The Fourth Annual North Fork TV Festival in Photos

Greenport Theatre Sign

NFTV Founder Noah Doyle, Canopy Award Recipient Kelsey Grammer

Director of Events Harlan Friedman

NFTV Founder Lauren Doyle

Sloan Foundation VP & Program Director Doron Weber

NFTV Co-Founder Jonathan Shafter

“Distemper” screenwriter Max Pitagno, Sloan Foundation VP & Program Director Doron Weber

Canopy Award Recipient Kelsey Grammer

Max Pitagno, Doron Weber, Noah Doyle, Lauren Doyle, Jonathan Shafter

“Distemper" star Abigail Hawk

Heather Graves, “Distemper” star Chike Okonkwo

“Distemper" stars Lukas Hassel and Tara Westwood

“Distemper" stars Chike Okonkwo and Abigail Hawk

Director of Programming and “Distemper" director Elias Plagianos

Presenter of the Canopy Award Chris Noth

NFTV Founders Lauren Doyle and Noah Doyle

NFTV Founder Noah Doyle, Presenter of the Canopy Award Chris Noth, NFTV Co-Founder Jonathan Shafter

NFTV Founder Noah Doyle, Presenter of the Canopy Award Chris Noth, NFTV Co-Founder Jonathan Shafter

North Fork TV Festival group shot

“Distemper" star Chike Okonkwo

NFTV Founders Lauren Doyle and Noah Doyle welcoming guests

"Distemper" Q&A moderated by Elisa DiStefano

"Distemper" screenwriter Max Pitagno, and stars Chike Okonkwo and Abigail Hawk

"Distemper" Q&A moderated by Elisa DiStefano

“Distemper" stars Chike Okonkwo and Abigail Hawk, and director Elias Plagianos

Chris Noth presenting Kelsey Grammer with the Canopy Award

Chris Noth moderating a talk with Kelsey Grammer

Opening night party at Claudio’s

Chris McNelly, Michelle Gordon

Roni Greenwalt, Chris Slevin, David Greenwald

DJ Theo

Lucy Radack, Lillian LaSalle

"Distemper" star Tara Westwood, Dr. Andrew Feldman

"Distemper" stars Lukas Hassel and Abigail Hawk

Clare O’Malley, Sean Bradley

Bob Patagno, Dennis Ude, Rory Kennedy, “Distemper" screenwriter Max Pitagno

Vanessa Cadarillo, Matthew VonVida

Matias Sanchez, Nora Lin

"Distemper" stars Chike Okonkwo, Lukas Hassel and Abigail Hawk, director Elias Plagianos

Donna Drake interviewing "Otis" screenwriter, director, star Alexander Etseyatse

Donna Drake interviewing Inspiration Award recipient Aasif Mandvi

NFTV Founder Noah Doyle, Inspiration Award recipient Aasif Mandvi, NFTV Co-Founder Jonathan Shafter

Donna Drake interviewing Ambassador for the Arts Constance Wu

Ambassador for the Arts Constance Wu

The fourth annual North Fork TV Festival was held at the Greenport Theatre on October 4 and 5. The weekend included screenings of pilots, talks with television producers and writers and featured stars Kelsey Grammer, Chris Noth, Aasif Mandvi and Constance Wu.

Noth presented Grammer with the Canopy Award on Friday night, before moderating a Q&A with the Frasier star and the audience. Mandvi received the Inspiration Award on Saturday afternoon and spoke with journalist Donna Freydkin about the evolution of ‘brown representation’ on television, some of his proudest career highlights and bringing dignity to the stereotypical roles he was given in his early career.

Before Greenport Mayor George Hubbard Jr. presented Wu with the Ambassador for the Arts award on Saturday night, she spoke with Dan’s Papers about the aspects of acting she finds personally rewarding. “Before every part, I make an oath of integrity to my character to do right by them,” Wu says. “One of the things I love about acting is that it grows your empathy in a way that expands your humanity, rather than enclosing it. You start to understand people better, and when you understand people better, then you can love them better.” The award ceremony was followed by a discussion moderated by Variety Business Editor Cynthia Littleton about Wu’s role on Fresh Off the Boat, her early years as a ‘weird theater kid’ and her dream of revisiting the stage someday.

To learn more about the North Fork TV Festival, including the list of screenings, visit northfork.tv.