Filmmakers Connection Holiday Gathering, Finishing Fund Grants, Meet the New Director of the Suffolk County Film Office!
Hello
everyone,
It’s
been an amazing year for the Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) being
named both One of the Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World by MovieMaker
Magazine AND One of the Top 10 Hottest Summer Films Festivals in the US by
Audience Awards.
Also,
please join us at our Filmmakers Connection Holiday gathering – Thursday,
December 18 at Five Towns College at 7:15 pm – 9 pm (305 North Service Road,
Dix Hills NY 11746, Room 312). Free for
members, $5 for nonmembers (or $30 to join for the year, then this is
free). Come ring in the holiday season
with your fellow filmmakers!
Refreshments will be served! And
great news, the new Director of the Suffolk County Film Office will be paying
us a visit, come meet Diana Cherryholmes.
And we'll have our LIFTF Finishing Fund Grants applications as well!!
And a cool site, and one of our LIIFE sponsors,
for all things Long Island –
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has been a go-to resource for locals looking to find out more about all that is
happening on Long Island, and the site’s regular updates and expansions are why
tens of thousands of locals visit LongIsland.com every day. Whether you're
looking for the best entertainment, dining, latest news, or local businesses,
LongIsland.com has it all - we're your Guide to Long Island, no matter what
you're searching for.
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.
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 and would like to list it as a possible
location for film/tv/commercial production, please contact debfilm@aol.com or call 516 571-3168.
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 and panels 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 about the Long Island International Film Expo or the Filmmakers
Connection, please contact Debra Markowitz at 516 571-3168.
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