CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN FILM #WFF2025
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Emerging Filmmakers – All Genres – All Lengths
Documentary, Narrative, Horror, Music Video, Animation and Web Series
New York, NY (June 15 2024): Winter Film Festival announces a Call for Entries for its 13th Annual celebration of independent film, to be held February 19-23 2025 in New York City. Filmmakers from around the world will travel to NYC to attend the Festival’s thoughtfully curated film screenings , fascinating discussion panels and professional development workshops and glittering parties at venues throughout NYC. The Festival will conclude with an awards ceremony to be held on February 23, 2025 at NYC’s premier nightclub.
The Festival features creative fresh voices from emerging filmmakers worldwide in all genres and lengths – feature length and shorts, narrative fiction, dramas, comedies, documentaries, animation, horror, web series and music videos. Outstanding work will be awarded for each category, along with Best Director, Best Student Film and Best NYC Film. Over $50,000 in cash, prizes & distribution opportunities will be awarded. Winter Film Festival is an IMDB-qualifying festival.
Winter Film Festival Is New York City. Like the city itself, the organization showcases the eclectic diversity and excitement of the independent arts world. Winter Film Festival’s mission is to promote diversity, bridge the opportunity divide and provide a platform for under-represented artists and a variety of genres, viewpoints and approaches – only by seeing others’ stories can we understand each other and only via an open door can the under-represented artist enter the room.
WFA2025 Milestone Dates:
September 6 2024… Early Bird Submissions Deadline
October 18 2024 … Regular Submissions Deadline
November 8 2024 … Late Submissions Deadline
January 8 2025 … Entrants to be notified of final decisions
February 19 2025 … Festival Opening Night Celebration
February 20-22 2025… Screenings, Director Q&A, Discussion Panels & Networking Parties
February 23 2025 … Gala Red Carpet & Awards Ceremony
For the 2024 Festival, 80 films from 23 countries were selected for screening, half made by women, half made by people of color and 26 first-time directors.
Have questions about who we are, what we are looking for and how we judge selections? Visit our FAQ
For more information about last year’s Festival, including Press Information, visit our 2024 Festival page.
About Winter Film Festival
Winter Film Festival is an all-volunteer women and minority-run organization as part of Winter Film Awards Inc, a 501(c)3 organization founded in 2011 to celebrate emerging talent in local and international filmmaking. We showcase creative fresh voices from emerging filmmakers worldwide in all genres and lengths – feature length and shorts, narrative fiction, documentary, animation, horror, web series and music videos. Our mission is to promote diversity, bridge the opportunity divide and provide a platform for under-represented artists and a variety of genres, viewpoints and approaches. We believe that only by seeing others’ stories can we understand each other and only via an open door can the underrepresented artist enter the room.
Winter Film Festival programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Promotional support provided by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment.
Winter Film Festival is thrilled to be included in Film Festival Alliance’s Film Festival Directory, a comprehensive list of more than one hundred reputable film festivals committed to upholding the newly established best practices for professional film festivals. Explore the directory to read through our profile and learn more about our fellow member festivals, their programming philosophies, and more here: https://bit.ly/FFADirectory
For more information about Winter Film Festival, visit WinterFilmFest.org
Winter Film Festival Sponsors and Partners
Corporate and local support of Winter Film Awards plays an critical role in the life of the Festival and underscores WFA’s commitment to quality, adventure and diversity in the art of cinema. WFA is privileged to work with the following partners and sponsors:
Thank you to Showtime Photo Booth for partnering with us for our event. Showtime stands out as the leading photo booth rental company in the City. Since 2013, they’ve excelled in experiential brand activations, corporate events, weddings, and private parties, offering over 27 different photo experiences for any occasion.
Filmmakers, sign up for a free casting account on Backstage by following this link: https://www.backstage.com/film-video-and-tv-casting/. You can then post casting and crew calls for free using the promo code WFACAST. Use your Backstage login details (email and password) to sign into our sister platforms, Mandy and Starnow, and post for free using the same WFACAST code. Please note that the code can be used each time you post a listing on Backstage, Mandy, and Starnow.
