Revolution

The other winners include:...

 

Narrative Feature

"How to Make Movies at Home"

Hillport Maine Productions

Morgan Nichols, Director

Amy Dawn Palmo, Lisa Dowda and Morgan Nichols, Producers

International Narrative Feature

"How to Be Happy"

 (Ireland)

Brian O'Neill, Mark Gaster and Michael Rob Costine, Directors

David Brady and Richie Bolger, Producers 

The Bud Abbott Award for Feature Length Comedy

"Farah Goes Bang"

Meera Menon, Director

Laura Goode, Erica Fishman and Danielle Firoozi, Producers

 

Alternative Feature

"Dar He: The Story of Emit Till"

Rob Underhill, Director/Producer

 

 

M. Carroll Raver Award for Cinematography

"Revolution"

Rob Stewart, Cinematographer

Narrative Short

"A Poet Long Ago"

Bob Giraldi, Director

Amelia Dallis, Producer

 

"Of Teaching of Killer Whales Compassion"

Raphe Wolfgang, Director

Allison Vanore and Raphe Wolfgang, Producers

 

Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short

"Riff Raff"

Jeremy Weiss, Director

Heather West and Jeremy Weiss, Producers

International Narrative Short

"Kush"

 (India)

Shubhashish Bhutiani, Director

Astha Dinghra, Joel Dunn, Sanjay Bhutiani and Shubhashish Bhutiani, Producers

 

International Comedy Short

"Mr. Bear"

(Spain)

Andres Rosende, Director

Chris Laszlo and George T. Kimmel IV, Producers

 

 

Emanuel "Manny" Berlingo Award for Feature Length Documentary

"The Human Experiment"

KTF Films

Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, Jr., Directors

Chelsea Matter, Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, Jr., Producers

 

"Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride"

Amy Nicholson, Director/Producer

 

 

Feature Length Comedy Documentary

"Mortified Nation"

Michael Mayer, Director

David Nadelberg, Neil Katcher and Michael Mayer, Producers

 

 Short Documentary

"Into the Light"

Mosquito Park Productions

Paul Pawlowski, Director/Producer

 

International Feature Documentary

"Free China: The Courage to Believe"

(China/USA)

world2be productions

New Tang Dynasty Television

Michael Perlman, Director

Kean Wong and Michael Perlman, Producers

 

International Short Documentary

"Mona Lisa: Leonardo's Earlier Version"

(Switzerland/USA)

Rafael Feldman, Yan Feldman, Director/Producers

 

Animated Short

"Gnosis"

Tamara Hahn, Animator/Director/Producer

 

International Animated Short

"SNAP"

(United Kingdom/Belgium)

Hilaire Van Den Broeck, Director/Animator

Thomas G. Murphy, Producer

"Foxed!"

(Canada)

James Stewart and Nev Bezaire, Directors

Kennedy Zielke and James Stewart, Producers

Chris Pounds, Ezra Waddell, Jeremy Murphy, Katherine MacDonald

Mike Decroock, Paul Walker and Philip Eddolls, Animators

 

Music Video

"Moving Out"

Guerilla Wanderers Films

Sean McCarthy, Director

Sean O'Hare, Producer

 

 

Narrative Short Comedy - College

"Caught"

(New York University)

Bruce X. Li, Director/Producer

 

Narrative Short Drama - College

"Cold Quiet"

(New York University)

Brian Stone, Director

Alyssa Amer, Producer

 

 

Narrative Short Period Piece - College

"Winter Rye"

(SUNY Purchase College)

Victoria DeMartin, Director

Cat Iacona, Producer

 

Animation - College

"The Ninety Nines"

(University of Colorado Denver Digital Animation Center)

Howard Cook, Director

Nicholas "Nico" Montano, Alex Maya, Ben Van Horne, Brian Spiese

Carlie Grubel, Chris Lemon, Danielle Daniels, Gary Ogden

Howard Cook, Jeremiah "Remy" Reynolds, Jessica May

Jonathan Rold, Joshua Shapiro, LeaTrisha Perkins

Maxwell Nelson, Paul Conner, Rachel Stone, Rex Privratsky

Russell Gotthoffer, Ryan Cutter, Sean Blair, Stephen Baker

Stephen Wike, Tom Hopper, Tripp Vroman, Animators

 

 

The Garden State Film Festival would like to recognize films shot in the State of New Jersey with the following winners in the "Home Grown Award" categories:

 

Home Grown Feature

"Two Pints Lighter"

Dynamatt Productions

Matt Lawrence, Director

 Mike Lawrence, Matt Lawrence, Ryan Conrath and Scott Ballard, Producers

 

Home Grown Short

"Two Sides of Love"

624 Productions

Thomas Baldinger, Director/Producer

 

Home Grown Documentary Feature

"Destressed"

Willowcreek Entertainment/Destressed Films LLC

Garry Pastore, Director

Fokke Baarssen and Garry Pastore, Producers

 

Home Grown Documentary Short

"Magic on Music Mountain"

GPC Productions LLC

Gary Cohen, Director

Paul Kaye and Gary Cohen, Producers

 

 

Home Grown Music Video

"After Life"

Red Hook Films

P.J. Bracco, Director

 

"Second Chance"

Tom Parr, Director/Producer

 

 

Home Grown Animation - Short

"Solemates"

Brian Kaufman, Director/Animator

 

           

Home Grown Animation - Claymation

"Our Mechanical Future"

Jenina Podulka, Director/Animator

 

 

Home Grown  Student Short - College

"Melody"

(Rutgers University)

Zack Morrison, Director

Christopher Pasi and Zack Morrison, Producers

 

 

Home Grown 

Student Animation - High School

"A Winter Tale"

Cicely Tyson High School of Performing and Fine Arts

Vincent Potuto, Advisor

Nagia Belton, Tysahn Jackson, Tatiana Crute

David Gymbrah and Kamari Moore, Animators

Home Grown 

Student Short - High School

"Shutterflies"

(Ridgewood High School)

Hayes Walsh and Spencer Muhlstock, Director/Producers

 

 

Home Grown Trailer - High School

"Robert Johnson Blues"

(Charter Tech High School)

John Hicks, Director

David Roehm, Producer

 

 

 

 

Broader Vision Award

The Possibility Project

"Know How"

 

 

The Garden State Film Festival Movie Music Competition Winners

 

Best Orchestration

"Missile Crisis"

Agora Productions

James Sale, Composer

 

 

Best Vocal Performance

 "Peanut Butter"

Metakwon Records

Cole Bonner, Composer

 

 

Best Pop Sound Track

"4 Ever Fab"

Performed by: The Atomik Age Project

Phil Curcuru, Composer/Producer

 

 

Best Traditional Sound Track

 "Lullaby for the Satos"

Fits & Starts Productions, LLC

Hector G. La Torre, Composer

Best Nostalgic Sound Track

"The Star of My Dreams

New Mercury Films

Garen Garson, Composer

 

 

Best Animation Sound Track

"Wasteland"

Instinct Media

Stelios Koupetoris, Composer

 

 

Best Alternative Soundtrack

Sharks (Dirty Little Stripclub)

Theresa Ciccone-composer

 

 

Best Country Rock Soundtrack

  "Johnny"

Rebel Pictures

David John, Composer

 

 

Garden State Screenplay Competition Winner

YOU CAN'T PLAY THE GAME IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE RULES

by

BURLEIGH SMITH

 

 

Honorees

 

Wave of Excellence Award

Bebe Neuwirth

 

Independent Spirit Award

Laura Dern

 

Spirit of New Jersey

Scott Neustadter

 

Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting and Education

Franklin Ojeda Smith

 

Impact Award for Promoting Business & Arts Alliance in New Jersey

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno

 

 

The Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award for Acting

Paul Castro Jr.

 

This years "Pick of the Flicks" winner

"Destressed"

Willowcreek Entertainment/Destressed Films LLC

Garry Pastore, Director

Fokke Baarssen and Garry Pastore, Producers