Last Chance: Film Shorts for Gold Coast Festival

There’s still time to submit short films to the 4th Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival, which gets underway in November in North Hempstead.

Short film awards include both a jury award and an audience award, and are accompanied by prizes, which may include rental equipment, post-production services, and more. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 1, with a late deadline of Sept. 26.

To enter, submit films to www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org through the online platform Film Freeway.

The festival’s feature films are curated, and this category is not open to individual submissions.

Last year, the festival honored actor Paul Sorvino (GoodFellas, Bulworth, The Cooler) with a Lifetime Achievement Award during its annual benefit gala. Also honored were Susie Essman, (co-star of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm) with the artist of distinction award for comedy. From across the “pond” young British actress Bonnie Wright (of the Harry Potter film series), Melanie Lynsky (2 ½ Men, Ever After) and Emmy-nominated actor Jason Ritter (Parenthood) among others also attended last year’s festivities.

Previous festival highlights include pre-release screening of The Great Gatsby with Baz Luhrmann, plus screenings and events with Edward Burns, Brian Dennehy, Phil Donahue, Isabella Rossellini, Bill Plympton, Bruce Dern, Joan Allen, Gabriel Byrne, Celeste Holm, Eli Wallach, Robert Klein, Nelson DeMille, Francis Ford Coppola, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Alan King and Kelli O’Hara and others.