FESTIVAL 2024 SCHEDULE
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THURSDAY MAY 30 OPENING NIGHT 7-11pm
ARRI RENTALS LIC. (47-27 36th St LIC/Sunnyside, NY)
6-8pm Screenings and Filmmaker Panel, Moderated by Arri Rentals' Luis Feliciano
8-10pm Step and Repeat Interviews and Networking Party
FRI MAY 31, ANIMATION SESSION, ZUKOR THEATER,
KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS
(35 St/35 Ave Astoria NY)
4-5pm HS of Art and Design/SONY Workshop projects
5:30-8pm Animation Screenings and Creator Panel, Moderated by Bryan Korn
8-8:30pm Animation Awards Ceremony
SAT JUNE 1, 2024 - ZUKOR THEATER, KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS
(35 St/35 Ave Astoria NY)
9am-3pm Astoria Film Festival STUDENT SHOWCASE (AFFWorkshop Films from the 2023-24 school year - see specific schedule below)
11am-5pm
INDUSTRY and COMMUNITY EXPO IN THE KAUFMAN BACKLOT
Currently Confirmed:
MOTION PICTURE TECH HS
ACTVF HS
GOTHAM SOUND
GHETTO FILM SCHOOL
3-4:30pm Media Career Panel (Panel of Industry Professionals talk about their work and their career paths)
Roseanne Limoncelli, PHD, Senior Director Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, NYU
Ben Lehman, Fmr Showrunner/Director/Writer, Sesame Street
Dustin Ward, Director of Photography, HBO, APPLE, NETFLIX - IATSE Local 600
Mariana Díaz-Wionczek, PhD, Children's Media Researcher and Executive Producer
Gabrielle Howard, Development Director, Fred Rogers Productions
Joe Orr Mulica, Managing Director, Gotham Sound, IATSE Local 52
Ed Kulzer, Senior Editor, Sesame Street
5-6:30pm Media Education Panel
Moderated by Kevin Lopez, Principal, Motion Picture Tech HS
Adam Brier EdD, Deputy Executive Director, CTE at New York City Public Schools
Roseanne Limoncelli, PhD, Senior Director Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, NYU
Cecilia Chien, ARRI RENTALS Outreach Director, IATSE Local 600 Camera Technician
Lori Greene, Media Production Professor - NYU and Fordham/ FMR Netflix Education Director
Hanan Harchol, Big Apple Award Winning Teacher/Director of the Film Department at High School of Art and Design
Jacob Stebel, Program Director, Ghetto Film School/FMR NYC DOE film teacher
7-9pm YOUTH FESTIVAL
Selected Films/Animations and Filmmaker/Animator Panel, Moderated by Nina Fiore, Astoria Film Festival Founder
Youth Festival Awards Ceremony
SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2024 MAIN FESTIVAL
ZUKOR THEATER, KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS
(35 St/35 Ave Astoria NY)
*MAY 5= NOTIFICATION OF SELECTED FILMS
10:30am-1pm DITMARS SESSION
Screenings and Panel of Selected Main Festival Submissions
1:30-3:30pm STEINWAY SESSION
Screenings and Panel of Selected Main Festival Submissions
4-6pm BROADWAY SESSION
Screenings and Panel of Selected Main Festival Submissions
6:30-7:30 Main Festival Awards Ceremony
8-10pm After Party
ONLINE EVENTS:
MON JUNE 3, 8pm ET Virtual Legal Workshop
Legal IP/FILM and AI, 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
Dan MacNamara, Animator/Graphic Designer, Hot Ones
WED JUNE 5, 8pm ET - Virtual Professional Animation Panel
Moderated by Bryan Korn, Hilda/Octonauts
Jesse Gouldsbury, Crunchyroll
Diego Molano, Cartoon Network
Ruth Morrison, Writer, Netflix, HBO
Alexei Bocheneck, Titmouse
Brandon Chen, Inspired Productions (Manga, Anime, Webtoons)
THURS JUNE 6, 8pm ET - Virtual Filmmaker Panel
Festival Filmmakers
Student Tickets
Astoria Film Festival STUDENT SHOWCASE
Saturday June 1, 2024
The Zukor Theater at KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS
CORNER OF 35 STREET and 35 AVE Astoria NY
In each block, screenings of films will be followed by a Filmmaker Panel, where students will be invited to talk about their experiences making the films.
There will also be Red Carpet Interviews outside the Zukor Theater as well as a COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY EXPO in THE BACKLOT of KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS from 11am-5pm
Students in each workshop are entitled to one free ticket for themselves plus one free ticket for a companion - only for the session that their film is screened in, as space is limited.
Sign up for those free tickets here: https://forms.gle/zwJRT7ZUA1J13qnHA
They can also get 2 free tickets for the Career Panel and the Media Education Panel
Additional tickets can be purchased at filmfreeway.com/astoriafilmfestival/tickets
9-11am
234Q, 212Q, Q300
& AFFWORKSHOP FILMS - OCT, NOV, MARCH
11:30am-12pm
122Q
12:30-1pm
Q429
1:30-2:30pm
High School for Environmental Studies
High School of Art & Design Film Dept
Astoria Film Festival Media Production Lab 2024
3-4:30pm Media Career Panel (Panel of Industry Professionals talk about their work and their career paths)
Currently Confirmed:
Roseanne Limoncelli, PHD, Senior Director Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, NYU
Ben Lehman, Fmr Showrunner/Director/Writer, Sesame Street
Dustin Ward, Director of Photography, HBO, APPLE, NETFLIX
Ruth Fernandez HMU IATSE Local 798
Gabrielle Howard, Development Director, Fred Rogers ProductionsJoe Mulica, Managing Director, Gotham Sound
Ed Kulzer, Senior Editor, Sesame Street
5-6:30pm Media Education Panel
Moderated by Kevin Lopez, Principal, Motion Picture Tech HS
Currently Confirmed:
Adam Brier EdD, Deputy Executive Director, CTE at New York City Public Schools
Roseanne Limoncelli, PhD, Senior Director Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, NYU
Lori Greene, Media Production Professor - NYU and Fordham/ FMR Netflix Education Director
Hanan Harchol, Big Apple Award Winning Teacher/Director of the Film Department at High School of Art and Design
Cecilia Chien, ARRI RENTALS Outreach Director/IATSE Local 600 Camera Technician
Jacob Stebel, Program Director, Ghetto Film School
2024 JURY
One of our main goals as a festival is to get our filmmakers and creators work in front of industry professionals, so we are very excited to introduce you to this year's festival judges.
