WFF2026 - February 18-22 2026
Short film “The Cycle”, directed by Arpita Mukherjee, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. It’s hard for anyone to practice self-care, especially when you are drowning in your responsibilities with no one letting you take a breath for yourself.
Israeli dark Comedy “Tom’s Second Suicide”, directed by Karni Haneman, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. For a movie centered on wanting to die, Tom’s Second Suicide has a surprising amount of heart and humor.
Sci-Fi short “Sweet Dreams”, directed by Gary Alvarez, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. What begins as an intimate story about pregnancy and abandonment evolves into a haunting meditation on capitalism, parenthood, and the price of staying alive.
Feature thriller “Accomplices”, by Serbian director Marko Novakovic, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival.
After a car accident, Sofia and Branko’s idyllic life unravels. As they struggle to cope with the aftermath, their conscience haunts them, transforming their relationship and leading to a series of unexpected events. Accomplices examines how people and systems are shaped by individual choices – an exercise in reflection and accountability.
Documentary-Animation hybrid “Enongo”, directed by Kevin Schreck, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. The film tells the inspiring story of rapper/producer/Ph.D. candidate, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, a.k.a., Sammus. With her autobiographical and afrofuturism-inspired music, Enongo tackles various subjects including (but certainly not limited to) mental health, growing up, and relationships.
Brazilian satirical short comedy “Lazy White Cows (Vacas Brancas Preguiçosas)”, directed by Asaph Luccas, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. After calling a classmate a ‘lazy white cow,’ a young Black student embarks on a virtual saga to avoid being canceled.
Short film “The Other Side”, directed by Nikita Hattangady, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. Set in the pulsing heart of Mumbai, the film draws us into the lives of children and young adults hustling to survive as street artists and offers a vision of strength rooted in kindness, humility, and unwavering generosity.
Documentary “Us vs Them”, directed by Alex Vishno and Charles Grady, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. The film invites audiences to reconsider their preconceived notions about criminal justice, no matter where they are on the political spectrum.
Feature documentary “Breath”, directed by Jose Del Corral and Eduardo Muñoz, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. A Paralympic swimmer on the verge of quitting finds in his new coach the push he needs to keep going. The film immerses us in the journey of two friends; the real victory isn’t the medal, but the road they travel together toward the world’s greatest sporting event.
Feature comedy “Magic Hour”, directed by Jacqueline Christy, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. An alienated middle-aged suburban wife secretly enrolls in film school. But, when she gets fired off her own film, she must decide if her life’s ambition is pure folly or a dream worth saving.
Iranian feature film “Method to My Madness”, directed by Hoda Hamzehali and Behrang Mortazavian, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. Made independently and in secret, film exists as an act of resistance, exploring the gap between what we present to others and who we truly are.
Feature Documentary “The Chaplain & The Doctor”, directed by Jessica Zitter, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. Unflinchingly raw, bittersweet, and situationally poetic, the film is a celebration of life that makes “the wonderful business of dying” worth every second of living.
Feature Documentary “Memory for Burial”, directed by French filmmakers Charlotte Jarrix and Maud Guillaumin, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. The film keeps one of the oldest Holocaust survivor’s story alive through the grit of candid interviews and the grace of theater.
Horror Feature “The Driftless”, directed by Tim Connery, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. Deep river valleys, tall limestone bluffs sawing through the sky… with its scenic beauty, this Midwest preserved primal landscape also conceals unimaginable terrors.
Short documentary “The Fishing Boats of Kayar”, directed by Álvaro Hernández Blanco, is an official selection of New York City’s 14th Annual Winter Film Festival. The documentary creates a complex and communal portrait of Senegalese actor Thimbo Samb and his birthplace.