| 2006 |
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| The New York Times, June 1, 2006 |
| Sundance East? Maybe Not, but You Can Take the Ferry |
| At the dawn of the motion picture era, filmmakers flocked to the wide-open spaces of Staten Island |
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| Craine's New York Business, May 8, 2006 |
| Coming attractions on Staten Island |
| First film festival ready to roll |
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| SI Advance, Wednesday April 26, 2006 |
| More than 100 titles picked for film festival |
| Slate for inaugural event is released at economic conference at Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield |
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| SI Advance, Sunday April 23, 2006 |
| Staten Island Film Festival hopes to be reel deal |
| With solid support, backers of June 1-4 event are counting on it to promote Island, stimulate growth |
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| SI Advance, Thursday March 16, 2006 |
| Brooklyn woman captures Island film-festival contest |
| She comes up with 'The Verrazano' as name for awards to be given at June event in Snug Harbor |
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| SI Advance, Friday February 24, 2006 |
| Movie Buffs offer behind-the-scenes help |
| ...People who thrill to the silver screen eagerly flowed into the Staten Island Hotel. |
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| SI Advance, Friday February 3, 2006 |
| June fest to showcase Island's screen gems |
| ...The movies "Analyze This," "Home Alone" and "Working Girl" ...[were] filmed partly on location on Staten Island. |
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| SI Advance, Tuesday January 24, 2006 |
| Staten Island Film Festival entry deadline is Feb. 1 |
| Filmmakers have just a few days to submit their reels to the first Staten Island Film Festival... |
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| SI Advance, Friday January 6, 2006 |
| Film Volunteers Wanted |
| With six months to go before opening night, the new Staten Island Film Festival has... issued a call to volunteers... |
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| SI Advance, November 15, 2005 |
| Robert Loggia Joins Film Festival Board |
| ...The new Staten Island Film Festival has named native son and actor Robert Loggia as honorary member of its inaugural board... |
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| SI Advance, Thursday September 22, 2005 |
| Top sponsor, chairmen named for spring film festival |
| The Richmond County Savings Foundation is going to the movies... |
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| Craine's New York Business, June 20, 2005 |
| Opening Soon on Staten Island |
| ...Staten Island officials are planning a four-day [film festival] to culminate in an awards ceremony on June 4th, 2006... |
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| SI Advance, Saturday June 11, 2005 |
| Local Film Festival in the Works |
| 3 groups have signed on to sponsor inaugural event; 6 venues have committed to showing movies... |
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