| Location | Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.gsff.org |
TheGarden State Film Festival is afilm festival in the United States held inAsbury Park andCranford, New Jersey, which debuts more than 200 independent films annually over four days each spring.[1][2]
The festival was founded in 2002 inSea Girt, New Jersey by Diane Raver and Hollywood actorRobert Pastorelli.[1] Pastorelli and Raver mounted the first festival in 2003.As of 2017, the executive director is Lauren Concar Sheehy.[3]
The festival pays tribute to Jersey's legacy as the birthplace of the American filmmaking inThomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratories, to Fort Lee, home toAmerica's first motion picture industry, and participants frequently include a New Jersey tie.[1][4] The festival is one of Asbury Park's major cultural and economic forces.[5]
In 2021, the festival began including screenings at thecentury-old Cranford movie theater inCranford, New Jersey.
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