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

INTRO EVENT

FILMMAKING OVERVIEW

+ OVERVIEW OF JOBS ON SETS BY FMR NETFLIX GLOBAL EDUCATION MANAGER 

PRE PRODUCTION

  VIRTUAL PRODUCTION

  PITCHING

  PRODUCING

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MARCH

  CASTING

  PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING

  DEVELOPMENT​

PRODUCTION

  DIRECTING & DP-ing 

  CAMERA TECH

  GAFFING/GRIP WORK

  SOUND RECORDING 

  STUNTS

  HAIR AND MAKEUP  ​

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APRIL

2-WEEKEND FILMMAKING WORKSHOP

POST PRODUCTION

  MARKETING

  EDITING​

  DISTRIBUTION​
 

MAY

WRAP PARTY

FILM PREMIERE AT Astoria Youth Film Festival