Meet fantastic women working in the NYC film industry at a special New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) meetup at the Winter Film Festival!
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time: 1:30 – 3 PM
Location: WFF Lounge @ Regal – 850 Broadway (outside Auditorium 2)
Free to attend – no RSVP required!
The meetup precedes two short film showcases featuring women filmmakers. Tickets for film showcases can be purchased here.
About Winter Film Festival
We are an all volunteer, minority- and women-owned registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2011 in New York City by a group of filmmakers and enthusiasts. We recognize excellence and diversity in cinema, with a special emphasis on nurturing emerging filmmakers from all genres from around the world.
Our mission is to promote diversity, bridge the opportunity divide and provide a platform for under-represented artists and a variety of genres, viewpoints and approaches. We believe that only by seeing others’ stories can we understand each other and only via an open door can the underrepresented artist enter the room.
Our annual international film festival is a five-day event including awesome film screenings with director Q&A, cool discussion panels, useful professional development workshops and super-fun parties at venues throughout NYC. Works of all lengths and genres are considered for Festival screening, including narrative Fiction, Documentary, Web Series, Music Videos, Animation and Horror.
Each year, Winter Film Festival selects 80-90 independent films of all genres – roughly half of selections are made by women, roughly half are made by people of color. The event concludes with a glittering awards ceremony and red carpet gala at one of NYC’s premier nightclubs. We award over $75,000 in cash, prizes and distribution opportunities! Winter Film Festival is an IMDB-qualifying festival.
Regal Union Square
850 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
membership@nywift.org
Join the conversation on social media:
#nywift | @nywift
NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
