WFA 2024 Winners & Nominees
Congratulations to #WFA2024 International Film Festival Winners & Nominees! #WFASoDiverse #CelebrateDiversity
Tag: Iara Lee
Gender equality and a balanced society? The case of Guinea-Bissau
Why is gender equality necessary for a balanced society? See the documentary film “Unite For Bissau: Agroecology And Feminism In Guinea Bissau” on February 24 @12:45 PM at LOOK Cinemas (657 West 57th Street) as part of New York City’s 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
WFA 2020 Nominees & Winners
Congratulations to #WFA2020 International Film Festival Nominees & Winners! #WFASoDiverse #CelebrateDiversity
Dancing with activism: “Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia”
To celebrate sometimes means to celebrate right in the face of oppression. See the NYC Premiere of Iara Lee’s newest documentary “Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia” on Tuesday February 25 @ 7:45 PM at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 9th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Iara Lee film retrospective April 28 – May 3 in NYC!
Retrospective of the amazing Iara Lee’s films in New York City – April 28-May 3 2019, spanning more than two decades of her work, from 1995’s Synthetic Pleasures to last year’s Burkinabè Rising.
Spotlight on Films from Africa at #WFA2019 #WFASoDiverse
For our 2019 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen an incredible collection of six films from Africa.
Activist Iara Lee’s “Burkinabe Rising” honored at Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
Iara Lee’s feature-length documentary film “Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance In Burkina Faso” was honored at New York City’s 7th annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival, taking home the award for Best Documentary Film and nominations for Best Original Score and Outstanding Woman Director.
Tom Sierchio’s “The Girl Who Invented Kissing” takes top honors at Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
At a glittering ceremony Saturday March 3 at the legendary Copacabana Nightclub in NYC, Winter Film Awards was proud to recognize the outstanding achievement of 15 films, and honored Carl Goodman, Executive Director of the Museum of the Moving Image as the 2018 Patron of the Cinema.
Can art bring a political change? Iara Lee discusses ‘Burkinabe Rising’
Can art bring a political change? Producer Iara Lee showcases Burkina Faso at Winter Film Awards. A story of a country that its people changed its destiny through art. Journalist Despina Afentouli discusses with producer Iara Lee about her documentary “Burkinabè Rising: The art of resistance in Burkina Faso”. See the NY Premiere of ‘Burkinabè Rising’ on February 28, 2018 @7:45 pm at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Gender equality and a balanced society? The case of Guinea-Bissau
Why is gender equality necessary for a balanced society? See the documentary film “Unite For Bissau: Agroecology And Feminism In Guinea Bissau” on February 24 @12:45 PM at LOOK Cinemas (657 West 57th Street) as part of New York City’s 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
WFA 2020 Nominees & Winners
Congratulations to #WFA2020 International Film Festival Nominees & Winners! #WFASoDiverse #CelebrateDiversity
Dancing with activism: “Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia”
To celebrate sometimes means to celebrate right in the face of oppression. See the NYC Premiere of Iara Lee’s newest documentary “Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia” on Tuesday February 25 @ 7:45 PM at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 9th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Iara Lee film retrospective April 28 – May 3 in NYC!
Retrospective of the amazing Iara Lee’s films in New York City – April 28-May 3 2019, spanning more than two decades of her work, from 1995’s Synthetic Pleasures to last year’s Burkinabè Rising.
Spotlight on Films from Africa at #WFA2019 #WFASoDiverse
For our 2019 program, Winter Film Awards is honored to screen an incredible collection of six films from Africa.
Activist Iara Lee’s “Burkinabe Rising” honored at Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
Iara Lee’s feature-length documentary film “Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance In Burkina Faso” was honored at New York City’s 7th annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival, taking home the award for Best Documentary Film and nominations for Best Original Score and Outstanding Woman Director.
Tom Sierchio’s “The Girl Who Invented Kissing” takes top honors at Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
At a glittering ceremony Saturday March 3 at the legendary Copacabana Nightclub in NYC, Winter Film Awards was proud to recognize the outstanding achievement of 15 films, and honored Carl Goodman, Executive Director of the Museum of the Moving Image as the 2018 Patron of the Cinema.
Can art bring a political change? Iara Lee discusses ‘Burkinabe Rising’
Can art bring a political change? Producer Iara Lee showcases Burkina Faso at Winter Film Awards. A story of a country that its people changed its destiny through art. Journalist Despina Afentouli discusses with producer Iara Lee about her documentary “Burkinabè Rising: The art of resistance in Burkina Faso”. See the NY Premiere of ‘Burkinabè Rising’ on February 28, 2018 @7:45 pm at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
