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queens world fi lm festival
Queens World hosts 11th annual
Young Filmmakers Program at P.S. 69
BY WILLIAM HARRIS
Since 2008, the Queens World Film
Festival has orchestrated its Young
Filmmakers Program at PS 69Q - Th e
School of Cultural and Performing Arts
in Jackson Heights. Every year the QWFF
sends its own fi lmmaker mentors and
industry professionals to help the fi ft h
grade students learn what the fi lmmaking
industry is all about.
Th roughout the program, students
are taught about how to produce narrative
short fi lms with the help of their
QWFF instructors. In 2017, the program
was focused on the theme of character.
Th e students were split into four
groups, where each would produce a
fi lm based on an experience they had
to build on their own character. As a
result, the four groups fi lmed four short
fi lms called “Courage”, “Th e Bird”, “Th e
Ticking Timer” and “Zoey”s Big Money”.
Th e fi lms ended up ranging from four to
seven minutes. Th e Queens World Film
Festival’s website also shows past years
student fi lms from 2011 to this past year’s
in 2017.
Th is year’s program is scheduled on the
school’s website for Friday, Mar. 9. Once
the students are taught about the fundamentals
of fi lming and given their task,
they will also produce short fi lms of their
own. Th e best part is, these fi lms will premier
at a mauve carpet event at PS 69Q on
Friday, Mar. 16, at 8:45 a.m. Th e school
is located at 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson
heights.
Th e Queens World Film Festival is looking
to expand their Youth Filmmakers
Program to other schools in the Queens
area. For your school to be a part of the
program and for your child to learn about
the fi lmmaking industry, contact kathcao@
gmail.com.
You can also donate to the program
by visiting the QWFF’s website at www.
queensworldfi lmfestival.com.
Two major Astoria venues host festival fl icks
BY WILLIAM HARRIS
Th e Museum of the Moving Image and
Kaufman Astoria Studios will be the hosting
venues in this year’s annual Queens
World Film Festival.
From Mar. 15 to Mar. 25, the two
venues will be showing a number of
fi lms from diff erent countries around the
world. Th e Museum of the Moving Image
has two theaters, including the Redstone
Room that holds 267 seats and the Bartos
Room, containing 68 seats. Kaufman
Astoria Studios has the Zukor theater that
shows several fi lm screenings every day.
Each year, Th e Museum of the Moving
Image screens over 400 fi lms from all
genres. In addition to screenings, it also
contains a core exhibition, a number of
changing exhibitions and a collection of
artifacts from art, history and technology.
About 130,000 artifacts in total. Th e
Museum’s core exhibition, Behind the
Screen showcases over 1,400 artifacts,
from 19th Century optical toys, video
games and other artworks.
Educational programs and public discussions
are also off ered by the Museum.
During the QWFF, Th e Museum will be
showing a vast amount of fi lms for the duration
of the festival. Th e Museum of the
Moving Image is at 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria.
For more information on the museum
itself or for the fi lm festival schedule, visit
their website at www.movingimage.us.
Kaufman Astoria Studios will also be
hosting several dozens of fi lms for the
annual fi lm festival at their Zukor theater,
starting on Mar. 16. Kaufman Astoria
Studios is known for hosting the productions
of numerous fi lms, including
Netfl ix’s Orange is the New Black,
Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and Amazon’s
Alpha House. Kaufman Astoria Studios is
located at 34-12 36th St. For more information
on the lineup for the Queens
World Film Festival, visit their website at
www.kaufmanastoria.com.
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