AFF Workshop Registration | Education

Astoria Film Festival Education: Open Workshops
Astoria Film Festival Education offers workshops throughout the school year that are open to all students, regardless of school affiliation.When they are available, we will post links to them here for registration.

AFF/KCCNY Kids Filmmaking Workshops
at Korean Cultural Center New York
122 E 32nd St.,5th floor NY NY 10016

Learn filmmaking basics, come up with film ideas,

and then create and shoot a short live-action film together as a class,

guided by the Astoria Film Festival Instructors
Workshop 1:

Kids Filmmaking Workshop Ages 8-12

Feb 1, 8, and 9 10am-2pm

Workshop 2:

Teen Filmmaking Workshop Ages 13-19

Feb 1, 8 and 9 2:30-6:30pm

Participants need to be available to attend all 3 days of the workshop they register for.

Registration info coming in JAN.

MEDIA PRODUCTION LAB
Astoria Film Festival Media Production Lab Workshops

are offered for free to 15 NYC residents ages 16-28 from those who apply and are selected to join

Notifications go out Jan 15

Apply Here

This year, Astoria Film Festival is also making some of our Media Lab Lectures available to the public for a fee.

See Registration information below:

SUN FEB 2 2025

LAB INTRO TO MEDIA CAREERS

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

MEDIA LAB ZOOM LECTURES

FEBRUARY

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

- Nina Fiore, Founder, Astoria Film Festival

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

MARCH

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

WED MARCH 12 7:30pm in ZOOM - Marketing - Daniela Camargo, Mercury Filmworks

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)

Questions: please email: astoriafilmfestival@gmail.com