Facts of LIIFE

2022 Long Island International Film Expo by the Numbers

Local films received from:

Yaphank, Glen Cove, Island Park, Valley Stream, Levittown, Sands Point, Greenport, Lindenhurst, Ronkonkoma, Melville, Amityville, Port Washington, Southold, Sayville, West Hempstead

Films shot in:

Smithtown, Lindenhurst, Melville, Huntington, Sands Point, West Hempstead, Babylon, Glen Cove, Greenport, Manorville, Bellport, Brookhaven, Northport, Bethpage, Rockville Centre, Montauk Point, Levittown, Wantagh, Uniondale, Farmingdale, Jericho, Dix Hills, Seaford, Franklin Square, Malverne, Wyandanch, Southold, Massapequa, Manorville, Commack, Deer Park, Long Beach, Oceanside, Island Park, Bethpage, Floral Park, Sayville 

Films from the Following Boroughs

  • Manhattan 16
  • Brooklyn 10
  • Queens 15
  • Bronx 3
  • Staten Island 4

Premieres:

  • World 12
  • United States 4
  • New York 39
  • Long Island 36
  • Nassau County 1

Schools for Student Films: 

  • SUNY Purchase 
  • Chung-Ang University
  • University of Television and Film Munich
  • Emerson College
  • CUNY Brooklyn College
  • University of Southern California
  • Five Towns College
  • University of Miami
  • Syracuse University
  • The New School
  • Five Towns College
  • New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
  • Sheridan College
  • Chapman University
  • Stony Brook University
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Regent University

Films Shot Outside the United States

United Kingdom, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Korea, Japan, Germany, Australia, France, Austria, Ukraine, Turkey, Sweden, Spain, Peru, Netherlands, Italy, Iran, India, Cyprus, China, Belgium, Bahamas

Female Directors: 40

Celebrities:

  • Catherine Curtin (Orange is the New Black, Stranger Things)
  • Chad L. Coleman (The Walking Dead, The Orville)
  • Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2)
  • Jackie R. Jacobson (Malibu Rescue) 
  • Ami Sheth (Blindspot)
  • Zainab Jah (False Positive)
  • Kip Weeks (The Strangers 2008) 
  • Barbara Magnolfi (Suspiria 1977)
  • Mark Christopher Lawrence (All the Queen’s Men)
  • Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense)
  • Christopher Gurr (The Blacklist)
  • Jacob A. Ware (Boardwalk Empire)
  • Sophia Myles (Transformers: Age of Extinction)
  • Alec Newma (Children of Dune)