THE NEWSLETTER OF
THE FILMMAKERS CONNECTION
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Hello everyone. This year’s Long Island International Film
Expo (LIIFE) will be held from July 11 – 18, 2013. AND, we are open for film submissions now. Take advantage of the deeply discounted
earlybird prices AND we now offer student, filmmakers connection AND LIIFE
Alumni discounts! Apply at www.LongIslandFilm.com.
We will be holding our annual
holiday party at Five Towns College in Dix Hills (305 North Service Road, Dix
Hills, 11746) in room # 312 (the Lounge) on Monday, December 10 at 7:15 p.m. Come to celebrate with
industry friends and network at the same time.
We will have a $5 cash, 50/50 and please
bring canned goods or hygiene products for the Veterans’ center. They are really running low due to everyone
donating to Sandy. Please check the
expiration dates on your donations. And
Donna McKenna will again be hosting the holiday show on Sat 12/29 at 2pm. Please speak to her about participating in
the show!
Jim Cook will be holding
another one of his exciting and informative panels on Tuesday, March 5 from
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Adelphi University.
We’ll provide more information on that as it becomes available.
If you’re interested in finding out
up-to-the-minute information on film jobs that I hear about (both cast and
crew) or locations needed for film/tv/commercials, plus other film related
information (or my own personal musings), check www.debramarkowitz.blogspot.com You can also sign up for our twitter account
below, and I will tweet whenever I have anything film-related of interest. Let’s
keep the work here!! If you are a
filmmaker/casting person who knows of any positions, I can post those for you
as well. Please e-mail me details: Union or nonUnion,
personnel needed, whether it’s a paid position, when, where and what. Thank you.
We’re
now on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace AND have our own Youtube channel! Come join us at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Long-Island-International-Film-Expo/125921132847,
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If you had a film in the Long Island International Film
Expo and have received a distribution deal (DVD, theatrical, and/or
television), please send us a blurb and a link, and we’ll promote it for you on
the Long Island International Film Expo
facebook site.
If you have a home in Nassau
County
If
you have a business, service, or headshot you would like to bring to the
attention of the dedicated audience that visits LongIslandFilm.com – consider
placing a banner ad. They are quite
reasonable. You will have your ad shown
in random rotation for an entire year.
Small banner ads are $150 – (120 x 60 pixels). Large banner ads are $300 (468 x 60
pixels). If interested, please e-mail
your banner ad in the appropriate amount of pixels to debfilm@aol.com. Please include the URL you would like your ad
to be connected to. You can pay by check
to LIFTF, or by PalPay under “The Foundation” and then “Donations.” Just let us know when you send in your banner
ad.
You
can now pay for your membership to the Filmmakers Connection through PayPal on
the www.LongIslandFilm.com
website. Please be sure to include your
name, address, phone #, e-mail address, which area of the film industry you are
involved in (ex. Writer/director/producer) and whether or not you are already
getting this newsletter by e-mail. Cost
is $30 per year fee. If you are a
student with current ID, it is $15 to join.)
If you would like to become a member (or renew your membership) of
the Filmmakers Connection, please send $30,
made out to the LIFTF to the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, c/o
Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Avenue, Side Entrance, Bellmore, NY 11710.
You may also pay at the meetings.
The $30 membership fee entitles you to attend the Filmmakers Connection
meetings for free. It also entitles you
to discounts on Foundation functions such as the Long Island International Film
Expo, the Awards Ceremony party, all mailings and newsletters, and (if all
other criteria is met) a chance at winning the $1,000/$500 Finishing Fund
Grant. (When you send in your $30, please be sure to include your name,
address, phone number, e-mail address and how you are involved with the film
industry, i.e. director, producer, voice overs, etc.) and whether you are
already getting this newsletter by e-mail.
If you are a student with
appropriate college/high school ID, the cost is $15 to join for the year. If you do not join, you can still attend
meetings for free.
Please
be advised that the Foundation/Film Commissions/Film Offices are not responsible
for speaker cancellations. Every effort
will be taken to insure a speaker’s availability on the date mentioned. In case of a cancellation, every effort will
be made to book an alternate speaker.
For information on the Long Island Film/TV Foundation contact
Robert Hansen at 516 707-2237. For
information about the Long Island International Film Expo, please contact Debra
Markowitz at 516 571-3168.
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