Awards were given out in 4 Major Categories:
2007 Festival Awards
2007 Home Grown Award
2007 Music Competition Winners
2007 Home Grown Music Competition Winners
2007 Festival Awards
Feature: Drama
Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
BLIPinc
Bruce Leddy
M. Carroll Raver Award for Cinematography
Al Quarem
Jato Smith
The Bud Abbott Award for Feature Length Comedy
Park
Mello Pictures LLC
Kurt Voelker
Feature Length- International
That Beautiful Somewhere
Lumanity Productions
Robert Budreau
Broader Vision Award
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Pratt Bros. Entertainment
Rex Pratt
Broader Vision Award for Filmmaking Dedicated to the Greater Good
Pearl Lee
Kultur International
Short
THE SHIFT
Yardbird Films
CHUCK PARKER
Short-Drama
Club Soda
Club Soda Films
Paul Carafotes
Comedy Short
The Accidental Activist
Tu Meke Productions Ltd.
Andrew Hunt
International Short
Lovers’ Campus
Film Academy Vienna
Wolfgang Rupert Muhr
Family Short
Thomas In Bloom
University of Southern California
Jeff Prugh
The Emanuel “Manny” Berlingo Award
For Feature Length Documentary Filmmaking
Dark Water Rising: The Truth About Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues
Shidog Films
Mike Shiley
International Documentary- Feature Length
Lapis Exillis
Fire Stone Documentaries
Gavin Wince
The Last Speakers
Ironbound Films, Inc.
Daniel Miller
Cell Animation-short
Legend of Black Tom
Deron Albright
Claymation
The Ghost of Sam Peckinpah
Brolik Productions
Jason Brewer
Animation CGI
Once Upon A Christmas Village
Dream Balloon Productions
Michael Attardi & Joseph Anselmo
Music Video
Twenty
TURNER-CRAY,INC
Sue Turner-Cray
Music Video- International
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Lynette Yetter
PSA
Blow
Dick Thompson
Commercial
“Subway Strippin”
Andrew Vannata
Student –Short
Ladylike
Mpirefilms, New York University
Safiya Songhai
Melissa McClinton
Student- Animation (Tie)
Windows Masks Doors
Rhode Island School of Design
Sarah Orenstein
Sideshow
School of Visual Arts
Lisa LaBracio
Student- Music Video
It's A War
The Art Institute of Portland
Kurt Nishimura
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 (Tie)
Nail Polish
Pigdog Films, LLC
Randy Sterns
&
Tomorrow Is Today
Lumiere Media
Frederic Lumiere
Short
Wonderous Woman
Bear Hollow Productions
Chris Del Sordo
Rosanne Lucarelli
Documentary-Short
The Mighty Humble Blueberry
Aboutblueberries.com, LLC
NANCY O'MALLON
Music Video
Lost and Found
Peter Meng
High School Student- Feature Length
Mort
OutCold Productions
Kyle Thompson
High School Student-Short
The Electionist
Communications High School
Samantha Lacy
High School Student-Short Documentary
The Holocaust Nightmare of Leopold Lowy
Abhiraj Modi
High School Student-Music Video
Have A Tropicana Morning!
Matthew Caruso
The Garden State Film Festival Movie Music Competition Winners:
BEST MUSIC IN A FEATURE
COMPOSER DAVE FRISK
“MY FRIEND”
FROM THE MOVIE, CORPORATE AMERICA ROCKS
BEST MUSIC IN A SHORT
COMPOSER GEORGE SHAW
“THE REVENGERS”
FROM THE MOVIE, THE REVENGERS
BEST MUSIC IN FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
COMPOSER GUSTAVO RENO VALEZ
“LEAD ME TO YOUR LIGHT”
FROM THE MOVIE “ THEY ARE STILL THERE
BEST MUSIC IN A SHORT DOCUMENTARY
COMPOSER GARY PAULAK
“FOOSBALL SONG”
FROM THE MOVIE FOOSBALL, THE MOVIE
BEST MUSIC IN A SHORT ANIMATION
COMPOSER WILD PARTY SHEIKS
“KEEP THIS Coupon”
FROM THE MOVIE KEEP THIS COUPON
BEST ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION
COMPOSER CESAR BENITO
“Jermyn Theme”
FROM THE MOVIE MIA SARAH
BEST NOVELTY SONG
COMPOSER LANCE RITCHLIN
“HEAVY METAL POLKA”
FROM THE MOVIE CORPORATE AMERICA ROCKS
AND NOW THE HOME GROWN MUSIC AWARDS.
BEST MUSIC IN A FEATURE
COMPOSERS KEVIN M. COTTER AND DIANE UNIMAN
“WE’RE GETTING LOSTER”
FROM THE MOVIE, TINK
BEST MUSIC IN FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
COMPOSER DONNA ROMAN HERNANDEZ
“ULTIMATE BETRAYAL”
FROM THE MOVIE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL
BEST MUSIC IN A SHORT DOCUMENTARY
COMPOSERS THOMAS FLOREK AND JOE BEZECK
“ONE SMOOTH RIDE”
FROM THE MOVIE ANCHOR HOUSE RIDE FOR RUNAWAYS
BEST MUSIC IN A SHORT ANIMATION
COMPOSER ARI PICKLER
“TALL TREES”
FROM THE MOVIE WINDOWS, MASKS, DOORS
Pick Of the Flicks:
Once Upon A Christmas Village
Dream Balloon Productions
Michael Attardi & Joseph Anselmo
Honorees:
Honorary Chairman: Dennis Hedlund
Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting: Celeste Holm
The Beacon Award : Joseph Friedman
The Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award for Acting: Samantha Ivers