Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) Announces Full Schedule and Celebrities Attending July 12th – 18th
The 22nd Annual Festival Will Include Film Screenings, Panels, and an Award Ceremony Honoring Those Who’ve Made an Impact on LI Film
Bellmore, NY (June, 2019) – With the 22nd Anniversary of the Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) happening July 12th – 18th, this year’s schedule includes some of the best short and feature-length independent films from around the world, which will be shown at the historic Bellmore Movies (222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY 11710)!
LIIFE is the premiere filmmaker community on Long Island, sponsored by the Long Island Film/TV Foundation (LIFTF), the County of Nassau, Gold Coast Studios, The Long Island Railroad, Hamptons TV and the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency, which shows over 160 short and feature-length films of every genre. The expo offers networking opportunities, a350 seat historic theater, press and media opportunities, a convenient filmmakers lounge, and several discussion panels with topics ranging from distribution, to scriptwriting, to legal music, and a filmmaker panel/breakfast.
Some of this year’s films include Long Island premieres such as Daniel Schechter’s, Safe Spaces starring Justin Long (New Girl), Fran Drescher (The Nanny), Richard Schiff (The Good Doctor), Kate Berlant (Ghosted) and Becky Ann Baker (The Blacklist), Eddie McGee’s (formerly of Commack) pilot, Eddie’s, starring Eddie McGee and George Wendt (Cheers), Sal Del Giudice’s, To Make a Long Story Short, Bellport’s Andrew Henriques’s, The $500 Dress, Rockville Centre’s Kenneth R. Frank’s, Family Obligations, Plainview’s Justin Portaros, Kid, The Moon, St. James’, William LiPera’s, The Rest of My Life, Hicksville’s Tom Cassese’s, Zoul, West Babylon’s James’ Hardy’s, Be There Soon, Glen Cove’s Christian Plingo’s, Sometimes, We Never Really Change and East Meadow’s Max Hechtman’s Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide.
New York premieres include Oceanside’s Eli Hershko’s, Fairytale, Oceanside’s Jacki Xerri’s Teen Night and Ruckzuck,, Riverhead’s David Chai’s, Pass the Buck and Jimmy Bie’s, The Badge.
World premieres include Shirley’s Fred Carpenter’s, Interview with the Hitman (starring Kevin Brown), Centerport’s, Robert M. Sansivero’s, The Loyalist, Lindenhurst’s Gregg A. Dacosta’s, The Last Sound, and Hempstead’s Rob Graydon’s, Father.
Other LIIFE films include such notables as James Dreyfus (Notting Hill), Ben Wilbond (Ghosts), Tim DeKay (American Crime), Sean Young (Blade Runner), Bianca Marroquin (Fosse/Verdon), Evan Alex (Us), Navid Negahban (Legion), Fred Willard (Modern Family), Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Ms. Maisel), Bob Newhart (The Bob Newhart Show), Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie), Carl Reiner (The Dick Van Dyke Show),
Carol Channing (The Love Boat), Mitzi Gaynor (South Pacific), Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil), Betsy Baker (Sharp Objects), Norman Lear (One Day at a Time), Tom Smothers (The Informant!) and Kay Ballard (The Mothers-in-Law).
Most of the panels at this year’s Long Island International Film Expo (except for the Breakfast panel) are free and include:
“From Script to Screen – How to create, finance, and distribute independent content in the digital age,” “How to Market Yourself in the Acting Biz,” “How to get an agent,” “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Independent Filmmaking- Breakfast Panel,” “The Write Stuff’ Panel on Scriptwriting,” and our widely popular, “Directors’ Audition Panel.” For more information and to get your reservation tickets, please go to http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events/
Opening the Long Island International Film Expo on Friday July 12th at 11:00 a.m. this year will be the Young Filmmakers Showcase. LIIFE is proudly showcasing films from students of the Long Island High School of the Arts, Barry Tech, and Long Beach High School, as well as various young independent filmmakers, the youngest being 15 years old. This is the 3rd consecutive year LIIFE has held the YFS and it is now one of the many highlights of the film expo.
Honorees for this year include Abigail Hawk of Blue Bloods with a Creative Achievement Award and Director John A. Gallagher with a LIIFETime Career Achievement Award. Kevin Brown from 30 Rock will be our host, and actor Christopher Roach from Kevin Can Wait will be one of our presenters. Celebrities always appear schedule permitting, and more will likely sign on before the closing party on Thursday, July 18, 2019. To buy tickets for the closing night party, go to http://longislandfilm.com/awards-ceremony/
2019 LIIFE Schedule:
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LIIFE KICKOFF: Friday, July 12th, 2019 |
11:00am: Young Filmmaker Showcase Total Duration: 1 Hour, 5 Minutes |
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LIIFE KICKOFF: Friday, July 12th, 2019 |
1:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 3 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Isle of Capri – Documentary |
9 minutes |
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My Favorite Stone |
10 minutes |
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One More Round |
14 minutes |
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Love from Afar – Documentary |
15 minutes |
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Hysterical Women – Webisode |
22 minutes |
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Maturing Youth |
26 minutes |
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Yuu Kai- Anna – Animation |
27 minutes |
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LIIFE KICKOFF: Friday, July 12th, 2019 |
3:45pm Showing: Total Duration: 1 Hour, 23 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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1-0 |
10 minutes |
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It’s Time for Tea |
10 minutes |
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Daffodil |
13 minutes |
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Extradition |
15 minutes |
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Sweet Heart |
17 minutes |
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People Like You |
18 minutes |
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LIIFE KICKOFF: Friday, July 12th, 2019 |
5:30PM-6:30pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY – Free Informal Opening Night Reception and Tech Awards Must be 2019 Participating Filmmaker or Have a Ticket for Any Film Block to Attend |
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LIIFE OPENING NIGHT FILM BLOCK: Friday, July 12th, 2019 |
Official Opening Night Film Block 6:45pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 3 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The $500 Dress |
6 minutes |
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How Do You Type a Broken Heart |
13 minutes |
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The Rest of my Life |
22 minutes |
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Family Obligations |
82 minutes |
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Friday, July 12th, 2019 – Scared for Your Liife Block!! |
Scared For Your Liife Block 9:30pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 18 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The Driving Dead |
4 minutes |
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Number 25 |
5 minutes |
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Mirror Mirror A Tale of Blood |
9 minutes |
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Preparation |
9 minutes |
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Matryoshka |
10 minutes |
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It Lives in the Closet |
11 minutes |
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The Theatre of Terror |
90 minutes |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 Strictly Students! |
10:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 2 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Student Film: The Movie |
3 minutes |
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FLIP |
10 minutes |
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Stories of Strength and Hope – Documentary |
12 minutes |
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Coming And Going |
12 minutes |
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Reservations For Two |
13 minutes |
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Love Sick |
14 minutes |
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In My Eyes |
20 minutes |
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Midnight Regulations |
38 minutes |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
10:30pm-1:00pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY FREE PANEL – Please Reserve tickets HERE: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events “From Script to Screen” How to create, finance, and distribute independent content in the digital age. Panelists – Filmmakers Elias Plagianos and Stevan Mena |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 – Doc Block! |
1:00pm Showing: Documentary Block Total Duration : 2 Hours, 5 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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M1-K0 |
8 minutes |
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The Guy; The Brian Donahue Story |
19 minutes |
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My Body Is Not A Weapon |
38 minutes |
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They Stole a house |
60 minutes |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
1:45pm-3:15pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY FREE PANEL – Please Reserve tickets HERE: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events “The Pitfalls of Blind Ambition” – Lynne Grossman and Tom Ferranola – Affinity Artists Agency. |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
1:45pm-3:15pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY FREE PANEL – Please Reserve tickets HERE: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events “How to Get An Agent, What Do Agents Look For” – Tom Ferranola and Lynne Grossman – Affinity Artists Agency. |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
3:45pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 10 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Lover & A Giver – Music Video |
4 minutes |
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Scratch This – Webisode |
5 minutes |
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Someday – Music Video |
6 minutes |
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Reverie |
7 minutes |
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Kid, the Moon |
8 minutes |
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Drip |
10 minutes |
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Retreat Resistance – Webisode |
11 minutes |
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Primal Therapy |
12 minutes |
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Hot n’ Nerdy – Webisode |
15 minutes |
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Karen |
21 minutes |
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To Make a Long Story Short – Documentary |
31 minutes |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
6:45pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 5 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Father |
1 minutes |
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Masterclass: Acting with Doors |
4 minutes |
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Eddies – Webisode |
26 minutes |
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Eleanor |
94 minutes |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
9:30pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The Birth of Deceit – Trailer |
2 minutes |
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Teen Night |
8 minutes |
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Jones |
9 minutes |
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Into the Dark |
14 minutes |
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Fairy Tale |
87 minutes |
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Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
10:15pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 10 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Melon Shorts – animation |
2 minutes |
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Deep Dive |
6 minutes |
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Ruckzuck – Documentary |
8 minutes |
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Piccolo Vento |
17 minutes |
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A Never Ending Stream of Consciousness – Animation |
20 minutes |
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F.A.M. – Webisode |
30 minutes |
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The Blackout – Webisode |
47 minutes |
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Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
10:30am-12:00pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY General Admission – $5.00, Get Tickets Here: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Independent Filmmaking – An Entertaining and Informative Panel Moderated by Mitchell Bard of Snapper Films. A cross section of LIIFE 2019 Filmmakers Discuss their experiences in the Indie Film World. Free for 2019 LIIFE Participating Filmmakers, Day Pass and Gold Pass Holders. |
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Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
12:15pm-1:00pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY – Free FREE PANEL – Please Reserve tickets HERE: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events “Write Stuff” Panel on Scriptwriting – Moderated by Mitchell Bard of Snapper Films. Everyone enjoys a good story. Now you can meet the people who write them. Sit back, relax, and get ready for a shot of inspiration and encouragement. Whether you are a fan who wants to know where writers get their ideas from, or a writer trying to break into the business, this panel and question-and-answer session will give you some insight into the mind of the writer. Panelists -Mitchell Bard and Loren-Paul Caplin. |
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Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
1:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 1 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Bae |
2 minutes |
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Effigy-Poison and the City – Trailer |
2 minutes |
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INDESTRUCTIBLE!: Baseball on the Isthmus – Trailer |
3 minutes |
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Passage of Time |
4 minutes |
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Pass the Buck |
5 minutes |
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VR CR3W |
7 minutes |
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Be There Soon |
8 minutes |
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Spice Frontier – Animation |
8 minutes |
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Troll |
9 minutes |
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Two Balloons – Animation |
9 minutes |
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Lara |
10 minutes |
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InSex |
14 minutes |
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Mea Culpa |
20 minutes |
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The Last Fishing Trip |
20 minutes |
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Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
3:45pm Showing: Total Duration: 1 Hours, 56 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The Dancer |
16 minutes |
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Three Kings |
23 minutes |
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Where Theo Lives |
77 minutes |
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Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
6:30pm Showing: Total Duration: 1 Hours, 55 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Icons – Animation |
5 minutes |
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The Premonition |
5 minutes |
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My Dinner with Schwartzy |
15 minutes |
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Interview with a HitMan |
90 minutes |
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Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
9:15pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 3 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The Parking Spot |
10 minutes |
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Despair |
11 minutes |
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The Replacement |
11 minutes |
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The Drone |
14 minutes |
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Pet Peeve Police – Webisode |
18 minutes |
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Waking Venus |
18 minutes |
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Alternate Ego |
19 minutes |
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Mommy Mafia – Webisode |
22 minutes |
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Monday, July 15th, 2019 |
1:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 18 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The Translator |
11 minutes |
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I’m Still Here – Documentary |
14 minutes |
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Too Much Noise |
14 minutes |
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Funny You Never Knew – Documentary |
99 minutes |
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Monday, July 15th, 2019 |
1:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 17 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Damaged |
8 minutes |
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Hunting Rabbits |
8 minutes |
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My Son Thomas |
8 minutes |
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Sometimes, We Never Really Change |
8 minutes |
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The Break |
8 minutes |
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The Secret to Good Living |
8 minutes |
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It Looked Like Snow |
10 minutes |
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Tomislavov Dnevnik |
15 minutes |
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Vice |
10 minutes |
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Back Up Plan |
15 minutes |
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First Disco |
18 minutes |
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Life EDU |
21 minutes |
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Monday, July 15th, 2019 |
7:30pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 23 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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The Last Sound – Webisode |
8 minutes |
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Chemistry Read |
9 minutes |
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The Badge |
11 minutes |
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Follow |
12 minutes |
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Hush |
12 minutes |
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Receding |
14 minutes |
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Rubber Room – Webisode |
20 minutes |
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toke is cheap |
23 minutes |
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Cosmic Light |
34 minutes |
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 |
1:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 15 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Who I Am – Music Video |
4 minutes |
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Benefits Not Included |
5 minutes |
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Bristled – Animation |
5 minutes |
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The Edge |
5 minutes |
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Lost Steps – Animation |
11 minutes |
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The Ghost and the Writer |
14 minutes |
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My Amish World |
79 minutes |
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 |
3:45pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 9 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Love Minecraft Style! Abigail vs Zombie – Animation |
1 minute |
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Ranapakhara |
10 minutes |
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Clandestiny |
12 minutes |
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Coffee and a Donut |
12 minutes |
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Nana’s Room |
12 minutes |
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American Marriage |
15 minutes |
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The Loyalist |
18 minutes |
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Terrolun and Lunlun |
49 minutes |
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 |
7:30pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 19 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Ham Jam |
2 minute |
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Podcast Problems |
4 minutes |
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Fine |
5 minutes |
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New Patient |
7 minutes |
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I Waited for You |
9 minutes |
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Time on the Bridge |
13 minutes |
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Miss Understood Monster |
15 minutes |
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Less Heat in Arizona |
25 minutes |
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It’s A Mess |
29 minutes |
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Been A While |
30 minutes |
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 |
10:00am-1:00pm: Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY FREE PANEL – Please Reserve tickets HERE: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events “DIRECTORS’ AUDITION PANEL” – Seven Minutes or Less to Impress – Bring your own sides or monologue, or we will assign you one. Read for five or six working Directors. And bring headshots! |
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 |
2:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 1 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Backstage |
10 minute |
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The Gift of the Red Fern – Documentary |
12 minutes |
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The Divorce |
17 minutes |
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Go to Hell and Turn Left |
82 minutes |
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 |
5:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 7 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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In the House of the Paper Flowers – Animation |
8 minute |
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Not as Tough as You Think |
8 minutes |
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Impact – Webisode |
10 minutes |
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Corey |
11 minutes |
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Zoul |
12 minute |
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Acceptables |
13 minutes |
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Black n’ Blue |
13 minutes |
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The Invaders Angie’s Logs – Webisode |
13 minutes |
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Sequins |
18 minutes |
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Touch Me |
21 minutes |
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 |
8:00pm Showing: Total Duration: 2 Hours, 20 Minutes |
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Film: |
Film Duration: |
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Shaholly – Documentary |
4 minute |
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Here We Stay |
9 minutes |
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Wink |
9 minutes |
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Sombra City |
10 minutes |
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Monarch Butterfly |
17 minute |
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Safe Spaces |
91 minutes |
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 |
Closing Party and Award Ceremony 5:30 p.m. Filmmakers Buffet – Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY 7:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony – Bellmore Movies – 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY 9:00 p.m. AfterLIIFE Party – Filmmakers Lounge – 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY Filmmakers Buffet, Awards Ceremony and AfterLIIFE Party – $65 for General Admission, $55 for LIIFE 2019 Participating Filmmakers, Gold Pass Holders, Seniors. Awards Ceremony ONLY – $25.00 Purchase tickets at: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events/ Celebrity Guests so far: -Abigail Hawk from Blue Bloods with a Creative Achievement Award -Director John Gallagher of The Deli with a LIIFETime Career Achievement Award -Host Kevin Brown from 30 Rock -Presenter Chris Roach from Kevin Can Wait (Celebrities appear schedule permitting) |
For Full Film Schedule and Synopses and to buy Tickets to LIIFE via Eventbrite, VISIT: http://longislandfilm.com/events/category/liife-2019/ and http://www.eventbrite.com/o/long-island-filmtv-foundation-6572649727
For More Information on LIIFE, Visit: www.LongIslandFilm.com
