A nonprofit advancing education, access and opportunity across the creative industries — local-first, focused on breaking down barriers, amplifying underrepresented voices, and turning creativity into real pathways for artists, filmmakers and creators.
Visit AFEFoundationPractical learning that meets people where they are and equips them with real, usable skills.
Breaking down the barriers — financial, geographic, structural — that keep talent out.
Turning creativity into real pathways — work, funding, distribution, and connection.
Local-first networks that amplify underrepresented voices and build lasting creative infrastructure.
Film Faster 48 is an initiative of Arts, Film & Entertainment Foundation. The festival is one expression of AFE's broader mission — described on their site as advancing education, access and opportunity across the creative industries.
Film Faster is a commercial platform that works alongside the foundation. The platform provides the professional network — Passport, matches, opportunities, projects — while AFE advances the nonprofit mission of education, access, and community that the platform is built to serve.
Arts, Film & Entertainment Foundation is associated with Film Faster and Providence Film Group. For information about the foundation's programs, partnerships, or giving, visit their website.
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