Tag: Garden State Film Festival

  • Area residents will appear in work to be screened at Garden State Film Festival

    Area residents will appear in work to be screened at Garden State Film Festival

    A Middletown resident and a Holmdel resident are starring in a short film that will be screened during the 19th Garden State Film Festival. “Not Yours,” a comedy starring Ryan Moore of Holmdel and Justin Guerrieri of Middletown, is scheduled to be screened during the festival on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. The short film…

  • Colts Neck filmmaker will have work shown in Garden State Film Festival

    Colts Neck filmmaker will have work shown in Garden State Film Festival

    The senior thesis film of a young filmmaker from Colts Neck will be shown at the 19th Garden State Film Festival. “Blood is Thicker,” a thriller directed by Colts Neck resident Jordan Goldstein, is scheduled to be screened during the festival on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. The film will be streamed live online at…

  • Howell filmmaker’s work will screen at Garden State Film Festival

    Howell filmmaker’s work will screen at Garden State Film Festival

    An 18-minute film a Howell resident shot entirely in the township has been selected to be screened at the 2020 Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park. The Garden State Film Festival is celebrating its 18th anniversary and will take place from March 25-29. The event will unveil world premieres and feature Hollywood stars and…

  • Actress has persevered to make her mark in entertainment industry

    Actress has persevered to make her mark in entertainment industry

    Danielle Nicolette Najarian has acted on stage since she was in grade school in Bergen County. She continued to pursue her craft when her family came to Jackson and when she moved to California to make her way in the entertainment industry. Najarian, who recently moved back to New Jersey, served as a host during…

  • Manalapan filmmaker earns awards at Garden State Film Festival

    Manalapan filmmaker earns awards at Garden State Film Festival

    “Azaliah & AJ at Special Strides,” a film directed and produced by Manalapan native Jenna A. Bush, won the Home Grown Public Service Announcement award and the Best Documentary Theme from a Home Grown Short in the Movie Music Competition at the recent Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park. Bush is a 2007 graduate…

  • Local filmmakers will have work shown at Garden State Film Festival

    Local filmmakers will have work shown at Garden State Film Festival

    Films created by two residents with connections to western Monmouth County will be screened at the 2018 Garden State Film Festival. “Roadie: The Documentary,” directed by Manalapan resident Timothy Hoffmann, will screen on March 24 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel’s Kingsley Ballroom, 1401 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, according to a press release.…

  • Manalapan filmmaker’s work selected for festival

    Manalapan filmmaker’s work selected for festival

    The Garden State Film Festival has announced that the film “Broken Home,” directed by Manalapan resident Rob Cuollo, will screen at the 2017 festival in Atlantic City. “Broken Home” is based on a true story centering around the downfall of a mother-son relationship due to her alcoholism, according to a press release. The bond between…

  • Area residents will have work shown at film festival

    Area residents will have work shown at film festival

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer Three local filmmakers will have their work shown at the 14th annual Garden State Film Festival which will run from March 31 through April 3 in Atlantic City. Visitors may pay $12 for an individual screening or $45 for a weekend pass. Joe Minnella, 34, of Howell, will screen his…