Made In Huntington Film & TV Festival Accepting Entrees

HUNTINGTON, NY — The Made in Huntington Film & TV Festival is set to present its screenings at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington from April 3 through April 6, the town announced.

Amateur and professional filmmakers are invited to submit their works for a chance to be featured in the upcoming festival.

The deadline for entry is Jan. 20, and the extended late deadline is Feb. 12. Filmmakers who are Film Freeway Gold members can take advantage of a 50 percent discount on entry fees to the festival for both regular and late submission deadlines.

Entries can be made on the Festival's Film Freeway profile.

"The festival provides a platform to showcase fresh creative talent and innovative storytelling, while encouraging filmmakers to produce their next project in the Town of Huntington," the town stated.

The festival aims to make itself "distinct" from others in the New York area, and especially on Long Island, by striving to support emerging filmmakers through an Industry Day filled with panel discussions with industry leaders and opportunities to meet one-on-one with potential investors and distributors.

"I am happy we have created the Huntington Office of Film & Television which is producing the festival as a way to attract a new industry to town that has already delivered incremental revenues into our local economy from a variety of new productions, including fashion photo shoots with Bergdorf Goodman at Crab Meadow Beach and Netflix’s upcoming series, 'Sirens,' which was shot at Caumsett State Park on Lloyd Neck," Town Supervisor Ed Smyth stated.

Industry Day is a one-day event held concurrently with the festival screenings. It will feature networking opportunities between filmmakers and greenlighting network executives who can underwrite, affiliate, and assist with the distribution of selected films.

Tickets for the selected finalists' screenings will be available for purchase from the theater and on their website starting later in February.

The festival’s programming also includes a series of standalone events titled "Meet the Filmmaker."

One such event, "Meet the Filmmaker - Fashion Film & Photos," sold out at The Spotlight Room at The Paramount NY on Nov. 8. This event featured Huntington filmmaker Mark Bozek’s documentary "The Times of Bill Cunningham," moderated by Fox 5’s Christal Young, with special guests including model Pat Cleveland, artist Ruben Toledo, Vogue’s Tonne Goodman, and The New York Times’ Carol Dietz, who discussed the making of the documentary surrounding
famed fashion photographer, Bill Cunningham.

Future "Meet the Filmmaker" events will focus on "Making it in Huntington" and "The Reality of
Reality TV" session which is scheduled for March at the Drake Media Center.

In anticipation of the festival and in partnership with the New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture & Television Development, the festival will host a virtual FAM Tour for filmmakers later this month. It offers the Town of Huntington the opportunity to provide filmmakers and location scouts with exclusive tours of some of the Town of Huntington’s most iconic filming locations.

Interested parties may follow the festival on social media for latest updates and the chance to connect with the filmmaking community and showcase your talent locally in Huntington.