STONY BROOK, NY – The inaugural Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Music Documentary Film Festival will take place from August 8-10 at LIMEHOF’s museum in Stony Brook, N.Y., it was announced.
Entries are now open to music documentary films from around the world and will be accepted through May 1 on FilmFreeway.
“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. He is organizing the film festival as executive director with film festival Artistic Director Wendy Feinberg.
While many know LIMEHOF as the exclusive home of the “My Life: A Piano Man’s Journey Billy Joel” exhibit, over the last 20 years, LIMEHOF has inducted more than 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.
The new initiative amplifies LIMEHOF’s mission to celebrate music in all its forms. This 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.
The museum is located at 97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY.
For more information on the museum go here.
The festival accepts music documentaries in features and shorts categories. The entry fee is $40, and entries are accepted from Jan. 13 – May 1, 2025. At the conclusion of the festival, awards will be issued in a variety of categories to recognize the best participating films.
For more information on the film festival and details, visit FilmFreeway.