ASFI Future in Films Festival

The ASFI Future in Films Festival is a single day cultural event celebrating the artistic and technical achievements of young (13-18 years old) filmmakers from South Florida. Taking place in Miami, the event consists of short film screenings, filmmaker Q&As, and an opportunity for young filmmakers to network.

In addition to acknowledging and celebrating South Florida's up-and-coming cinematic talent, the event aims to connect the arts community as well as the local industry with the plethora of talented youth available throughout South Florida, in an effort to create mentorship and development opportunities for young filmmakers interested in pursuing a career in the industry.

The event also aims to create a network of young filmmakers and parents who all share a passion and desire to create artistic cinema at a variety of levels, nurturing young filmmakers to continue to create and develop together across the region, and showing parents the importance of community involvement and partnership in the development of their young artists.

This event seeks to build on the great work being done by local film institutions by including and highlighting the work and talent of young artists throughout South Florida and making these works available to the community. In giving these young artists a platform, as well as inviting industry professionals to participate in the event, ASFI hopes to foster a mentorship culture between notable industry figures in South Florida and young artists yearning to create and participate in the larger industry.

It is our goal that this event will result in ongoing relationships between student filmmakers, parents, industry professionals, and local productions; the sustained goal remains in line with ASFI's mission of constructing mentorship and professional guidance pipelines from local public schools and youth organizations to the larger industry.

ASFI in partnership with FIU, will hold the festival at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus. Event doors will open at 9:00 AM with the shorts block screening beginning at 9:30 AM, with a total estimated runtime of 60 minutes, followed by a 20-30 minute Q&A with the audience and participating filmmakers. Because the event will be during a school day, ASFI will be supplying buses for some underserved schools.

This festival is a special event for student filmmakers to gather together and celebrate their films, their present, and their future.