AFF'24 Panels - Uncut Conversations - Fodera, Hein, Ali, Flynn, Gaddi, James, Sinhart, Kornfeind.

Astoria Film Festival 2024 Filmmaker Panels
Sunday June 2, 2024
Featuring:
Michael Fodera - Holding Pattern
A man finds himself adrift in a surreal, twilight world, encountering strange occurrences and peculiar inhabitants. He depends on a cryptic customer service voice on a payphone for guidance but only seems to lose more control of his circumstances.
Veronica Hein - Marks of Cain
Following losing her virginity, a young girl navigates the concepts of consent and guilt in her religious environment.
Sultan Ali - The Next Stop
A time traveling auntie guides a young dancer from the Bronx through time, in order to boost her confidence for a big audition.
Hudson Flynn - Writing You Down
Playwright Alice Meyers reflects on the relationship that inspired tonight's performance.
Kevin Gaddi - Teyo
A 12 year old boy struggling to deal with the weight of his mother’s untimely death, steals a magnum revolver from the unlocked car of a rival gang member and sets off to fire a gun for the very first time.
Liv Sinhart - Bloodlust
Rosie hasn’t had the best luck with dates in the past, but that's all about to change. As long as she can hide her small, bite sized quirk, for one date.
Collin Kornfeind - What A Trip!
Two downtrodden strangers go on a vision quest to cure their depression but end up trying to figure out why they have matching visions of a manic, talking wolf-bear named Kevin.
Astoria Film Festival in Astoria NY is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that features short films and web series from around the world in an annual Film Festival and Youth Film Festival. We also run neighborhood youth film education, internships, and a Film Fellows programs around NYC, and hold Media Career Fairs to introduce youth to various industry professionals and career paths. In our Workshops, we guide participants as they create short films as a class. Our RUclips programming includes our workshop films, our events, interviews with our filmmakers, productions created by our interns and fellows, and interviews with media professionals.