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About the 2021 Winter Film Awards
| Event Name | Winter Film Awards 10th Annual International Film Festival |
| Event Dates | September 23 – October 2 2021 |
| Press Release | Click here to Download the PDF or visit on our Website |
| Event Focus | Diversity in Film, Emerging Filmmakers from around the World. |
| Short Description | The 10th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival runs September 23 – October 2 2021, and includes awesome film screenings, cool discussion panels, career-building professional development workshops and super-fun parties at venues throughout NYC. The event concludes on October 2nd with a glittering awards ceremony and hot red carpet gala at NYC’s premier nightclub. We are proud to screen 91 outstanding films from 28 countries in all genres, shorts and features, including drama, romance, comedy, horror, animation, documentary, music videos and web series. Winter Film Awards is dedicated to showcasing the amazing diversity of voices in indie film and our 2021 lineup is 50% directed by women and 53% by or about people of color. Visit www.WinterFilmAwards.com for tickets, details and schedule! #WinterIsComing #CelebrateDiversity |
| Event Artwork | Official Festival artwork was designed by Cherise Lavah. Official Image (square) Official Image (horiz) Official Image (poster) WFA Logo |
| Opening Party | September 23 2021, 7pm-2am — Harbor NYC, 621 West 46th Street |
| Screenings | September 24-30 at Cinema Village, 22 East 12th St ALL SCREENINGS – Try Coca-Cola Coffee – FREE – Compliments of Liberty Coca-Cola! |
| Awards Show/Red Carpet Gala | October 2 2021, 7pm-2am — Club 230Fifth, 230 Fifth Avenue (FREE, 21+ w/ID) 7pm – Red Carpet featuring Living Red Carpet 9pm – Awards Ceremony 10pm – After Party |
| Discussion Panels/Workshops (FREE) |
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| Tickets | Tickets can be purchased at https://wfa2021.eventcombo.com/ Parties are FREE before 11pm. Discussion Panels are FREE. Matinee screenings are $10. Screenings each night and all weekend $12.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door ($5 at the door w/Student ID) |
| Festival Benchmarks | 685 … 2021 Total Submissions 91 … 2021 selected Films 28 …. Countries 13 …. Animated films 15 ….. Documentaries 6 …. Feature narratives 16 …. Horror films 10 …. Music Videos 22 …. Narrative shorts 5 …. Web series $36k … Average selected film’s Budget 50% …. Films directed or produced by women 53% …. Films by or about people of color 18 …. Student films 19 …. First time directors |
About Winter Film Awards
| Leaders | George Isaacs (Founder/CEO), Steffanie L Finn (Executive Director) |
| Social Media | Website: https://winterfilmawards.com Facebook: @WinterFilmAwardsGala Instagram: @winterfilmawards Twitter: @WinterFilmAward YouTube: WinterFilmAwards |
| About Us | WINTER FILM AWARDS is an all volunteer, minority- and women-owned registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2011. We showcase the eclectic diversity and excitement of the independent arts world and believe everyone deserves a fair shot at getting their voice heard. We have a rigorous blind judging process to ensure a bias-free review and outstanding selections. Emerging filmmakers with low budgets and no connections are so often ignored in favor of the standard big budget generic action films. Exciting low-budget films are created all over the world; we must support them and bring these voices to the world! |
| Demographics | Winter Film Awards showcases the eclectic diversity and excitement of independent arts in the Indie Film capital of the world. Our event sees 4500+ attendees, 12k+ social media fans and 60k+ website visitors. Our fans are 45% women, 8% LGBT, 15% Latino, 20% African-American, 20% Asian. 75% come from the tri-state area. 1/3 are students, 15% are ages 18-24, 35% are ages 18-34, 23% are ages 35-44. Via our partnerships with Yelp, local universities and film schools, and other partners, Festival notices reach over 1.5million people. |
Press Coverage
Film Daily, Indie Film Fest of the Day: Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
Film Festival Reviews, “Interview with Festival Executive Director Steffanie Finn”
UrbanGlobal Magazine, “A Look Into Winter Film Awards With Steffanie Finn | Interview”
Film Daily, Film Festival of the Day: Winter Film Awards
Kering Magazine, “The Winter of Content”
PopMatters, “The Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival Depicts Characters in Unfamiliar Worlds”
Film Daily, Let it snow: The Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival
DNAInfo, International Indie Film Festival Heads to Cinema Village
Black Star News: “The 2016 Fifth Annual Indie Film Festival and Winter Film Awards Extravaganza!”
Quotes
Festival Founder George Isaacs says “Emerging filmmakers with low budgets and no connections are so often ignored in favor of the standard big budget generic action films. Diverse, exciting low budget films are created all over the world; it is critical for film festivals to showcase them. Indie film festivals are often the sole means for the community to share personal stories from around the world, and WFA’s location in the center of the action provides our filmmakers with a dazzling chance to begin their careers in the film industry.”
“On behalf the girls and I at Gladiolus Productions , I’d just like to say a big thank you for your wonderful organization and professionalism with the Winter Film Awards Film Fest. The venue, the warm greeting and the quality of the selected films have all been top notch. With our film “Moral Compass”, we have attended seven festivals and Winter Film Awards is leaps and bound ahead of the others (no offense to the other festivals!). I can honestly say that we, and all of the guests that came to see our film were delighted by the films the staff and the venue.” — Kylie Garcelon, director “Moral Compass”, WFA2017
“A great festival which truly gives the stage to some fantastic filmmakers and some of the best and most unique indie films I’ve seen!” – Karni Hanema, director “F*ck You Jessica Blair”, WFA2017
“The entry fee is 100% worth it for this festival. From the get-go Steffanie and her team are incredibly communicative and welcoming. The festival is also very well organized and the events are loads of fun! These guys just love watching films and they show it by putting together a great festival for the filmmakers.” – Cinder Chou, director “What Happened to Susan”, WFA2016
“How do you find the right film festival for your film with so many to choose from? When I attended Winter Film Awards with our music video “Too Blonde” in 2013 I experienced fast and friendly e-mail response, I met a lot of wonderful film makers and I made a lot of great new friends, we were interviewed several times (3 of them on camera), we were part of a very well organized and very very classy award ceremony with several of my heroes from the industry. And I got to show our music video to a wonderful audience. Winter Film Awards is by far the best film festival experience to date!” — Bjarke de Koning, director “Too Blonde” WFA2013 and “The Last Girl” WFA2016
