Artsy, cool and gritty, New York is the independent film capital of the world.

New York City is home to America's top indie…

…production companies

• The Weinstein Company, Tribeca,  40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, Troma Entertainment, Open City, Blow Up Pictures, Emerging Pictures, Greene Street, Killer Films, ContentFilm, Double A Films, IFC Films, Blue Magic Pictures, InDiGent, many more…

…distributors

• The Weinstein Company, Fine Line Features, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Films, First Run Features, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Cowboy Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, New Yorker Films, Palm Pictures, ThinkFilm, Zeitgeist Films, many more…

… support groups

• Independent Feature Project, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, New York Women in Film & Television, Gen Art, Women Make Movies, International Documentary Association, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts and many more...

…markets and film festivals

• Independent Feature Project Market, Hamptons International FF, Avignon/NY FF, Tribeca FF, Gen Art, New York International Independent FF, Digital Film & Video Festival, Urbanworld, Underground FF, High Falls FF, Woodstock FF, Lake Placid FF, New York FF, DocFest, African Diaspora FF, NY Asian American FF, Horror FF, and many, many more…

Shorts and Docs—NY is HQ

• The International Documentary Association lists over 1750 members in New York—that’s more than half their membership for the entire country!
• Manhattan Shorts Film Fest, Asbury Short Film Fest, Coney Island Short Film Festival, New York Expo Short Film Fest—there’s no shortage of shorts in NY!

First time filmmakers:

If you are looking to get started, NY is bustling with first time filmmakers, writers and producers editing their first projects or collaborating with a filmmaker’s dream community.

From guerilla start ups to Academy Award winning mini majors, New York produces and attracts the most talent in the

country.