Upcoming at NYFA



Event | “Made in NY” Women’s Film, TV and Theatre Fund Info Session hosted by CCCADI

Join us at The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute on September 12! Created by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and administered by NYFA, the “Made in NY” Women’s Film, TV and Theatre Fund will provide finishing grants for film, television, digital projects, and theatre productions. The Caribbean Cultural…

Event | “Made in NY” Women’s Film, TV and Theatre Fund Info Session

September 5 event at full capacity. New Facebook Live info session added! The Women’s Film, TV and Theatre Fund is a centerpiece of a groundbreaking series of initiatives by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) to address the underrepresentation of those who identify as women in film, television, and…

Apply Now | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Video/Film

New York State Artists: apply to receive $7,000 cash grants! First launched in 1985, the program has provided over $30 million in unrestricted cash grants to artists in 15 disciplines at critical stages in their creative development. The 2018 categories include Interdisciplinary Work, Folk/Traditional Arts, Fiction, Painting, and Video/Film.  Each awarded artist receives an unrestricted…

Conversations | Curtis Caesar John’s Micro-cinema, The Luminal Theater

“…the key for me was how we always huddled around the TV to watch Black faces, and how seeing people like us on television always gave me a stronger connection to the world."  Visionary, cinephile, and Brooklyn-native, Curtis John founded The Luminal Theater in 2015. The project is an intimate micro-cinema dedicated to preserving the…

Fellows at 30: Moon Molson

“What can NYFA do to help? Keep supporting diverse filmmakers through programs such as the Artists’ Fellowships. They’ve helped me maintain a career as a short filmmaker, and very soon that career will lead to one as a feature filmmaker.” As part of our 30th Anniversary series NYFA interviewed two-time Fellow in Video/Film, Moon Molson.…