NYS Film Commission

First time filmmakers:

If you are looking to get started, NY is bustling with first time filmmakers, writers and producers editing their first projects or collaborating with a filmmaker’s dream community.

From guerilla start ups to Academy Award winning mini majors, New York produces and attracts the most talent in the country.

 

New York City is home to America's top indie…

… support groups

• Independent Feature Project, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, New York Women in Film & Television, Gen Art, Women Make Movies, International Documentary Association, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts and many more...

…markets and film festivals

• Independent Feature Project Market, Hamptons International FF, Avignon/NY FF, Tribeca FF, Gen Art, New York International Independent FF, Digital Film & Video Festival, Urbanworld, Underground FF, High Falls FF, Woodstock FF, Lake Placid FF, New York FF, DocFest, African Diaspora FF, NY Asian American FF, Horror FF, and many, many more…

Shorts and Docs—NY is HQ

• The International Documentary Association lists over 1750 members in New York—that’s more than half their membership for the entire country!
• Manhattan Shorts Film Fest, Asbury Short Film Fest, Coney Island Short Film Festival, New York Expo Short Film Fest—there’s no shortage of shorts in NY!