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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
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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