Lighthouse International Film Festival begins Wednesday on Long Beach Island
The Lighthouse International Film Festival will feature more than 100 independent and international movies, but at least three of them have connections to New Jersey. The Lighthouse International Film Festival begins on Long Beach Island on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in the photographic career of photographer Altschul, who is also a producer and a cinematographer, Alchul. His work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian and his previous film projects have been shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. His documentary "All American," which will premiere at 8:15 p.m. Friday at the Surf City firehouse, uses the backdrop of women’s wrestling to depict the lives of immigrant teenage girls. The festival will also showcase the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol as it aims for a record seventh consecutive Long Island lifeguard championship. Other notable films include "Plan B," which stars Jamie Lee, Jon Heder, Shannon Elizabeth, Tom Berenger, Kate Flannery, and Vernon Davis.
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In the photographic career of Altschul, who is also a producer and a cinematographer, “All American” is a professional milestone. His photography work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian. His previous film projects have been shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
“All American,” which will premiere at 8:15 p.m. Friday at the Surf City firehouse and which Altschul will attend, uses the backdrop of women’s wrestling to take an in-depth look at the lives of immigrant teenage girls.
“I met with a lot of women filmmakers and women producers looking for women who could help me with my filmmaking,” said Altschul, who brought on other Muslim women and Muslim filmmakers. “The whole process was incredibly hard. ... I didn’t want to do anything that wasn’t OK.”
“How the Waves Were Won” is a showcase for the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol as it strives for a record seventh consecutive Long Beach Island lifeguard championship, a two-day, 19-event tournament in which they had to battle a relentless sea as well as rival squads.
Furno, 51, of Rutherford, Bergen County, was a lifeguard from 1990 to 1994 in Harvey Cedars and Barnegat Light. He wrote a comedy movie about lifeguards during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2006, he has been senior director, production and development, for Major League Baseball.
When Furno reached out to the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol chief when he’d originally thought of filming his comedy movie there, he discovered the success of the recent Beach Patrol team and decided to make a documentary. “How the Waves Were Won” also will be screened during the Jersey Shore Film Festival on June 28 in Asbury Park.
One of the festival movies that features the most name actors is Tamburri’s “Plan B,” which stars Jamie Lee of the “Ted Lasso” TV series, Jon Heder of the film “Napoleon Dynamite,” Shannon Elizabeth of the movie “American Pie,” Tom Berenger of the film “Platoon,” Kate Flannery of “The Office” TV series and former San Francisco 49ers football tight end Vernon Davis.
The idea of a pregnancy comedy had floated around in the head of Tamburri, 29, since college, and he used how friends of his were dealing with pregnancy as inspiration. He will attend the screening of “Plan B” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Surf City firehouse.
“Plan B” is the first full-length feature film Tamburri wrote, directed and produced. He was one of the associate producers of the 2018 dramatic horror film “Hereditary,” starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne and Alex Wolff, but he also directed and produced several projects for National Lampoon, including “National Lampoon Radio Hour,” which was distributed by Roku.