Cape May NJ State Film Festival Schedule

Nov. 17-20, 2005

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

YOUNG FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL
9:30am to 3pm at Congress Hall
Free No ticket required for morning or afternoon sessions.

  • Morning Session
    Making the News, 9:30 am to 11:30 am at Congress Hall
  • Lunch
    Screening of Sleepyhead - 11:30-12:30pm
  • Afternoon Session
    High definition Make Up Workshop with Marianne Skiba, 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm at Congress Hall

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18

FILM WRITER’S WORKSHOP

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Congress Hall
Tickets: $60

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.
*Includes admission to all Festival Saturday daytime events. Limited space.

SCREENPLAY AWARD CEREMONY

12 noon at Congress Hall
Winners of NJ Short Screenplay Competition

OPENING NIGHT CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION

7:00 pm, Congress Hall. Gala cocktail reception followed by Awards Ceremony.

  • Award For Outstanding Achievement and Innovation In New Media to NFL Films, Steve and Ed Sobol.
  • Screening of Storyboard of My Life by Robert Castillo


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19

FESTIVAL CAFE

8am to 3pm, Cape May Convention Hall Catered by Cafe Promenade on Beach Avenue, a cafe will be set up in the
Lobby of Convention Hall for movie goers. Light breakfast and lunches will be available for eat in or take out. Located just across the street from movie theatre for your convenience.

FESTIVAL MATINEE

10:00am to 5:00 pm at Franks Beach 4 Theater
Independent Feature Tickets: $10 per screening (available at the door)
Independent Short Tickets: $10 for AM or PM sessions. (at the door)

10:00AM

  • Pillar of Salt and The Vanishing Black Male
  • Chicks with Flicks Film Festival
  • Festival of Independent Shorts, Part 1: Young Filmmakers Workshop curated by Stefan Prosky.

FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS

10AM at Congress Hall

  • The Forbidden Dance, presented by Gables

1PM at Congress Hall

  • The Phoenix Effect

AFTERNOON FESTIVAL MATINEE

1PM

  • Festival of Independent Shorts, Part 2: Young Filmmakers Workshop curated by Stefan Prosky.
  • That's Hot for Shore
  • Gerald Lynch, Sculptor

2PM

  • The Black Maria Film Festival curated by John Columbus.

3PM

  • Arthur Ashe: A Celebration of Life

FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Congress Hall and Convention Hall

  • The Forbidden Dance, presented by Gables
  • The Phoenix Effect

DIRECTORS DINNER

5 to 8pm, Cafe Promenade on Beach Ave.

Come enjoy a wonderful buffet dinner and speak with directors and producers from some of the selected films you have just seen or are about to see. Your first glass of wine is on the house. Cost is $25.00 per person.

FESTIVAL FEATURE SELECTIONS

Two showings : 7:30 and 9:30PM for all features at Franks Beach 4
Q & A with filmmakers after screening. Tickets: (As available after Festival pass holders) $15 at door.

  • Paper Clips
  • Street Fight
  • Several Ways to Die Trying

FESTIVAL FEATURE PREMIERE

8:00pm at Convention Hall

  • Joe and Maxi

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2005


CINEMA CAFE BUFFET BRUNCH

10:00 am to 12:00 noon at Congress Hall

Tickets: $30
Discuss the movies shown at this year’s festival with the filmmakers whose films has been shown over brunch. Each year the film festival has chosen a New Jersey animator/experimental filmmaker for a retrospective of their films.

  • Monet's Palate
  • Sister Rosa's Passion
  • Ryan, Academy Award winning 3D animation

FESTIVAL LOCATIONS:

  • CONGRESS HALL - 251 Beach Avenue
  • FRANKS BEACH 4 THEATER - 711 Beach Avenue
  • CAPE MAY CONVENTION HALL – 720 Beach Avenue

Cape May NJ State Film Festival Ticket Info