AND THE WINNERS ARE.....

 

 

 

Narrative Feature

The Story of Luke

Alonso Mayo, Director

Fred Roos, Julien Favre and Nina Leidersdorff, Producers

 

 

International Narrative Feature

"Il Cacciatore Di Anatre"

(Italy)

Egidio Veronesi, Director/Writer

Maurizio Panini, Producer

 

 

M. Carroll Raver Award for Cinematography

"Icebound"

Ton Hurwitz, Cinematographer

 

 

The Bud Abbott Award for Feature Length Comedy "The Perfect Wedding"

Small or Large Productions, LLC

Scott Gabriel, Director

Ed Gaffney, Jason T. Gaffney and Suzanne Brockmann, Producer

 

 

Narrative Short

"Crackers"

Exit 135 Productions

Gregory Principato, Director/Producer

 

 

Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short

"The Miracles on Honey Bee Hill"

Bob Pondillo, Director/Writer

Diana Rice, Producer

 

 

 

International Narrative Short

"Party"

(India)

D-Turn production

Santosh Davakhar, Director

Diksha Davakhar, Producer

 

 

International Comedy Short

"Merci Beaucoup Bradley Cooper"

(France)

Anne-Christine Caro, Director/Writer

Alexandre Gelbert, Producer

 

 

Short-Sci Fi

House at The Edge of the Galaxy

Inner Film Productions, LLC

Gleb Osatinski, Director/Producer

 

 

Emanuel "Manny" Berlingo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

"Icebound"

Daniel Anker, Director

Daniel Anker, Christian Beetz and Tiffany Peckosh, Producers

 

"Bettie Page Reveals All"

Mark Mori, Director/Producer

 

 

Short Documentary

"Elephant in the Room"

Justin Ervin, Director/Producer

 

 

International Feature Documentary

"The Suffering Grasses"

(Syria)

Caipirinha Productions

Iara Lee, Director

 

 

 

International Short Documentary

"Motorbike Midwife"

(United Kingdom/Ghana)

Giant Screen Films

Masumi Higashi, Director/Producer

 

 

Animated Short

"A Tooth Tale"

Ron Fleischer, Director/Producer

Angel Onofre, Angelo "Jello" Ramirez, Gary Daniels

John West, Jon McClenahan and Ron Fleischer, Animators

 

 

Commercial

"Doritos: Super Cheesy"

Jen McGowan, Director

Brian Sounalath, Producer

 

 

Music Video

"We Got it Made"

Austin Kase, Director/Producer

 

 

Trailer

"Eyes of the Kings"

FMC Productions

Frank Calo, Director/Producer

 

 

Narrative Short - College

"Old Monster"

(Tisch School of the Arts)

Kevin Clark-Ryan, Director

Jessica Lewis and Kim Lessing, Producers

 

 

International Narrative Short - College

"Miruna"

(Poland)

The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School

Piotr Sułkowski, Director

Andrzej Bednarek, Producer

 

 

 

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

'Twenty Million People"

Living Boy Productions

Michael Ferrell, Director

Chris Prine, Devin Sanchez and Michael Ferrell, Producers

 

"West End"

Joseph Basile, Director

Joe Basile, Shelly LoCascio and Michelle Hurley, Producers

 

 

Home Grown Short

"The Devil and Red Wine"

Dream Boy Vision Productions

Maurice Paramore, Director/Producer

 

 

Home Grown Documentary Feature

"I'll Knock A Homer For You: The Timeless Story of Johnny Sylvester and Babe Ruth"

Andrew Lilley, Director/Producer

    Home Grown Documentary Short

Thailand Untapped: The Global Reach of Engineers Without Borders USA"

Dena Siedel, Director/Producer

 

 

Home Grown Music Video 

"Empire Escorts - The Weather"

David Allen, Director

 

 

Home Grown Student Short - College

"Winner in the Shadows"

(William Paterson University)

Josh Pomponio, Director/Producer

 

 

Home Grown Student Feature - College

"Placebo"

Justin Ho, Director

Ryan O'Callaghan, Producer

 

 

Home Grown Student Short - High School

"Wraith"

(Industrial Film School)

Tom Kircher, Director/Producer

 

"How Great I Am"

(Warren Hills High School)

Ryan Callahan, Director/Producer

 

 

 

 

The Garden State Film Festival Movie Music Competition Winners

Best Orchestration

Trek Phoeinx: Cloak and Dagger - Credits Cue

Producer: Leo Roberts

Composer: Steve Brush

Best Ballad

Golden-True Bromance

Composer: Sebastian Doggart

Best Country

Sugar High

 

Producer Composer: Jen Sygit and Seth Bernard

 

Vocalist/Artist: Jen Sygit

 

Best Film Noir

"Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice Main Theme"

Producer  Kinny Landrum

   Composer  Kinny Landrum

Best Jazz

 "Music from 'Hotel Lobby'"

Producer  Kinny Landrum

   Composer  Kinny Landrum

   

 

 

Garden State Screenplay Competition Winner

 

Honorees

 

Honorary Chairperson

Thomas Hayes

 

Lifetime Achievement

Diane Ladd

 

Wave of Excellence

James Rebhorn

 

Independent Spririt Award

Kristine Sutherland

 

 

The Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award for Acting

 

Jay Seals

 

 

Pick of the Flicks

 

"West End"

Joseph Basile, Director

Joe Basile, Shelly LoCascio and Michelle Hurley, Producers