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Organizers of First Annual Golden Door International Film Festival Announce Nominated Films for this Years Festival.


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October 13 to October 16th Multiple theaters in Jersey City
October 13 to October 16th Multiple theaters in Jersey City

At an early morning press conference on Wednesday September 21st, at Bar Majestic in Downtown Jersey City, Bill Sorvino, Festival Director of the Golden Door Film Festival and organizers along with Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy in attendance announced to the public the three day event and all  films nominated at the first film festival to be held in Jersey City from October 13 to October 16th, 2011

Read our River View Cover Story on Festival Here

 

Bill Sorvino  said “My goal is to get a lot of independent filmmakers a way to shine, and help the city’s huge renaissance and artistic community.”

41 films, will be featured and Sorvino who has worked hard for the past year and the half on organizing the festival is looking forward to the start of the festival but added in “these last weeks before the festival a lot has to be accomplished.”

The following films have been nominated within their perspective categories:

BEST FEATURE : 

·Nightclub  Victims

·Moment of Truth: The Andy Myers Story

·Life Camera Action

  • Kerberos

    •  BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE

    Sam Borowski -Nightclub

    David Bryant -Victims

    Steven Canfield Crowley -Moment of Truth:The Andy Meyers Story

    Rohit Gupta- Life Camera Action

    William Kely McClung -Kerberos

     

    BEST MALE LEAD

     Ernest Borgnine -Nightclub

    Rick Haymes,Andy Meyers, in Moment of Truth:The Andy Meyers Story

    Shaheed K. Woods -Life Camera Action

    William Keli McClung -Kerberos 

     BEST FEMALE LEAD

     Natasha Leone -Nightclub

    Sarah Coyle -Victims

    Whitney Sullins -Kerberos

    Dipti Mehta -Life, Camera, Action

     BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

     Sally Kellerman- Nightclub

    Will Keating- Echo 

    Rob Pralgo- Kerberos

    Brian Williams- Night Club

     BEST DOCUMENTARY

     The Secret Life of…My Small Urban Backyard -John Dunsten

    Dams the Lethal Water Bombs -Sohan Roy

    In the Footsteps of Willie Sutton -Rich Gold

    Kevin Jay- Duplass

    Street Corner Harmony -Abraham Santiago

     BEST SHORT

     Quirk of Fate

    The Risen 

    Bright 

    Asbury Park  

    Terms of Employment

    Fatakra 

     BEST SHORT SHORT

     Another Day Another Life

    In Transit

    Business Is Dead

    The Waking

    Decent Men

     BEST JERSEY CITY FILM

     Business is Dead -Vito LaBruno

    Secret Life in My Small Urban Backyard -John Dunsten

    Another Day Another Life -Rohit Gupta

      Lifetime Achievement Awards -Paul Sorvino,-Leon Gast–Keys to the City

    Sponsors of the Golden Door Film Festival

     -Norman And Bettina Robert’s Foundation

    -Friends of the Loew’s

    -Building Hosting.com

    -Bar Majestic

    -LITM

    -Art House Productions by Christine Goodman

    -Studio III VII I by Stephanie Panepinto

    -The city of Jersey City- Chambers

    -Five Corners Library- Mildred Hunke Theater

    -Oakwood Dental Arts

    -Mark Ruggeri DDS

    -Rich Rodek Graphic Designs

    -PATH

    -NYC-JC

    -Hudson Reporter

    -HAIG graphics

    -The CPA Firm of Carr, Dailey, Sullivan and Weir PC

    -Ron Shaljian ESQ

    -The Riverview Observer

     For More Festival Information Click Here

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