Astoria Film Festival

Join us for an amazing OPENING NIGHT of the 2024 Astoria Film Festival at ARRI RENTAL STUDIOS IN LIC!

6-8pm Screenings of select festival films (Films TBA May 10) and Filmmaker Panel moderated by Luis Feliciano, Arri Rentals
8-10pm Step and Repeat Interviews and Networking Party

*Not recommended for children under the age of 14

4-5pm Animation Student Showcase - HS of Art & Design Workshop with Astoria Film Festival & SONY

5:30-8pm Screenings & Panel of Selected Animated Shorts for both Youth and Main Festivals TBA May 5
8-8:30pm Animation Awards Ceremony

Student Showcase 9-11am
PS 234Q, PS212Q, Q300
& WORKSHOP FILMS from OCT, NOV & MARCH WORKSHOPS

Films made by students in our workshop at 122Q in the ZUKOR THEATER
SAT JUNE 1
11:30am-12pm

Q429 Student Showcase
SAT JUNE 1
12:30-1PM at the ZUKOR

PSAs - Screening of the Winning PSAs from AFF's #STOPHATENYC PSA CONTEST, sponsored by the OPHC (Office for the Prevention of Hate Crime) and the CCHR (City Commission on Human Rights)

HS of Art and Design Film Department Student Showcase - Highlights from the Narrative Film Workshop with Astoria Film Festival

HS for Environmental Studies Student Showcase of their Doc Short STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH- Documentary Filmmaking Workshop with Astoria Film Festival

Media Production Lab Narrative Film HER (Winter 2024)

Panel of Filmmakers

*Not recommended for children under the age of 14

Sat June 1
3-4:30 pm
at the Zukor Theater, Kaufman Astoria Studios
Media Career Panel

Roseanne Limoncelli, PHD, Senior Director Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, NYU TISCH
Gabrielle Howard, Director of Development, Fred Rogers Productions
Dustin Ward, Director of Photography on projects for Netflix, Apple and HBO
Mariana Díaz-Wionczek, PhD Children’s Media Professor, NYU
Ben Lehman, Showrunner, Sesame Street
Joe Mulica, Managing Director, Gotham Sound
Ed Kulzer, Senior Editor, Sesame Street

Join us to hear about various careers in the media production industry, and meet our esteemed panelists.

5-6:30 pm
Film and Media Education Panel
Moderated by Kevin Lopez, Founding Principal, Motion Picture Tech HS, Queens
Roseanne Limoncelli, PhD, Senior Director Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, NYU
Hanan Harchol, Head of the Film Department, High School of Art and Design
Lori Greene, Media Professor, NYU and Fordham; FMR Director of Media Education for NETFLIX
Jacob Stebel, Program Director, Ghetto Film School
Adam Breier, EdD, Executive Director of CTE Education, NYC Public Schools

Astoria Film Festival YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
SELECTED YOUTH FILMS
7-9pm Screenings TBA May 5
9-9:30pm Awards Ceremony
THE ZUKOR THEATER

*Not recommended for children under the age of 14

Astoria Film Festival - Main Festival
Screenings of Selected Films followed by a Filmmaker Panel with Audience Q&A
THE ZUKOR THEATER
Screened films TBA May 5

*Not recommended for children under the age of 14

Astoria Film Festival - Main Festival
Screenings of Selected Films followed by a Filmmaker Panel with Audience Q&A
THE ZUKOR THEATER
Screened films TBA May 5

*Not recommended for children under the age of 14

Astoria Film Festival - Main Festival
Screenings of Selected Films followed by a Filmmaker Panel with Audience Q&A
THE ZUKOR THEATER
Screened films TBA May 5

*Not recommended for children under the age of 14

Astoria Film Festival - Main Festival
Awards Ceremony - THE ZUKOR THEATER

Astoria Film Festival 2024 ONLINE EVENTS

MON JUNE 3, 8pm ET Virtual Legal Workshop
Intellectual Property and your FILM/Animation
Dauna Williams Esq (JD Harvard, BA Brown)

TUES JUNE 4, 8pm ET Virtual Career Panel
Moderated by Nina Fiore, Astoria Film Festival
Angela Morgenstern, Netflix, MTV, PBS
Irene Phan, SVP, The MBS Group
Daniela Camargo, Mktg and Communications, Mercury Filmworks
Jonathan Jennings, Gameplay Engineer Owlchemy
Tommy Wu, Founder, WLAB Virtual Production Studio

THURS JUNE 6, 8pm ET - Virtual Filmmaker Panel
Festival Filmmakers/Creators