questions answered! This event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE. \nModerated by Winter Film Awards’ Zach Grinfeld. \nSponsored by GT’s Living Foods. Complimentary bottles of GT’s Kombucha – a naturally effervescent tea\, fermented to probiotic perfection with raw & organic ingredients!\n\n\n\nAbout The Speakers\n\nBrian McKenna\nBrian McKenna is a NYC-based Film/TV composer and producer. His work has been featured in hit TV shows\, spots\, major motion pictures and also on records by Grammy Award winning artists ...Read More\n\nRandy Frisch\nRandy Frisch started LoveCat Music in 1999. Before that he was a musician and then a lawyer in the record industry. He’s written articles on music copyright law that are in the U.S. Congressional Record. Randy also enjoys watching music-based films\, especially rockumentaries ...Read More\n\nTrinity Velez-Justo\nCristina "Trinity" Vélez-Justo is a music composer for film and media. Currently\, she works full-time scoring features\, shorts\, commercials\, video games\, etc. Trinity also teaches as an adjunct professor at UNC School of the Arts\, as well as guest-lectures at various universities\, film festivals and groups; educating industry professionals on the importance of music in film and how to successfully work with a composer ...Read More\n\nZach Grinfeld\nZach Grinfeld is a recent graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in film studies and production and a minor in engineering. He is working as an assistant editor on several upcoming documentaries\, and was a production assistant with CBS for the first 2016 presidential debate at Hofstra ...Read More \n \nBrought to you by\nBtoven Music LLC\nGT’s Living Food\nLoveCat Music\nReelScoring\nWinter Film Awards URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/waf20-discussion-music-in-film/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Discussion-Music-web2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T173500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200221T144509Z UID:20536-1582817400-1582824900@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Thursday Feb 27 - Documentary Matinee Screening DESCRIPTION:These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nWANTOKS: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia In 2018\, the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific\, hosted the Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival\, celebrating the country’s fortieth anniversary of independence. On neighboring island states\, the struggle for freedom continues\, as West Papua resists Indonesian occupation and the residents of New Caledonia still live under French rule.Directed By:Iara LeeCountry:Solomon Islands / United States / BulgariaGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:20Warning:Nudity‎Showing:20533\, 20536\n\nEndless Love Xinqiao is a kind and energetic 8-year-old who always has great smiles. "Endless Love" is a TV series about a pregnant wife and her brain cancer. The cast collaborates with a charity group Dr. Red Nose to sing\, read stories\, and accompany children with illness. Their efforts hope to bring joy to kids\, even though they suffer from physical pains. We made this video in June 2019. Xinqiao could still see everyone’s smile then and laughed with us. By November 2019\, her brain tumor had pressured her nerve system and taken her visibility away. She cannot see this beautiful world anymore. We really hope this video can keep some of the great memories in her mind.Directed By:Eddie LinCountry:TaiwanGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:10\n\nNever Give Up Mekon had been making music as long as he could think. But in 2014\, he had to flee Nigeria after his parents were murdered. He started to work in Libya\, but instead of making music\, Mekon has to fight for his survival. In summer 2018\, he decided to flee to Europe and was saved from a rubber boat by a German NGO. Living in Malta now\, he is singing again.Directed By:Jonathan SchörnigCountry:Malta / JapanGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:16Showing:20526\, 20536\n\nIllegal From Dreamer to living the American dream\, "Illegal" is a feature-length documentary about the miraculous journey of one immigrant’s life or death path to U.S. citizenship\, the challenges of present-day immigration\, and his mission to humanize immigrants and reform immigration for the benefit of all. The film begins as Laz journeys back to his childhood home in El Salvador. He recounts his arduous path north on the Pan American Highway with his father and brother where at any moment they could have been discovered and turned back… or killed. Laz’s life is a story of struggle\, determination\, and hope for a brighter future for immigrants\, the industries that rely upon them\, and our entire country.Directed By:Nick AlexanderCountry:United States / El Salvador / MexicoGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:86Warning:Graphic Violence‎Showing:20526\, 20536 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-m4/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T230000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T054658Z UID:20535-1582746300-1582758000@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Wednesday Feb 26 - Evening Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a 10 minute intermission. There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 10:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \nSponsored by GT’s Living Foods. Complimentary bottles of GT’s Kombucha – a naturally effervescent tea\, fermented to probiotic perfection with raw & organic ingredients! \n\nHe Can’t Live Without Cosmos This story is about a mother and son. It is also about love and human destiny.Directed By:Konstantin BronzitCountry:Russian FederationGenre:AnimatedMinutes:16Showing:20535\, 20530\n\nBurqa City Souleymane and Leila just got married\, for better or for worse. The better is that they love each other very much. The worse is that they live in an absurd and kafkaesque country.Directed By:Fabrice BracqCountry:FranceGenre:ShortMinutes:20Showing:20535\n\nA Little Hornless Goat Based on a true story that happened during the last Argentine military dictatorship. The local commissioner of a little town must investigate a children's book that was confiscated from a 7-year-old girl. The author of the book is Soviet. Why does a girl have a possibly communist book? Who gave it to her? All this will have to be investigated by the Commissioner\, regardless of the consequences ...Directed By:Sebastian DietschCountry:ArgentinaGenre:ShortMinutes:14Showing:20535\n\nThe Art Of Saying Goodbye Eli\, a writer in the doldrums and Angela\, an aspiring actress\, are on the brink of a breakup but an unexpected visit from the past will change everything.Directed By:Erika Sanz CorbachoCountry:United States / SpainGenre:ShortMinutes:15Showing:20535\, 20534\n\nLinoleum In a post-apocalyptic future\, two motionless men are linked by a helmet. In parallel in a sanitized space\, these two men engage in a violent and fierce duel. These are the contradictions of a single man facing him ... Humanity with an obscure face which progressively evolves towards sharing and love ... The event of a renewal in the dust towards a movement which will humanize ...Directed By:Niki NovesCountry:FranceGenre:Music VideoMinutes:6Showing:20535\n\nInner Fire In the luxuriously apportioned St Petersburg apartment of a former drug lord\, four strangers meet. The man of the house is running late\, and there is nothing left for the four to do but sit and talk. One has come to ask for money\, another for a weapon\, the third for blackmail\, and the fourth to kill the third. One word leads to another and what first starts out as a harmless conversation between the waiting strangers becomes a series of taunts and insults at the expense of the weakest of them. This escalates into what threatens to be a bloody massacre and then... mystical encounters with the Inevitable.Directed By:Misha MareskinCountry:Russia / UKGenre:FeatureMinutes:97Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Graphic Violence‎; Drug Use‎; Discussion or Depiction of Rape‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-13/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T193000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191220T214236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T054654Z UID:20510-1582740000-1582745400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Discussion: Crafting a Great Opening Scene with Annette Insdorf DESCRIPTION:Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf will demonstrate how the opening sequence of a great film entices the viewer to enter its world. Using clips from movies such as La Ciudad and Where Do We Go Now?\, she will discuss how they introduce stylistic and thematic elements that will be developed in the rest of the film. Her presentation will be followed by a book-signing of her acclaimed study\, Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes. \nCome get all of your questions answered! This event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE. \nSponsored by GT’s Living Foods. Complimentary bottles of GT’s Kombucha – a naturally effervescent tea\, fermented to probiotic perfection with raw & organic ingredients!\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Speakers\n\nAnnette Insdorf\nAnnette Insdorf is Professor of Film at Columbia University's School of the Arts\, and Moderator of the popular "Reel Pieces" series at Manhattan's 92Y. She is the author of Double Lives\, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski; Francois Truffaut; Philip Kaufman\, and the landmark study\, Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust. Her latest book is Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes ...Read More URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-crafting-scene/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Discussion-Opening-Scene-web2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T174500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200206T195643Z UID:20534-1582730100-1582739100@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Wednesday Feb 26 - Made in NY Matinee Screening DESCRIPTION:These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nThe Seal "The Seal" is a psychological thriller about a woman’s journey of healing from trauma. It’s about the battle between the mind that wants to forget\, and the body that remembers.Directed By:Richa RudolaCountry:United States / IndiaGenre:ShortMinutes:16Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Drug Use‎; Discussion or Depiction of Rape‎Showing:20523\, 20534\n\nSwitch SWITCH is a drama series about a woman who begins working as a dominatrix at New York’s most exclusive BDSM dungeon and quickly gets sucked into a seductive lifestyle filled with luxury\, lust\, money\, deceit and power. In her quest to build her own empire she will make many friends and allies but also enemies\, starting with her abusive ex-husband who's just been released from prison and is hungry for revenge. Based on A True Story.Directed By:Stavroula Toska\, Cady McClain\, Laurie Weltz\, Katie MaguireCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:13Warning:Implied Violence‎\n\nChronicles Of-The Good Reverend Residing on opposite sides of the Delaware River\, Capital City and Pottersfield are political and socioeconomic enemies dividing people of the same class. An upsurge of bizarre homicides baffles authorities as a disturbing new drug leads to a multitude of overdose victims mysteriously washing ashore on the river banks of both towns.Directed By:Jamaal GreenCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:13Warning:Implied Violence‎\n\nThe Blue Marble At the Universal Soul Assignment office\, a soul has been stuck on the Blue Marble line for eternity. A victim of red tape\, he struggles to unravel the incomprehensible rules and regulations which have prevented him from fulfilling his destiny since the Big Bang.Directed By:Ralph ToporoffCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:19\n\nAnalysis Paralysis Lauren\, a lonely and awkward freshman\, struggles to master adulthood due to his habit of overthinking every situation. After moving into a new apartment\, he befriends his four peculiar neighbors who teach him simple but valuable life lessons.Directed By:Van DoanCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:11\n\nSubway Commuting to work is always a delicate moment\, in which our mind usually wanders and reflects on where our life is headed. That’s where we begin our story\, on a ultra slow motion shot in the New York Subway… until something happens that blowseverything away. Subway is a a short film about a very long instant: falling in love.Directed By:Carlos Garcia De DiosCountry:Spain / United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:5\n\nThe Art Of Saying Goodbye Eli\, a writer in the doldrums and Angela\, an aspiring actress\, are on the brink of a breakup but an unexpected visit from the past will change everything.Directed By:Erika Sanz CorbachoCountry:United States / SpainGenre:ShortMinutes:15Showing:20535\, 20534\n\nMy Daughter Yoshiko A Japanese-American mother struggles to come to terms with her daughter's autism diagnosis. Based on true events.Directed By:Brian BlumCountry:United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:15Showing:20521\, 20534\n\nBells A father learns the secret behind his son's strange nightly ritual.Directed By:Ben BotwickCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:6Showing:20529\, 20534\n\nReverie Jerry Jean’s 'Reverie' revolves around the 'what ifs' between young adulthood and an older adulthood - the time when we’re in the midst of our professions and tiptoeing between crisis and comfort. At a certain point we may begin to look back on our lives and wonder if we had let 'the one' go.Directed By:Angela ChenCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:3Showing:20525\, 20534\n\nDickie & Bea Over-educated and under-employed\, Dickie and Bea are a youngish married couple\, doing their best to survive in New York. When their massive student loan debt is acquired by a teenager on the dark web\, they come to an arrangement and all move in with Bea's father\, a baby boomer who's excited to have his family unit back.Directed By:Lauren LorentzCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:10\n\nFool’s Gold A depiction of anxiety shown through four different rooms encompassing a different mental state of the protagonist.Directed By:Mithin ThomasCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:3Showing:20524\, 20534\n\nThe Dam In the North Woods\, a dam worker is surrounded by mysterious disappearances of locals and brutal deaths of his co-workers deep down in the reservoir. He tries to get away from the nightmares\, only to have his personal demons follow him into the water.Directed By:Matilda Szydagis\, Ric SechrestCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:6Warning:Implied Violence‎Showing:20529\, 20534\n\nPolybius Based on the urban legend\, a teenage girl tries to convince the Sheriff that a new arcade game placed by the ‘government’ caused her brother to commit suicide.Directed By:Jimmy KellyCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:17Warning:Discussion or Depiction of Suicide‎; Discussion or Depiction of Self-Harm‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-m3/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T230000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T020328Z UID:20533-1582659900-1582671600@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Tuesday Feb 25 - Evening Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a 10 minute intermission before the Feature Film. There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 10:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \nSponsored by Liberty Coca-Cola. Taste Coca-Cola’s awesome new Coca-Cola ENERGY! The energy you want\, the taste you love! \n\nMy Little Goat The mother goat rescues her little goats from the wolf's belly. But\, she can't find Toruku\, her eldest son! Where is Toruku?!Directed By:Tomoki MisatoCountry:JapanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:10Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎\n\nWANTOKS: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia In 2018\, the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific\, hosted the Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival\, celebrating the country’s fortieth anniversary of independence. On neighboring island states\, the struggle for freedom continues\, as West Papua resists Indonesian occupation and the residents of New Caledonia still live under French rule.Directed By:Iara LeeCountry:Solomon Islands / United States / BulgariaGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:20Warning:Nudity‎Showing:20533\, 20536\n\nFirst Disco Culture Club are no. 1\, everyone’s glued to "Knight Rider"\, and Kelly Harrison is not only experiencing her first crush\, she’s going to her first disco. The only problem is that she’s getting train tracks on her teeth before her big night and she's not sure she'll survive!Directed By:Helen O'ReillyCountry:IrelandGenre:ShortMinutes:19Showing:20533\n\nToo Close to the Sun In the music video for their song about the character Icarus from Greek Mythology\, this Portland\, OR-based band opted to have some fun visually interpreting a more contemporary "flying story gone wrong" – that of cult hero Lawn Chair Larry. The result aims to celebrate the dreamer mentality and what is unorthodoxly possible\, while also loosely suggesting "don't try this at home".Directed By:Jonas MorgansteinCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:4Showing:20533\n\nThe 600: The Soldiers’ Story The dramatic and little known story of a group of opposition soldiers trapped behind enemy lines at the outset of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. Eyewitness accounts of their counterattack against a much larger force\, and the daring rescues they made of civilians while under fire.Directed By:Richard Hall\, Laurent BassetCountry:United States / RwandaGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:115Warning:Implied Violence‎; Discussion or Depiction of Rape‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-12/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191220T214813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T020052Z UID:20513-1582653600-1582659000@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Discussion: Distribution 101 DESCRIPTION:We all know that distribution is the holy grail for filmmakers – you spend a ton of time and all your money making a film and you want to be sure it is seen by as many people as possible! But\, how do you even go about getting distribution? Are there things you need to do up front to make the distribution process easier? Do you want to go digital\, domestic\, international? Does anyone actually make any money with iTunes and AmazonPrime? What does a distribution contract look like and what should you be careful about? How do you avoid scams? \nJoin our discussion with representatives who cover online\, international and domestic distribution and get your questions answered! \nModerated by Winter Film Awards team member and Film and Content Acquisitions and Distribution Professional\, Fulden Kologlu Oner. \nThis event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE. \nSponsored by Liberty Coca-Cola. Taste Coca-Cola’s awesome new Coca-Cola ENERGY! The energy you want\, the taste you love!\n\n\n\nAbout The Speakers\n\nBill Sondheim\nWilliam S Sondheim for years has been a respected home entertainment executive\, known for taking independent content and exploiting it across multiple distribution channels. He has long advocated that digital across numerous business models is the future but physical remains viable in the short run as important financing element ...Read More\n\nDan Gurlitz\nSoundview Media Partners Founding Member and CEO Dan Gurlitz entered the entertainment distribution industry in 1984. His career began in advertising\, and includes over ten years in sales followed by 15 years in senior management within rapid-growth\, independent environments. Prior to launching Soundview\, Dan was the Senior Vice President and General Manager\, Video\, for Entertainment One U.S ...Read More\n\nFulden Kologlu\nFulden Kologlu is a Film and Content Acquisitions and Distribution Professional. As a representative and distributor for Warner Bros.\, Disney\, Paramount Pictures\, A&E Networks\, Sonar Entertainment in territories over Europe\, Middle East and Africa\, she had been licensing and distributing content to TV networks/channels\, mobile\, all types of VOD\, OTT\, IPTV\, theatrical and emerging digital platforms ...Read More\n\nLisa Osinloye\nLisa Osinloye is an Executive Producer and entertainment industry veteran for over 25 years. She began her career in the music business as an Artist\, Writer\, Manager and Producer who secured her first record deal with Atlantic Records as just a teen.  ...Read More\n\nNick Savva\nNick Savva oversees the digital distribution business at Giant Pictures. Prior to Giant\, Nick led content acquisitions and digital distribution at the Tribeca Film Festival. Over a 20 year career\, Nick has acquired and distributed hundreds of movies\, documentaries and TV titles in multiple territories ...Read More \n \nBrought to you by\nGiant Pictures\nGreenfield Media\nLiberty Coca-Cola\nSoundview Media Partners\nWinter Film Awards URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-distribution/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Discussion-Distribution-101-web2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T174500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T054448Z UID:20532-1582644600-1582652700@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Tuesday Feb 25 - TBD Matinee Screening DESCRIPTION:These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \nDetails coming soon! URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-m2/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200224T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200224T230000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T020142Z UID:20531-1582573500-1582585200@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Monday Feb 24 - Evening Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a 10 minute intermission before the Feature Film. There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 10:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \nSponsored by Liberty Coca-Cola. Taste Coca-Cola’s awesome new Coca-Cola ENERGY! The energy you want\, the taste you love! \n\nA Japanese Boy Who Draws The experimental animation/mocumentary depicting a life of a man who dreams to be a comic writer\, told along with the quality of the imagery growing up with him.Directed By:Masanao KawajiriCountry:JapanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:21\n\nEndless Love Xinqiao is a kind and energetic 8-year-old who always has great smiles. "Endless Love" is a TV series about a pregnant wife and her brain cancer. The cast collaborates with a charity group Dr. Red Nose to sing\, read stories\, and accompany children with illness. Their efforts hope to bring joy to kids\, even though they suffer from physical pains. We made this video in June 2019. Xinqiao could still see everyone’s smile then and laughed with us. By November 2019\, her brain tumor had pressured her nerve system and taken her visibility away. She cannot see this beautiful world anymore. We really hope this video can keep some of the great memories in her mind.Directed By:Eddie LinCountry:TaiwanGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:10\n\nThe Act Carter Ciaran is an experienced local theatre actor\, whose dreams and ambitions minimize everything else in his personal life. His intense preparation of method acting that includes never breaking character alienates him from local productions intimidated by him and from his family who are estranged from him. However\, when Carter is preparing for a new lead role as a clown\, he receives news that his sister is on her deathbed. The choice Carter ultimately needs to make is to either follow his artistic aspirations or be there for his loved ones in the greatest time of need.Directed By:Raffinand AkijiCountry:Canada / United States / ChinaGenre:ShortMinutes:16\n\nA Path Where No Man Goes "A Path Where No Man Goes" is a character-driven philosophical thriller about an unusual interview between a journalist and a young successful entrepreneur on the subject “How to become successful?”\, which later reveals some deep secrets about their lives and ultimately their connection.Directed By:Viet TranCountry:VietnamGenre:ShortMinutes:34Warning:Graphic Violence‎\n\nSore Loser For Love The empty space is a clean canvas that allows for a specific tapestry of images to layer within a cinematic mind-space. One could even say - motivated meditation. Set within the subjective framework of the mind and memory\, the remnants of love or infatuation are stripped bare within the mindset and passions of the musicians...and even of a girl. Unapologetic message lingers while the expression of distraught emotions simmer just beneath the surface. Perhaps it was a soul-crushing experience or maybe an attempt to heal by addressing the heartbreak head on.Directed By:Scott McCulloughCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:3Showing:20531\n\nMyth In a sleepy town in upstate New York\, lonely college student Alex encounters his filmmaking idol JP Smith\, the mysterious auteur behind the cult-arthouse sensation “Myth”. Armed with only an outdated 90’s camcorder\, JP begins to chronicle Alex’s every move\, turning him into the semi-reluctant star of his latest project: a lo-fi\, vérité drama in which the plot is unknown to everyone\, including Alex himself. What ensues is a series of increasingly chaotic and volatile situations\, as Alex vies for control of his own narrative\, all under the watchful eye of JP’s camera.Directed By:Brian DiLorenzoCountry:United StatesGenre:FeatureMinutes:89Warning:Drug Use‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-11/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200224T193000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191218T043809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T020015Z UID:20448-1582567200-1582572600@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Discussion: Shooting Difficult Scenes / Sex & Violence for Filmmakers DESCRIPTION:Your film includes sex and fight scenes\, but how do you really shoot these? How can you ensure that your actors are comfortable and safe? When do you need a special rider? How do you avoid injuries? When should you hire a professional\, how do you find one and how much does that cost? \nCome get all of your questions answered by leading Fight/Combat and Intimacy Coordinators! This event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE. \nModerated by Winter Film Awards’ Anika Ji. \n\nSponsored by Liberty Coca-Cola. Taste Coca-Cola’s awesome new Coca-Cola ENERGY! The energy you want\, the taste you love!\n\n\n\nAbout The Speakers\n\nAnika Ji\nAnika Jennie Ji\, aka AJ is a multi-faceted producer\, director and actress. After her successful career as an actress in Asia\, Anika returned to New York to continue pursuing her dream -- not only as an actress\, but as a director and producer as well ...Read More\n\nJared Kirby\nJared Kirby has been involved in Western Martial Arts and Combat for Stage & Screen for nearly 25 years. He teaches in New York City (and the metro area) and has choreographed fights Off-Broadway\, Nationally\, in London and Sydney ...Read More\n\nLaura Rikard\nLaura Rikard (SAG-AFTRA/AEA/SDC) is an intimacy choreographer and coordinator. She is Co-Founder and Head Faculty of Theatre Intimacy Education. She is also a director\, actor\, and stage movement specialist ...Read More\n\nZelda Gay\nZelda Gay is a native New York ninja who loves to tell stories through violence and combat ...Read More \n \nBrought to you by\nLiberty Coca-Cola\nNew York Combat for Screen & Stage (NYCSS)\nTheatrical Intimacy Education\nWinter Film Awards\nZelda Gay: Hot Mess Badass Extraordinaire URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-discussion-difficult-scenes/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Discussion-SexViolence5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200224T173000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T171233Z UID:20530-1582560000-1582565400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Monday Feb 24 - Animated Shorts Matinee Screening DESCRIPTION:These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nThe BlackBerry and the Firebeetle An indigenous Pemong Community tale from Venezuela that tells the journey of a Fire Beetle that finds an old Blackberry\, she falls in love with him\, but he rejects her. Time passes\, the blackberry is reborn and the Fire Beetle receives a lesson.Directed By:Isaias PerezCountry:VenezuelaGenre:AnimatedMinutes:10\n\nMy Little Goat The mother goat rescues her little goats from the wolf's belly. But\, she can't find Toruku\, her eldest son! Where is Toruku?!Directed By:Tomoki MisatoCountry:JapanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:10Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎\n\nFloral Friends: Jorro and the Floral Phone White Watering Can and Black Watering Can are friends. One day\, White Jorro decides to move to a different town. In order to keep in touch\, the two promise to communicate through Floral Phone - a magical phone made from flower threads - and stay friends forever.Directed By:Marie ShiodaCountry:JapanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:5\n\nA Japanese Boy Who Draws The experimental animation/mocumentary depicting a life of a man who dreams to be a comic writer\, told along with the quality of the imagery growing up with him.Directed By:Masanao KawajiriCountry:JapanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:21\n\nF Dream (The Keyboard Story) A keyboard key called F wants to fly\, so he starts a battle with a flying insect.Directed By:Grey ChanCountry:ChinaGenre:AnimatedMinutes:5Showing:20521\, 20530\n\nLatteship “Latteship” is a 3D animated short story that follows Sigri and Kona\, two otters who have opposite personalities. They must learn to cooperate in order to run a small but popular coffee truck - Sigri Coffee.Directed By:Hsing-Fang Tsai\, Daishi TakishimaCountry:United StatesGenre:AnimatedMinutes:4Showing:20526\, 20530\n\nThe Ribbon "The Ribbon" is a beautiful short film about a little girl who wakes up in a magical world. Riddled in this little girl's journey of beautiful sceneries and enchanting creatures\, a deeper significance lies behind what meets the eye. "The Ribbon" is not just a children's film after all. Join us on a little girl's journey to find out why!Directed By:Polla-Ilariya KozinoCountry:United States / TaiwanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:4Showing:20524\, 20530\n\nHeartspace Heartspace stands for everyone's inner world. Everyone has different house which stands for their different personalities. Iris is a positive girl in reality. She is also gentle and soft. Therefore she has a water-like house in heartspace. Rankin has a warm heart and tenacious personality in real life. Therefore he has wood power and wooden house in heartspace. One day Iris got mental shock in real life which led to a catastrophe happened in heartspace. A huge stone crushed the whole heartspace. Which destroyed Iris inner world. This stone stands for Iris mind Trauma. Rankin's used his inner love and power saved Iris and destroyed the huge stone. He saved iris inner world. It is also a growing up for him. He was always shy and hiding. However he finally broke through his inner barrier and found his courage. Rankin saved Iris\, however\, Iris also saved Rankin in other ways. When Rankin was lonely and isolated\, she always proactively approached him. She always provides him the warmest smile. Which brings his courage and happiness. They healed each other and finally had a combined house. Which means finally their hearts connected together.Directed By:Ziyi WangCountry:United States / United KingdomGenre:AnimatedMinutes:3\n\nHe Can’t Live Without Cosmos This story is about a mother and son. It is also about love and human destiny.Directed By:Konstantin BronzitCountry:Russian FederationGenre:AnimatedMinutes:16Showing:20535\, 20530\n\nWherefore Art Thou\, Theo? Wherefore Art Thou\, Theo? documents the series of voicemails my mother sent me during a time of loss.Directed By:Theodore SchafferCountry:United StatesGenre:AnimatedMinutes:5Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎\n\nFresh Green In an empty bar\, a lone patron plays a game of pool.Directed By:Ida GreenbergCountry:United StatesGenre:AnimatedMinutes:4Showing:20522\, 20530 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-m1/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T231500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200111T041837Z UID:20529-1582491600-1582499700@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Sunday Feb 23 - Bloody Sunday Horror Shorts DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 11:00 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nMinotaur // Black Vulpine It is cold. She closes her eyes and drowns. It's getting dark. A surreal and nightmarish quest of a woman facing her anxieties. Will she be able to overcome herself and find what she is searching for?Directed By:Natalie PlaskuraCountry:GermanyGenre:Music VideoMinutes:5Showing:20529\n\nRunning Man 1991: In an attempt to escape the ghosts of his past\, Fred Love convinces his mates to take part in a clinical drug trial for cash. But events take a turn as the trial spirals into violent psychosis\, forcing Fred to come face-to-face with the very thing he's been running from.Directed By:Chris TurnerCountry:United KingdomGenre:HorrorMinutes:15Warning:Graphic Violence‎; Drug Use‎Showing:20529\n\nComforter Deep in the night\, a woman comes back to her apartment. In the dark room\, on her bed\, she sees somebody who’s not supposed to be there.Directed By:Hiroho MienoCountry:JapanGenre:HorrorMinutes:3\n\nBells A father learns the secret behind his son's strange nightly ritual.Directed By:Ben BotwickCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:6Showing:20529\, 20534\n\nOuroboros Following his beloved wife's death\, a desperate man attempts to bargain with dark powers in return for a chance of atonement\, but the price is always high with magic.Directed By:Umut Utku ŞerbetçiCountry:TurkeyGenre:HorrorMinutes:11Showing:20529\n\nImagine a World A door-to-door internet salesman refuses to leave a house until he’s made his sale.Directed By:Joanna TsanisCountry:CanadaGenre:HorrorMinutes:15Warning:Graphic Violence‎Showing:20529\n\nHer Body A Latina immigrant must face her abusive American boyfriend when she wakes up bound in a garage about to be sold to an underground body trafficking ringDirected By:Juan AvellaCountry:Venezuela / Mexico / United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:10Warning:Implied Violence‎; Graphic Violence‎; Discussion or Depiction of Rape‎Showing:20529\n\nFresh After accidentally doing a ritual\, Emily\, a Philosophy student\, has to face the biggest moral dilemma of all: kill or be killed.Directed By:Tatiana WisniewskiCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:11\n\nElid + Damh In the aftermath of an unspeakable act\, two sisters must repair their relationship and find a way to move forward. As they struggle to heal\, they are reconnected with the natural world\, the power of the elements and\, ultimately\, the strength of their love for each other. This is a story of survival\, of awakening the primordial force that lives within.Directed By:Neil CavalierCountry:CanadaGenre:HorrorMinutes:11Warning:Implied Violence‎Showing:20529\n\nDecoyed Trapped in a deadly loop\, he has to lure another victim to buy his freedom.Directed By:Pezhmann MokaryCountry:DenmarkGenre:HorrorMinutes:10Showing:20529\n\nThe Dam In the North Woods\, a dam worker is surrounded by mysterious disappearances of locals and brutal deaths of his co-workers deep down in the reservoir. He tries to get away from the nightmares\, only to have his personal demons follow him into the water.Directed By:Matilda Szydagis\, Ric SechrestCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:6Warning:Implied Violence‎Showing:20529\, 20534\n\nPolybius Based on the urban legend\, a teenage girl tries to convince the Sheriff that a new arcade game placed by the ‘government’ caused her brother to commit suicide.Directed By:Jimmy KellyCountry:United StatesGenre:HorrorMinutes:17Warning:Discussion or Depiction of Suicide‎; Discussion or Depiction of Self-Harm‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-10/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T204500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T171035Z UID:20528-1582482600-1582490700@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Sunday Feb 23 - Evening Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 8:30 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nThe BlackBerry and the Firebeetle An indigenous Pemong Community tale from Venezuela that tells the journey of a Fire Beetle that finds an old Blackberry\, she falls in love with him\, but he rejects her. Time passes\, the blackberry is reborn and the Fire Beetle receives a lesson.Directed By:Isaias PerezCountry:VenezuelaGenre:AnimatedMinutes:10\n\nSwitch SWITCH is a drama series about a woman who begins working as a dominatrix at New York’s most exclusive BDSM dungeon and quickly gets sucked into a seductive lifestyle filled with luxury\, lust\, money\, deceit and power. In her quest to build her own empire she will make many friends and allies but also enemies\, starting with her abusive ex-husband who's just been released from prison and is hungry for revenge. Based on A True Story.Directed By:Stavroula Toska\, Cady McClain\, Laurie Weltz\, Katie MaguireCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:13Warning:Implied Violence‎\n\nPop Down Struggling with a quarter-life crisis\, Jess feels like there is no one in the world she can talk to. That is when Alun\, claiming to be an alien\, turns up at her window asking for a tour guide for his intergalactic holiday in Wales.Directed By:James ButtonCountry:United KingdomGenre:ShortMinutes:10Showing:20528\n\nHausla Na Ruthe: The Stories Untold "Hausla Na Ruthe: The Stories Untold" depicts the story of a super-courageous woman from the village of Gundalba who refused to give up and led a group of 30 women to fight against nature’s fury and restored an entire forest cover that was destroyed in 1999's Orissa Super Cyclone.Directed By:Snehasis DasCountry:United States / IndiaGenre:Music VideoMinutes:7Showing:20528\n\nDaddy Issues 20 something stand-up comedian Henrietta hasn’t been funny since her detached dad died. Distraught\, in a quarter life crisis\, she leaves her messy London life behind for LA\, to re-examine her past relationships with dysfunctional ex-lovers and friends struggling with adulthood. Henri tries comedically and introspectively to find humour in her darkest moments.Directed By:Laura HollidayCountry:United Kingdom / United StatesGenre:FeatureMinutes:81 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-09/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T181500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T171020Z UID:20527-1582472700-1582481700@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Sunday Feb 23 - Mid Day Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 6:00 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nHeartspace Heartspace stands for everyone's inner world. Everyone has different house which stands for their different personalities. Iris is a positive girl in reality. She is also gentle and soft. Therefore she has a water-like house in heartspace. Rankin has a warm heart and tenacious personality in real life. Therefore he has wood power and wooden house in heartspace. One day Iris got mental shock in real life which led to a catastrophe happened in heartspace. A huge stone crushed the whole heartspace. Which destroyed Iris inner world. This stone stands for Iris mind Trauma. Rankin's used his inner love and power saved Iris and destroyed the huge stone. He saved iris inner world. It is also a growing up for him. He was always shy and hiding. However he finally broke through his inner barrier and found his courage. Rankin saved Iris\, however\, Iris also saved Rankin in other ways. When Rankin was lonely and isolated\, she always proactively approached him. She always provides him the warmest smile. Which brings his courage and happiness. They healed each other and finally had a combined house. Which means finally their hearts connected together.Directed By:Ziyi WangCountry:United States / United KingdomGenre:AnimatedMinutes:3\n\nAnalysis Paralysis Lauren\, a lonely and awkward freshman\, struggles to master adulthood due to his habit of overthinking every situation. After moving into a new apartment\, he befriends his four peculiar neighbors who teach him simple but valuable life lessons.Directed By:Van DoanCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:11\n\nRiver of Salvation Rong\, living in a small town in the south of China\, is a pedicure therapist who has never gotten married. She has a brother named Xiaodong \, who is 14 years younger. Xiaodong is almost 18 years old\, instead of working he plays video games all day long\, but after going through a series of things he finally becomes independent. And Seeing this\, Rong returned to her hometown in the northeast of China\, and went to the police station\, confessing that she killed a person 19 years ago. However\,the following development of the matter is going to be out of Rong’s expectation.Directed By:Qisheng GaoCountry:ChinaGenre:FeatureMinutes:123 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-08/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200223T153000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T170924Z UID:20526-1582462800-1582471800@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Sunday Feb 23 - Afternoon Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 3:15 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nLatteship “Latteship” is a 3D animated short story that follows Sigri and Kona\, two otters who have opposite personalities. They must learn to cooperate in order to run a small but popular coffee truck - Sigri Coffee.Directed By:Hsing-Fang Tsai\, Daishi TakishimaCountry:United StatesGenre:AnimatedMinutes:4Showing:20526\, 20530\n\nEmpty Skies A boy and his new friend hunt their village's last sparrow for a reward to save his sick Grandma during Communist China's Great Leap Forward (1958-1961).Directed By:Wenting Deng Fisher\, Luke FisherCountry:United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:19Showing:20526\n\nNever Give Up Mekon had been making music as long as he could think. But in 2014\, he had to flee Nigeria after his parents were murdered. He started to work in Libya\, but instead of making music\, Mekon has to fight for his survival. In summer 2018\, he decided to flee to Europe and was saved from a rubber boat by a German NGO. Living in Malta now\, he is singing again.Directed By:Jonathan SchörnigCountry:Malta / JapanGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:16Showing:20526\, 20536\n\nTraces A logger and his horse take us deep into a forest in the Ardennes as the seasons go by\, living his passion under the gaze of a strange young girl. The man will teach her his passion of draft horse logging: this is a film about the idea of passing down\, and how some encounters can lead to a life’s calling. The short film “Traces” shows today’s youth as the main force of the preservation of our forests while highlighting the emotional symbiosis between man\, animal and the forest.Directed By:Sébastien PinsCountry:BelgiumGenre:ShortMinutes:12Showing:20526\n\nIllegal From Dreamer to living the American dream\, "Illegal" is a feature-length documentary about the miraculous journey of one immigrant’s life or death path to U.S. citizenship\, the challenges of present-day immigration\, and his mission to humanize immigrants and reform immigration for the benefit of all. The film begins as Laz journeys back to his childhood home in El Salvador. He recounts his arduous path north on the Pan American Highway with his father and brother where at any moment they could have been discovered and turned back… or killed. Laz’s life is a story of struggle\, determination\, and hope for a brighter future for immigrants\, the industries that rely upon them\, and our entire country.Directed By:Nick AlexanderCountry:United States / El Salvador / MexicoGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:86Warning:Graphic Violence‎Showing:20526\, 20536 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-07/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T235900 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T204429Z UID:20525-1582406100-1582415940@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Saturday Feb 22 - Night Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 11:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nOasis Ophelia\, a 40-something working-class housewife\, goes to a gay pick-up bar called El Oasis in search of her husband. When her suspicions are confirmed\, she faints. Jackeline\, a transgender prostitute\, unexpectedly comes to her aid.Directed By:Alejandro ZunoCountry:MexicoGenre:ShortMinutes:16Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎Showing:20525\n\nSurvive A long trip sets Maggie and her Mum down a lonely desert. What seems to be a reunion ends up turning her from an ordinary teenager to a survivor fighting for her life.Directed By:Tyna EzenmaCountry:NigeriaGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:8Warning:Implied Violence‎Showing:20525\n\nThe Barber Fadi\, a Syrian barber who has set up a make-shift barber shop in a refugee camp in Southern Sweden\, provides a neutral ear for the various ethnic and political groups residing in the camp. Fadi's customers reveal the struggles of everyday immigrant life in Sweden and the dynamics between peoples within the camp. When Fadi develops a relationship with a new client\, he is forced to question his own values\, which are already so often challenged by life in Sweden. Within seconds\, Fadi must make a potentially life-altering decision that may alleviate the pain from his past\, but may change his future forever.Directed By:Melanie AronsonCountry:SwedenGenre:ShortMinutes:14Warning:Implied Violence‎Showing:20525\n\nReverie Jerry Jean’s 'Reverie' revolves around the 'what ifs' between young adulthood and an older adulthood - the time when we’re in the midst of our professions and tiptoeing between crisis and comfort. At a certain point we may begin to look back on our lives and wonder if we had let 'the one' go.Directed By:Angela ChenCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:3Showing:20525\, 20534\n\nAlex’s Strip Alexandra\, a 12-year-old teenager is reunited with her father\, Alex\, a Spanish merchant who has spent a long time in jail after being wrongly accused of terrorism. She accompanies him on a business trip to India\, where an explosion threatens to separate them again when Alex is again accused of terrorism. Only the girl might be able to save her father.Directed By:Irene Zoe AlamedaCountry:Spain / India / United StatesGenre:FeatureMinutes:109Warning:Graphic Violence‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-06/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T170826Z UID:20524-1582396200-1582405200@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Saturday Feb 22 - Evening Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 8:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nThe Ribbon "The Ribbon" is a beautiful short film about a little girl who wakes up in a magical world. Riddled in this little girl's journey of beautiful sceneries and enchanting creatures\, a deeper significance lies behind what meets the eye. "The Ribbon" is not just a children's film after all. Join us on a little girl's journey to find out why!Directed By:Polla-Ilariya KozinoCountry:United States / TaiwanGenre:AnimatedMinutes:4Showing:20524\, 20530\n\nChronicles Of-The Good Reverend Residing on opposite sides of the Delaware River\, Capital City and Pottersfield are political and socioeconomic enemies dividing people of the same class. An upsurge of bizarre homicides baffles authorities as a disturbing new drug leads to a multitude of overdose victims mysteriously washing ashore on the river banks of both towns.Directed By:Jamaal GreenCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:13Warning:Implied Violence‎\n\nSubway Commuting to work is always a delicate moment\, in which our mind usually wanders and reflects on where our life is headed. That’s where we begin our story\, on a ultra slow motion shot in the New York Subway… until something happens that blowseverything away. Subway is a a short film about a very long instant: falling in love.Directed By:Carlos Garcia De DiosCountry:Spain / United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:5\n\nThe Chef In the near future\, when all labor works are replaced by humanoids\, a Chinese chef\, Pu (60s) is ordered to pass on his cooking skill to humanoid robot William and to teach him Chinese cooking. Designed to satisfy his owner\, William tries to follow Pu’s every instruction\, but his robotic demand for precision and perfection is essentially contradictory to Chinese cooking. At the same time\, the protests against AI replacing human labor are more and more intense. Qiang\, Pu’s apprentice is also one of the protestors. Since Qiang disappoints Pu time and time again in cooking\, Pu starts to get closer with William\, which pushes him to the opposite of human beings. Pu becomes at a loss in this dilemma.Directed By:Hao ZhengCountry:United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:20Showing:20524\n\nWe’re Going to Paris An old married couple try to rob a bank with the purpose of saving their house which has a foreclosure on it\, but the couple receive a tremendous surprise when they enter the bank.Directed By:David NorrisCountry:Puerto RicoGenre:ShortMinutes:9Showing:20524\n\nFool’s Gold A depiction of anxiety shown through four different rooms encompassing a different mental state of the protagonist.Directed By:Mithin ThomasCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:3Showing:20524\, 20534\n\nThe Condor & The Eagle Four Indigenous environmental leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian plains to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of Climate Justice. "The Condor & The Eagle" documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film's four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey\, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another. Oscar-winning Producer / Editor Douglas Blush says:"This documentary takes the struggle for Climate Justice beyond the standard borders of separate nations and shows a new\, larger movement rising up across many Indigenous peoples\, using thrilling cinematography\, deeply personal stories and the urgency of tomorrow’s headlines. The Condor & The Eagle is both a profound work of climate journalism and an exhilarating\, emotional adventure film”.Directed By:Sophie Guerra\, Clement GuerraCountry:France / United States / CanadaGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:82Showing:20524 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-05/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T181500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T170800Z UID:20523-1582386300-1582395300@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Saturday Feb 22 - Mid Day Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 6:00 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nThe Seal "The Seal" is a psychological thriller about a woman’s journey of healing from trauma. It’s about the battle between the mind that wants to forget\, and the body that remembers.Directed By:Richa RudolaCountry:United States / IndiaGenre:ShortMinutes:16Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Drug Use‎; Discussion or Depiction of Rape‎Showing:20523\, 20534\n\nItaly & (this is) Water A single day: from the tender break of dawn to the darkest night. One out of many days to come? Quite possibly the very last. A long farewell\, an ultimate goodbye to a life we have grown to hold dear. Leading to a head-on dive into a new reality\, into a new state of being. To long for the unknown. To desire to be at the mercy of chance. Last caresses in solidarity\, last minutes in shelter. End means beginning. Death becomes birth. From water\, back into water. From gas to solid. Everything is commenced by woman\, everything ends with a woman.Directed By:Anja Plaschg\, Ioan GavrielCountry:Austria / MaltaGenre:Music VideoMinutes:5Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎;Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎;Discussion or Depiction of Suicide‎Showing:20523\n\nBozkir Look at the Birds Abdullah and Cripple Ziya are gun dealers in the Bozkir district of Konya. They put honesty\, honor\, and dignity before anything else. Even though Abdullah and Ziya have opposite personalities\, their friendship and partnership go back many years. Abdullah has worked hard and finally bought the horse he has been dreaming of. Now\, all he wants to do is to marry his beloved Emine and build a happy life. Ziya lives one day at a time. He has no intention of settling down\, he only cares about spending his money for his own happiness. One day\, Abdullah and Ziya visit Abdullah’s friend Bekir the Potter whom Abdullah has known from his time in military service.Directed By:Mehmet TanriseverCountry:TurkeyGenre:FeatureMinutes:111Showing:20523 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-04/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200222T153000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200105T170729Z UID:20522-1582376400-1582385400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Saturday Feb 22 - Afternoon Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 3:15 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \n\nFresh Green In an empty bar\, a lone patron plays a game of pool.Directed By:Ida GreenbergCountry:United StatesGenre:AnimatedMinutes:4Showing:20522\, 20530\n\nInfinite While It Lasts After falling in love at a party\, Danny and Seiji just want to be together. However\, their differences might prove stronger than their feelings. The first fiction film about asexuality.Directed By:Akira KamikiCountry:BrazilGenre:ShortMinutes:19Showing:20522\n\nBusy As Usual: The Web Series "Busy As Usual: The Web Series" is a fly-on-the-wall look at what goes on inside a talent agent's office. You will find our Talent Agent convincing potential clients the casting couch doesn't exist;\,guiding his clients towards self awareness - and sometimes guiding them right off the books. Giving his actors the tools they need to succeed is always the Talent Agent's first priority\, however in the hands of an overzealous actor or a client with the self awareness of a clog\, these tools don't always lead to the results the Talent Agent was hoping for.Directed By:Sean Perez\, Elijah McKeoghCountry:AustraliaGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:9\n\nDistinguished Feelings Elena and Arturo are a couple fully in love until one day\, one of their friends sow seeds of doubts in their minds. Elena will organize their break up herself. Hurt\, she hires a young “straight” actor to seduce her ex-lover and make him suffer. Elena believes she will be less humiliated if Arturo would accept his “gay predilection” and fell in love with a man\, instead of a woman. But the heart has reasons that reasoning doesn’t know…Directed By:Koeren MorianoCountry:FranceGenre:ShortMinutes:11Showing:20522\n\nYonlu "Yonlu" is a fiction film based on the real story of a 16 year-old boy who\, aided by the internet\, won over the world with his talent for music and art. Fluent in five languages\, Yonlu had a network of virtual friends on all continents. However\, no one suspected he was also taking part in a forum for potential suicides.Directed By:Hique MontanariCountry:BrazilGenre:FeatureMinutes:88Warning:Discussion or Depiction of Suicide‎Showing:20522 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-03/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T235900 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T054714Z UID:20521-1582319700-1582329540@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Friday Feb 21 - Night Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 11:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \nSponsored by GT’s Living Foods. Complimentary bottles of GT’s Kombucha – a naturally effervescent tea\, fermented to probiotic perfection with raw & organic ingredients! \n\nF Dream (The Keyboard Story) A keyboard key called F wants to fly\, so he starts a battle with a flying insect.Directed By:Grey ChanCountry:ChinaGenre:AnimatedMinutes:5Showing:20521\, 20530\n\nThe Vic A small-time drug dealer is expecting to have a quiet night watching TV with his girlfriend. All is well until his supplier pops up to pressure him to make a new purchase. As the night unfolds\, mistakes are made with murderous consequences.Directed By:Roman RiveraCountry:United StatesGenre:Web SeriesMinutes:24Warning:Graphic Violence‎Showing:20521\n\nCrimson Cuffs Laurena goes on a blind date at the behest of her pushy mother and learns that its always best to trust your instincts over advice.Directed By:Madeline VailCountry:United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:7Warning:Implied Violence‎Showing:20521\n\nMy Daughter Yoshiko A Japanese-American mother struggles to come to terms with her daughter's autism diagnosis. Based on true events.Directed By:Brian BlumCountry:United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:15Showing:20521\, 20534\n\nIn Everyone’s Eyes – El Último! Will life in Cuba ever change? A smiling narrator hides his slyly subversive message in plain sight... by singing it! This mirrors reality in Cuba\, where it's too dangerous to openly confront the State. This more pointed director’s cut of the multiple award-winning “In Everyone’s Eyes (en todas las miradas)" was made following the death of Fidel Castro. Filmed entirely in Cuba.Directed By:Lloyd FrostCountry:Canada / CubaGenre:Music VideoMinutes:7Showing:20521\n\nTapestry Based upon real events\, "Tapestry" is the story of a man in the midst of a heavy personal and spiritual crisis. Aided by his dying mother and faithless father\, he embarks on a personal journey that will forever change him.Directed By:Ken KusherCountry:United StatesGenre:FeatureMinutes:92Showing:20521 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-02/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191223T233737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T054400Z UID:20520-1582309800-1582318800@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Friday Feb 21 - Evening Screening DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 8:45 PM. \nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children. \nSponsored by GT’s Living Foods. Complimentary bottles of GT’s Kombucha – a naturally effervescent tea\, fermented to probiotic perfection with raw & organic ingredients! \n\nWherefore Art Thou\, Theo? Wherefore Art Thou\, Theo? documents the series of voicemails my mother sent me during a time of loss.Directed By:Theodore SchafferCountry:United StatesGenre:AnimatedMinutes:5Warning:Explicit Sexual Situations‎; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎\n\nFor the Goblins An ordinary college student gets kidnapped by Goblins on his way home from a party. With the desire of getting some Goblin wine\, he makes a deal with the Goblins and brings home a young Goblin who does not understand anything about human society.Directed By:Hypnus YaoCountry:United StatesGenre:ShortMinutes:16Showing:20520\n\nSisters During the organization of their mother’s funeral\, two estranged sisters with completely different personalities are forced to face each other once again. They will have to confront their differences\, as well as their relationship.Directed By:Florian BayerCountry:AustriaGenre:ShortMinutes:20\n\nThe Chain The Chain is a dance concept video with inspirations from Dogville and Wes Anderson.Directed By:Lonnie Iske\, Nate TalanCountry:United StatesGenre:Music VideoMinutes:3Showing:20520\n\nSchemers His football career over\, Davie starts promoting gigs in Dundee with his friends John and Scot – leading to a hugely ambitious Iron Maiden show. Out of his depth and deep in debt with Fergie\, a gangster of legendary violence\, Davie needs to pull off the biggest scheme of his life.Directed By:David McLeanCountry:United KingdomGenre:FeatureMinutes:89Warning:Implied Violence‎ URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa20-block-01/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200220T190000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20191220T212131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200227T155044Z UID:20505-1582225200-1582225200@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:WFA 2020 Opening Night Kick-Off Bash & Networking Party DESCRIPTION:See photos from the event! \n\n\n\n\nThursday night kicks off Winter Film Awards 9th annual International Film Festival. Filmmaker’s Reception & Opening Night Party! \nCome meet our amazing filmmakers and sponsors\, make some new friends & industry contacts and get a photo on the red carpet! \n Featuring a show of Hollywood’s latest fashion by celebrity designer ELIE BALLEH and Special Guest JES DAVIS \nOpen bar (beer\, wine & well drinks) 7-8PM \nBring business cards to be entered into a drawing for $50 gift cards to a bunch of awesome NYC restaurants and shops\, including Dinosaur BBQ\, Amorino Gelato\, The Liberty NYC\, Tortaria\, Pret A Manger\, Mario Badescu Skincare and Athleta! \nThis event is FREE and open to the public. \nFREE!! Doors open at 7pm\nMust be 21+ ! Bring your friends!!\n\n\n\nBrought to you by\nAmorino Gelato\nAthleta\nDinosaur Bar-B-Que\nFearsMag\nMario Badescu Skincare\nPret A Manger\nThe Liberty NYC\nTortaria\nWinter Film Awards URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa-2020-opening/ LOCATION:Sky Room\, 330 West 40th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/WFA2020-Opening-Night5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T020000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20181216T050300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T043545Z UID:17610-1550948400-1550973600@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:WFA 2019 Awards Ceremony + Gala Red Carpet + After Party DESCRIPTION:Winter Film Awards comes to a glittering close on February 23! Dance the night away at the most beautiful club in NYC!\nSEE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT \nWinter Film Awards invites you to join us for the closing event of our Eighth 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. \n230 Fifth Avenue\, New York NY 10001\n7:00pm-8:00pm: Red Carpet\, sponsored by Insomnia Cookies\, Veneiro’s Bakery and Bar Bacon. \nFeaturing Guinevere DiPiazza/Aerial Acrobat Entertainment Living Red Carpet. \nGet your photo taken at our PhotoBooth sponsored by A2ZParty \n8:00pm-9:30pm: Awards Ceremony featuring live performances from Bathe\, Hailz Calmlee\, Yamee Couture & the Little Ear Collective and Black Love Steel Ensemble \n9:30pm-2:00am: After Party featuring DJ IzaBella and Bathe \nFREE before 10pm 21+ with ID. Please dress to the occasion- no athletic wear\, hats\, or sneakers.\n\n\n\nEnjoy delicious hot fresh cookies courtesy of Insomnia Cookies and amazing salty sweet Bacon Caramel Popcorn from Bar Bacon! \n \n \n Host\, Presenter\n\nDenise Reed\n Host\n\nMister Fitzgerald\n Announcer\n\nMercer B Morrison \n \nPerformances by\n\nBathe\n\nBlack Love Steel Ensemble\n\nDJ IzaBella\n\nGuinevere DiPiazza / Living Red Carpet\n\nHailz Calmlee\n\nYamée Couture & The Little Ears Collective \n \nPresenters\n\nAlexa Modugno\n\nCarl Goodman\n\nCharlii Sebunya\n\nChristopher Marshall\n\nCornell Wynn\n\nDawn Mecca\n\nDenise Reed\n\nDrew Gardner\n\nErica Salguera\n\nErika Mays\n\nGeoffrey Kelly Grady\n\nJoseph Mauceri\n\nJudith Balkin\n\nJulia McCarthy\n\nMike Brown\n\nNick Huston\n\nRichard Ruskin\n\nRob Chen\n\nStafford Chavis\n\nStephanie Hepner\n\nSusan Wagner\n\nYeraldi Saenz\n\nYoulim Nam \n \nAwards Handlers\n\nBeier Zhao\n\nJaclyn Marney\n\nJoanne Gonzalez\n\nMao Hanada\n\nMarco Napoli\n\nNatasha Winters\n\nRaquel Fonseca\n\nSheetal Deo\n\nVanessa Fondeur \n \nMakeup Artists\n\nAnnette Bragas\n\nCameron Gonzales\n\nDanielle Paquette\n\nFelicia Greene\n\nLiz Chappelle-Meeks\n\nMadge Earle\n\nMaegan Granoff\n\nOdilis Trinidad\n\nStory Falu \n \nWinter Film Awards Team\nWinter Film Awards is led by George Isaacs (CEO & Founder)\, Steffanie Finn (Executive Director)\, Lesley Sigall (Treasurer)\, Joseph Mauceri and Vaughn Murphy. \nWinter Film Awards is grateful for the tireless support of our team: Fernando Camacho\, Liz Davis\, Steven De Castro\, Zach Grinfeld\, Dawn Mecca\, Andrew Mingyar\, Fulden Kologlu Oner\, Paul Marengo\, Vashti Persaud\, Katy Quinn\, Larry Von Cassele and Neal Williams. \nThank you to Winter Film Awards staff\, volunteers\, screeners\, judges\, writers\, panelists\, friends and helpers! This event couldn’t happen without you! \nWFA 2019 Awards Ceremony Writers\nSteffanie Finn\, Vashti Persaud\, Zachary Grinfeld\, Fernando Camacho \nAwards Ceremony Production Team\nVasthi Persaud\, Zachary Grinfeld\, Fernando Camacho\, Liz Davis\, Larry Von Cassele \nWFA 2019 Awards Jury\nJudith Balkin\, Mike Brown\, Elizabeth Davis\, Debbie Els\, Paul Elsnau\, Jon Gann\, Moulya Gopalaiah\, Ida Greenberg\, Katie Hands\, Eliza Lagonia\, Salvatore Lagonia\, Robert LaRue\, Lauren Magura\, Christopher Marshall\, Joseph Mauceri\, Erika Mays\, Julia McCarthy\, Andrew Mingyar\, Claus Mueller\, Vaughn Murphy\, Youlim Nam\, Adam November\, Nilufer Ozmekik\, Charles Pazos\, Toni Pennacchia\, Vashti Persaud\, Christelle Petit-Homme\, Larry Richman\, Roseanne Robertson\, Nefeli Soteriou\, Richard Stein\, Joi Tribble\, Susan Wagner and Cornell Wynn \nWFA 2019 Submission Judges\nJason Bagdade\, Donnie Banks\, Pedro Branco\, Phillip Cartwright\, Charles Coe\, Nicholas Costa\, Jessenia Cuesta\, Elizabeth Davis\, Warren Dent\, Grant Felenstein\, Alison Galbraith\, Christopher Gay\, Ryan Gerhardt\, Ryan Gower\, Coley Gray\, Chris Greenaway\, Ida Greenberg\, Zachary Grinfeld\, Meng Guo\, Katie Hands\, Jane Hare\, Henry Hawks\, Bianca He\, George Isaacs\, Kirsten Ittershagen\, Angela James\, Jayne Johnson\, MJ Kang\, Emma Keehan\, Edward Kim\, Salvatore Lagonia\, Eliza Lagonia\, Bob LaRue\, Lorena Lomeli Moreno\, Nicole Longhi\, Luke Marotta\, Joseph Mauceri\, Alexa Modugno\, Tommy Murillo\, Vaughn Murphy\, Aspen Nelson\, Desiree Nestor\, Kelly Nettleton\, Azadeh Nikzadeh\, Adam November\, Denise Olusala\, Fulden Kologlu Oner\, Colleen Marie O’Shea\, Nilufer Ozmekik\, Charles Pazos\, Kevin Perez\, Vashti Persaud\, Christelle Petit-Homme\, CJ PhillipS\, Charles Powell\, Roseanne Robertson\, Sawyer Rock\, Maria Rodriguez\, Landon Rudd\, Kylah Rymond\, Vania Saintfery\, Jessica Scozzola\, Nefeli Soteriou\, Richard Stein\, Peter Steinberg\, Anna Tobias\, Larry Van Cassele and Camille Viollet \nWFA 2019 Film Reviewers\n\nAlexa Modugno\n\nBelton DeLaine-Facey\n\nCristina Slattery\n\nDespina Afentouli\n\nJerry Del Priore\n\nKeiona Williamson\n\nLianna Albrizio\n\nLisa Monaco\n\nNefeli Soteriou\n\nNilufer Yenidogan Ozmekik\n\nOlivia Butler\n\nPeter Bell\n\nVashti Persaud \n \nWFA 2019 Speakers and Panelists\n\nBrian McKenna\n\nCatherine Branscome-Morrissey\n\nChristina Raia\n\nDan Gurlitz\n\nErica Peek\n\nFulden Kologlu\n\nHassan Heyword\n\nIsil Bagdadi\n\nJudith Balkin\n\nMat Levy\n\nNick Huston\n\nRandy Frisch\n\nZach Grinfeld \n \nWinter Film Awards 2019 International Film Festival was brought to you by URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa2019-awards-ceremony/ LOCATION:The Empire Room @230Fifth\, 230 Fifth Avenue / Enter Club at 1150 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/awards-ceremony-glitter-web4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T140000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20181218T220033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T043608Z UID:17686-1550925000-1550930400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Workshop: Grantwriting for Filmmakers DESCRIPTION:Completing a grant proposal is not as difficult as one may think. This class will demystify and help you with the mechanics of writing an effective proposal. However\, successful grant writing is more than just writing the proposal. You will also learn tips for increasing your chances of success — such as how to approach funders\, following up\, etc. \nCome get all of your questions answered! This event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE.\n\n\n\nAbout The Speaker\nPaul Marengo is the CEO of Promethean Fundraising\, a small boutique consulting firm that helps grassroots organizations become more competitive fundraisers. Mr. Marengo has 25+ years in non-profit organizational development. In his career\, Paul has been the Festival Director for DC Film Alliance\, the Asian Pacific American Film Festival as well as the Volunteer Coordinator for DC Independent Film Festival\, DC Underground Film Festival\, Reel Affirmations\, and now FilmFestDC. Further adding to his resume\, Paul has been the event manager for organizations such as the Guerilla Film Festival and Reel Affirmations as well as a Theater Manager for the Washington Jewish Film Festival. Lastly\, Paul has been a film judge for the NYC Independent Film Festival\, The Washington West Film Festival\, and Smart Philm Festival. \nBrought to you by\nPromethean Fundraising\nWinter Film Awards URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa19-grantwriting/ LOCATION:Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts\, 1 E 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Disc-grantwriting2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T230000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20181218T220658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T043624Z UID:17689-1550862000-1550876400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Pre-Awards Filmmaker Networking Party DESCRIPTION:After an exciting week watching amazing films\, and an exhilarating day running around Town\, come out to Troy Liquor Bar and hang out with your fellow filmmakers! \nComplimentary beer for badgeholders lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery beer\, 7-8PM \nThis event is FREE and open to the public\n\n\n\n  URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa19-filmmaker-party/ LOCATION:Troy Liquor Bar\, 675 Hudson Street at 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10014\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/troy-party-web2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T153000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20190114T235949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T043636Z UID:19028-1550844000-1550849400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Workshop: Getting the Best Production Sound for Your Indie Film with Gotham Sound DESCRIPTION:Bad sound will tank even the greatest film ever made. But\, how exactly can you ensure great sound for your indie film\, particularly if you have a limited budget? Gotham Sound\, a one stop production audio solution based in Long Island City\, is here to provide tips\, answer questions and help you ensure that your film sounds excellent! \nCovering everything an independent producer needs to know to work successfully with their sound crew to capture the best production sound for their film. Come get all of your questions answered! This event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE. \nHop on the train to get there! Take the M/R to 36th Street Station or the N/W to 36th Avenue Station. Gotham Sound is located just one block from the Museum of the Moving Image and Kaufman Studios.\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nPeter Schneider is a founder and co-owner of Gotham Sound which provides audio and communications equipment for broadcast\, major motion picture\, and independent media producers throughout the United States. He is also an adjunct professor in the graduate department at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a decorated IATSE Local 52 production sound mixer\, earning a Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel for his work on Third Watch and a Cinema Audio Society Award for his work on The Sopranos. \nBrought to you by\nSeed & Spark\nWinter Film Awards URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/workshop-getting-the-best-sound-for-your-indie-film-with-gotham-sound/ LOCATION:Gotham Sound\, 35-10 36th Ave\, 2nd Floor\, Long Island City\, 11106\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Disc-gotham-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T123000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20181218T215716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T043645Z UID:17684-1550829600-1550838600@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:On Location Tours - NYC TV & Movie Tour DESCRIPTION:On Location Tours’ NYC TV & Movie Tour\, will lead you to New York City’s best filming locations! On this guided sightseeing bus tour you will see over 60 NYC locations featured in your favorite TV shows and movies.So sit back and relax as your tour guide leads you through the most filmed city in the world\, all from the comfort of a bus with heat in the winter and AC in the summer. They will take you on a tour of the city’s most recognizable locations sharing with you some of the TV and film industry’s best-kept secrets. Follow in the footsteps of your favorite characters when you hop off at different NYC locations throughout your tour. \nThe NYC TV & Movie Tour departs at 10AM from Ellen’s Stardust Diner located at 51st & Broadway. The tour ends at the Museum of the Moving Image. \nThis event is private and open only to Winter Film Awards Badgeholders. URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa19-on-location-tour/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Disc-movie-tour.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190221T220000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20190131T063526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T043938Z UID:19323-1550700000-1550786400@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Wednesday Night After-Party DESCRIPTION: URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/after-party/ LOCATION:Drop Off Service (D.O.S.)\, 211 Avenue A (between 13th & 14th)\, New York\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/party-feb-20-glitter.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190220T131000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190220T151500 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20190114T003740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T222913Z UID:18978-1550668200-1550675700@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Wednesday Feb 20 - Special Screening Matinee DESCRIPTION:There will be a Q&A Session starting at 2:55PM\nThese films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.\n\nI am a Model I Matter These are real stories of real models and the struggles they have to go through to get where they want to be.Directed By:Saima Chaudhry\, Aanchel PawaCountry:United StatesGenre:DocumentaryMinutes:20Showing:18978\n\nIn Sickness After you take your vows\, what happens when the future is nothing like what you envisioned? As a man spirals deeper and deeper into his mental illness\, his young wife is forced to question whether love is really enough.Directed By:Julius B. KellyCountry:United StatesGenre:FeatureMinutes:83Showing:18978 URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/wfa19-block-m4/ LOCATION:Cinema Village Theater 1\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Films-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190218T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T220000 DTSTAMP:20260518T011816 CREATED:20190131T065023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T044317Z UID:19330-1550527200-1550613600@winterfilmawards.com SUMMARY:Monday Night After-Party DESCRIPTION: URL:https://winterfilmawards.com/event/monday-night-after-party-2/ LOCATION:Drop Off Service (D.O.S.)\, 211 Avenue A (between 13th & 14th)\, New York\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 International Film Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winterfilmawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/party-feb-18-glitter.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Winter Film Festival":MAILTO:info@winterfilmawards.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR