Join Us July 18 for FilmOneFest 2020!

  For 2020 the finalists selected for FilmOneFest was presented in 30-minute episodes on four consecutive Tuesdays leading up to the festival date on Facebook Live.  PJ Bracco, an award-winning actor/director, helped to produce the series with films, interviews, and other content. 

On July 18, the date of the festival, FOF winners were announced at 8:00 PM, again on Facebook Live. 

Award Winners 2020 

2020 Winners

• Animation: Charlie & Yip - Director: Alexander Williams - UK
• Comedy: Feet as Big as Zucchini's – Director Cyrion Willems - Netherlands
• Drama: The Sense of Sight - Director: Vladislav Sergienko - Ukraine
• SciFi: Sustain - Director: Jake Bentley - UK
• Horror: Dark Passage - Roshni "Rush" Bhatia - US
• Gartenberg Award: Country Things Director B.E.F.  Oakes.  NJ
• Director's Choice - Chatter – Director Natasha Lewin - US
• FilmYoung - Young Filmmakers:  Winter Sleep – Director Max Shoham - Canada
• FilmYoung - NJ Filmmaker: Void – Directors Nidhi Patel & Maria Martinez - US
• FilmSlam - Egg Celsior – Directors Tom Leonard and Ada McCrady - US

2020 JUDGE'S CHOICE  AWARDS:

• Susan Littenberg – Chatter Director Natasha Lewin - US / Honorable Mention - Buhle, The Movie Man -  Director Tamarin Gerriety - South Africa
• Robert O'Connor - Troll – Director Dan Lord  - UK / HM: Grandma's Pancakes – Director Vykintas Labanauskas.- Lithuania
• Gedney Webb: World of the Fluffs – Director Chaisi Glover  - Canada / HM: Feet as Big as Zucchinis – Director Cyrion Willems -Netherlands
• Victor Zak - Textures of a Confinement – Director Alejandro Bonilla -  Venezuela / HM: Charlie & Yip - Director Alexander Williams  United Kingdom
• PJ Bracco - Overthinking It – Director Chen Sing Yap - Canada / HM: Chatter Director Natasha Lewin - US
• Meghan Kaltenbach - BeBetter - Director Daniel van Westen Germany   HM: Falafel Sundays - Directors Fahim Arif, Pracheta Ahana— Bangladesh

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FilmOneFest 2019

In 2019,  record high temperatures couldn’t deter the crowds who gathered for the 11th Annual FilmOneFest held at the Atlantic Highlands Marina. More than 1,000 viewers attended to view a total of 43 films  selected from a field of 2,350 submissions from over 100 countries.  

The event kicked off on a high note at 6:00 p.m. with musical entertainment from local bands Double A, Zoochie, and headliner Cranston Dean Band. 

New this year were interstitials created for the event by locals "The Bagsville Initiative" and collaboration with 5-Second Films.

And the winners:

2019 Winners

• Best Animation: "Home Sweet Home" by Maria Robertson
• Best Comedy: "The Chop" by Jennifer Sheridan
• Best Drama: "Come Here Often?" by Michael Boylan
• Best Documentary: "Mel" by Jason MacQueen
• Gartenberg Award: "Imagine" by Keegan Larwin
• Director's Award: "Nuraiyah" by Khevyn Ibrahim
• Audience Choice Award: "Come Here Often?" by Michael Boylan

2019 Judges Choice Awards

• Gedney Webb: "Dummy Up" by Carlos Andres Reyes
• Robert O'Connor: "Confined" by The Zavitsanos Brothers
• Holland Farkas: "Rudolf" by Ramon Arango
• Johnny Grasso: "Just a Couple Plates of Spaghetti?" by Snakes O’Sullivan
• Susan Littenberg: "Mel" by Jason MacQueen
• Victor Zak: "Come Here Often?" by Michael Boylan
• Jon Crowley: "Vivaldi Was a Redhead" by John Corcoran