The 11th annual Lighthouse International Film Festival is scheduled for June 6 through 9. but it will actually kick off from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences at the LIFF’s appropriately named Kick Off Party.

The party will feature a gift auction, food with an emphasis on Asian Fusion, libations including sparkling sake, and a special screening of the drama/comedy “MIA,” a.k.a. by its new alternative title, “Don’t Let the Night End.”