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 (Emmy, BAFTA & Annie Award Winning Animation Executive) & Ruth Morrison (Animation Writer, Netflix & Nickelodeon)

8-8:30pm Animation Awards Ceremony

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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)

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9-11am

234Q, 212Q, Q300

& AFFWORKSHOP FILMS - OCT, NOV, MARCH

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11:30am-12pm

122Q

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12:30-1pm

Q429

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1:30-2:30pm 

High School for Environmental Studies

High School of Art & Design Film Dept

Astoria Film Festival Media Production Lab 2024

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3-4:30pm Media Career Panel (Free panel of Industry Professionals talk about their work and their career paths)

Rosanne Limoncelli, PHD, Senior Director of Film Technologies, Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, 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, Creative Development Manger, Fred Rogers Productions

Joe Orr Mulica, Managing Director, Gotham Sound, IATSE Local 52

Ed Kulzer, Senior Editor, Sesame Street

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5-6:30pm Media Education Panel (free panel)

Moderated by Kevin Lopez, Principal, Motion Picture Tech HS

Adam Brier EdD, Deputy Executive Director, CTE at New York City Public Schools

Rosanne Limoncelli, PhD, Senior Director of Film Technologies, Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU

Cecilia Chien, ARRI RENTALS Outreach Director, IATSE Local 600 Camera Technician

Lori Greene, Media Production Professor - NYU and Fordham/ Former 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

Jacquelyn Gutierrez , Film Production Teacher, Academy for Careers in Television & Film 

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7-9:30pm YOUTH FESTIVAL
Selected Films and

Filmmaker Panel, Moderated by Nina Fiore, Astoria Film Festival Founder

Youth Festival Awards Ceremony

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SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2024 MAIN FESTIVAL

ZUKOR THEATER, KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS

(35 St/35 Ave Astoria NY)

*MAY 5= NOTIFICATION OF SELECTED FILMS

11am-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

6-7pm Main Festival Awards Ceremony 

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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

Veronica Coleman, Gameplay Engineer, Owlchemy

Daniela Camargo, Film Marketing, Mercury Filmworks 

Ruth Fernandez, IATSE Local 798 Hair and Makeup Artist

Maddy Mermelstein, Production Coordinator, Nickelodeon

Tommy Wu, Co-Founder, WLab Virtual Production Studio

 

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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