On the Red Carpet at the 2017 Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival
Filmmaker interviews with Katy Quinn on the red carpet at the 2017 Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival! ...
PERU, A Puzzle & A One-Of-A-Kind Personal Story
If you enjoy puzzles or personal stories or both, you will love 'The Curious Life of Piter Eustaquio Rengifo Uculmana'. In this unique feature-length debut documentary, you'll travel the diverse, meandering path of a man throughout Peru, a country whose spelling also matches the initials of his name (P.E.R.U.). See the US Premiere of ‘The Curious Life' on Wednesday March 1 as part of the 6th Annual Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival ...
Life & Death. War & Peace. Dialogue & Film
In his film 'Vive La Mort', director Thomas A. Welte presents a captivating conversation about life and death, war and peace. See the NYC Premier of 'Vive La Mort' on Sunday February 26 as part of the 6th Annual Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival ...
“Perfect” Sheds Light on the Grossly Overlooked Sport of Synchronized Swimming
So you thought the decathlon was the most grueling of the summer Olympic sports? Well then you haven't researched synchronized swimming.... See the US Premier of 'Perfect' on Saturday February 25 and Tuesday February 28 at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003) as part of the 6th Annual Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival ...
Viral Beauty’s Romantic Comedy Tale of the Online World, Celebrity Fascination
She wanted a date; she got a million subscribers instead. 'Viral Beauty' is a take on modern day society. First-time director David Tyson Lam, a software developer by day, describes his film as a romantic-tech comedy. See the New York Premiere of 'Viral Beauty' on Saturday, February 25 at Cinema Village as part of the 6th Annual Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival ...
So Much More than a Bunch of Hippies – Jean-André Fourestié on ‘Stone Story’
'Stone Story', directed by Jean-André Fourestié, tells the story of Martin Stone and his family—from his turbulent days in the seventies as a peace-loving individual to the present. Intertwined is the complex Stone family emotional-charged dynamics as they navigate the pothole-filled terrain of the search for utopia ...
Washing Away the Mud of Life – Amit Ranjan Biswas’ debut film ‘Bridge’
Washing Away the Mud of Life - Amit Ranjan Biswas' debut film 'Bridge'. Two strangers, both suffering from immense emotional distress arising out of life’s tragedies, wanting to commit suicide, meet on a Bridge over the Ganges. Winter Film Awards’ Walter Howard spoke with Calcutta-born Amit Ranjan Biswas, a poet, playwright, public speaker, neuropsychiatrist and filmmaker about his debut feature film, ‘Bridge’. See the NYC Premiere of ‘Bridge’ on Monday, February 27 as part of the 2017 Winter Film Awards ...
A Look at Unintentional Mass Murderers – Milos Radovic on ‘Train Driver’s Diary’
Statistics say that during his professional career, every train driver unintentionally kills 15 to 20 people. Director and screenwriter Milos Radovic speaks with Winter Film Awards' Allison Jiang about what he learned, his influences, and Serbian trains from hell. See the NYC Premiere of 'Train Driver's Diary' on Saturday, February 25 as part of the Winter Film Awards 6th Annual Indie Film Festival ...
Beware of The Hat Man – Drew Gabreski on ‘Be Afraid’
Beware of The Hat Man - Drew Gabreski on 'Be Afraid'. There are entities which exist in the darkest shadows of the night that can only be seen out of the corner of your eye. Follow the nightmarish trials of a father whose young son’s safety is jeopardized by supernatural forces led by the mysterious Hat Man. See 'Be Afraid' on Thursday March 2 as part of "Bloody Thursday" at the Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival ...
A nail through the heart of a Soldier Bee
In 'Soldier Bee', a British Captain returns home from Afghanistan after being injured in a rigged booby trap that has left her scarred physically and on a deep psychological accord. Winter Film Awards’ Walter Howard interviewed director Alex Hardy about the making of the film about the effects of PTSD on a female veteran. See ‘Soldier Bee’ on Sunday February 26 as part of Winter Film Awards 6th Annual Indie Film Festival ...
‘Creedmoria’ proves that breaking out of the institution is more important than fitting in
Bubbling over with a much-needed dose of optimism is 'Creedmoria', director Alicia Slimmer’s feature debut based loosely on her experiences growing up in 1980s-era Queens, New York, in the shadow of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. See 'Creedmoria' at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street) on Friday, February 24 as part of the Winter Film Awards 6th Annual Indie Film Festival ...
When a group of women go on a hiking trip to learn more about themselves as individuals, they soon realize they have bigger problems to deal with: they are being hunted like animals. See 'Quarries' on Sunday February 26 and Thursday March 1 as part of Winter Film Awards 6th Annual Indie Film Festival ...
A Purple Rain falls in the Sahara Desert – Christopher Kirkley’s feature film debut
An homage to Purple Rain set in the Sahara Desert - Christopher Kirkley's directing debut 'Rain the Color Blue with a Little Red In It'. See the film at the Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival in New York City on March 1 at the Cinema Village Theater 1, located at 22 E. 12th St ...
Filmmaking as a form of therapy – ‘F*ck You Jessica Blair’ directed by Karni Haneman
The provocative title 'F*ck You Jessica Blair' provides insight into the introspective, yet hilarious, first feature film by Israeli Karni Haneman. See the World Premiere of F*ck You Jessica Blair on Tuesday, February 28th as part of the Winter Film Awards 2017 Indie Film Festival ...
Take a wild ride through the NYC Art & Fashion world in ‘Shoot Me Nicely’ by Elias Plagianos
Elias Plagianos’ web series Shoot Me Nicely starring John Behlmann, William Sadler, Linda Hamilton and Tasie Lawrence, is the story of a fashion photographer who loses his elite magazine job, plunging him into a downward spiral of odd jobs and celebrity chasing ...
Not your typical High School story – Irving Franco’s ‘Cheerleader’
Irving Franco's debut feature film 'Cheerleader', a coming-of-age story with a twist, takes a different look at adolescent self-discovery, heartache, insecurity and peer-pressure ...
A funny feel-good film about Suicide – a chat with director Molly Ratermann
Usually, with a name like 'Suicide', one can expect a heavy and perhaps unpleasant affair. However, Molly Ratermann’s short film 'Suicide' manages to explore sexuality, friendship, and of course, death, in twenty sharp and refreshing minutes ...
Destroying the Perfect Family – Fletcher Crossman discusses his film ‘Heavy Objects’
A seemingly perfect family deals with an unexpected event that could destroy everything they worked for, in Fletcher Crossman’s familial thriller, Heavy Objects. See the NYC Premiere of the film on February 24th at the 2017 Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival ...
A Story of Trust and Redemption – NYC Premiere of ‘Enora’ at Winter Film Awards Indie Film Fest
Winter Film Awards' Lianna Albrizio talks with filmmakers Benoit Monney and Sami Khadraoui about their short film 'Enora', which will have its NYC premiere at the 6th Annual Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival ...
Winter Film Awards' Emma Morgan sat down with filmmaker Nicole Albarelli to talk about her feature film 'To Dream', which will have its North American premiere at the 6th Annual Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival ...
