Narrative Feature
The Journey is the Destination
Martin Katz, Producer
Bronwen Hughes, Director
International Narrative Feature
Es lebe der Tod (“Long Live Death”) (Germany)
Nathalie Mischel, Producer
Sebastian Marka, Director
Family Feature
The Last Man Club
Linda Pandolph, Producer
Bo Brinkman, Director
M. Carroll Raver Award for Cinematography
Giulio Biccari
The Journey is the Destination
The Bud Abbott Award for Feature Length Comedy
Good Bones
Charles Johnston, Gregory Pace and Tim Bohn, Producers
Tim Bohn, Director
International Feature Length Comedy
Oltre la Linea Gialla (Beyond the Yellow Line) (Italy)
Associazione Culturale Moscacieca, Producer
Andrea Cacciavillani, Tonino di Ciocco, Directors
Horror Feature
The Night Watchmen
Jeffrey Allard and Demetrea Triantafillides, Producers
Mitchell Altieri, Director
Narrative Short
Catching Fireflies
Lee Whittaker, Producer/Director
Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short
Monday
Alejandro Montoya Marin and Ariel Rakes, Producers
Alejandro Montoya Marin, Director
International Narrative Short
Volti (Italy)
Antonio De Palo, Producer/Director
International Comedy Short
The Perfect Day (Spain)
Ignacio Redondo, Producer/Director
Emanuel “Manny” Berlingo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary
The Samaritan
Scott Buzzell, Lynn McAfee, Patrick Ingram and Dave Hanon, Producers
Kevin McAfee, Director
Feature Length Documentary – Legendary Film Pioneer Award
Tyrus
Pamela Tom and Gwen Wynne, Producers
Pamela Tom, Director
Feature Length Documentary – Social Equality Award
The Lavender Scare
Josh Howard, Producer/Director
International Feature Documentary
Breaking Boundaries
Dan Flanagan, Producer
Leen Tangney, Director
International Short Documentary
Soy Cubana (Cuba)
Robin Miller Ungar, Producer
Jeremy Ungar and Ivaylo Getov, Directors
Animated Short
Curpigeon
Annalisa Torrina, Lauren Ellis and Mark Vashro, Producers
Dmitry Milkin, Director
International Animated Short
Money Time (France)
Foret Bleue, H5 and Movie Da, Producers
Ludovic Houplain, Director
Pilot
The Suit
Dave Conte, Producer/Director
Music Video
Try A Little Tenderness
Dvir Assouline and Roy Wol, Producers
Roy Wol, Director
PSA
The Power of One
Peter Frintrup, Producer
Robert Caro, Director
Narrative Short – College
Fanny Pack (USC)
Isabel Marden, Producer
Uttera Singh, Director
Musical Short
The Ghosts of Ethan Dean (NY Film Academy)
Jonathan Michael Weber, Sean Robinson and Chad Larabee, Producers
Chad Larabee, Director
Narrative Short – High School
The Best Laid Plans (D.C.)
Avi Abrams, Director
High School International Collaboration
Tiny
Matt King (Middletown South High School)
Goodspeed Ko (China)
Griffin Nagel and Adrian Gibbons (California)
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
The Dunning Man
Kevin Fortuna, Producer
Michael Clayton, Director
Home Grown Short
The Cabinet in the Woods
Bob Klein and Andrew Schwarz, Producers
Andrew Schwarz, Director
Home Grown Comedy Short
Knights of New Jersey
Michael Hadley, Director
Home Grown Documentary Feature
Paterson and Its People
Vincent N. Parrillo and Jaroslaw Ziaja, Producers
Vincent N. Parrillo, Director
Home Grown Documentary Short – New Jersey History
Destination Past: Highland Beach
Chris Brenner, Producer/Director
Home Grown Documentary Short – Social Equality
Love Wins
Robin Kampf, Producer/Director
Home Grown Music Video
Fighter
Kostas Lymperopoulos, Producer/Director
Home Grown Commercial
Gravity Training
Peter Normandia, Director
Home Grown Student Short – College
Tweentysomething (NYU-Tisch)
Evan Metzold, Producer
Avital Siegel, Director
Home Grown Student Documentary Short – High School
Winging It
Kera McGovern & Emily McNeil (Communications High School)
Home Grown Student PSA – High School
Vote by Mail
Olivia Malesco (Communications High School)
Home Grown Student Music Video – High School
Victorious
Cassie Passantino (Communications High School)
Broader Vision
PEI Kids/Seven13films
The Garden State Film Festival Movie Music Competition Winners
Best Orchestral End Theme
Title: Narcan (End Scene)
Performed by: Michael Edwards
Composer: Michael Edwards
Best Pop Song from a Feature
Title: We Are Waiting
Performed by: Alyssa Lee Lewis
Composer: Paul Lewis & Michel Grey
Best Rock Song
Title: Cracked House
Performed by: Jon Cells
Composer: John Neulinger
Best Score from a Short Drama
Title: Mind Over Murder
Performed by: Bryson Kemp
Composer: Bryson Kemp
Best R&B/Soul Song
Title: Hey Hey Sister
Performed by: Fall Risk
Composer: Alex Mebane
Best Vocal Song from an International Short Film
Title: Don’t Show You Cried
Performed by: Belen Vivero
Composer: Belen Vivero
Best Dramatic Orchestral Theme
Title: Souvenir
Performed by: Evvie Halpert, Augusto Diemecke, Alejandra Diemecke, and Jacquelyn Timberlake
Composer: Masa Gibson
Best Melodic Theme
Title : Main Theme from “A Hope for Hartly”
Performed by: Brian Katona
Composer: Brian Katona
Best Score For A Documentary
Title: Gold Balls – Grass Courts
Performed by: Catherine Grealish, Sarah Perlman, Karin Choo, Mishkar Nunez-Mejia, Gay Dexter, Annie Roberts, Pierre Derycz, Michael David Marcus, Terri Cole, Richard Reed, Adrian Witherspoon, Vince Green.
Composer: Catherine Grealish
Best International Instrumental
Title : For Her – Original Score
Composer: Jarkko Hietanen
Garden State Screenplay Competition Winner
Dummy
By
RJ Lewis & Pamela Wess
Honorees
Honorary Chair
Scott Cronick
Lifetime Achievement
Sally Jessy Raphael
Beacon Award
Brian Dennehy
Excellence in Animation
Laika Studios
Spirit of New Jersey
Richard Kind
Wave of Excellence
Chance Kelly
MVP
Kim Waltrip
Broader Vision Award
PEI kids/ seven13 films
The Garden State Film Festival Rising Star Award
Camrous Johnson
Pick of the Flicks
One Penny
Michael Devita- Director