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Brooklyn Resources
Brooklyn has long been a destination for the arts. But in recent years the borough’s popularity among filmmakers and production companies has grown tremendously. Numerous production companies such as Steiner Studios, among others, have opened across the borough and film festivals and screenings series such as Sundance East are added every year.
There has been a significant increase in film and video activity, interest and resources available in Brooklyn in recent years. The following links may be of interest to film and video artists and to the film audience.
Film Resources / Links
Make a Film in Brooklyn
Interested in shooting a film in Brooklyn? Here are some links that might be helpful.
The City of New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting
This is a great place to start your research. Most everything you need to know is all in one spot.
Screen Actor’s Guild-Indie (SAGIndie)
SAGIndie is a union between hard-working thespians of the world and passionate filmmaking mavericks who buck the system. Just because your film isn’t produced by a studio doesn’t mean you can’t use professional talent. In fact, input from indie producers continues to help SAG revise and improve its five low-budget agreements to make it even easier for filmmakers to use SAG actors, regardless of their budget.
Steiner Studios
Designed to the specifications of producers and facility operators in Los Angeles and supported by top New York artistic talent, Steiner Studios is a full-service, state-of-the-art production factory, equipped for start-to-finish production of major motion pictures, independent films, television, music videos and broadcast commercials. Steiner Studios opened in 2004 and is located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Interested in shooting a film in Brooklyn? Here are some links that might be helpful.
The City of New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting
This is a great place to start your research. Most everything you need to know is all in one spot.
Screen Actor’s Guild-Indie (SAGIndie)
SAGIndie is a union between hard-working thespians of the world and passionate filmmaking mavericks who buck the system. Just because your film isn’t produced by a studio doesn’t mean you can’t use professional talent. In fact, input from indie producers continues to help SAG revise and improve its five low-budget agreements to make it even easier for filmmakers to use SAG actors, regardless of their budget.
Steiner Studios
Designed to the specifications of producers and facility operators in Los Angeles and supported by top New York artistic talent, Steiner Studios is a full-service, state-of-the-art production factory, equipped for start-to-finish production of major motion pictures, independent films, television, music videos and broadcast commercials. Steiner Studios opened in 2004 and is located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Links to Brooklyn Resources and Festivals
ActNow Foundation Short Film Collective Screening Series
BAM Rose Cinemas
The Bridge Film Festival – An International Friends Festival of Student Film and Video
Brooklyn Center Cinema
Brooklyn College, Film Program
The Department of Film offers a bachelor of arts in film with a possible concentration in film studies, film production, screenwriting, or film marketing. The department also offers a minor in film and a certificate program in film production or screenwriting.
Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT)
BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television, a program administered by Brooklyn Information & Culture, provides low-cost training in television production for Brooklyn residents; operates three public cable television channels dedicated to presenting programs of community interest and to a 24-hour bulletin board promoting services and events offered by more than 1,000 Brooklyn-based organizations; and produces programs of interest to Brooklyn residents.
Brooklyn Indie House
Brooklyn International Film Festival
Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
Brooklyn Young Filmmakers' Center
This nonprofit promotes literacy, leadership, social skills, intergenerational exchange and job training and placement through film studies, teaching filmmaking, and opportunities for networking with industry professionals.
Cine Banneker High School Film Festival
Coney Island Film Festival
Long Island University Media Arts Department
Pratt Institute, Digital Media Program
This program provides the means to master the new technologies that are reshaping how people interact, communicate, and create new forms of expression. Digital Arts prepares students for art and design professions in which new media and new forms have become essential tools in the creation and transmission of audio/visual ideas.
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora
Rooftop Films
ActNow Foundation Short Film Collective Screening Series
BAM Rose Cinemas
The Bridge Film Festival – An International Friends Festival of Student Film and Video
Brooklyn Center Cinema
Brooklyn College, Film Program
The Department of Film offers a bachelor of arts in film with a possible concentration in film studies, film production, screenwriting, or film marketing. The department also offers a minor in film and a certificate program in film production or screenwriting.
Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT)
BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television, a program administered by Brooklyn Information & Culture, provides low-cost training in television production for Brooklyn residents; operates three public cable television channels dedicated to presenting programs of community interest and to a 24-hour bulletin board promoting services and events offered by more than 1,000 Brooklyn-based organizations; and produces programs of interest to Brooklyn residents.
Brooklyn Indie House
Brooklyn International Film Festival
Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
Brooklyn Young Filmmakers' Center
This nonprofit promotes literacy, leadership, social skills, intergenerational exchange and job training and placement through film studies, teaching filmmaking, and opportunities for networking with industry professionals.
Cine Banneker High School Film Festival
Coney Island Film Festival
Long Island University Media Arts Department
Pratt Institute, Digital Media Program
This program provides the means to master the new technologies that are reshaping how people interact, communicate, and create new forms of expression. Digital Arts prepares students for art and design professions in which new media and new forms have become essential tools in the creation and transmission of audio/visual ideas.
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora
Rooftop Films
Additional Film Resources and Festivals
African American Women in Cinema
DV.com
Experimental Television Center
film Commission HQ
Ocularis at Galapagos Arts Space
Sundance Institute
Third World Newsreel
Tribeca Film Festival
Women Make Movies
African American Women in Cinema
DV.com
Experimental Television Center
film Commission HQ
Ocularis at Galapagos Arts Space
Sundance Institute
Third World Newsreel
Tribeca Film Festival
Women Make Movies
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