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May NJ State Film Festival Highlights
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Thursday,
November 14
Opening Kick Off ... Open to the Public
Friday,
November 15:
Reception and Gala Festival Banquet
- The
Fralinger String Band opening night performance celebrating
the Mummers tradition in New Jersey and especially
North Wildwood, the summer home of the Mummers.
Saturday,
November 16:
Festival of Independents:
- Screening
of short, animated and experimental films and documentaries.
10AM to 5PM
Workshops:
- Screenwriters'
Workshop: by Joe Stinson, well known Hollywood
screenwriter and American Film Institute screenwriting
instructor. An intensive day long analysis of the
various elements that make up a screenplay. Both form
and substance will be examined. As will the art of
the "pitch".
- Options
for Distributing Independent Films Workshop: Greg
Williams,Lot 47
Films; Holly Sorenson, Shooting Gallery;
Max Raab, director/producer, Strut!
Seymour Mednick coproducer, Strut!
Feature
Films Include:
Standing
in the Shadows of Motown
One of the Festival Feature Selections
Saturday night. AllanSlutsky, author of the book and
screenwriter, producer and musical arranger for the
film will be present to introduce this new film about
Motown's legendary back up musicians.
Strut!
New
Jersey premiere of film about the Philadelphia Mummers,
shot partially in North Wildwood, NJ the Mummers' summer
home. The film was screened at the the Hamptons Film
Festival and the Philadelphia Film Festival.
Igby
Goes Down
Igby Slocumb
(Kieran Culkin), a rebellious seventeen-year-old boy,
is at war with the world of "old money" privilege
he was born into. Susan Sarandon plays his self-absorbed
and distant mother. Released in September.
Moonlight
Mile
Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman are the grieving
parents in this new film. Released in September.
The
Banger Sisters
Two
friends and former rock star groupies take different
paths in life. Starring Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn.
Released in September.
Scotland,
Pa
Comedic
retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, set in a rural
Pennsylvania fast food restaurant in the early 70’s.
Greg Williams, CEO of Lot 47 Films, the distributor,
will answer questions from the audience after the screening.
Divine
Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
A group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox
intervention to help a young playwright let go of her
painful past. Mays Landing, NJ actress Allison Bertolino
who plays the role of the young Siddalee Walker discusses
the film after the screening.
Feature
films will be screened at Hoyt's Beach 4 Cinema, 711
Beach Ave., Cape May, NJ
Sunday,
November 17
Cinema
Cafe at Congress Hall
11AM
brunch and screenings of short films followed by discussion
with the filmmakers, including:
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