One of New York City's most respected and longest running non-profit film schools and media arts training organization. Film/Video Arts supports independent filmmakers by providing access to filmmaking training, production services and fiscal sponsorship. FVA provides and encourages interaction between established and emerging filmmakers, to create a community of Media Producers dedicated to Independent Production.

Founded in 1979, IFP is a not-for-profit membership and advocacy organization supporting the independent film community. Their programs provide information, resources, networking and support to filmmakers, and connects creative talent with the film industry.

Renew Media is a not-for-profit organization established in 1990 by the Rockefeller Foundation to foster independent artistic expression by supporting the creation, dissemination and public awareness of independent media in all forms. Provides Media Arts Fellowships to fund independent filmmakers, as well as programs, research, education and policy work designed to promote the creation, distribution and public awareness of independent media.

Founded in 1996, Rooftop Films features the best national and international independent underground films outdoors on the rooftops of New York every summer. Also functions as an indie distribution hub, production equipment loans and services provider, and educational venue for filmmakers and film fans.

Non-profit organization founded in 1997 to provide the public with an ongoing series of programs exploring all facets of documentary and other non-fiction filmmaking, past, present and future. Focused on presenting outstanding works the public has not seen, including both substantive, overlooked documentaries and those that have successfully made the rounds of international film festivals but lacked the distribution to be seen widely. Annually presents Docfest, a documentary film festival.

Non-profit organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. The Institute's mission is to creates innovative programs that draw on the power of film to promote understanding, tolerance and global awareness while simultaneously supporting the cultural and economic revitalization of New York City and Lower Manhattan.

Founded in 1969, possibly the most respected American film presentation organization,the society presents a 363-day season that includes premieres of new films from both new and established directors; major retrospectives; in-depth symposia and high profile events. The Film Society also hosts two world-class international festivals: the New York Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films. It also publishes the respected cinematic journal, Film Comment. Each year the organization presents its annual Gala Tribute honoring legendary stars and industry leaders at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. At various times of the year the Film Society partners with Hollywood studios to present premieres and special live appearances.

Non-profit organization founded in 2001 to promote program and distribute Latin American cinema in the United States. They aquiring the top Latin American films and distribute them widely in theaters, institutions and film festivals. They also curate special Latin American series and retrospectives for theaters, institutions and film festivals.

Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on American independent and avant-garde cinema and its precursors found in classic European, Soviet and Japanese film. In addition to being a public movie theater, Anthology is a film museum, archive, research library, and art gallery. After 35 years in existence, Anthology remains the only non-profit organization of this type in New York.

The Museum is located on the site of the Astoria Studio, built in 1920. The history of the building itself is extraordinary, from it's earliest days as Paramount's East Coast production facility, and then an independent film production house to latter years as the US Army's Signal Corps Photographic Center which made films to speed the training of young enlisted men. Since 1985 it has been turned into a non-profit museum dedicated to public education , by presenting exhibitions and screenings and maintaining a film collection.

Founded in 1949, this museum's mission is to Collect and preserve objects that are of significance to photography and motion picture history, build information resources to provide the means for both scholarly research and recreational inquiry into the history of both media, and to keep and care for images, literature, and technology to tell the story of photography and the motion picture in history and in culture.