The Garden State Film Festival 

2020 Winners 

Narrative Feature 

“Foster Boy” 

Andrew Sugerman, Peter Samuelson, Anne-Marie Mackay, Jay Paul Deratany-Producers 

Youssef Delara– Director 

International Narrative Feature 

“Be Good or be Gone” 

Les Martin, Declan Mills, Catha Nally, Cainneach McEoin– Producers 

Cathal Nally-Director 

Family Feature 

“Team Marco” 

Sam Sandweiss-Producer 

Julio Vincent Gambuto– Director 

Bud Abbott Award for Comedy Feature 

The Bellmen 

Jason Adler, Cameron Fife, Kim Waltrip, Ken Schur, Michael J. Wickham, Samantha Herman, Beau Johnson-Producers 

Cameron Fife-Director 

M. Carroll Raver Award for Cinematography 

“Guru Nanak” 

Adam Krell 

Horror/Thriller Feature 

“Dark Harbor” 

Edwin P Stevens, Cecilia E Stevens, Cory Pyke- Producers 

Joe Raffa-Director 

Narrative Short 

“Pipe Dream” 

Chris King, Heather King-Producers 

Chris King- Director 

Narrative Short-International 

“It’s Me” 

Andrea Casaseca– Producer/Director 

Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short 

“Age of Bryce” 

Brian Elliott, David Feagan-Producers

Brian Elliott, David Feagan–Directors

International Student-University Comedy Short 

“The West Kerry Cowboy” 

Peter Kilmartin-Producer 

Cian O Connor-Director 

Family Short 

“Tati’s Fashion Show” 

Stephanie Angel,Amir Arison-Producers 

Amir Arison– Director 

Emanuel “Manny” Berlingo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary 

“STALLONE: Frank, That Is” 

Chris May, Emmett James-Producers 

Derek Wayne Johnson-Director 

Best International Feature Length Documentary 

“Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism – Life and Legacy” 

Adam Krell-Producer 

Gerald Krell– Producer/Directors 

Best Short Documentary 

“Tofino is a Place” 

James Clower-Producer 

Ryan Struck- Producer/Director 

International Short Documentary 

“Arrival Archives” 

Suze Armstrong-Producer 

Maya Bastian-Producer/Director 

Animated Short 

“Burning Bright” 

Lisa Benson, Franceska Bucci, Aaron Bierman-Producer 

Aaron Bierman-Director 

International Animated Short 

United Kingdom 

“Master Moley By Royal Invitation” 

Tony Nottage-Producer 

Leon Joosen-Director 

International Commercial 

“Life is a Beautiful Journey” 

Sven Greif-Proucer/Director 

Web Series/New Media 

“Detention Adventure” 

Lauren Corber, Ryan West-Producers 

Joe Kicak-Director 

Music Video 

“Slow Dance” 

Taylor Bradshaw-Producer 

Travis Jones- Director 

Trailer 

“Bharal” 

Kathryn Carmichael-Produer 

Jake L. Reid-Director 

TV Pilot 

Divorce School 

Julie Zelman-Producer 

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld- Producer/Director 

Short University Graduate School 

Shannon Ryan-Producer 

Ben Tobin-Producer/Director 

International Short Documentary Unveristy 

Italy 

“Amici del Mare” 

Jackson Klarsfeld, Anthony Vitale, Benjamin Thomas Ward-Producers 

Tara Guaimano-Director 

International Narrative Short – High School 

Croatia 

“Zoe “ 

Stjepan Kefelja-Producer 

Marta Krunić, Director 

Short Animation – High School 

“Margo “ 

(Light House Studio) 

Amelia Maxham-Producer/ Director 

Libby Slaughter-Producer/ Director 

Ben Clark-Producer/ Director 

Summers Worthington-Producer/ Director 

Johnny Krosby–Groner-Producer/ Director 

Jhael J. Rasheed-Producer/ Director 

Victoria Stiefvater-Producer/ Director 

Conrad Heins-Producer/ Director 

Nicholas Tennery-Producer/ Director 

Jago Gould-Producer/ Director 

Short Documentary – High School 

“Dancing on Black & White” 

(Metuchen High School) 

John Li, Director 

New Jersey Hometown Documentary Short – High School 

Barry Rosezweig 

(Jackson Liberty High School) 

Alivia McGarry, Director 

Co-Director, Amber Buckley

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 

“Exit O” 

Gregory Voigt-Producer 

E.B. Hughes-Producer/Director 

Home Grown Short 

“Ironrite” 

Kelsey Combe-Producer 

Clayton Combe-Producer/Director 

Home Grown Comedy Short 

“Yet Another” 

Eric Hartmann-Producer 

Tim Disbrow-Producer/Director 

Home Grown Animation Short 

“Country Things” 

B.E.F. Oakes-Producer/Director 

Home Grown Animation Short Family 

“Kazumi Racecar Pig” 

David McBride-Director 

Home Grown Documentary Short 

“Unclaimed Remains” 

Ernie Diorio, Richard Gough, Carol Redlund-Producers 

Thomas Phillips-Producer/Director 

Home Grown Commercial 

Bayshore Center Promo 

Collin Pritchard-Producer/Director 

                            Home Grown Student Documentary Short – High School 

Relay for Life 

(Bridgewater – Ridge High School) 

Julia Schnarr-Producer/ Director 

Home Grown Student PSA – High School 

Words Kill 

(Washington Township High School) 

Jenna Epley–Director 

The Garden State Film Festival (“GSFF”) is proud to announce the winners for its acting awards. 

 
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE 

Shane Paul McGhie – “Foster Boy” 

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE 

Jessica Sipos – “Dark Harbor” 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE 

Garry Pastore – “Shooting Heroin” 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE 

Jenny-Lee Masterson – “Be Good or Be Gone” 

BEST ENSEMBLE (FEATURE) 

“Foster Boy” 

Matthew Modine, Shane Paul McGhie, Lex Scott Davis, Julie Benz, Amy Brenneman 

Evan Handler, Louis Gossett Jr., Michael Hyatt, Michael Beach, Dominic Burgess, Jordan Belfi, Krystian Alexander Lyttle 

BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT 

TJ Thyne – “Extra Innings” 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT 

DeAnna Toten Beard – “Age of Bryce” 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SHORT 

Josiah Schreiber – “Walking Point” 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SHORT 

Marta Belenguer – “It’s Me” 

Honorary Chair-Jack Ford 

Icon Award-Linda Hamilton – 

Lifetime Achievement-Matthew Modine 

Patriot Award-Robert Patrick – 

Independent Spirit-Tara Wood 

Home Grown Hero-David Burke – 

Exceptional Women In Film-Arianna Bocco – 

Broader Vision Award-Rock And Roll Forever Foundation – 

MVP-Nick Falcone – 

Educator of the Year-Robin Kampf – 

Rising Star-Ashley Platz –