Connections

Amazing Animation Festival: The newest Lamberson film festival is  a two-day event in Buffalo, New York. The inaugural edition will be held over  two days in 2027: Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd. 

Amazing Fantasy Fest: Gregory Lamberson's long running multi-genre film festival in Buffalo, New York.

Cinema Arts Collaborative, Inc. : An organization devoted to growing the Western New York film production community.

Cinemapolis: The downtown Ithaca home of Empire State Film Festival.

Gregory Lamberson Film: Website for the filmmaker/author/festival director who founded Empire State Film Festival, and his company Digital Guerrilla Cinema, LLC.

Ithaca  Experimental Film Festival: We love experimental films and will happily consider screening them at ESFF, but recommend submitting them to this event which is also held at Cinemapolis. We're want to add to Ithaca's film culture, not compete with the folks who are already here.

Ithaca Short Film Festival on FilmFreeway.

Lusca Fantastic Film Fest: Top Caribbean film festival, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Shawna Shea Film Festival: MA film festival devoted to progressive themes and artists. Part of the Shawna Foundation.

Tompkins County Public Library: We look forward to working with the library near the Cinemapolis. Gregory Lamberson will hold a free workshop there - "How to Produce an Independent Feature Film" - on Thursday, Oct. 22nd, the night before Empire State Film Festival. The event will run from 6:00 pm - 7:30pm, with a meet-and-greet at 5:30 pm.

Valkyrie International Film Festival: One of the best festivals devoted exclusively to films directed by women, located in Amherst, New York; founded and programmed by feature film proucer Tamar Lamberson and her daughter, Kaelin Lamberson, a student at Cornell University.

Wharton Studio Museum - Nonprofit organization devoted to preserving and promoting Ithaca's silent film legacy.