Spotlight on Documentaries #WFA2024

For our 2024 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen an incredible collection of twelve documentary films from around the world!
Documentary Day – All Docs All Day – February 24 12:45 PM – 11:50 PM ……. Documentary Shorts Matinee – February 23 1:15 PM – 3:30 PM

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Theater as Life: Matiss Kaza’s “One Ticket, Please”

A 78-year-old Indian woman in New York is the world’s most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane has been going to at least one play every day for more than 25 years. The elderly, culture-loving hustler has developed an array of ingenious means by which she acquires free tickets to most New York theaters. Disliked by theater staff for her behavior, Nicki prides herself on her staunch dedication to the art. See the US Premiere of ‘One Ticket, Please’ on Friday, February 23 7PM at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.

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Gold turns men into ugly beasts. A look at “Nobody Dies Here” by Simon Panay

Documentarian/Indie filmmaker Simon Panay shows gold fever and the all too real consequences for the illegal gold miners of Benin, Africa in his short documentary, “Nobody Dies Here”. See the ‘Nobody Dies Here’ on Sunday, February 25 1PM at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.

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#WFA2015 Best Doc Winner George Gittoes and the art of war

The fascinating George Gittoes, director of #WFA2015 Best Documentary Film and Socially Relevant Film “Love City, Jalalabad” and recent recipient of the prestigious Sydney Peace Prize, was profiled in this weekend’s THE AGE. Artist George Gittoes at his 2014 exhibition, Vincent and the Snow Monkey, at Sydney’s Art Equity gallery.…

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