Astoria Film Festival's Media Production Lab to Empower

Youth and Foster Inclusive Media Representation

The 2025 Lab Application will be open NOV 1-DEC 30 2024

Acceptance Notifications announced JAN 15, 2025

The 2025 Lab will run Feb 1-May 1, 2025

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The AFF Media Production Lab aims to empower historically-ignored youth between the ages of 16 and 28 throughout NYC, providing them with essential skills, hands-on experience, and valuable connections to pursue industry careers in film/tv/digital media production.

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Astoria Film Festival​ will be offering a series of MASTER CLASSES between Feb 1 and May 1 2025.  25 participants per class.  15 of those spots will be offered for free to Astoria Film Festival Media Production Lab Participants, who must apply and if accepted, commit to attending all of the Master Classes and the final Weekend Filmmaking Workshop and Premiere at the Festival.

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In past years, funding for the Media Production Lab has come from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Flushing Town Hall, and NY Foundation for the Arts, as well as from proceeds from Astoria Film Festival Education Programming.

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2025 LAB EVENTS WILL INCLUDE:

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FEBRUARY

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SUN FEB 2 2025

LAB INTRO

at The ZUKOR THEATER, KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS

35 St between 34/35 Avenues, Astoria NY 11106

10am Lesser Known Production Jobs: Lori Greene, CEO, LPG.EDU/FMR NETFLIX GLOBAL EDUCATION MANAGER

11:30-1pm -  MOCK SET Demonstration: Watch an AD, DP, Director, Gaffer, Sound Recorder, and AC work together to film a scene

1-2 BREAK

2pm - Hair and Makeup Demonstration - Ruth Fernandez, LOCAL 798 HMU for Celebrities and TV/FILM

3:30pm - The Art of the Pitch - Bryan Korn, Executive Producer, SONY TV KIDS​

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WED FEB 3, 5-7pm  at ARRI - Virtual Production Demo - Luis Feliciano, ARRI Rental LIC

WED FEB 5 & 12, 7:30pm in ZOOM - Camera Shots, Angles, Movement & Pre Production Needs

- Nina Fiore, Founder, Astoria Film Festival

THURS FEB 27, 7:30pm in ZOOM - Development and Distribution - Yunah Chung, VP - SAMANSA

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MARCH

WED MARCH 5 7:30pm in ZOOM - Directing Actors - Christine McBurney, Acting and Directing Coach

WED MARCH 12 7:30pm in ZOOM - Editing - Dave Kumar, Senior Editor, Amazon Prime

WED MARCH 19 7:30pm in ZOOM - Casting - Danielle Demchick​, Casting Director

WED MARCH 26 7:30pm in ZOOM - Production Accounting - Lori Greene, LPG.edu (Former NETFLIX)

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APRIL

2-WEEKEND FILMMAKING WORKSHOP

WRAP PARTY

POST PRODUCTION

  MARKETING

  EDITING​
 

MAY

FILM PREMIERE AT Astoria Youth Film Festival