The Second Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival presented by the Great Neck Arts Center, with the Town of North Hempstead as Founding Sponsor, will present seven days and nights of bold, dynamic films, programs, panels, tributes, conversations, awards and festivities on Long Island’s North Shore.  GCIFF gets underway Monday, October 22 with two pre-festival events followed by its Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, and then runs at the Clearview Cinemas in the communities of Man...

9amThe State of Film Financing in Europe and the US Panelists:Christine Ball, Senior Vice President and Manager, Communications, Media & Entertainment Division, Union Bank of California Julia Blackman, Co-Founder, Scion Films Michael Ohoven, CEO, Infinity Media Bob Yari, President, Stratus Film, Bullseye Entertainment, El Camino Pictures and Bob Yari Productions Moderator:Stuart Kemp, UK Bureau Chief, Hollywood Reporter 11amHow Do You Budget Imagination? Screenwriting in the Low and High Bud...