Friday - July 10, 2009
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Opening Reception - Wine and Cheese Informal



Price: Free with any festival ticket
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Friday - July 17, 2009
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Friday Filmmakers Soiree Buffet - Tech Awards
Price: Free to participating filmmakers, Filmmaker Connection members and  Friday ticket holders
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Saturday - July 18, 2009
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Filmmakers Breakfast

The Good, The Bad and the Horror Stories: The Perils of Independent Filmmaking.
Moderated by Mitchell Bard of Snapper Films.

Have breakfast with the filmmakers and listen to this entertaining panel.

Price: $5 for participating filmmakers, $10 gen admission
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Saturday - July 18, 2009
12:00 noon - 12:45 pm
The Write Stuff
Script Writing Panel

Moderated by Mitchell Bard of Snapper Films.

Loren-Paul Caplin, a screenwriting professor at NYU and Columbia, will discuss the art and the business of writing for film.

.........Loren-Paul Caplin

Price: Free
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Saturday - July 18, 2009
2:00 pm - 6 pm
Artists Lounge

Writers Ellen Meister of "The Smart One, and " Saralee Rosenberg of "Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead" will be on hand to autograph their books and talk to fans and aspiring writers.

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......Ellen Meister................,Saralee Rosenberg

Photographer/Artist Carl Timpone who has shot book covers, movie posters, bands and photography for the Art of it will display his work.

......Carl Timpone

Stanley Covington, Jr., a self-taught painter whose work was featured during Black History Month at the Nassau County Supreme Court will add to eclectic group of Long Island Artists.

Price: Free
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Sunday - July 19, 2009
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Panel
How to Distribute Your Indie Film

Moderated by Mitchell Bard of Snapper Films
Join us as a panel of industry professionals discuss independent film distribution, including a look of at the current market and where the future lies.

Price: Free
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Sunday - July 19, 2009
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Buffet and networking
Filmmakers Buffet
Price: $40 for participating filmmakers
includes - Filmmakers Buffet, Music, Comedian or other entertainment and awards ceremony and AfterLIIFE Party - $50 general admission
Location: Buffet in Filmmakers Lounge

Sunday - July 19, 2009
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Entertainment includes:
Musical warm up by group Constance Grace
Musical Act: Whisky N Soul
Comedic Act: Sal Richards

Award presenters include, our Creative Achievement Honoree Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray), Brian O'Halloran (Clerks), renowned comedian Sal Richards, Brandon Hannan of the Sopranos, Robert Clohessey (Across the Unviverse, Oz), Anthony Mangano (NYPD Blue, Rescue Me).

Many celebrity guests will be on hand as well. * Celebrities appear schedule permitting.

Price: Included in $40/$50
Location: Bellmore Movies

Sunday - July 19, 2009
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Awards Ceremony and Winners Clips
Price: Included in $40/$50
Location: Bellmore Movies

Sunday - July 19, 2009
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
AfterLIIFE Party

What do you do after the film festival?
The AfterLIIFE party, of course!

Come relax with the stars and celebrate with the filmmakers. In the Filmmakers Lounge. Cost is included in your buffet/awards ceremony ticket.

Price: Included in $40/$50
Location: Filmmakers Lounge

Note: Panel lineup subject to change

Nassau County’s participation in this event is not an endorsement of the views or opinions expressed within the films or by the Long Island Film/TV Foundation.