Festival 2026: May 30, 31 & June 1 at The Zukor Theater

  • Student Showcase

    All of the films from the year’s Astoria Film Festival Workshops are premiered here, with students featured on filmmaker panels and the red carpet

    Students show off their certificates on the red carpet in Festival 2024

  • Youth Festival

    Features selected films from around the world, created by youth under the age of 24, with categories for group films from High School and Middle School Film Programs

    Astoria Film Festival Staff at the Youth Festival

  • Main Festival

    Features selected short films, animations, and podcasts from around the world, with filmmaker panels, awards, prizes, parties, and red carpet interviews.

Festival 2025 AWARDS

GUEST JURY 2025

One of our main goals as a festival is to get our filmmakers and creators work in front of industry professionals as much as possible

SUBMIT

  • Yunah Chung

    VP, Content

    SAMANSA

  • Bryan Korn

    Emmy/BAFTA/Annie Award Winning Animation Producer

    SONY

  • Stephen Talbot

    Documentary Producer, PBS

  • Max Lopez

    Co-founder/CEO

    Apartment D Films

  • Alejandro Mejía, AMC

    Emmy-Award Winning Cinematographer

    Best Cinematography, Tribeca Film Festival 2024

  • Selita Ebanks

    Actress/Producer

  • Nick Huston

    Gotham Sound

  • Kristen Ariza

    Actress, Writer, Producer

  • Jen Beman

    Documentary Editor

  • Elise Simon

    Paramount

  • Taehyun Hwang

    Film Programming Director

    Korean Cultural Center NY

  • Ruth Morrison

    Animation Writer

    Co-Founder, NYC Animixer

  • Paddy O. Demsey

    Set Designer

  • Jordan Geary

    Executive Producer

    Sesame Street

  • Kathleen S Wilson PhD

    Professor, NYU Tisch

    Fmr Media Executive, Viacom

  • Bob Flynn

    Cartoonist, Fable Vision Studios

    Professor, Lesley University