A Wonderful Way with Dragons, directed by Delfine Paolini, is an official selection of New York City’s 13th Annual Winter Film Festival. The feature film is the story of six children of varying years who were brought to a remote property by their parents to be kept safe from a deadly pandemic that has swept the world. However, years of isolation has begun to affect the children.
Directors Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green follow the extraordinary stories of three people living with Parkinson’s, capturing their Herculean strength and power to adapt. See the NYC Premiere of feature documentary “Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s” 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.
“Pianoman” invites viewers to witness not just instrument restoration but a profound journey of healing, celebrating the universal pursuit of dreams intertwined with the desire to rediscover the comforting embrace of home. See the World Premiere of feature documentary “Pianoman” on February 24 @3:15 PM at LOOK Cinemas (657 West 57th Street) as part of New York City’s 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Filmmaker Daphne Yeager Ostendorf deals with the loss of her daughter and husband through a stirring documentary about enduring love and processing grief. See the documentary “Keeping Olivia” as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @4:25PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
A life-altering haircut was all it took for filmmaker Cheryl Bookout to decide on the subject of her next big documentary. That, and a gay father who owns a quaint, retro salon who is living his best life filled with love, art, music and adventure. Enter: The Beauty Bubble. See the documentary “Inside the Beauty Bubble” as part of Documentary Day on Feb 18 @12PM and Feb 22 @2:45PM at Cinema Village as part of New York City’s 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
In filmmaker Brian DiLorenzo’s contemplative feature drama “Myth,” he proves that sad realities are in fact the most compelling to watch. See “Myth” on Monday Feb 24 @6:30pm at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 9th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
Lead actress Kimberley Datnow channels aspects of her own life story into Henrietta, a fashionable, 20-something standup comedian who is struggling to come to terms with her father’s death in the feature comedy “Daddy Issues”
It’s the survival of the arts for Sam Quiggins, Tim Cho and Mathieu Donoyer whose everyday lives are chronicled in a raw month-to-month portrayal of camaraderie, sacrifice, and a love of the craft in the feature-length documentary “New York Scherzo. See the film on Friday, February 15, 2019 in the 7:00pm – 9:15pm screening block at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 8th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
“The Girl Who Invented Kissing” is a poignant triumph of individuality amid the sadness of everyday life. Despite how a shallow mind may perceive the value of a mentally handicapped timid man or a destitute, drug-taking drifter, through Director Tom Sierchio’s eyes, there’s so much more to them than the biased judgments of ordinary people. See the NYC Premiere of ‘The Girl Who Invented Kissing’ on February 24, 2018 @9:15 pm at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival. Winter Film Awards’s Lianna Albrizio spoke with Tom Sierchio about his approach to making his film and what drew him to this subject.
Based on a true-life story, “The Best of All Worlds” is a poignant account of Director Adrian Goiginger’s upbringing by heroin-addicted parents. See ‘The Best of All Worlds’ on February 28, 2018 @7:45pm at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) as part of New York City’s 7th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival.
