10th Anniversary Season - Live In NYC Oct 8th-17th!
Watch trailers for the films featured in our online preview festival: bit.ly/WatchWUFF10
Or, browse by theme in the Film Guide: bit.ly/FilmsWUFF10
WANT TO WATCH ON FIRESTICK? -- You can watch our films on your TV now by first getting a ticket, then downloading the "Eventive TV" app for Firestick on your TV! Need help? Email melanie@workersuniteff.org or see this article (scroll down).
About the Festival
The Workers Unite Film Festival, now in its 10th season, is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity. The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice.
WUFF brings together activists, academics, and filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds for a celebration of social justice and the arts. Through dozens of documentary screenings, community forums, and interactive events across New York City, the festival provides working people with a platform to tell their stories while leading a movement for meaningful change. In recent years, we've incorporated theater production, live music, and poetry/spoken word nights. We are the largest worker solidarity themed film festival in the nation and the only one in NYC, with the full support of NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Comptroller Scott Stringer, NYC Central Labor Council, National & New York State AFL-CIO, IBEW Local 3, PEF, 1199SEIU, The Puffin Foundation, The NY Labor History Association, UA Local 1 Plumbers, UFT, NYSNA, NY District Council of Carpenters, RWDSU, Workers United NY & NJ, and many more.
We are a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Special Thanks to Our 2021 Early Supporters
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2021 Designs Are Here!
Congratulations to All #WUFF9 2020 Winners!
Full listings on the WUFF Blog
Honorable Mention - Films from the Frontlines
Healthcare Worker Day of Action - Directed by Eloise Sherrid and Yoni Golijov
Audience Favorite
Veins of Resistance - Directed by Joshua Tucker
Special Jury Award - Feature
Digging for Weldon Irvine - Directed by Victorious DeCosta
Best Narrative Feature
Fall Back Down - Directed by S.B. Edwards
Best Documentary Feature
The Great Postal Heist - Directed by Jay Galione
Best Documentary Short
COVER/AGE - Directed by Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
Best Film from the Frontlines
LSI - Under Construction - Directed by Frank D'Ambrosio
Honorable Mention - Narrative Feature
Pureza - Directed by Renato Barbieri
Best Narrative Short
In the Basement There’s Some Money - Directed by Gianluca Randazzo
Special Jury Award - Short
We Can’t Breathe - Directed by Clarence Williams IV
Proud to have SAG-AFTRA AND WGA-EAST AS 2019-2020 SUPPORTERS.
Thank you to the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) for judging our Working Lives Screenplay Contest.
WUFF10 Submissions Are Still Open for October!
We accept documentaries, narratives, features, and shorts from all over the world (English language or subtitles), as well as screenplays. You must have an account with Film Freeway to submit your work through their website. Entries are open through August 20th for October events (in-person) and March 31st for May (virtual only): bit.ly/SubmitWUFF10
Promotional Videos:
2019 promo trailer documenting the variety of events during the most recent film festival.
The Workers Unite Film Festival is proud to be a part of the Global Labor Film Festival, recognized by the afl-cio. See the complete list here.
The 10th Workers Unite Film Festival is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC.
wuff is Honored to have received a 2019 Manhattan Community Award Program (MCAP) Grant from the Manhattan Borough President’s Office.
honored to have received the 2019 Harry Kelber Fellowship Award from the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies, SUNY Empire State College.
