Local Resident Daniel Jordano Announces First Annual Roosevelt Island Film Festival For August 21-23 - Submissions Being Accepted For Short & Feature Films, Winners Awarded Golden Tram

Roosevelt Island will be joining Tribeca and Sundance with our very own
 

 Image From Roosevelt Island Film Festival

 Film Festival this summer at the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance.



The winners for Best Festival Feature and Short Film will be awarded the Golden Tram.

The Roosevelt Island Film Festival (RFF) web site reports:

RIFF is dedicated to the discovery and development of independent American and international filmmakers. The festival seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film, and introduce audiences to new exceptional works, highlighting Female Directors, Emerging NYC Filmmakers, Comedy, and Foreign Language Film.

One of the RFF founders is long time Roosevelt Island resident Daniel Jordano. Mr Jordano remembers filming of the classic Slyvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams Nighthawks movie on Roosevelt Island. According to the RFF web site:

Daniel, a longtime resident of Roosevelt island, is an actor/writer/ filmmaker who started his career acting in the RI Youth Program’s first production of West Side Story, followed by Grease, with fellow resident Vincent Spano. He and Vincent were also lucky enough to witness the filming of some of the early films shot on RI, like Nighthawks with Sylvester Stallone. Having cast co-founder Toni Vitale in his first directorial effort, FROG DREAMS, Daniel was thrilled to become a co-founder with her and help establish a legacy for those in the film community who grew up, or spent significant time on the Island...

Here's more on the making of the Nighthawks Roosevelt Island Tram scene.



Click here for more info on the Roosevelt Island Film Festival and here to submit your work.