Lighthouse International Film Society Announces Year-round Screenings & Entertainment- FALL SCREENINGS AND EVENTS

The Lighthouse International Film Society is pleased to announce the fall lineup for screenings, Q and A with the filmmakers and special events. Everyone knows that the wonderful Lighthouse International Film Festival occurs in June on L.B.I. But film lovers on the island have been active all year long, bring interesting cutting edge films to the island to share along with Q&A's with the filmmakers. The group is called The Lighthouse International Film Society and interested people can join for $25.00 for the year. Membership affords free viewings of the films that are shown, Q & A's, snacks and camaraderie. You are welcome to come to any them and can often view these films for as little as $5.00/film.

First up for our Fall screenings will be George Tice: Seeing Beyond the Moment. George is an American photographer, best known for his meticulously captured and crafted black and white prints in silver gelatin and platinum, as well as his books, which depict a broad range of American life, landscape, and urban environment, mostly photographed in his native New Jersey, where he has lived all his life, except for his service in the U. S. Navy, a brief period in California. Q&A with filmmaker Bruce Wodder will follow the screening. Saturday, September 24th at 8:00 p.m. The Beach Haven Historical Museum at 129 Engleside Ave. Beach Haven, NJ- Admission - $ 5 /Free for LIFS members

For more details visit our website at: www.lighthousefilmfestival.org

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Next up is a special event!- ALL IN TIME film screening with the BADLEE Band Concert Event to follow !-ALL IN TIME is a dramatic, music, comedy- film screening with Badlee Band concert event follow-up October 14th. Winner of 11 Awards!- 3 Best Feature, 3 Audience Awards, 2 Best Director, Best of the Fest, Indie Spirit Award, Grand Jury Prize. This dramatic comedy All In Time, stars Lynn Cohen, Sean Modica, Laura Shay and Pritesh Shah. Co-written and co-directed by Marina Donahue and Christopher Fetchko. All In Time will be screening at Tucker's Tavern followed by a concert by the Badlees-( who are featured in the film)Friday Oct 14 ,2016 Screening – All in Time-Concert – The Badlees Time: 7:00PM Tucker’s Tavern Admission - $25 in advance/ Door- $35 -Check our website for details and ticket sales. website: www.lighthousefilmfestival.org

Trailer: http://www.allintimefilm.com

Band:http://www.badlees.com/home.php

November's Offerings will be two very diverse documentaries. The first one will be screened on November 12th. It is OUR VIEW OF VIETNAM.The filmmaker John Kurash will be present for a Q & A following the screening of the film."It's easier to start a war, than to fight it. We all know the story about Vietnam Veterans. Or do we? Soldiers share their personal journey of a very public war in this documentary." John Kurash is returning to LIFS with this film. He was here with his short documentary “Letters From the Records Home” Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 8:00 PM at The Long Beach Island Historical Museum ,129 Engleside Ave. Beach Haven, NJ 08008.- Admission - $ 5 /Free for LIFS members For more details visit our website at: www.lighthousefilmfestival.org

Saturday November 26, 2016 we will be Screening- FIRE AND WATER-Q&A with filmmaker- director Thomas Brookins.FIRE AND WATER -. Does anyone know how long the sport of surfing has existed? There have been surfers in NY rumored as early as the 1800's. The film explores the surf culture and starts with New Yorker Don Eichin as a young man in 1957 traveling to exotic Hawaii to become a Merchant Marine. While working on a ship & exploring the waters of Honolulu, a young woman teaches him to surf. He is changed forever by his experience it leads him on a path modern surfers could only dream. Moving to the Banzai Pipeline & Filming his exploits as well as some of his friends who happen to be the biggest names in the history of the sport. Returning to NY in 1968, he becomes a firefighter & passes his knowledge onto others. Today his legacy continues in the NY firefighting and surfing cultures. Blending incredible archival surfing footage from Hawaii along with terrific storytelling; the film is a can't-miss for surfers and documentary fans alike. Fire and Water will be screening on Saturday November 26 at 8:00 PM at South End Surf & Paddle -220 S Bay Avenue Beach Haven, NJ 08008 Admission-$5.00/Free for LIFS members. For more details visit our website at: www.lighthousefilmfestival.org

Look for more exciting film screenings and events coming from Lighthouse International Film Society in the Winter and Spring. Come join the fun. As always- See ya at the movies!