Inaugural LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival to launch this summer
The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) is proud to launch its inaugural Hall of Fame Music Documentary Film Festival from Friday, August 8 through Sunday, August 10 at LIMEHOF’s museum location at 97 Main Street in Stony Brook.
The festival will exclusively showcase music documentary films from around the world that examine music topics like music scenes, music history, tours, biographies, festivals, music education, concerts, culture and music technology.
“This music documentary film festival is the perfect way to extend the mission of the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame—to preserve the past, celebrate the present, and ignite a love for music in future generations,” said LIMEHOF Vice Chairman Tom Needham, who is organizing the film festival as executive director with film festival artistic director Wendy Feinberg.
Over the last 20 years, LIMEHOF has inducted over 130 Long Island artists, from a wide range of artists in all music genres including Billy Joel, Stephen Schwartz, Mariah Carey, Lou Reed, Clive Davis, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Ramones, Public Enemy, Carter Burwell, John Coltrane, Run DMC, Cyndi Lauper, Louis Armstrong and Simon & Garfunkel. This is the first time the museum is holding a music themed film festival of this kind.
“As a music lover, I am extremely excited to be involved in the creation of a film festival totally devoted to music docs to be held at a fantastic venue, the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame!” Feinberg said.
The festival accepts music documentaries in features and shorts categories. The entry fee is $40, and entries are accepted through Thursday, May 1. At the conclusion of the festival, awards will be issued in a variety of categories to recognize the best participating films.
For more information, full rules and details please visit FilmFreeway: filmfreeway.com/LongIslandMusicandEntertainmentHallofFameMusicDocumentaryFilmFestival.
To learn more about LIMEHOF, visit their website, limusichalloffame.org/.
