13th Annual Winter Film Festival runs February 19-23 2025 in New York City and includes 87 outstanding films, a diverse mixture of animated films, documentaries, comedies, romances, dramas, horror films, music videos and web series of all lengths. Our five-day event is jam-packed with screenings and Q&A. sessions at NYC's Look Cinemas, six Education sessions/workshops and a variety of filmmaker networking events all coming to a glittering close on February 23 with our red-carpet gala Awards Ceremony. Winter Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the amazing diversity of voices in indie film and our 2025 lineup is half made by women and half by people of color. Filmmakers come from 20 countries and 30% of our films were made in the New York City area. Visit https://winterfilmawards.com/wff2025/ for more information.

Schedule:

Harnessing Flexibility in your Acting & Filmmaking – with IMPROV!
3:45 PM-5:00 PM
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
Improv training builds muscle memory for exploring and making fresh choices you may have never considered. Your own limitations are self-imposed because we’ve all been taught to take this art form so seriously. But we want to help you break that habit, loosen up, and find your own style of fun in this amazing work we do as creators. This event is Free and open to the public but you must.

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6:00 PM-8:45 PM – Evening Shorts Program + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 08:25 PM
Pina (Animated, 24 mins)
Birthday Blues (Short, 10 mins)
Desync (Short, 12 mins)
Yellow (Short, 13 mins)
The Deep Rolling: Magma (Music Video, 10 mins)
Malti (Short, 16 mins)
You Don't Have to Like Me (Short, 10 mins)
Back and Forth (Music Video, 4 mins)
Girls in Trouble: The Series - Vashti (Web, 15 mins)
Villain (Short, 10 mins)
The Hypermnestic (Short, 20 mins)

8:55 PM-11:15 PM – Evening Feature & Shorts + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 10:55 PM
The Lovers (Animated, 13 mins)
Slumber Party (Short, 8 mins)
Ayala (Music Video, 3 mins)
The Fix (Feature, 98 mins)

1:00 PM-3:05 PM – Made in NYC Shorts Matinee
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
Birthday Blues (10 mins)  
Chocolate With Sprinkles (19 mins)    
Flame (8 mins)    
Slumber Party (8 mins)    
Grace (14 mins)    
Right to Privacy (12 mins)    
Malti (16 mins)    
Steps (19 mins)    
You Don't Have to Like Me (10 mins)    
The Constructor (10 mins)   

3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Horror Shorts Matinee
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
Deathless (19 mins)    
Dig (12 mins)    
Go To Bed Raymond (7 mins)    
Humanzee (24 mins)    
Lapse (6 mins)    
Room Service (18 mins)    
Slayer (18 mins)    
Vivir (9 mins)    
Vomiting On An Open Wound (25 mins)   

6:10 PM-8:30 PM – Evening Films from Spain + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 08:10 PM
The Night Inside (Short, 24 mins)
The Imposter (Short, 8 mins)
No Wolves No Lambs (Short, 13 mins)
Reflections in a Room (Feature, 72 mins)

8:40 PM-11:30 PM – Evening Films from Asia/Asians + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 11:10 PM
Circle (Animated, 7 mins)
Mm, Uh, Oh, Ah (Short, 16 mins)
Homunculus (Short, 13 mins)
Everywhere (Animated, 10 mins)
Smoking Tigers (Feature, 90 mins)