LIIFE goes on with two ways to see movies - Virtual & Drive-In

LIIFE Goes On With two ways to see movies Virtual and Drive-In!

The Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) is the premiere filmmaker community on Long Island, and one of the most respected festivals of its kind in the world; showing almost 200 short and feature-length films in many different genres each year. Sponsored by the Long Island Film-TV Foundation (LIFTF), the County of Nassau, the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency and Gold Coast Studios, this year the 23rd Annual installment will be held from September 30th - October 8th 2020 and will include two nights of drive-in movies on Friday October 2nd and Saturday October 3rd at 7 PM and 10 PM the at Samanea Mall, 1504 Old Country Rd, Westbury NY.  is year, LIIFE’s  films will also be shown virtually and will feature  films from around the globe. 

The Long Island International Film Expo will also be honoring Port Jefferson’s own Maurice DuBois, the Emmy award winning news anchor for WCBS-TV in NY, who will be awarded the LIIFE “Excellence in Newscasting” Award. Actress Katherine Narducci (The Irishman) will be honored with an “Excellence in Film and TV” Award and Director Jeremiah Kipp (Grave Discoveries) will be honored with a “Creative Achievement Award”.  The ceremony, including appearances by presenters like Kevin Brown (30 Rock) and Brian O’ Hallaran (Clerks) will be held virtually for participating  filmmakers, sponsors, honorees and Gold Pass Holders during the virtual closing ceremony on Thursday October 8th at 7:30 p.m. EST.

Maurice DuBois

Katherine Narducci

Jeremiah Kipp

Perhaps, COVID-19 willing, the Festival will be able to present something special at their usual home for the past 22 years - the historic Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave, Bellmore, NY - as well! Check the website for updates.

You can also learn more about special showings/times and purchase tickets at: www.longislandfilm.com

Festivals of the past have included such luminaries as the late Danny Aiello, Ed Asner, Blue Bloods’ Robert Clohessy and Abigail Hawk, Ralph Macchio, John Amos, Ally Sheedy, 30 Rock’s Kevin Brown, Cathy Moriarty, Steve Buscemi, Ed Burns, William Sadler, Ilene Kristen, and so many more.

LIIFE has become a must attend festival for serious filmmakers; with local and foreign  film screenings, celebrity appearances, entertaining and informative panels, a star-studded awards ceremony, Q & A with  filmmakers from the world over and networking galore.

Celebrating Independent Films from Around the World LONG ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM EXPO

LIIFE Goes On with two ways to see movies

VIRTUAL & DRIVE-IN! Sept. 30 - Oct. 8, 2020

BUY TICKETS www.longislandfilm.com

AVAILABLE PACKAGES

2020 LIIFE GOLD PASS - All Access (unlimited tickets): $75 All Access to Long Island International Film Expo Screenings

LIIFE Virtual Film Block Tickets Tickets: $7 per block

Links available for 24 hours after start time!

LIIFE Drive-In Film Block Tickets Oct 2nd & 3rd 7pm&10pm $25 per block IN ADVANCE $30 at gate TOUCHLESS PAYMENTS –Credit Cards Only

Tickets are limited so please buy in advance! The Samanea Mall (formerly The Source Mall) 1504 Old Country Rd, Westbury, NY

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 6:00 PM - New Bronx (Poland) 15 Minutes; Chasing Unicorns (Estonia) 108 Minutes Total Runtime 2 hrs 3 Minutes. BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Thursday, October 1, 2020 4:00 PM - Final Fantasy X/X2 Canine Style (Long Island) 3 Minutes; Out of the Can (Canada) 5 Minutes; Over the Line (Canada) 7 Minutes; A Work of Art (Long Island) 8 Minutes; Thoub (United Arab Emirates) 10 Minutes; One Night Stand (Canada) 12 Minutes; The Clam Kid (Long Island) 13 Minutes; Tumbling Towards Home (Ireland) 14 Minutes; Marshmallows (Colombia) 15 Minutes; The Horsey Name (Russia) 20 Minutes; When the Wolf Comes Home (Long Island) 23 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 10 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Thursday, October 1, .2020 7:00 PM - Secret Feminism 5 Minutes; M.E.R.C.S. Red Smoke 6 Minutes; Not Your Call II (Long Island) 7 Minutes; The Ballad of Dina and Dennis 8 Minutes; Deus EX Machina: Short Circuit 9 Minutes; On Air (United Arab Emirates) 10 Minutes; Chronicles of The Good Reverend 12 Minutes; Motivations 15 Minutes; The Blind Date 20 Minutes; Girl Boxer 20 Minutes Total Runtime 1 hr 52 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:30 PM - Push the Point 8 Minutes; Wicked Image 9 Minutes; Go Crazy with Crazy 10 Minutes; Petty Cash 13 Minutes; A Burning Question (Long Island) 15 Minutes; From the Night 17 Minutes; Mr. Sam 28 Minutes; Neon Boys 30 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 10 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Friday, October 2, 2020 12:00 PM - Like Daughter, Like Mother 19 Minutes; Pipe Dream, 20 Minutes; Sakura and Pearls; Healing from WWII (Long Island) 84 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 3 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Friday, October 2, 2020 3:00 PM - Find, 2 Minutes; Quick Fix, 5 Minutes; Faces (Long Island) 7 Minutes; A Typical First I Love You (Long Island) 7 Minutes; At the Shore (Long Island) 10 Minutes; Believe (United Arab Emirates) 10 Minutes; Who’s Afraid? 10 Minutes; The Silence Between, 10 Minutes; Viscera (Long Island) 10 Minutes; I Am Daniel, My First 11 Years (Long Island) 11 Minutes; All in Sin, 12 Minutes; High Card, 15 Minutes. Total Runtime 1 hr 49 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Friday, October 2, 2020 7:00 PM - Peaces (Trailer) (Long Island) 3 Minutes; Time Difference (China) 4 Minutes; BAITULLAH, 7 Minutes; Extra Innings, 9 Minutes; Guest of Honor, 12 Minutes; Wide Awake in Bridgewater, 17 Minutes; Alienated (Long Island) 70 Minutes. Total 2 hrs 2 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK Drive-In Tickets BUY DRIVE-IN TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Friday, October 2, 2020 10:00 PM - Cold Dark Hollow, 5 minutes; The Desecrated, 8 Minutes; Like Me Deadly (Long Island) 9 Minutes; Next Days News ,11 Minutes; The Keeper, 14 Minutes; Polybius (Long Island) 18 Minutes; Crazy for the Blonde, 18 Minutes; In the Death Room, 19 Minutes; We Die Alone, 24 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 6 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK Drive-In Tickets BUY DRIVE-IN TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:00 PM - Alive Day, 10 Minutes; The Bartender, 10 Minutes; Ready (Long Island) 12 Minutes; The Quiet Pain (Japan) 13 Minutes; Aleita, 13 Minutes; Dream #37,091, 15 Minutes; Layla, 15 Minutes; Forever Red, 16 Minutes; The Bright Side of Things, 17 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 1 Minute BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Saturday, October 3, 2020 3:00 PM - Christmas Shit ,3 Minutes; Lights (Long Island) 3 Minutes; Mom and Me, 3 Minutes; Scarlett Circle, 3 Minutes; Midnight Will Be Clear (Long Island) 4 Minutes; Transparency, 5 Minutes; Worst in Me (Music Video) (Long Island) 5 Minutes; Hunger (Long Island) 6 Minutes; Division Series (Korea) 6 Minutes; Blessed, 7 Minutes; Showing Up, 8 Minutes; The Bathing Bandit, 15 Minutes; Fresh Air, 17 Minutes; The Long Commute, 18 Minutes; Distemper, 20 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 3 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Saturday, October 3, 2020 7:00PM - Fine I’m Write My Own Damn Song (Music Video) 4 Minutes; Lost and Found, 7 Minutes; The Bonds of Friendship, 10 Minutes; Oakdale, 1959 (Long Island) 15 Minutes; The House on Cox Curve, 16 Minutes; Old Blue Eyes, 19 Minutes; Sober, 21 Minutes; Fizzle, 30 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 2 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK Drive-In Tickets BUY DRIVE-IN TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00 PM - Making Peace (Trailer) 1 Minutes; The Bra, 3 Minutes; Mr. Shivers (Long Island) 4 Minutes; Mind and Host (Long Island) 7 Minutes; Thirst, 7 Minutes; Into the Woods, 9 Minutes; Tell Me Something Good, 9 Minutes; Fresh, 11 Minutes; Meat Hook in the Mountains (Long Island) 16 Minutes; Wayne, 21 Minutes; Mortuary (Long Island) 25 Minutes. Total Runtime 1 hr 53 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK Drive-In Tickets BUY DRIVE-IN TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Sunday, October 4, 2020 1: 30 PM - American Gun Slingers (Trailer) (Long Island) 2 Minutes; Crackers in Bed, 3 Minutes; The Dinner, 4 Minutes; Honey Bee, 7 Minutes; Hi Frances, I Love You 13 Minutes; Those Beautiful Moments (Netherlands, Russian Federation) 15 Minutes; I Married My Mother (Italy) 84 Minutes. Total Runtime 1 hr 59 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Sunday, October 4, 2020 7:30PM - Charlene (Trailer) (Long Island) 2 Minutes; All About You (Music Video) (Long Island) 4 Minutes; Office Song (United Kingdom) 15 Minutes; T11 Incomplete (Long Island) 105 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 6 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Monday, October 5, 2020 1:30 PM - Forever in Red Cardigans, 4 Minutes; Mum (United Arab Emirates) 10 Minutes; Age of Bryce, 10 Minutes; The Door, 15 Minutes; Anna (Ukraine, Israel) 15 Minutes; Sycamore (Turkey) 15 Minutes; In My Eyes, 17 Minutes; Finding Our Voice, 35 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 1 Minute BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Monday, October 5, 2020 4:30 PM - Before You Go (Ireland) 4 Minutes; One Shot (Poland) 7 Minutes; Someday in Between (Long Island) 29 Minutes; When All That’s Left is Love, 78 Minutes. Total Runtime 1 hr 58 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Monday, October 5, 2020 7:30PM - Playdate “Surfs Up” (Music Video) (Long Island) 3 Minutes; Yokohama Relight (Trailer) (Japan) 3 Minutes; The Game, 9 Minutes; Entanglement (Long Island) 16 Minutes; Wolfpack (Brazil) 18 Minutes; Donna (Long Island) 90 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 19 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 1:30 PM - Catching Butterflies (Music Video) (Long Island) 4 Minutes; Coastal Requiem, 4 Minutes; The Puppet Free Library, 6 Minutes; More Than Just Water (Canada) 6 Minutes; When It Snows (Long Island) 9 Minutes; Maria Torres: Neighborhood Artist, 12 Minutes; Gifts of Life: Profiles in Courage (Long Island) 13 Minutes; Moving Forward ,14 Minutes; Light Within the Cracks, 52 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hours BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:30 PM - Beyond Noh (Long Island) 3 Minutes; General Mess Hospital (Trailer) 3 Minutes; Sum of Its Parts, 4 Minutes; No More Tears (Music Video) (Long Island) 4 Minutes; Hard to Love (Music Video) (Long Island) 5 Minutes; Old Dad, 10 Minutes; A Different Kind of Animal, 11 Minutes; No Longer (Long Island) 12 Minutes; Cooties (Long Island) 14 Minutes; Ride the Wave, 17 Minutes The Della Morte Sisters (Long Island) 18 Minutes; Beauty, 23 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 4 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 7:30PM - Love N Hate (Music Video) 5 Minutes; The Blood is the Life (Long Island) 9 Minutes; Moderately Satisfied (United Arab Emirates) 13 Minutes; On the Ride, 14 Minutes; The Lost Weekend (Long Island) 14 Minutes; My Daughter Yoshiko, 15 Minutes; I Only Miss You When I’m Breathing, 18 Minutes; Umama, 20 Minutes; Abigail (Long Island) 23 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 11 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 1:30 PM - Faster (Long Island) 6 Minutes; Cruel and Unusual Therapy, 8 Minutes; Motherhood, 8 Minutes; My Life as a Doormat, 10 Minutes; The Shallow End (Long Island) 11 Minutes; Gary Got Involved, 13 Minutes; Icarus Stops for Breakfast, 13 Minutes; Heroe’s Honeymoon, 13 Minutes; A Wonderful World, 14 Minutes; Mosholu Parkway, 14 Minutes; Sunday Dinner, 15 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 5 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:30 PM - Class Fight (Music Video) (Long Island) 2 Minutes; Happy is On Me (Music Video) (Long Island) 4 Minutes; Keeping Our Time, 6 Minutes; Crazy Kind of Love, 7 Minutes; Forgotten. 7 Minutes; Dear Friends and Family (United Kingdom) 8 Minutes; About Maddy, 10 Minutes; CFA Presents – Waxing Slain (1968) by John Boggs (Long Island) 14 Minutes; VAL, 15 Minutes; Three Grand Souls (Long Island) 19 Minutes; Oddly Popular, 28 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hours BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 7:30PM - Corkscrew (Long Island) 5 Minutes; The Eraser (Long Island) 8 Minutes; Taxicab Ride With Jesus (Long Island) 20 Minutes; Broken Hearted (Long Island) 109 Minutes. Total Runtime 2 hrs 22 Minutes BUY TICKETS FOR THIS BLOCK