Gold Coast International Film Festival to launch new film series

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Photo (L to R) Marc Wong, LICF Board Vice Chair; Regina Gil, Founder and Executive Director; Caroline Sorokoff, Associate Director & Film Festival Director.

The Gold Coast International Film Festival has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Long Island Community Foundation to launch a new film series that will spotlight films that focus on a variety of social issues of importance to Long Islanders and the region, according to an announcement by the festival’s director, Caroline Sorokoff.

Following each film screening, a Q&A panel consisting of filmmakers, subject matter experts, and other relevant guests will be on hand to help audiences further explore the issues raised in the films. Films are expected to touch on a wide range of topical subjects including the environment, immigration, income equality, veterans’ issues, voting rights, and hunger, among others.

The Gold Coast International Film Festival currently previews more than 100 feature-length and short films each year through its annual fall film festival and its year-round film screening and discussion series. Films include independent, foreign and documentary films, as well as previews of upcoming blockbusters.

“We look forward to partnering with several local and regional nonprofits to use film as a means of bringing important societal issues to the forefront and fostering dialogue on topics that affect our region,” said Sorokoff. “The Gold Coast Film Festival is greatly appreciative to the Long Island Community Foundation for its generous support of our efforts in this important endeavor.”

The new series will launch this summer. For more information about all of the Gold Coast International Film Festival’s upcoming films, visit www.goldcoastarts.org. More information about the Long Island Community Foundation can be found at www.licf.org.

 

 

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