Welcome traditional filmmakers and AI creators to our Fall Season that runs Online Monthly from October thru December.

NewFilmmakersNY is New York's longest running year round Film Festival. Throughout its twenty-nine year run NewFilmmakers has provided a platform for many first time and undiscovered veteran filmmakers.

After many years in theaters, we have taken an exciting new direction with NewFilmmakers called NewFilmmakersPlus which will move our festival into the digital age and allow us to reach international audiences.

While theaters were closed, our online audiences greatly exceeded those in theaters. With NewFilmmakersPlus we have added audience participation missing in other online screenings with GroupView, which allows filmmakers, cast, and crew as well as audience members to watch and comment on films together.

In addition our films will now be available for a month and screenable any time of the day instead of only one night. This allows more people to see our films and makes it easier to set up a screening event with friends and colleagues. Now you can send films to your large screen television and create your own in person viewing events.

As requested we are switching to filmmaker hosted files utilizing unlisted links which will eliminate the need to transcode and to send us large files as well as giving filmmakers control over their film.

In today’s world online screenings, whether in a film festival or on NetFlix, give filmmakers worldwide audiences instead of limited local ones. With NewFilmmakers Plus filmmakers not only reach worldwide audiences but can interact with them as they would at a traditional theater.

WE WILL ALSO SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL ALTFEST AND YOUNGFILMMAKERS SCREENINGS. YOU CAN SUBMIT HERE OR ON THEIR RESPECTIVE FilmFreeway PAGES.

Awards & Prizes

Audience Choice (coming)

Rules & Terms

NewFilmmakers New York (“AltFest” “YoungFilmmakers” henceforth “sections”) are hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless NewFilmmakers New York and its sections from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

By submitting your film to NewFilmmakers NY or its sections you commit to a possible public screening of your film with NewFilmmakers NY. Films submitted may be moved, at the programmer’s discretion, within sections

NewFilmmakers and its sections are not liable for the return of films which have been submitted for screening or adjudication.

NewFilmmakers and its sections do not pay screening fees.

NewFilmmakers and its sections reserve the right to cancel and/or change screening dates without prior contact.

All submission fees to the festival and/or sections are nonrefundable. Filmmaker understands that submitting to multiple sections does not improve their chances of screening.

By being accepted into the NewFilmmakers or one of the section programs you agree to send a Digital screener within the stipulated deadline or forfeit your screening date. NewFilmmakers and its sections are not responsible for rescheduling films which have been pulled from consideration by the submitting party or have not furnished an accompanying digital screener within reasonable time.

NewFilmmakers and its sections are not responsible for the costs of receiving or shipping DCPs and all DCPs must be accompanied by a digital screener.
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  • Marcel Barsotti

    Wonderful , perfect, professional, amazing, thanks for all!

    April 2026
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    Response from festival:

    your review makes all the work that goes into our series worthwhile

  • Angelo Melendez

    Grateful to have worked with newfilmakers Ny it Was a blessing!

    April 2026
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    Response from festival:

    Many thanks for your support

  • Vincenzo LaPilusa

    Had a great time! Thanks for letting me participate!

    January 2026
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    Response from festival:

    Great having you and look forward to your new film.

  • Bill Dwyer

    We loved our experience at the NewFilmmakers NY Film Festival!!! We were honored to have our short film 'A Little Human Spark' as an official selection!!!! -Bill Dwyer wonsonrockproductions.com

    December 2025
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    Response from festival:

    Great having you on board

  • Philip H J Gay

    Honoured that 'Heaven To Know You' was selected as part of the NewFilmmakersNY! A great film festival.

    May 2025
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    Response from festival:

    many thanks