NY Pause Film Festival celebrated its inaugural launch at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in New York City last week to a packed theater! Thank you to all of our volunteers, staff members, filmmakers, audiences and always supportive sponsors for making this night possible. Thank you UKW Media, JMR Rentals, International Screenwriters’ Association, Final Draft, BKLYN Commons, AND Vine BK
Congrats again to our $1000 Cash Prize Winner METROS directed by Jarred Harper and Sarang Sharma for taking home the Audience Choice/Best Episodic award. We would also like to acknowledge the following cinematic works that deserve a special mention.

Strength Through Cinema: While You Were Gone – directed by Jennifer Weber
Best Short Film: Such a Shitty Time – directed by Avra Fox-Lerner
Honorable Mention for Best Short: Troubled Times – directed by Jared Crowelle
Best Documentary: Pause – directed by Marcelo Ignacio Lagreze
Best Animation: RECuerdo – directed by Alfonso M. Rodriguez