The Equus Film Festival is the first festival oriented around equestrian themed content from all over the world. The festival empowers storytellers to show the rich history and diverse tapestry of horses in human culture through equestrian content. We have feature films, documentaries, shorts, music videos, commercials, training educational materials, art and literary.
The riches of horse related arts
Cut, Print, Wrap: EQUUS Film Festival NYC Winnie Awards Winners again dazzle the horse world with their latest showing of feature films, documentaries, shorts, music videos, art and literary compositions all related to horses.
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This year's Equus Film Festival was held on Friday November 20th and 21st at the beautiful vintage, Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Avenue at 12th Street New York City.
Never before were so many films dedicated to the horse sharing the same theater marquis as attending Hollywood luminaries like Kurt Russell and Quentin Tarantino, but that was exactly what happened when Lisa Diersen's third annual EQUUS Film Festival brought more than 145 international films, documentaries and videos to the Village East Cinema, November 20-21, to enthrall film- and horse-lovers and recognize achievement among a record 32 equestrian equivalents of the Oscars: the Winnie Awards.
A star-studded four-day foray into the diverse worlds of the horse began Thursday evening with a VIP Party at New York City's time-honored Manhattan Saddlery on East 24th Street before also launching a pop-up gallery with dozens of international equestrian artists and authors, two days of EQUUS Magazine Directors Panels and discussions, free Li'l Herc Family Fest films on Saturday morning including official selection, A Sunday Horse, and free tours Sunday afternoon for all film fest ticket holders to the Clinton Park Carriage Horses Stable on West 52nd Street near Central Park.
âIt was an amazing experience and such an honor to bring horses to Manhattan,â said Diersen. âIncluding New York City's Mounted Police, who brought two 'equine ambassadors of good will' to the theater Saturday morning.â Joining Diersen on the EQUUS Film Festival NYC organizing committee were Li'l Herc Family Fest creator, Suzanne Kopp-Moskow, and equestrian sport publicists Diana De Rosa and L.A. Pomeroy.
The EQUUS Film Festival NYC Saturday night banquet and Winnie Awards recognized the best in film, video and documentary production from across the horse world:
- Festival Director's Choice -Talking to the Air: Horses of the Forbidden Kingdom/Horsefly Films
- Best of Festival - The Caravan
- People's Choice Full Length - Harry and Snowman
- People's Choice Short - Land of Thoroughbreds
- People's Choice Mini - Reflections
- Eq International Documentary â Horse of Kings (Netherlands/Spain)
- Eq International Film â The Man From Coxs River (Australia)
- Eq Fun Film - Dream Upon a Horse/Yvonne Barteau, Erika Walsh
- Eq Student Film Adult â Knacker/Becca Pearce
- Eq Student Film Youth â Through My Eyes: The Big Lick/Franklinville NY Girl Scout Troop #44
- Eq Director Full Length â One Day/Victoria Racimo
- Eq Director Short â Emma Massingale: No Reins No Rules No Limits (UK)/Nathan Horrocks
- Eq Film Full International â Legend of Longwood (Ireland)
- Eq Film Full â A Sunday Horse
- Eq Film Short â Back Up The Mountain/Jon Smith
- Eq Film Mini â Stealing Beauty/Todd Tinkham
- Eq Art Film Full Length â Saga (Italy)/Paolo Boriani
- Eq Art Film Short â Equus Caballus/H. Paul Moon
- Eq Art Film Mini â Live Before You Die (UK)/Tom Lloyd
- Eq Documentary Full International â Blind Sport (Canada)/Stefan Morel
- Eq Documentary Full â Unbranded/Ben Masters
- Eq Documentary Short â Cowgirls/Sarah Briggs
- Eq Documentary Mini â Get Your Heart Jumping (UK)/Nathan Horrocks, Equine Productions
- Eq Native American Full â American Outrage/George and Beth Gage
- Eq Training & Education â Advance Equine Studies - the Respiratory System/Andrea Steele
- Eq Series â Wild About Barns/Pamela Kettle
- Eq Broadcast News â Marshall Country's Biggest Case of Animal Neglect/Andreina Centlivre
- Eq Non-Broadcast â Horseware Ireland's 30 Year Anniversary (Ireland)
- Eq Commercial â Shannon Ford Fine Arts (Canada)/Wayne McDougall
- Eq Music Video Full â Davide Penitente/Bartabas & Mark Minkowski (Germany)
- Eq Music Video Short â PONY/Tom Lloyd, Dreamtime Films
- Eq Music Video Mini â All About That Bert/Kristin Taylor, The Black Fox Farm
"We are taking the winners and special select films from the Equus Film Festival on tour to places like The Kentucky Horse Park, Silver Springs International Film Festival, Mackinac Island Michigan, South Carolina, Colorado and to where ever the horse world invites us."
"People love the idea and we love sharing our love of horses with the world. We are a platform to educate and enlighten the world to all issues related to horses."
For more about the EQUUS Film Festival and 2016 opportunities visit www.equusfilmfestival.net.