The Garden State Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Asbury Park, New Jersey which showcases over 100 films annually over three days in March or April. A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of Films in one or more Movie theaters or screening venues The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
The festival was founded in 2002 after a chance encounter in a Sea Girt, New Jersey grocery store by 25-year film industry veteran Diane Raver and Hollywood actor Robert Pastorelli. Sea Girt is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Robert Pastorelli ( June 21, 1954 &ndash March 8, 2004) was an American actor Mr. Pastorelli and Ms. Raver mounted the first festival in 2003. Since that time, such industry notables such as Glenn Close, Frank Vincent, Batman producer Michael Uslan, Austin Pendleton, Kurtwood Smith and others have lent their support. Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known Frank Vincent (born April 4, 1939) is an Italian American Actor and Musician. Michael E Uslan is the originator of the Batman movies and was the first professor to teach "Comic Book Folklore" Austin Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American Film, Television, and stage Actor, a Playwright Kurtwood Larson Smith (born July 3 1943 is an American television and Film actor
GSFF is an all-volunteer non-profit organization.