External Events
New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
Founded in 1935, the Circle’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines, and qualifying online general-interest publications. Every year in December the organization meets in New York to vote on awards for the previous calendar year’s films.
Submission Deadline: November 17th, 2024
NYFCC opens an annual contest for Student Critics, where they award two prizes of $2,500 each to an undergraduate and a graduate student from schools in the New York area. The winners also get to attend our annual awards gala, which is being held on January 3rd, 2024 at Tao Downtown.
8th Annual Women + Media Career Summit, In Partnership with BRIC
Grab your ticket to attend our 8th Annual Women + Media Career Summit! Join us for a full day of inspiring keynotes, insightful panels, skill-building workshops, and recruiter networking.
Friday, December 06, 2024, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST
BRIC Arts Media, 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
The Summit is only open to students and recent grads, 1-5 years out of school. Many thanks to the sponsors A+E Networks, Disney, FOX, Hearst, Nielsen, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Special thanks to our Knowledge Partner, McKinsey & Company.
Media and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential – NYC
Strive welcomes you to ‘Media and Business Networking’, NYC’s hottest networking event! Set in the perfect central location near Bryant Park in Manhattan for all to join.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Jack Doyle’s, 240 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001
Meet Producers, Directors, Influencers, Consultants, Advertisers, Photographers, Marketers, and more who are active in the space or are eager to get started. **This will be a multi-vertical event.** There will be professionals with backgrounds in the arts, finance, tech, real estate, healthcare, and more.
5th Annual Cranford Film Festival
The festival focuses on screening short films (less than 20 minutes in length) in the categories of fiction, documentary, animation, iPhone, music videos, and student films. Best of Festival awards are given in each of the categories and festivalgoers will be able to watch and listen to filmmakers explain their films during the festival.
Filmmakers Deadline: March 15, 2025
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Cranford Theatre, 25th N Ave W Cranford, NJ 07016
“The Cranford Film Festival is a celebration of creativity and the power of storytelling through film,” said Cranford FOPHA President, Stephanie Levine. “The Cranford Film Festival not only showcases the best in short film, it also helps to raise funds for the performing arts students in our Cranford community.”