Nov. 13-16, 2003

Tickets: (609) 884-6700

Thursday, November 13th
Location: Congress Hall

NJS Young Filmmakers' Festival
Free-No ticket required

Workshops Working with actors 9:30 – 11:45AM A hands-on workshop for young filmmakers. Well known actor Robert Prosky works with young filmmakers, helping them to discover how to direct actors in film and how to call forth great performances
Workshop: Sound & Music in Film
1:30 – 5:00PM A hands-on workshop for young film makers. Two-time Grammy Award Winning arranger Allan Slutsky and film composer Stephen Kaminski mentor young filmmakers helping them to discover how to use music and sound effectively in film. This is a practical hands-on workshop in which students learn about issues like copyright, sound effects, and sound editing.
12 NOON Press Luncheon
Meeting for the press with professional film educators, university faculty and trustees of the newly formed Cape May School of Media Arts.

Friday, November 14th
Location: Congress Hall

Film Writer’s Workshop
10:00 – 12:00 & 1:30 - 5:00
Screenwriter Joe Stinson presents his six hour workshop on screenwriting. This workshop is rich in filmmaking stories and lore drawn from Stinson’s long career working with Clint Eastwood and others. Stinson himself admits that interaction with the participants often redirects the content of the workshop in unplanned directions.
A certificate for six hours of continuing education will be provided to matriculated students. Includes admission to all Festival Saturday daytime events. Limited space.--sign up now.
12:00 Award Ceremony for winners of NJ Short Screenplay Competition

Friday night
Location: Congress Hall

7PM Opening Gala Reception
Performance by singing sensation, Tiffany Evans (grand-prize winner of CBS Star Search, featured on Oprah, Jay Leno) opens the festival with songs from her upcoming album.
8PM Governors’ award ceremony: William Baldwin
Actor William Baldwin (Backdraft, Sliver, Internal Affairs) and Tom Colitsas, CEO and Founder of CSC Cargo Films, will accept the award for their contribution to the rebirth of filmmaking in NJ and for initiating “Hollywood East”.
Little Kings (2003) New Jersey Premiere
Special Guests: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno (producer, director, co-writer), Jerome Bongiorno (cinematographer, editor, co-writer), and actors Dominic Pace, Mark Giordano, Johnny Giacalone, and Rita Pietropinto
11PM Afterdark “Wrap Party” in the Boiler Room, Congress Hall

Saturday, November 15: Daytime
Location: Franks Beach 4 Theater, Beach Ave. Cape May, 10AM-5PM

Theater 1– New Jersey Mix: Narrative and Documentary Films
10:00am – Echoes of a Ghost Minion: the story of Jewish Synagogues in South Philadelphia (1999)
Special Guests: Joseph Van Blunk, director and writer, Gus Rosanio, producer
10:00am – Touched (2003) NJ Premiere Special Guest: Mike Lemon, director, screenwriter.
1:00pm – Breath (2000)
Special Guest: Ken Klein, director
3:30pm – Mother-Tongue (1999)
Special Guests: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno (director, producer), Jerome Bongiorno (cinematographer, editor)
North of Providence (2003) NJ Premiere
Special Guest: Mark Belasco, director
Theater 2– Festival of Independent Shorts: Day long screening of independent shorts

Sidebar: Chicks with Flicks

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Sidebar: Black Maria Films

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Film Workshops

Film Festivals 101:
10-11AM Location: Congress Hall
A short introduction to how you can get the most out of this, and other, film festivals.

1:30 – 4:30 Saving One Life (in association with GABLES) Location: Congress Hall
Jim in Bold (2003) NJ Premiere
Special Guests: Glenn Holsted (director) & Malcolm Lazin (executive producer)
Followed by Panel Discussion: Saving the lives of young people who are “different”—e.g. gay, nerdy, quiet or withdrawn, smart, handicapped, minorities— from the average and who are then marginalized and often bullied by other students to the point of violence and suicide.
1:30 – 4:30 Cape May: The Migration Capital of North America (in association with NJ Audubon/CMBO) Location: Cape May Convention Hall, Beach Ave..
Winged Migration (2003)
Follows bird migration around the world. Followed by panel discussion: What makes Cape May the “migration capital of North America?”

Saturday: Evening

Festival Feature Selections
Location: Franks Beach 4 Theater, Beach Ave. Cape May, 7:30 and 10PM

Spellbound (2003) G
Special Guest: April DeGideo – Spelling Bee Contestant
The Station Agent (2003)( R)
Special Guest: Robert May, producer
The Event (2003)( R)
Special Guests: Tim Marback and Steven Hillyer – Co-Screenwriters and Executive Producers

Festival Feature Premiere
Location: Cape May Convention Hall, 7:30 and 10PM

Boardwalk (2003) US Premiere
Special Guests: Joseph Van Blunk, co-director, producer, writer; Gus Rosanio, Co-director, producer; Bob Ingram, writer, narrator, and co-producer.

Wrap Party
Location: The Boiler Room, Congress Hall

Sunday, November 17
Location: Congress Hall Ballroom, 10AM - 1PM

Cinema Cafe Brunch: brunch shared with festival filmmakers.10:00 AM – Noon $30 Includes Brunch and Films
Director's Pix - The Festival's Artistic Director Selects His "Best of Fest"
Celebration of films of John Columbus
Retrospective of the animation of Emily Hubley