Lighthouse International Film Festival

Lighthouse International Film Festival on Long Beach Island, NJ, is much more than just a film festival. It's a vibrant cultural event that combines it all: seeing quality films in dark screening rooms, enjoying sunny beaches outside, as well as panels, networking events, food, drinks, and parties. All of it throughout one long fun weekend between June 2-5, 2022. After being somewhat of a hidden gem for a decade, Lighthouse International Film Festival made a splash in 2020 pivoting the way as the first drive-in real film festival in the world as reported in Deadline, Variety, NJ Star-Ledger and the Rolling Stone magazine. It was also chosen as one of "The 25 Coolest Film Festival in The World" by MovieMaker Magazine in both 2018 and 2020. We invite you to join us in the 14th edition of LIFF and submit your narrative features, docs, shorts and TV/web episodic. The selected films will participate in the festival's competition. The winners will be decided by the festival jury. Lighthouse International Film Festival accepts submissions in the following categories: - NARRATIVE features - US and international - Feature-length DOCUMENTARIES - US and international - Narrative and docs SHORTS (up to 30 minutes) - US and international - Narrative and docs lONG-SHORTS (30-45 minutes) - US and international - TV and Web series (between 3-20 minutes an episode) - Surf films - High School shorts COVideo 2022 This year the festival will dedicate a special program "COVideo" for features, short films, TV projects and web-series that were produced during COVID19 time (2020-2022) and tell stories about pandemic times. We encourage filmmakers to create something positive out of the negative situation and LIFF 2022 will put a spotlight on relevant projects in all kinds of sizes, shapes, and genres. Write By The Beach Program for Female Screenwriters Submissions are also open for LIFF's "Write By The Beach" writers' retreat program. Three selected female filmmakers will spend a week in a beach house in the week leading up the 2022 Festival. Submissions are open to any female writer with at least one credit as a primary screenwriter on a produced short or feature film, with priority in selection given to those writers currently working on feature-length screenplays. LIFF may require additional information in making its selections. The Lighthouse International Film Festival is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to showcasing diverse, dynamic storytelling, with a focus on unique voices and it blends the prestige of a carefully curated lineup of films with the intimacy of local arthouse screenings – screenings feature extended Q&As, while industry breakfasts and filmmaker access to all film screenings and events encourage networking and relationships-building. Whether at a screening, a panel discussion, a meeting over ice cream at the beach or just catching some waves at one of LBI’s terrific surfing spots, LIFF wants filmmakers and attendees to celebrate the myriad ways in which storytelling is exploding.