Of course the Lighthouse International Film Festival is centered around films, scores of them, be it feature-length narratives, feature-length documentaries, surf features, New School/Parsons films, Dark Horse features (horror and science fiction), a TV and web series competition, and more shorts of every type than you can shake a stocky stick at.

GUEST OF HONOR: Emmy award-winning actor Tony Shalhoub will appear at four events. (Supplied Photo)

Films will be shown at four venues: Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in the Loveladies, the…