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NYWFF 2022
December 11th
Stuart Cinema & Café
NYWFF Nominations 2022
Narrative Short
OMNES MORIMUR - Sandra Camargo
Breakfast at the Bodega - Marina Barham
5 Tips and Tricks in A Relationship - Maria Belafonte
Experimental Short
Unborn - Sasha Marie Speer
Landfall - Kate Weare, Jack Flame Sorokin
Student Short
9th of Autumn - Marina Xarri
The Morin Khuur - Junyan Ivan Chen
Raíces - Laura Gauch
What nobody talks about - Hansine Killingmoe Såstad
Documentary Short
The Last Photo Walk - Mazen Hamed Alhaj Salem
URGE TO LIVE - Alexandra Roca
EVERYTHING BUT FEAR - Bryan Brousseau
Micro Short
Knights When We Dream - Cody Michael Southgate
Torn - Ron Sonedecker
La jeune poule mange des grains de blé - Berbier Anne
First-Time Director
The Invite - Jax Terry
Back In Five - Stephen Pierce
Young Directors
(18 y.o. and Under)
Lack of Eggs - Juanpa Brenis
The Return: A Covid-19 Story - Jeffrey Huangt
NYWFF Official Selections 2022
Narrative Short
Dear Departed - Alexandra Caulfield
Somewhere in Time - Nawaf Al Janahi
The F Word - Alex & Paul Cannon
Micro Short
Visual Poetry: Self Love - Sofia Monzerratt
Blackness is Everything - Alba Roland Mejia
A Year Of Sundays - Dameme Jeremie
Student Short
MOANIN' - Jason Michael Perniciaro
First-Time Director
Eighteen - Lynette Aslanian
NYWFF Jury 2022
Genevieve Shi
Genevieve Shi is an award winning bilingual actress, singer and director. Born and raised in Chongqing, China, Gen moved to her dream city New York all on her own to pursue her passion in performing arts at the age of 19.
In summer 2022, her director debut RORY HOME which she also produced and starred in as the lead, has won 16 international awards in NY, LA, Chicago, Paris, Vienna and Singapore. Including "Best Actress" in Los Angeles Film Awards, "Best Romance Film" in Oniros Film Awards, "Best First-Time Director" in New York Movie Awards. Most recently Gen also played the lead character in the short film BAYARD STREET which won the “Best Narrative Short” at 2022 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. In December, Gen will perform solo at Carnegie Hall for her win at the American Protege International Music Vocal Competition 2022.
Previously Gen worked as the female lead with Emmy Award Winning actor Armand Assante in the upcoming feature film DON Q. She was invited twice to sing at the OSCAR CHINA NIGHT in Beverly Hills. Off-Broadway credits include - COMFORT WOMEN at Playwrights Horizons, GREEN CARD at Theatre at St.Clements, Solo Concerts at Triad Theatre. Gen has also served as a jury member for New York True Venture Film Festival, Bergen International Film Festival, and Revolution Me Film Festival.
Cristina Castro
CRISTINA CASTRO is an LA based actress, TV host and producer born in Mexico. She holds an MFA in acting from The Actors Studio Drama School. She also graduated from AMDA, the Musical Theatre Conservatory in NYC.
She cofounded Voz Productions, a production company based in NYC that aims to tell the stories of everyday heroes that often go unnoticed. Her films have won several awards in important festivals around the world.
She has worked with the Theater Company ‘Peculiar Works Project’ in New York City in several Off Broadway shows. She is also an active member of the theater and production Company ‘Barefoot Theatre’.
Recently she was the lead in the musical ‘Honolulu Baby’. Currently she is a TV Host in the morning show ‘Manana Latina’ in Los Angeles.
Nona Catusanu
Born in Romania and raised in NYC, Nona Catusanu-Popp is a cinematographer and visual artist. She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in Film and TV and went on to study in the Cinematography Master’s Program at The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in the Czech Republic. She is a recipient of the ASC Vision Mentorship Award.
She is a member of Illium Pictures, an independent production company based out of Brooklyn, NY, currently serves on the advisory board for Pano and is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG Local 600).
Nona has mounted productions both large and small across three continents, including long and short form narratives, documentaries, commercials and music videos for such diverse clients as ASICS, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, History, Food Network and Vice among many others. Her projects have been showcased at festivals around the world.