Lighthouse International Film Festival
The Lighthouse International Film Festival was held on June 4 - 7, 09 with 50 films from around the world showcased at 8 Long Beach Island, NJ locations.
This was Long Beach Island's first year for The Lighthouse International Film Festival and the annual event will be one of the largest LBI attractions in future years.
The festival offered 4 days of feature films on LBI to entertain and delight movie fans. These new feature films came from around the world, half of them documentaries and was shown the following Long Beach Island locations:
Barnegat Lighthouse Visitor's Center, Beach Stadium 5, Harvey Cedars Bible Conference, LBI Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, LBI Museum, St. Francis Community Center, Surf City Library and Surflight Theatre.
The 4 day schedule for 2009 is below. We suggest you reserve your 2010 LBI Accommodations in advance and enjoy all the films from around the world.
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009 – Lighthouse International Film Festival
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LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
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6:00 PM
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STUDENT MADE FILMS:
Dreams
Desire
The Droo Irwin Show
With You
Hoagie Day
Testing in Progress
Finn and Mae
86400
Wissahickan Football
Mafia Stop Motion
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7:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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Friday, June 5th, 2009 – Lighthouse International Film Festival
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St. Francis Center
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Beach
Stadium 5
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Buckalew’s
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7:00 PM
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Opening
Night Film:
Big Fan
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8:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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SPOTLIGHT:
Wild Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
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10:00 PM
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Official Festival Party at Buckalew’s
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11:00 PM
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Midnight
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Midnight Movie:
The Scar Crow
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Saturday, June 6, 2009 – Lighthouse International Film Festival
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Surflight Theater
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LBI Museum
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Surf City Library
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Lighthouse Center
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9:00 AM
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KIDS FIRST!
Stuart Little
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10:00
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Documentary:
The Pine Falcon
& Time Apart
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KIDS FIRST!
Junior Film Critics Workshop
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11:00
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Narrative: Badland
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Noon
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SPOTLIGHT:
Big Fan
(followed by Q&A with Former Giant Howard Cross)
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Documentary:
This Dust of Words
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FREE Screening
of “Gidget”
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1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
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Narrative:
Stephanie’s Image
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3:00 PM
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Special Event:
A Talk with the Real Gidget
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KIDS FIRST!
Dr. Doolittle’s Million Dollar Mutts
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Narrative:
Four of a Kind
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4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
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6:00 PM
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Documentary:
Wages of Spin
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7:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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Narrative:
Eve
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10:00 PM
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Official Festival “Arm Wrestling” Party at Rick’s American Café
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11:00 PM
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Midnight
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St. Francis Center
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Beach Stadium 5
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Dark Star Café
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9:00 AM
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Coffee with Filmmakers
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10:00
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11:00
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Noon
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SPOTLIGHT:
The Missing Person
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1:00 PM
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Surfing:
Musica Surfica
Pulp Poo & Perfection
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2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
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SPOTLIGHT:
Wild Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
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5:00 PM
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6:00 PM
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7:00 PM
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SPOTLIGHT:
Pulling John
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8:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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SPOTLIGHT:
Made in China
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10:00 PM
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11:00 PM
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Midnight
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Midnight Movie: The Sky Has Fallen
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009 – Lighthouse International Film Festival
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Surflight Theater
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LBI Museum
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Harvey Cedars Bible Conf.
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Visitor Center at Lighthouse
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9:30 AM
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10:00 AM
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Narrative:
Beneath the River
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SPOTLIGHT:
The End of
the Line
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11:00 AM
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12:00 Noon
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KIDS FIRST!
Tugger the Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
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Documentary: Facing the Fat
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1:00 PM
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Narrative:
Marina of the Zabbaleen
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KIDS FIRST!
Dragon Hunter
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2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
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SPOTLIGHT:
Los Bastardos
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5:00 PM
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6:00 PM
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St. Francis Center
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Beach Stadium 5
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Dark Star Cafe
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9:30 AM
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Coffee with Filmmakers
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10:00 AM
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11:00 AM
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SPOTLIGHT:
Pulling John
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12:00 Noon
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1:00 PM
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FREE Surfing Films:
The Rocks
Kooks
Surf Magazines Don’t Talk…
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2:00 PM
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Official Festival Party and Awards Announcement at
The Sea Shell
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Closing Film:
Made in China
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3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
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6:00 PM
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