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Gold Coast Int'l Film Festival presents ADVANCED STYLE

Join the Gold Coast International Film Festival for previews of the best new independent films and studio releases, followed by Q&As with filmmakers and industry professionals.

Tickets $15 in advance ($10 students)/$20 at the door

For more information and tickets, call (516) 829-2570 or visit http://goldcoastfilmfestival.org/furman.

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Featuring special guests 'Advanced Style' blogger Ari Seth Cohen, and film subjects Lynn Dell Cohen, Tziporah Salamon, Debra Rapoport, and Joyce Carpati in person!

A hat-obsessed, bike-riding, part-time vintage store employee who trades shifts for clothing items. A mild-mannered lounge singer with the longest, most carefully groomed eyelashes you’ve ever seen. The advice-spouting owner of the popular boutique Off Broadway. These are the subjects of director Lina Plioplyte’s inspiring documentary Advanced Style. Pulled from the strongest entries on renowned fashion photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s popular blog, Advanced Style tells the fabulous true tales of seven of New York’s most stylish elderly women. Ranging in age from 62 to 95, these women refuse to fade into the background of society and instead flaunt their eclectic styles and embrace their individuality through their clothes and personal stories. Thanks to their exposure on Cohen’s blog, they’ve now obtained a devoted by legendary fashion labels, NY Fashion Week and much younger fashion mavens who aspire to pull off clothes with the ease of these ladies. Filled with colorful vitality, each vignette bursts with life, humor and, of course, style. Like the mantra for its characters, Plioplyte’s affirming doc reminds us that age is just a number and beauty is forever.

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Official Selection: Hot Docs International Film Festival, Montclair International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival

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