Winter Film Festival Is New York City. Like the city itself, the organization showcases the eclectic diversity and excitement of the independent arts world.
The 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.
Spotlight on Black Women Directors
For our 2025 program, Winter Film Festival is honored to screen an incredible collection of nine films directed by Black Women! All screenings take place at LOOK Cinemas (657 West 57th Street). Visit https://winterfilmawards.com/wff2025/ for more information.
Tickets are available at https://wff2025.eventcombo.com/.
About The Films
Bartogay Lake
Short Film by Katya Mokolo (France / Kazakhstan, 9 mins)
Birthday Blues
Short Film by Zinha Morgan-Bennett (United States, 10 mins)
Chocolate With Sprinkles
Short Film by Huriyyah Muhammad (United States, 19 mins)
Erlkönig
Short Film by Morgan Middleton & Charlie Driscoll (United States, 6 mins)
Go To Bed Raymond
Horror Film by Nikki Taylor-Roberts (United States, 7 mins)
Grace
Short Film by Natalie Jasmine Harris (United States, 14 mins)
Haint
Horror Film by Jahmil Eady (United States, 15 mins)
Kindah: A History in the Shadows
Documentary by Tibria Brown ( Jamaica / United States, 10 mins)
Last Hoorah at G-Baby’s
Short Film by DeeDee Casimir (United States, 15 mins)
LWC (Lazy White Cows)
Short Film by Asaph Luccas (Brazil, 19 mins)
Mime
Short Film by Gabri Blankson (United States, 7 mins)
San Francisco Bae
Feature Film by Cephra Stuart (United States, 94 mins)
The Dawn
Short Film by Alicia Mendy (Switzerland / Senegal, 30 mins)
The Genie
Short Film by Enricka M.H (France, 15 mins)
Windows
Music Video by Carol Bash & Christopher Fox (United States, 5 mins)
You Don’t Have to Like Me
Short Film by Safiyah Chiniere (United States, 10 mins)
About Winter Film Festival
New York City’s 13th Annual Winter Film Festival runs February 19-23 2025 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 25 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. 15 films were made by students and 26 are works from first-time filmmakers.
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.
Visit https://winterfilmfest.org/wff2025/ for more information.
