AFF'24 Uncut Conversations - Louie Gasparro, Jonathan Duran, Shawn Antoine II, Eddie Castro Jr
Astoria Film Festival 2024 Uncut Filmmaker Conversations -
Featuring:
Jonathan Duran & Louie "KR.ONE" Gasparro - PUMPING COOL
A legendary graffiti artist and his journey from notoriety to reclusiveness in a city of dreams.
Shawn Antoine II - FOR THOSE THAT LIVED THERE
a visual tapestry, navigating the poignant impacts of gentrification, the displacement of Black legacies, and the emergent migrant narratives.
Eddie Castro Jr - SHOTS
Skipped ahead two grades, Daniel is the new kid in school, and finds himself the target of Julio and his friend. Being smaller than everyone else, and using a kid's bookbag doesn't help him either. At home, Daniel's father Marcos, a cop, is another bully in his life.
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 YouTube programming includes our workshop films, our events, interviews with our filmmakers, productions created by our interns and fellows, and interviews with media professionals.