Gold Coast International Film Festival

Gold Coast International Film Festival The Gold Coast International Film Festival is an annual festival on the North Shore of Long Island with a roster of bold, dynamic films and talent.

GCIFF includes a year-round film screening series plus a week long festival every fall where area residents, visitors, members of the business and film communities, public officials, students and academics come together to celebrate the art and influence of cinema in the charming and historic towns and villages of Long Island’s Gold Coast. The Gold Coast International Film Festival is produced by

the Gold Coast Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in 1993 and dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts through education, exhibition, performance and outreach.

Welcome to the 16th Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival! Join us for the best of American and global cinema, o...
09/06/2026

Welcome to the 16th Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival! Join us for the best of American and global cinema, our beloved short films program, special events and more! 🎞️

✔️ Become a Film Society Member and save on film tickets!
✔️ Purchase your tickets in advance and get ready to FEST.
🗓️ Festival dates: October 7 - 29, 2026
🌐 Visit our website to browse all films at https://goldcoastarts.org/gciff-2026/ or call us at 516.829.2570.

See you at the movies! 🍿

📣 Get Ready to Fest! 🎬 The 16th Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival will take place in October 2026! This year...
08/26/2026

📣 Get Ready to Fest!
 
🎬 The 16th Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival will take place in October 2026! This year’s festival line-up includes amazing films, short films & special events. Become a Film Society Member and save on film tickets! Full schedule coming soon!
 
The Gold Coast International Film Festival is produced by the non-profit Gold Coast Arts Center Gold Coast Arts Center based on Long Island, NY.

See you at the movies! https://goldcoastarts.org

Join us for our upcoming film WE MET AT GROSSINGER’S! 🎞️🗓️ August 5th at 7:00pm
📍 North Shore Towers CinemaWe Met at Gro...
07/28/2026

Join us for our upcoming film WE MET AT GROSSINGER’S! 🎞️

🗓️ August 5th at 7:00pm
📍 North Shore Towers Cinema

We Met at Grossinger’s is a nostalgic, immersive portrait of the iconic Catskills resort that inspired Dirty Dancing and redefined Jewish American life. Built by three generations of visionary Jewish women—led by the legendary Jennie Grossinger, the “Queen of Hospitality”—the resort became a glittering sanctuary for those excluded from America’s elite leisure culture, where comedians, athletes, and movie stars gathered under one roof.

See you at the movies! 🍿

Join us for MAKING MEMORIES WITH MOVIES!  🗓️ Tuesday, August 11, 2026⏰ 11:00am – 12:00pm📍 Great Neck Library159 Bayview ...
07/23/2026

Join us for MAKING MEMORIES WITH MOVIES!  

🗓️ Tuesday, August 11, 2026
⏰ 11:00am – 12:00pm
📍 Great Neck Library
159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY

This is an hour-long FREE program featuring clips from some of your favorite classic films, with guided conversation led by social worker Marcy Rhodes.

Recognizing that music and movies have the power to spark memories and create emotional connections, these events allow participants with opportunities to sing, clap, laugh and engage in discussion while socializing with others.

RSVP by calling 516.829.2570 or email [email protected].

See you then!

Join us for our upcoming film WE MET AT GROSSINGERS! 🎞️🗓️ August 5th at 7:00pm
📍 North Shore Towers CinemaWe Met at Gros...
07/15/2026

Join us for our upcoming film WE MET AT GROSSINGERS! 🎞️

🗓️ August 5th at 7:00pm
📍 North Shore Towers Cinema

We Met at Grossinger’s is a nostalgic, immersive portrait of the iconic Catskills resort that inspired Dirty Dancing and redefined Jewish American life. Built by three generations of visionary Jewish women—led by the legendary Jennie Grossinger, the “Queen of Hospitality”—the resort became a glittering sanctuary for those excluded from America’s elite leisure culture, where comedians, athletes, and movie stars gathered under one roof.

See you at the movies! 🍿

Gold Coast International Film Festival 2025 fan fave -  FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMANGuido Chiesa| Italy | 2025 | 117 Mins | D...
06/24/2026

Gold Coast International Film Festival 2025 fan fave -
 
FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN
Guido Chiesa| Italy | 2025 | 117 Mins | Drama
 
🎞️✮⋆˙In case you missed it…here’s your chance to see it again!
 
A sweeping English-speaking saga based on the beloved novel of Israeli author Meir Shalev, The Loves of Judith.
 
Plot: The movie follows two timelines. In the 1970s, an American woman travels to Israel to uncover a secret about her past. In doing so, she crosses paths with a man who grew up in a Palestinian village in the 1930s. The story intertwines their connec­tion to a woman who disrupted life in the village in 1935.
 
🗓️ Showtimes
Friday 6/26
2:00 PM & 4:45 PM
Saturday 6/27
2:00 PM & 7:15 PM
Sunday 6/28
4:30 PM
📍North Shore Towers Cinema - 272-40 Grand Central Pkwy, Queens, NY 11005 - Building 2
📞 (718) 229-7702

Join us for an afternoon of MAKING MEMORIES WITH MUSIC! 🎶Celebrate the music of the 1950s – 1980s with Long Island favor...
06/24/2026

Join us for an afternoon of MAKING MEMORIES WITH MUSIC! 🎶

Celebrate the music of the 1950s – 1980s with Long Island favorite, JOE PACE, who has appeared with Chuck Berry, Leon Russel, “Uncle Floyd” Vivino and many more! His talent and sense of humor made him a four-time winner (2021-2024) of the Piano Entertainer of the Year Award in the Bethpage Best of Long Island Annual Poll.
 
🗓️ Wednesday, July 15, 2026
⏰ 1:30pm
📍 Great Neck Social Center
80 Grace Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11021

This event is FREE. First come, first seated. See you there!

Gold Coast Cinema Series presents YOU HAD TO BE THERE! A hilarious, emotional, and revelatory documentary about the lege...
05/07/2026

Gold Coast Cinema Series presents YOU HAD TO BE THERE! A hilarious, emotional, and revelatory documentary about the legendary 1972 Canadian production of Godspell that changed entertainment forever. The Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus starred a then-unknown cast of Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Victor Garber, et al., with Paul Shaffer serving as musical director — a crazy confluence of talent rivaling ‘Paris in the 20s.’ The film features interviews with all the surviving members of the cast, as well as other show business luminaries who testify to the production’s profound and lasting influence.

Nick Davis | USA | 98 minutes | 2025 | English
⏰ May 11th – 7:00pm
📍 North Shore Towers Cinema

“An Exuberant and Essential Doc for Comedy Heads.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

For more information and tickets, check out our website: https://goldcoastarts.org/in-person-5/

See you at the movies! 🎬🍿

🎶 Join Gold Coast Arts and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck for an evening of live music featuring world-class local musicia...
05/06/2026

🎶 Join Gold Coast Arts and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck for an evening of live music featuring world-class local musicians. Don’t miss an evening of exceptional chamber music featuring Dr. Esther Noh, violin; congregant Robert Yamins, clarinet; Sharon Kahn-Bernstein, cello; and TBE’s Choir Director Dr. Pamela Levy, piano. MUSICAL ENCOUNTERS will include a varied program of works by Beethoven, Dvorak, Handel-Halvorsen, Mendelssohn, Alberto Martin Diaz, Darius Milhaud, Bela Bartok and Astor Piazzolla.

🗓️ June 18, 2026
⏰ 7:00pm to 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm for light refreshments)
📍 Temple Beth-El of Great Neck – 5 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY

🎟️ Tickets:
$18 - TBE Members
$25 - Non-Members

🌐 Visit https://bit.ly/TBE_Music26 for more information. Sponsored by the Susan Stumer Center for Cultural Arts

📢 New! Join Gold Coast Arts Cinema Series for a film screening of YOU HAD TO BE THERE, on May 11th at 7:00pm.A hilarious...
04/24/2026

📢 New! Join Gold Coast Arts Cinema Series for a film screening of YOU HAD TO BE THERE, on May 11th at 7:00pm.

A hilarious, emotional, and revelatory documentary about the legendary 1972 Canadian production of Godspell that changed entertainment forever. The Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus starred a then-unknown cast of Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Victor Garber, et al., with Paul Shaffer serving as musical director — a crazy confluence of talent rivaling ‘Paris in the 20s.’ The film features interviews with all the surviving members of the cast, as well as other show business luminaries who testify to the production’s profound and lasting influence.

Buy tickets at goldcoastarts.org/in-person-5/.

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