Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival – Animation Afternoon Feb 22 NYC #WFA2016 #WFASoDiverse

Winter Film Awards 5th annual INDIE FILM FESTIVAL runs Feb 18-26 in NYC with a jam-packed schedule of 86 films by emerging filmmakers from 26 countries. Free discussion Panels — $5 Animation afternoon —Bloody Thursday all horror all day — daily screenings of fantastic films and free parties every night.

Among the 86 Official Selections to be screened at Cinema Village in the heart of Greenwich Village (22 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003), is a diverse mixture of 12 documentaries, 34 shorts, 10 narrative features, 9 animations, 7 music videos, 9 horror films and 5 web series, including 8 student films, 36 female directors, 40% of films by people of color and representation from 26 countries. 43% of accepted films pass the "Bechdel Test". The majority of the films were made for a budget under $50,000.

Hollywood might ignore women and people of color, but Winter Film Awards celebrates everyone! #WFA2016 #WFASoDiverse

Join us Monday, February 22 for ANIMATION AFTERNOON - 3 1/2 hours of amazing animation from around the world for just $5.

A scientific slob builds a cleaning robot to impress a woman, a sci-fi fight for freedom from a forced video game, a trip through the brain, several confused dreamers, a quirky princess, an Indonesian legend and a weird special friend.

Achiraka World (Animated / Japan / 20 mins)
Fulfilament (Animated / United Kingdom / 8 mins)
Kensho (Animated / United Kingdom / 4 mins)
Rapunzel’s Etymology Of Zero (Animated / United States / 13 mins)
Si Lunchai (Animated / Germany / 9 mins)
Strings (Animated / Spain / 11 mins)
Teeth (Animated / United Kingdom, Hungary, United States / 6 mins)
— Intermission —
We Can’t Live without Cosmos (Animated / Russian Federation / 15 mins)
Battledream Chronicle (Animated / Martinique, France, France / 108 mins)