Facts of LIIFE

2019 Long Island International Film Expo by the Numbers

Local films received from:

East Meadow, Rockville Centre, Plainview, St. James, Wyandanch, Centerport, Riverhead, Long Beach, Hicksville, Lindenhurst, West Babylon, Glen Cove, West Hempstead, Oceanside, Hauppauge, New Hyde Park, Westbury, Riverhead

Films shot in:

Woodbury, Stony Brook, East Meadow, Bellport, Huntington, East Hampton, Rockville Centre, Long Beach, Massapequa, Seaford, Uniondale, Floral Park, Levittown, Farmingdale, Port Washington, Atlantic Beach, Island Park, Hempstead, Garden City, Amityville, Melville, Lynbrook, Point Lookout, Bethpage, Brookville, Muttontown, Lindenhurst, Bellmore, West Babylon, Nesconset, Glen Cove, North Bellmore, Oceanside, Hampton Beach, Wading River, Shelter Island.

Premieres:

  • World 14
  • United States 2
  • New York 48
  • Long Island 67
  • Nassau County 5
  • *World premiere include all other premiere categories
  • *United States include NY, LI
  • *New York includes Long Island
  • *Long Island includes Nassau County

Schools for Student Films: 

  • Fashion Institute of Technology
  • LIU Post
  • HFF Munich
  • University for Television and Film at Munich
  • Long Beach High School
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Florida State University – The College of Motion Picture Arts
  • Hofstra University
  • University of Southern California
  • Drexel University
  • New York Film Academy – LA
  • The New School
  • MSU Bozeman
  • Boston University
  • Chapman University
  • Southern California School of Architecture

Films Shot Outside the United States

United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, France, Ireland, Cuba Japan, Taiwan

Films from the Following Boroughs

  • Manhattan 19
  • Brooklyn 8
  • Queens  4
  • Bronx 2

Female Directors: 25

Celebrities:

  • James Dreyfus – Notting Hill
  • Ben Wilbond – Ghosts
  • Justin Long – New Girl
  • Fran Drescher – The Nanny
  • Richard Schiff – The Good Doctor
  • Kate Berlant – Ghosted
  • Becky Ann Baker – The Blacklist
  • Tim DeKay – American Crime
  • Sean Young – Blade Runner
  • Bianca Marroquin – Fosse/Verdon
  • Eddie McGee – Big Brother
  • Evan Alex – Us
  • George Wendt – Cheers
  • Navid Negahban – Legion
  • Fred Willard – Modern Family
  • Kevin Pollak – The Marvelous Ms. Maisel
  • Bob Newhart – The Bob Newhart Show
  • Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie
  • Carl Reiner – The Dick Van Dyke Show
    Carol Channing – The Love Boat
  • Mitzi Gaynor – South Pacific
  • Vincent D’Onofrio – Daredevil
  • Betsy Baker – Sharp Objects
  • Norman Lear – One Day at a Time
  • Tom Smothers – The Informant!
  • Kay Ballard – The Mothers-In-Law