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Well, NYLIFF 2025 is behind us and we are already hard at work planning year 8, NYLIFF 2026! We are negotiating a third location, more options to showcase your films and increased opportunity to work together to help build the craft, contacts and success for all!
We have added so many new features over the last few years which will continue into this year! Additional filmmaker panels, our very successful and unique "Shoot the Scene" workshop and of course, our awards brunch and industry professional panels! This year brought back actor/writer/director Dan Lauria and producer/director Frank M. Cal. Join us at NYLIFF '26 as we work to bring more celebrity presence, insight and experience to you. We present over 50 awards at NYLIFF for every category in a short, feature, featurette, documentary etc. We recognize the heard work each person puts into making a film and we take the awards process very seriously. We know how important these awards can be. But whether you have a film in the festival or not, come on down this October and share your experience and knowledge with our filmmakers! NETWORKING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS! Join the NYLIFF family and move your career forward! There have been dozens of films created in the past 7 years through contacts made at NYLIFF! Yours could be next!
The Long Island Press has dubbed NYLIFF "one of the premiere cinema events in the state"!
There are dozens of projects that have been completed or are in production due to connections made at NYLIFF! In 2020 we were the only festival on record to go live and in person during covid as we safely filled our venue. We will be adding new features to our student initiative so stay tuned. We are adding screenwriting workshops, industry people to come and speak and additional panels. We are also increasing our team of judges and volunteers and along with our full-time on-site photographer and red carpets are looking into expanding to multiple simultaneous venues. to show MORE of your films!
Our goal is to help you grow!!
We are committed to our mission statement of being the "festival for everyone" and accepting films from ALL budgets, genres and subject matter and providing a place where filmmakers can meet, grow and network. We took that mission statement to new heights in 2024.
The New York Long Island Film Festival which debuted Nov. 2019 returned on October 2020 at the Lindenhurst Moose Lodge in front of a live sold out crowd and was the only festival in the country that we could verify that was live during covid! NYLIFF was committed to giving the filmmakers and their teams the opportunity to show their films, receive feedback and audience reaction and network with other creative minds and talents.
Our goal continues to be to give equal opportunity to ALL filmmakers, writers and artists who put their HEART and SOUL into their craft, especially those who may not have all the resources necessary to perfectly polish their work! Artists in the past were discovered for their unique talents and abilities even if all the technical aspects were not in place. Recognizing a great story, actor, script or any other artist while not yet perfected should be the job of those doing the evaluating. Whether you have a 10 million dollar indie or an ultra low-budget iphone short, we are interested in you.
Our growing team brings years of experience as writers, actors, musicians and of course filmmakers, dedicated to bringing the greatest talents to our big screens as well as discovering those hidden geniuses and gems out there. It is this standard of excellence and commitment we hope will establish us as the most innovative, all-inclusive festival in the New York area for years to come.
The festival will take place in Lindenhurst New York, on Long Island - less than an hour from Manhattan, with ease of travel by car or train.
We will be presenting Q & A with filmmakers, actors and industry professionals! We also provide live red-carpet interviews which are professionally video taped for you. We will be posting updates throughout the year on all the new developments we are preparing for 2025!
NOW IN OUR EIGHTH YEAR: There will be our special awards certificates for the BEST SHOOT THE SCENE as well as our special CASH award for the Spirit of NYLIFF!
