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New York Movie Awards is an International Monthly Film Festival with monthly live screenings.

New York is the cultural center of the world and for us, films are the highest point of the culture. Our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers.

Every last Sunday of the month, a selection of winning films will be screened at the UNDER St. Marks Theater.

UNDER St. Marks has been an experimental theater space since the 1970’s. Located on St. Marks Place between First Avenue and Avenue A, this basement theater is popular with a wide variety of theater artists.

In the last few years we rewarded important movie stars as 12-time Grammy winner Willie Nelson, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeremy Irons, Anita Ekberg, Jon Voight, Malcolm McDowell, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Eric Roberts, Bill Nighy, Kevin Mcnally, James Phelps, Toni Garnn, and many more actors and directors from all around the world. 

Awards & Prizes

MONTHLY COMPETITION

Best Picture (feature film or short film, any genre)

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Indie Feature Film (low budget)
Best Short Film
Best Indie Short Film (low budget)
Best Short Documentary
Best Super Short Film
Best Web/Tv Series
Best Music Video
Best Student Film
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Inspirational Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Producer
Best First Time Director
Best Director Feature Film
Best Director Short Film
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best Short Script
Best Feature Script

Gold Awards
Silver Awards
Honorable Mentions

All winners receive a free certificate (pdf/jpg file).

Rules & Terms

We accept:
- Short and feature films, in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction), experimental or animated film.
- Music Videos
- Web/TV Series (also pilot)
- Feature Scripts, Short Scripts

By submitting your film, take note that:
- You agree to use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster/stills) for promotional purpose.
- Entry fees are non-refundable. 
- Only a selection of winning films will be screened.
- You agree to receive promotional email from us and our festival partners
- Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
- By submitting for the festival, you agree to receive promotional emails from the festival itself or from its partners.
- You can submit again your work for the following months.
- The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English)
- The scripts must be in English or Italian or French

We do not accept:
1. Amateur videos
2. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
3. Films involving politics / films promoting political agenda
4. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD
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  • Alexander Senicki

    We are thrilled that we were able to participate in this superb festival. We appreciate the invitation and definitely look forward to submitting EMR Part Two after it's completed.

    April 2024
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  • Chris Harboldt

    Thank you, New York Movie Awards for selecting BOSS OF THE TOSS as Best Comedy! We are glad to have been a part of your fest!

    April 2024
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  • stuart fortune

    Thanks for selecting my film Teyuna - Lost City as winner for best shot documentary, very happy with the communication received also, all the best :)

    April 2024
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  • Michał Kucharski

    Thank you for choosing my animated film and it is nice to hear that my film , "Am I a painter?" won. It was a merit to participate in the festival

    March 2024
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  • Miguel Angel Castillo

    Hi festival he tenido una buena satisfacion de obtener un winner award sobre el documental Two-Tailed Pasha gracias.

    March 2024
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