Better Festing Panel - Saturday July 16, 2022 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

228 Pettit Avenue,Bellmore NY 11710

16 July, 2022

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Saturday, July 16, 2022 at the Filmmakers Lounge - 228 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY 11710 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - FREE PANEL -  please reserve your tickets at: http://longislandfilm.com/panels-events/ “Better Festing” is an interactive discussion with film organizers on prepping your film for festivals, premieres, and getting your film seen. Skip Shea, Shawna Shea Film Festival and Massachusetts Independent Film FestivalKyle B. Thompson, Fort Myers International Film Festival Rick Hamilton, Chain NYC Film FestivalPatty Schumann, YoFiFest, The Yonkers Film Festival Debra Markowitz, Long Island International Film ExpoThis is a free event.  Register/sign up on line using the link above.  Please bring your printed out reservation voucher with you to gain admittance.  Limited seating. Skip SheaSkip Shea is the executive director of the Shawna E Shea Memorial Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to support and showcase artists in filmmaking, performance arts and creative endeavors with a focus on underrepresented communities. The programs run by the foundation include the Shawna Shea Film Festival, now in its 10th year, as well as taking over the duties of the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival which is now in its 11th year. The Women in Film Fellowship which awards $1200 to a first time woman filmmaker along with a mentorship program to help produce their first short which premieres at the Shawna Film Fest. A micro-grant program of $500 for indie filmmakers. And two scholarships awarded to graduating seniors from Uxbridge and Southbridge Massachusetts. Shea is also an Emmy nominated and award winning filmmaker including his features TRINITY, SEEDS and BEACON HILL THE SERIES. Kyle B. ThompsonKyle B. Thompson is an American filmmaker and co-founder of the production company Red Flight Pictures LLC. Residing in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Kyle has directed and produced films that have selected in over 75 film festivals world wide. His latest short film, Parrot, tackles some important topics in today’s society. The film which is about a drag queen who protects a child during a crisis as prejudices reach a breaking point, is currently on the festival circuit. Kyle is also the programming director of The Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival which became South Wests Florida most fun film festival by the Florida festival and events association. The film festival was also rated one of the top 100 best reviewed film festivals in 2019 and 2021. Rick HamiltonPersonal Stories. Original Ideas. New Work. Now entering its 10th year, the Chain NYC Film Festival is a 10-day international event that brings filmmakers from all over the world to our theatre complex in midtown Manhattan. Screening blocks are curated by theme, including Female Voices, Black Voices, Student Films, and LGBTQ+. We strive to build a community of filmmakers and create a dialogue with the audience about the work. Chain has become known for our individual moderated talkbacks, offering a deeper exploration and thoughtful dialogue between artists and audience. Patty SchumannYoFiFest is Your Film Festival! Now in its 10th year, the 2022 YoFiFest Film Festival returns this December to celebrate moving pictures, the people who make them and the people who watch them. YoFiFest was created for filmmakers by filmmakers. Movie Maker Magazine says “what stood out at YoFiFest was the organizers’ obvious respect for the people who craft cinema and video.” Our 10 day schedule is jam packed with screenings, workshops, panels, networking opportunities and parties that honor and celebrate the independent, artistic spirit from around the world, and right in our own backyard. Debra MarkowitzDebra Markowitz created and served as the Director of the Nassau County Film Office for 33 years through four administrations. Debra is also a novelist (the Karmic Wind Trilogy), award winning screenwriter and director of shorts, features and TV pilots, film consultant, casting director and teaches director to actor workshops. Debra’s work can be found at www.IntentionFilmsandMedia.com Ms. Markowitz also serves as Vice President of the Long Island Film-TV Foundation, Long Island's most established and largest not-for-profit agency dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. The LIFTF runs the LIIFE, the Long Island International Film Expo, which is headed into its 25th year this July 2022. The Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) is Long Island’s premiere film community and screens quality short and feature length films, episodics, music videos of every genre from the globe over, and has live readings of our feature screenplay winner. Panels, parties, networking and celebrity presence, but mostly community, are LIIFE’s keymark features.