Awards Ceremony and
Closing Night Party 2012
The Long Island International Film Expo Closing Night Party and Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Bellmore Movies (222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore,
NY 11710) at 5:00 pm. For more information, please call
516 571-3168. Cost will be $55 for the general public and
$45 for participating filmmakers, seniors, students and Filmmakers Connection Members.. Checks should be made out to "LIFTF" and can be mailed to:
Nassau County Film Office
One West Street
Mineola, NY 11501
Actor honorees and celebrity presenters will
be announced as we get closer to the awards ceremony.
To purchase Closing Night Party/Awards Ceremony tickets via Paypal, please see our Tickets page or you can download a PDF of our Mail-In Ticket Order Form by
clicking here
Celebrities
of the Long Island International Film Expo
Come join us at the Awards Ceremony Party for the Long Island
International Film Expo 2012.
Due to their schedules - celebrities are generally not confirmed until
a few days before the event, but past presenters and honorees have included:
Ralph Macchio – Creative Achievement
Award and Presenter
Armand Assante – Creative Achievement
Award
Cathy Moriarty – Creative Achievement Award
Steve Guttenberg – Creative Achievement Award and Presenter
Steve Buscemi – Long Island Creative
Achievement Award
Edie Falco – Creative Achievement Award
and Presenter
Cliff Robertson – Lifetime Achievement Award and Presenter
Abe Vigoda – Lifetime Achievement Award
Dan Lauria – Creative Achievement Achievement Award
Joe Franklin – Lifetime Achievement Award
Gregory O’Connor – LI Filmmaker Achievement Award (Pride &
Glory)
Deborah Oppenheimer – LI Filmmaker Achievement Award –
Academy
........................................Award
Winner – Into the Arms of Strangers
Tony Lo Bianco (Police Story) – LIFTF
Lifetime Achievement Award
Eric Mendelsohn (Three Backyards) – LI
Filmmaker Achievement Award
Karen Allen (Animal House) Danny Aiello (Moonstruck)
Billy Baldwin (Backdraft) Steven Bauer (Scarface)
Veronica Cartright (Witches of Eastwick) Oleg Cassini (Fashion Designer)
Alex Corrado (The Restaurant) Fredric Lane (Lost)
Frank Gio (Analyze That) Chuck Zito (Oz)
Eileen Fulton (As the World Turns) Brian O'Halloran (Clerks)
Patti D'Arbanville (My So Called Life) Eddie McGee (Big Brother)
Chris Lemmon (Knots Landing) Vinnie Vella (The Sopranos)
Bob Dorian (Matinee Classics - Host) George Palermo (Loving)
Jay O. Sanders (The Day After Tomorrow) Carol Alt (Supermodel)
Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos) Ilene Kristen (One Life to Live)
Catherine Hickland (One Life to Live) Gianni Russo (The Godfather)
Gerry McCambridge (The Mentalist) Anthony Mangano (Rescue Me)
Adam Ferrara (Rescue Me, Comedy Central) Teddy Savalas (Kojak)
Cristina Fontanelli (Opera Singer) Michael Amante(Singer)
Michael Mosley (Kidnapped) John Shea (Superman)
Robert Clohessy (Across the Universe, Oz) Sal Sirchia (Oz)
Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) Yancy Butler (Witchblade)
Brandon Hannan (The Sopranos) Nestor Serrano (24)
William Sadler (Shawshank Redemption) Joe Gannascoli (The Sopranos)
Mizuo Peck (Night at the Museum) Tony Lip (The Sopranos)
Chrishell Stause (All My Children) Dennis Boutsikaris (W)
Nikki Blonski (Hairspray, Huge) Kevin Covais (American Idol)
Jackie Martling (Howard Stern Show) Sharon Angela (The Sopranos)
Lenny Venito (The Knights of Prosperity) Lou Martini Jr. (The Sopranos)
Jill Nicolini (WPIX-TV) Peter Greene (Usual Suspects)