The Triborough Film Festival is an exclusive battle of the boroughs braggers rights film festival for New York City filmmakers, by The Astoria Filmmakers Club.

Welcome​

Our club is a free, volunteer based program founded on three principles: Community, Creativity & Joy. The AFC is committed to provide opportunities for everyone in the club. We are a 501(c)3 dedicated to advancing careers, expanding your network and increasing skill sets while making ones original content. For more information you can follow The Astoria Filmmakers Club & The Triborough Film Festival on any social media platform.

About us

It's very simple. Stop waiting, start doing. If you have a script or story that you want to tell, join the club now.​ By joining the club the AFC will give you all the tools needed to turn your story into a standardized script, a special presentation podcast of your original story, funds for your project and the crew to make it. The A.F.C. is designed to provide working opportunities for everyone in the club which includes talent, writers, directors as well as producers.

Our Mission:

To generally foster filmmakers, writers, producers, talents, artist's businesses and the interests of those having a common financial or professional interest on the local, state, national and international plane, to accelerate reliable information as to the standing of filmmakers, related business firms and other related matters, to procure equal opportunity for investors and filmmakers, and of those having a common place, business, financial or professional interest within the general area, to promote and engage, to advance the civic, commercial, industrial, professional and agricultural media interests itself and in consort with other recognized organizations in the club, to promote the club and the prosperity of our members & to stimulate the public sentiment to these ends.

Awards & Prizes

"The Astor Goes To" is what you will hear before they call your name. At the closing of the Triborough Film Festival you will join the AFC on the Red Carpet for the annual Astor Award Ceremony. Spend the afternoon perusing for the vendors open market, raffles, followed by the award ceremony which will be streaming live as well. Join the VIP after party to rub shoulders with the winners and future collaborators.

The Astor Goes To...

Best Cinematographer

Best Short

Best Director

Best Feature

Best Wardrobe

Best Makeup

Best Actors

Best Writer

Best Comedy

Sound Design

Best Soundtrack

Join us this coming season for New York City's battle of the boroughs.

Brought to you by The Astoria Filmmakers Club. See more videos on the club's YouTube page for past Astor Award Ceremony's.

Rules & Terms

To qualify for the festival the film must have one of the three qualifications;

1. The film must be set in New York City.
2. A cast member must be from, currently in or raised in New York City.
3. The Director, Writer or Producer must be currently in, from or raised in New York City.

Meet one out of the three rules to register!
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  • Aimiende Negbenebor Sela

    Such an honor to have my film, As the Cookie Crumbles, accepted at the festival and to take home a couple of awards. Communication with Phil and his team was smooth, my friends and family who attended the festival enjoyed it thoroughly, and the quality of films in each block was inspiring.

    February 2024
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  • Mike Mannetta

    Appreciate the inclusion of 'Trail of the Sphinx' in the 2024 Triborough Film Festival, as it's a very special event for the NYC film community. Here, audiences and filmmakers meet to celebrate the art of cinema and network in person rather than just online. This is reminiscent of the way traditional film festivals have operated over the years, where 'word of mouth' and 'movie buzz' would incubate films that truly distinguished themselves amongst their peers. What's old is new again, they say, so it's fitting that the screenings took place at the historic Zukor Theatre/Kaufmann Studios, which originally began as a silent film studio. Highly recommend this film festival, as it truly fulfills the potential of our creative dreams.

    February 2024
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  • Salwa Khan

    Thanks for selecting my film When You Are Ready. The Triborough Film festival team were excellent in communication and hosting. It was great to network with other filmmakers and so exciting to have the film nominated for several categories!

    February 2024
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  • Harry Waldman

    Thanks for selecting "Bay For Blood" into your festival. The communication was clear and frequent and the Zukor Theater is a quality venue. I had a very good experience overall and will definitely consider submitting future projects to this festival.

    February 2024
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  • Joseph Villapaz

    An enjoyable and entertaining experience at the perfect venue, The Zukor Theater at the Kaufman Astoria Studios. A filmmaker's delight is hearing the audience react and comment on what they're seeing.

    February 2024
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