Photo Coverage: Gold Coast International Film Festival Celebrates WEST SIDE STORY

The Gold Coast International Film Festival held a reception and screening of the original West Side Story last night at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway.

Original cast member Russ Tamblyn was interviewed by noted film authority Heather Lowe after opening remarks by Len Aubrey NYIT VP, CFO & Treasurer. Jon Kaiman Supervisor, Town of North Hempstead and Regina Gil Executive Director and Founder of the Great Neck Arts Center also spoke. 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 Manhasset, Roslyn, Great Neck and Port Washington through Sunday, October 28, 2012.

The Gold Coast International Film Festival celebrates the rich culture, history and talent of this fabled region. The “Gold Coast” was once a haven for New York’s elite such as the Pratts, Whitneys, Roosevelts, Fricks, Guests, DuPonts, J.P. Morgan, and Otto Kahn, and today their mansions exist as museums, historic spots and party spaces (which GCIFF makes good use of). Great Neck (the hub of the Festival) was home to many celebrities including Groucho Marx, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, George M. Cohan and other titans of the silver screen. Most apropos, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his most famous work The Great Gatsby here. Today’s Gold Coast remains a confluence of culture and class. Those influences from our past combined with the artistry, storytelling and technology of today’s world, enable the Gold Coast International Film Festival to thrive and soar and present our audiences with a fantastic and accessible festival experience.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

Russ Tamblyn

Len Aubrey

Heather Lowe & Russ Tamblyn

Regina Gil

Heather Lowe & Russ Tamblyn

Aviva Miller, Terri Muran, Regina Gil, Cathy Soref, Russ Tamblyn, Len Aubrey

Regina Gil, Russ Tamblyn Aviva Miller

Russ Tamblyn & Aviva Miller

Caroline Sorokoff & Russ Tamblyn

E Da Sorokoff , Regina Gil , Stacy Sullivan

NYIT OFficials

Aviva Miller

NYIT & Terrin Muran, Russ Tamblyn

Doug Soref, Cathy Soref, Russ Tamblyn

Regina Gil & Nancy Silberkleit

Rigeina Gil, guest, Terri Muran

Regina Gil, Steve Bakunas, Caroline Sorokoff

Caroline Sorokoff, Jim Caruso, Alex Rice

"The Jets"

E Da Sorokoff & Stacy Sullivan

Will Friedwald

Jennifer Lane, Caroline Sorokoff, Alexis Halpern

Dad & Caroline Sorokoff

Regina Gil & Jim Caruso

Dan Fortune & Caroline Sorokoff

Andrew Prine, Doug Soref, Guest

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Stephen's life seems to have always revolved around a camera and a piano. He studied at Manhattan School of Music and performed in the "Borsht Belt" during college vacations, where in the true DIRTY DANCING tradition he met his wife Eda. Stephen was a Board Member of the First All Children's Theater and his wife, a classical pianist, is a Board Member of Barrington Stage Co. In between he made time to be CEO of a multi national machinery company and President of a domestic Textile Mfg. Co. In retirement, he now takes pictures of his 5 grandchildren and various other performers.

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