For our 14th Annual Winter Film Festival, we were honored to screen 103 outstanding films from 27 countries.
We congratulate all of our filmmakers for their outstanding work!
Best Picture
WINNER
Beautiful, Pam
Feature Film by J.R. Stokes (United States, 64 mins)
NOMINEES
Magic Hour
Feature Film by Jacqueline Christy (United States, 94 mins)
Seems Like Love
Feature Film by Yana Klimova-Yusupova (Russian Federation / Ireland, 92 mins)
Tom’s 2nd Suicide
Feature Film by Karni Haneman (Israel, 99 mins)
Best Director
WINNER
Magic Hour
Feature Film by Jacqueline Christy (United States, 94 mins)
NOMINEES
A Good Day Will Come
Short Film by Amir Zargara (Canada / Iran / Turkey, 25 mins)
Beautiful, Pam
Feature Film by J.R. Stokes (United States, 64 mins)
The Driftless
Horror Film by Tim Connery (United States, 108 mins)
Best NYC Film
WINNER
Malka
Short Film by Stacey Maltin (United States, 17 mins)
NOMINEES
Magic Hour
Feature Film by Jacqueline Christy (United States, 94 mins)
Reconciliation
Documentary by Ian Phillips (United States, 16 mins)
Y.M.G.
Horror Film by Alexandra Warrick (United States, 9 mins)
IndiePix Vision Award
WINNERS
Enongo
Documentary by Kevin Schreck (United States / Canada, 92 mins)
Magic Hour
Feature Film by Jacqueline Christy (United States, 94 mins)
Best Documentary Feature
WINNER
Breathe
Documentary by Jose Del Corral & Eduardo Muñoz (Spain, 65 mins)
NOMINEES
Greenland- Feeling the Heat
Documentary by Lars Pfeiffer (Germany / Greenland, 52 mins)
Memory for Burial
Documentary by Charlotte Jarrix & Maud Guillaumin (France / Poland, 61 mins)
The Chaplain & The Doctor
Documentary by Jessica Zitter (United States, 86 mins)
Best Short Film
WINNER
Zero Dopamine
Short Film by Rodrigo Marini (Spain, 20 mins)
NOMINEES
Blue Evening
Short Film by Jett Jansen Fernandez (United States, 40 mins)
Land of the Dead Deer
Short Film by Anahita Gharcheh & Souroush Javadzadeh (Iran / United States / United States, 15 mins)
Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts
Horror Film by Rein Maychaelson (Indonesia, 19 mins)
Best Documentary Short Film
WINNER
The Embrace
Documentary by John Owens (Argentina / United States, 17 mins)
NOMINEES
Fjallferð
Documentary by Jesse Smolan & Josh Fairmont (Iceland / United States, 17 mins)
More Than Santa Baby
Documentary by Tamar Springer (United States, 40 mins)
The Fishing Boats of Kayar
Documentary by Álvaro Hernández Blanco (Spain / United States, 30 mins)
Winter Fear Best Horror Film
WINNER
The Driftless
Horror Film by Tim Connery (United States, 108 mins)
NOMINEES
Haint
Horror Film by Jahmil Eady (United States, 15 mins)
Show Me How To Die
Horror Film by Gerardo Maravilla (United States, 14 mins)
The Inspector
Horror Film by Jandro Lopez (Spain, 11 mins)
Best Animated Film
WINNER
The Finger Wife
Animated Film by Taryn Stickrath-Hutt & Dan Lund (United States, 8 mins)
NOMINEES
A Bear Named Wojtek
Animated Film by Iain Gardner (United Kingdom / Poland, 28 mins)
A Crab In the Pool
Animated Film by Alexandra Myotte & Jean-Sébastien Hamel (Canada, 11 mins)
Help Me Tom
Animated Film by Jiahang Yang (China / United Kingdom, 14 mins)
Best Music Video
WINNER
Ghost
Music Video by Brina Palencia (United States, 4 mins)
NOMINEES
Agoraphobia
Music Video by Ashley Wong (United States, 4 mins)
Blue For You
Music Video by Sebatian Ortiz Wilkins (Canada, 6 mins)
Knows
Music Video by Bruce Puyu Wang (China / United States, 3 mins)
Best Web Series
WINNER
Sexless in the City
Web Series by Talia Fayaz (United States, 18 mins)
NOMINEES
Forbidden Pond
Web Series by Eric Jenkins-Sahlin (United States, 13 mins)
Virgin Queen
Web Series by Donya Rahimi (United States, 19 mins)
Best Student Film
WINNER
Debt I Owe
Short Film by Zane Rizvi-Riemer (United States, 18 mins)
NOMINEES
Au Revoir Mon Monde
Animated Film by Astrid Novais, Florian Maurice, Quentin Devred, Maxime Foltzer, Estelle Bonnardel & Baptiste Duchamps (France, 5 mins)
Don’t Leave Me
Horror Film by Jennifer Saura (United States, 11 mins)
Fjallferð
Documentary by Jesse Smolan & Josh Fairmont (Iceland / United States, 17 mins)
