The New York Long Island Film Festival welcomed new and returning filmmakers for the 8th annual event

Festival Directors Gerry Ferretti and Katie Schrader welcomed new and returning filmmakers from across the country around the globe to their eighth annual event. Showcasing over the 5-day festival with 113 films and 17 screenplays at the Moose Lodge #1421 and the South Shore Theatre Experience, both located in Lindenhurst. George Buzzeo from GB Productions, and his associates from Staging Horizons and Avancy, again stepped up NYLIFF’s audio and visual components with state-of-the-art programming equipment, rear-projection capability and a professional movie theatre-sized screen. NYLIFF Judges Deborah Cascio-Plezia and Anne Marullo Pope helped behind the scenes, and NYLIFF Official Photographer Ed Shin returned for his seventh year behind the camera, photographing all the filmmakers and attendees on the red carpet with his usual fun and panache. The “Shoot the Scene” workshop returned, but with a new twist. Ferretti’s brainchild, the workshop brings NYLIFF alumni together for a