Astoria Film Festival

Astoria Film Festival Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization and an official NYC DOE VENDOR, founded by an Astoria-born First-Gen woman with a background in media production and education, that brings filmmaking workshops, film events, film/media workforce training, and film production services to the NYC Community, with a focus on empowering aspiring and emerging filmmakers.

Festivals

Education

Workforce Development

FESTIVAL 25

Festival 2025 * May 29-June 2

We have a Youth Festival (under age 24), a Main Festival, 2 sessions for Animation, at The Zukor Theater and at the Korean Cultural Center New York, as well as a Student Showcase at MOMI, featuring all the films made in Astoria Film Festival Workshops over the past school year.

  • Kaufman Astoria Studios

  • Korean Cultural Center NY

  • Museum of the Moving Image

  • ARRI Rental LIC

Film Education

Astoria Film Festival provides Film/Media Production Education and Workforce Exploration and Development Programs for ages 8-adult. We have Film/Media Production Workshops in schools, after schools, high schools, colleges, and community centers, guiding participants through the film production process

from pitch to premiere.  

We also offer Internships and Media Labs to ages 16+ and support Early Career Filmmakers who are trained and paid to work as Instructors in our Youth Workshops and/or for our video production and social media arm, AFFStudio.

Our curriculum was developed by Harvard educators and industry professionals, is taught by local filmmakers and college film students who are trained by Astoria Film Festival, and by Industry Professionals who work with our students via Master Classes and Demonstrations.

Astoria Film Festival currently runs in-school, after school, and weekend programs in filmmaking, social media management, and animation at Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, Korean Cultural Center NY, PS166Q, MS122Q, IS429Q, PS234Q, PS212Q, Q300 Middle School, Motion Picture Tech HS, Academy for TV and Film HS (ACTVF), and HS of Art & Design. We also host interns from HS of Art & Design, ACTVF, LAGCC, and Bryant HS.

If you’re interested in having Astoria Film Festival bring our workshops to your school/after school/community center, please email astoriafilmfestival @ gmail.com

  • Workshops in Schools & After Schools

  • Media Labs

  • AFF Internships

  • Kid & Teen Workshops in Community Centers

Partners & Sponsors