The IFI was founded in 1998 and has been producing film intensives as part of our regular program structure for institutions across the country.  The IFI is a partner program working directly with private institutions on developing and operating film courses that cater to students 14 years and up.   

The International Film Institute of New York was created to provide an intensive and comprehensive training in the art and craft of cinematic story telling. Workshops in screenwriting, directing, editing, and producing lead to the making by each student of his or her own short film and working in various capacities on each others films.