Make the Theater Your Classroom
Our curated film programs and FilmEd experience—including audience voting, post-screening discussions, and Q&As led by a Festival educator—provide students with a thought-provoking, fun, and dynamic way to explore timely and important topics like race, identity, and belonging. Teachers receive pre-visit and post-visit discussion guides that encourage creativity and critical-thinking through vocabulary, discussion questions, and activity prompts.
Why field trips?
FilmEd Field Trips offer the same energetic, participatory atmosphere of the annual Festival that engages students in a lively learning environment. Our programs are available for grades K-2 and 3-5 and utilize short films that celebrate the beauty and complexity of our world while emphasizing the experiences of underrepresented characters and filmmakers. NYICFF’s nearly 30 years of curatorial excellence ensures that selected films have been created by a diverse group of international filmmakers and feature characters not often found on or behind the screen—namely women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA, the disabled, and other historically excluded communities. Screenings take place in multiple venues and libraries in order to meet classes in their own neighborhoods.
Admission is $10/student for most schools. Admission for Title I schools is free.
Dual-Language Programs
Upcoming Field Trips
Grades K-2
Tues October 15
IFC Center (Manhattan)
Mon November 18
Quad Cinema (Manhattan)
Tues December 3
Bronx Library Center
Thurs December 5
Queens Library (Central)
Fri December 6 FULL
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Grades 3-5
Mon October 7
IFC Center (Manhattan)
Mon October 21 FULL
Quad Cinema (Manhattan)
Mon November 4 FULL
IFC Center (Manhattan)
Upcoming Field Trips
Grades K-2
Mon December 9
Quad Cinema (Manhattan)
Tues February 4, 2025 FULL
IFC Center (Manhattan)
Fri February 7
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Thurs February 13
Queens Library (Central)
Fri April 4
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Weds April 9
Bronx Library Center
Fri April 25
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Weds May 7
Bronx Library Center
Thurs May 15
Queens Library (Central)
Grades 3-5
Thurs December 12
Queens Library (Central)
Friday December 13 FULL
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Tues December 17
Bronx Library Center
Tues January 14, 2025
IFC Center (Manhattan)
Thurs January 23
Queens Library (Central)
Fri January 24 ALMOST FULL
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Mon January 27
Quad Cinema (Manhattan)
Wed February 5
Bronx Library Center
Tues February 11 ALMOST FULL
IFC Center (Manhattan)
Fri May 9
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
Wed May 21
Bronx Library Center
Thurs May 29
Queens Library (Central)
Frequently Asked Questions
Our 2024-25 FilmEd program is supported by a generous gift from the Barry-Thouez Family in honor of Jeremy Attia.
Jeremy was a passionate audio-visual technician from France, where he was frequently dispatched to cover the Cannes Film Festival. He loved the camaraderie of film and TV sets, and approached every opportunity with a wide open heart. Jeremy passed away in June 2021 after battling cancer for four years.