Due to popular demand, a second screening has been scheduled. Enjoy!

UPDATE: THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT.

ROCKAWAY

Inspired by true events, a man recounts the Summer of '94 when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.

USA | 85 min. | Dir. John J. Budion

Sunday, August 5th | 8pm | Madison Theater at Molloy College

Narrative Feature / NY Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

ROCKAWAY

Inspired by true events, a man recounts the Summer of '94 when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.

USA | 85 min. | Dir. John J. Budion

Saturday, August 4th | 8pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

UPDATE: THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT.

Feature Documentary / Long Island Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

SECRET INGREDIENTS

While the debate rages on about GMOs and pesticides, this film shares compelling stories of people who regain their health and transform their lives after identifying the secret ingredientsin their food, and making a bold commitment to avoid them.

USA | 80 min. | Dir. Amy Hart and Jeffrey Smith

Saturday, August 4th | 5:30pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

Presented By

Feature Documentary / Long Island Premiere

BAD REPUTATION

A look at the life of Joan Jett, from her early years as the founder of The Runaways and first meeting collaborator Kenny Laguna in 1980 to her enduring presence in pop culture as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer.

USA | 92 min. | Dir. Kevin Kerslake

Saturday, August 4th | 4:30pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

PRESENTED BY

Feature Documentary / US Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

SHE IS THE OCEAN

An in-depth exploration into the lives of nine astonishing women from all four corners of the globe. These inspiring women share one love – the deep love for the Ocean. 

Russia/USA | 102 min. | Dir. Inna Blokhina

Saturday, August 4th | 3:30pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

EARTHRISE

The Apollo 8 astronauts recount their memories of capturing the first image of Earth from space in 1968 and evokes the awe of seeing Earth framed against the blackness of space.

USA | 29 min. | Dir. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

EMPIRE ON MAIN STREET

A tireless entrepreneur jump-starts the transformation of a neglected vacation town, until her ambition pushes her to the brink.

USA | 13 min. | Dir. Jessica Congdon

 

FISK: UNTITLED PORTRAIT

Canadian artist William Fisk risks it all for representation by a world-renowned New York art dealer.

Canada | 19 min. | Alejandro Álvarez Cadilla

MY GRANDFATHER’S MEMORY BOOK

A personal reflection about an unusual sketchbook that captures a lifetime of memories, connecting three generations through drawings, writings and dialogue.

USA | 5 min. | Dir. Colin Levy

ONCE AROUND IS NEVER ENOUGH: THE STORY OF THE HERSCHELL CARROUSEL FACTORY MUSEUM

This documentary chronicles the ups, downs, and round-and-rounds of preserving the history of the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum.

USA | 26 min. | Dir. Jenn Dlugos & Tim Labonte

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FREE SCREENING. NO TICKETS ARE NECESSARY.

A THOUSAND WORDS

Christine, forced to live in a new and unwelcome reality, hopes a special set of polaroids will provide her with a tangible keepsake. As she looks back on the little moments captured in the photos, she doesn't quite find what she's looking for but instead finds just what she needs.

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Mara Bush

BLESS ME FATHER

In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.

Ireland | 16 min. | Dir. Paul M. Horan

DON’T BE A HERO

A middle-aged woman battles loneliness and boredom by robbing banks on her lunch break. But after the adrenaline rush wears off, she still has to deal with her deeply unhappy life. Inspired by a true story.

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Pete Lee

HEAD ABOVE WATER

A devoted husband is forced to confront his doubts about his ability to remain the caretaker of his wife suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

USA | 10 min. | Dir. Eric Shahinian

HUNTER GATHERER

When Rose goes to reconcile with her drug-addicted brother, she instead finds the nephew she never knew existed.

USA | 14 min. | Dir. Ashley Grace

ROARING TIDES

ROARING TIDES is a twisted love-story that dives into the deeper understanding of what we all go through as humans and couples in this lifetime.

USA | 11 min. | Dir. Aly Mang

THE SINGER

After meeting a boy on the subway, a young aspiring singer goes on a musical journey of self discovery. 

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Steven Swancoat

THE TALK

When is it too soon to tell a child the truth? 

USA | 16 min. | Dir. Marlon Perrier & Keisha Richards Lafleur  

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FREE SCREENING. NO TICKETS ARE NECESSARY.

Saturday, August 4th / 1:30 PM / Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

A BRICK STORY

One brick layers answer in ridding extra bricks.

USA | 2 min. | David Wittkower

BnB

A couple spends the night at a mysterious airbnb fearing for their lives or worse... getting a bad review.

USA | 13 min. | Dir. Hunter Stiebel

THE DRYAD TREE

A wife, her husband, and his tree - the other woman has taken root.

USA | 18 min. | Dir. Peter Davidson

FYSH

FYSH is the story of an old man at the edge of life who has forgotten the feeling of joy and lost the ability to be happy. Through a bizarre occurrence he is forced on a journey to rediscover what it is to live.

Australia | 13 min. | Dir. Billie Pleffer

HAIR WOLF

In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.

USA | 12 min. | Dir. Mariama Diallo

THE LOVE

A man's perception of falling in love with a total stranger is challenged when observed from that stranger's perspective.

USA | 5 min. | Dir. Kyle & Bethany McCarthy

THE REPLACEMENT

On election night, a janitor feels cheated out of a life he might have lived when his own clone becomes the President.

USA | 16 min. | Dir. Sean Miller

SWIPED RIGHT

When two strangers swipe right, they meet through the cosmic forces of the internet.

USA | 22 min. | Dir. Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

THE WAITING ROOM

A woman waiting for her husband to arrive in heaven, is surprised when he shows up with his second wife.

USA | 12 min. | Dir. Debra Markowitz

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FREE SCREENING. NO TICKETS NECESSARY

FACE OF A NATION

An idealistic American architect struggles to keep her dream alive as she journeys to discover why America abandoned World’s Fairs.

USA | 57 min. | Dir. Mina Chow

Saturday, August 4th | 12pm | Long Beach Public Library

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FREE SCREENING. NO TICKETS NECESSARY

Narrative Feature / East Coast Premiere

MICHAEL INSIDE

Michael Inside explores the experience of a young man sentenced to three months in an Irish prison, and how this sentence affects his life.

Ireland | 98 min. | Dir. Frank Berry

Saturday, August 4th | 11:30am | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

Feature Documentary / NY Premiere/ Filmmaker Q&A

CHESLEY BONESTELL: A BRUSH WITH THE FUTURE

A biography of the forgotten architect, artist, matte painter and visionary Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986), whose futuristic paintings helped inspire America's space program.

USA | 96 min. | Dir. Douglass M. Stewart, Jr.

Saturday, August 4th | 11:30am | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

TULIPANI: LOVE, HONOUR AND A BICYCLE

After losing his farm during the floods of 1954, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his socks wet. He cycles to Italy and decides to grow tulips in the sweltering heat of Puglia.

The Netherlands | 90 min. | Dir. Mike van Diem

Feature Documentary / Long Island Premiere

SLIM AARONS

Slim Aarons spent his life documenting jet setters, movie stars and beautiful people doing beautiful things during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. In “The High Life,” the story behind some of his most fabulous photographs are revealed among white sand beaches, longing palms and relaxed, gorgeous faces.

USA | 108 min. | Dir. Fritz Mitchell 

Friday, August 3rd | 2:30pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

Feature Documentary / NY Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

THE PUSH

THE PUSH focuses on Grant Korgan, an adventure athlete and former nanoscientist who attempts to become the first spinal-cord injured athlete in history to ski the final degree of latitude to the bottom of the world ~ to Antarctica's geographic South Pole, using only his arms to propel himself.

USA | 89 min. | Dirs. Grant Korgan & Brian Niles

Friday, August 3rd | 2:15pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

Narrative Feature / Long Island Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

MONSOON

In the hot desert monsoon season of Arizona, two best friends have trouble letting go of each other after a tragedy rips them apart.

USA | 100 min. | Dir. Miguel Duran

Friday, August 3rd | 12pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

A THOUSAND WORDS

Christine, forced to live in a new and unwelcome reality, hopes a special set of polaroids will provide her with a tangible keepsake. As she looks back on the little moments captured in the photos, she doesn't quite find what she's looking for but instead finds just what she needs.

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Mara Bush

BLESS ME FATHER

In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.

Ireland | 16 min. | Dir. Paul M. Horan

DON’T BE A HERO

A middle-aged woman battles loneliness and boredom by robbing banks on her lunch break. But after the adrenaline rush wears off, she still has to deal with her deeply unhappy life. Inspired by a true story.

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Pete Lee

HEAD ABOVE WATER

A devoted husband is forced to confront his doubts about his ability to remain the caretaker of his wife suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

USA | 10 min. | Dir. Eric Shahinian

HUNTER GATHERER

When Rose goes to reconcile with her drug-addicted brother, she instead finds the nephew she never knew existed.

USA | 14 min. | Dir. Ashley Grace

ROARING TIDES

ROARING TIDES is a twisted love-story that dives into the deeper understanding of what we all go through as humans and couples in this lifetime.

USA | 11 min. | Dir. Aly Mang

THE SINGER

After meeting a boy on the subway, a young aspiring singer goes on a musical journey of self discovery. 

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Steven Swancoat

THE TALK

When is it too soon to tell a child the truth? 

USA | 16 min. | Dir. Marlon Perrier & Keisha Richards Lafleur  

Narrative Feature / Long Island Premiere/ Filmmaker Q&A

PAPILLON

Based on the incredible true story, PAPILLON follows Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a Parisian safecracker who is framed and imprisoned on Devil’s Island. He forms an alliance with a convicted counterfeiter who agrees to finance his escape. 

USA | 136 min. | Dir. Michael Noer

Thursday, August 2nd | 8:15pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

Narrative Feature / East Coast Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

STATUS PENDING

A commitment-phobic millennial couple must make their real lives as exciting as their friend’s digital lives – on a day they must break up, or finally settle down.

New Zealand | 86 min. | Dir. Ben Zolno

Thursday, August 2nd | 8:15pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

Narrative Feature / New York Premiere/ Filmmaker Q&A

IN THE ORCHARD

A grief stricken woman befriends a Marine Veteran with PTSD, and their relationship leads them towards potentially tragic consequences. 

USA | 102 min. | Dir. Christopher Knoblock

Thursday, August 2nd | 6:30pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

Thursday, August 2nd / 3:30pm / Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

BOHEMIA

In the rural Catalonia of the 1920s, Fermí's life changes with the arrival of Anna Mir, a painter who awakens in the adolescent a passion for art and painting, while he introduces Anna, to the only world he knows: that of vineyards and wine.

17 min. | Dir. Anna Petrus

HIATUS

In his classroom a philosophy teacher opens the discussion on the place of religion in society. Out of his course he faces the realities of the street.

14 min. | Dir. Kevin Haefelin

PEACED TOGETHER

In 2017, Amer brought together his former music students from Syria with his current students in the Netherlands to play together at the Peace Palace for the International Day of Peace.

30 min. | Dir. Dakota Lupo

THE WAY HOME

Michele is a sardinian kid, fatherless, exuberant and rebel. One morning he skips school and reaches a coastal town, apparently deserted. He wanders through the streets of the city, has an accident, gets scared and goes back home. He asks his mother for help, but she ignores him. He runs away, and roams lonely and abandoned, as a stray dog, through ruins and wild paths, pushing himself further and further away from the sea. Exhausted, he descends a gorge carved in red rock, at the end of which he commits a violence that will change him forever.

26 min. | Dir. Frederico Olivetti

Feature Documentary / East Coast Premiere

An impressive bottle of fine scotch is in your hand: from barley to barrel, who made it and how did they do it

USA | 88 min. | Dir. Andrew Peat

Thursday, August 2nd / 2pm / Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 10

Filmmaker Q&A

A DRAWING

A young boy misses the chance to say goodbye to his dying Mother, through a deep desire he wills himself to try to see her again.

US | 6 min. | Dir. Brad Condie

THE ANGLER

The Angler tells a story about a man who was hurt in the past relationship, lives in the past but eventually opens his eyes with the love and care from others.

South Korea | 14 min. | Dir. Jang Seung-wook

THE DRIVER IS RED

Argentina, 1960: a true crime story of how secret agent Zvi Aharoni hunts down one of the highest-ranking Nazi war criminals on the run.

USA | 15 min. | Dir. Randall Christopher

FANMAN’S BASEMENT

A stop-motion animated short film about a pop-culture fanatic calling himself 'The Fanman' who starts a Youtube channel out of his mother's basement. Wearing the iconic mask of a certain caped-crusader and vowing an oath of anonymity, he chases internet fame by trying wholeheartedly to make a viral video.

USA | 7 min. | Dir. Drew Lewis

LOST PROPERTY OFFICE

Ed is the sole custodian of the Lost Property Office. In many ways he's as lost as the items he is tasked to look after. Alone and days away from losing his beloved job, Ed decides he’s not leaving without taking his life with him.

Australia | 2 min. | Dir. Daniel Agdag

ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE

The story of a girl who gets into a car accident and is rescued by the unlikeliest of heroes - her dashboard bobblehead.

USA | 5 min. | Dir. Kathy McNeal

TWEET-TWEET

Our life is like walking on a tightrope. In times we are scared or lost we lose balance. When we are happy and excited, we forget we walk on a rope. We can even fly!

Russia | 11 min. | Dir. Zhanna Bekmambetova  

TWO BALLOONS

Two adventurous lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway around the world to a place where happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion.

USA | 9 min. | Dir. Mark C. Smith

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND PLAYED AT MY HIGH SCHOOL

An animated short about the Velvet Underground's first gig in 1965 in front of a crowd of shocked kids at a suburban New Jersey High School.

USA | 8 min. | Dirs. Anthony Jannelli & Robert Pietri

Feature Documentary / Long Beach Premiere/ Filmmaker Q&A

FACE OF A NATION

An idealistic American architect struggles to keep her dream alive as she journeys to discover why America abandoned World’s Fairs.

USA | 57 min. | Dir. Mina Chow

Thursday, August 2nd | 2pm | Regal Lynbrook 13, Theatre 11

Change in the Air 

When a beguiling young woman moves in next door, a quiet neighborhood is awakened, bringing people face to face with their secrets and, ultimately, themselves.

USA | 94 min. | Dir. Dianne Dreyer

Wednesday, August 1st | 7PM | Regal Lynbrook 13

TASTE ON THE BEACH, gets underway with ticket holders arriving at  6PM and walking into the unique atmosphere of enjoying a wide variety of Food, Wine and Craft Beer tastings on one of the most pristine and beautiful beaches along the Atlantic Ocean. Live musical performances provide the soundtrack throughout the evening.

TASTE ON THE BEACH ends at 9PM as everyone will be invited* into a custom built movie theatre on the beach, Beach Theatre, for the SHORTS ON THE BEACH Film Series.

SHORTS ON THE BEACH exhibits short films from around the world, featuring the best from both the studio and independent level.

*Reserved seating in Beach Theatre for Taste On The Beach ticket holders will be extremely limited, and on a first come, first served basis.

80 WEST PARK AVENUE  LONG BEACH, NEW YORK

Narrative Feature

A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.

USA | 98 min. | Dir. Phillipe Falardeau

Friday, August 4th / 4 PM / Long Beach Public Library

***THIS SCREENING IS FREE - NO TICKETS ARE NECESSARY***

Feature Documentary / Long Island Premiere /

After Auschwitz is a “Post-Holocaust” documentary that follows six extraordinary women, capturing what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. They serve as our guides on an unbelievable journey, sometimes celebratory, sometimes heart breaking but always inspiring.

USA | 82 min. | Dir. Jon Kean

Friday, August 4th / 4 PM / Bridgeworks

Feature Documentary / Long Island Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

THE CREST

Two Irish American cousins meet for the first time in Ireland on a quest to explore their shared heritage, learn what has been passed down to them from those who came before, and surf the waters of their ancestors.

USA | 82 min | Dir. Mark Christopher Covino

Friday, August 4th / 2 PM / Bridgeworks Screening Room