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Garden State Film Festival

Coordinates: 40°13′25″N 73°59′56″W / 40.223748°N 73.999011°W / 40.223748; -73.999011
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Garden State Film Festival
LocationAsbury Park and Cranford, New Jersey, U.S.
Founded2002
Founded byRobert Pastorelli, Diane Raver
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.gsff.org

The Garden State Film Festival is an annual film festival in the United States held in Asbury Park and Cranford, New Jersey, showcasing more than 200 independent films over four days each spring.[1][2]

The festival was founded in 2002 in Sea Girt, New Jersey by Diane Raver and Hollywood actor Robert Pastorelli.[1][3] Pastorelli and Raver mounted the first festival in 2003. As of 2017, the executive director is Lauren Concar Sheehy.[4]

The festival pays tribute to Jersey's legacy as the birthplace of American filmmaking in Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratories, and to Fort Lee, home to America's first motion picture industry. Participants frequently include a New Jersey tie.[1][5] The festival is one of Asbury Park's major cultural and economic forces.[6]

In 2021, the festival began including screenings at the century-old Cranford movie theater in Cranford, New Jersey.

The festival's 24th annual edition was held March 26–29, 2026, featuring 205 films and film-centered events.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gates, Anita (March 30, 2008). "A Film Festival That's Unabashedly Local". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Garden State Film Festival Moves to New Home [AUDIO]". 94.3 The Point.
  3. ^ "Diane Raver and the Vision That Built the Garden State Film Festival". The Jersey Review. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  4. ^ "The Cranford Theater Joins the Garden State Film Festival". NewJerseyStage.com. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Irish famine movie and James Joyce documentary project to be shown in the US". IrishCentral.com. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  6. ^ Community, Hunter Hulbert- (2020-03-24). "2020 Garden State Film Festival to launch four-day digital streaming event featuring over 240 films". Jersey's Best. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. ^ "MCINTOSH to Premiere at Garden State Film Festival 2026". BroadwayWorld. March 12, 2026. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
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