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:

12:15 PM-2:40 PM – Documentary Shorts Program 1 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 02:20 PM
I Am Here You Are Not I Love You (Documentary, 38 mins)
Finding My Voice (Documentary, 10 mins)
Mobility Rights (Documentary, 20 mins)
No Longer / Not Yet (Documentary, 17 mins)
The Anarchist and The Fridge (Documentary, 14 mins)
R.E.S.C.U.E. (Documentary, 25 mins)

2:50 PM-4:50 PM – Documentary Shorts Program 2 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 04:30 PM
A Phantom Song (Documentary, 45 mins)
Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's (Documentary, 54 mins)

5:00 PM-7:05 PM – Documentary Feature & Shorts Program 1 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 06:45 PM
Waiting for the Bus (Documentary, 7 mins)
Ray of Hope (Documentary, 96 mins)

7:15 PM-9:20 PM – Documentary Feature & Shorts Program 2 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 09:00 PM
Encouraged-Building the Future (Documentary, 43 mins)
Fighting Back (Documentary, 10 mins)
Ultimate Citizens (Documentary, 53 mins)

9:30 PM-11:30 PM – Documentary Feature & Shorts Program 3 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 4, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 11:10 PM
Es La Vida (Documentary, 29 mins)
Dreamful (Documentary, 14 mins)
The Prison Show (Documentary, 57 mins)

12:00 PM-2:15 PM – Afternoon Feature & Shorts Program 1 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 01:55 PM
Never Too Late (Music Video, 4 mins)
Groupies (Web, 26 mins)

2:25 PM-5:00 PM – Afternoon Feature & Shorts Program 2 + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 04:40 PM
Flocky (Animated, 12 mins)
Say Something (Music Video, 4 mins)
My Heavenly City (Feature, 120 mins)

5:10 PM-8:20 PM – Bloody Horror Shorts Program + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 08:00 PM
Anemone (Horror, 11 mins)
Deathless (Horror, 19 mins)
Dig (Horror, 12 mins)
Go To Bed Raymond (Horror, 7 mins)
Humanzee (Horror, 24 mins)
Juggernaut (Horror, 20 mins)
Lapse (Horror, 6 mins)
Room Service (Horror, 18 mins)
Slayer (Horror, 18 mins)
Vivir (Horror, 9 mins)
Vomiting On An Open Wound (Horror, 25 mins)

8:30 PM-11:55 PM – Bloody Saturday Night Asian Horror Program + QA
Look Cinemas Theater 5, 657 W 57th St, New York NY 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 10:55 PM
Bring Me the Head of a Smiling Pig (Horror, 23 mins)
Sound of the Divine Bell (Horror, 28 mins)
The Cursed Land (Horror, 131 mins)