Bergen County Film Commission / Fort Lee Film Commission produced tribute reel to
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The Fort Lee FIlm Commission / Bergen County FIlm Commission thank our sponsors:
Tapei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
Imaginasiantv
http://www.iatv.tv/index3.php
2007 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Best of the Fest
NO CHILDREN by Lila Grilli of Ridgewood High School
Lilla wins a $1,000 bond for Best of Fest as well as 72 hours of post production time in Sirk Studios in Manhattan.
Time Warner Cable 2007 Audience Choice Awards:
INSIDE JOKE by Ramy Youssef of Rutherford High School
The award for Best Animated Film:
NO CHILDREN by Lila Grilli of Ridgewood High School
The award for Best Music Video:
CALL N' RETURN by Tricia Connelly of Rutherford High School
The award for Best Documentary:
IT'S GOTTA BE THE SHOES by Frank Ozoria of Teaneck High School
The award for Best Narrative Film:
GRADUATION GIFT by Kisoo Park of Northern Valley Regional High School
Each category winner and audience choice winner receive a $500 US Savings Bond.
2008 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow High School Student Film Festival
Applications will be available as of March 1, 2008 for the 2008 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Student Film Festival - visit www.jerseyfilmmakersoftomorrow.org to download a 2008 application. Screenings of the films of selected finalists will occur in the Fall of 2008 at selected venues throughout Bergen County including the Williams Center in Rutherford. Please call (201) 592-3663 for details.
We congratulate our 2007 JFOT Best of the Fest winner Lila Grilli for her award winning film "No Children" which can be viewed at www.jerseyfilmmakersoftomorrow.org.
BergenCountyFilmCommission.org
Bergen County Film Commission
The Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders created the Bergen County Film Commission on September 19th, 2007. The Fort Lee Film Commission worked with the Freeholder Board to establish this countywide film commisison to promote filmmaking in Bergen County. We hope to work with this newly established commmission and to participate on this commisison to advance the mission of the Fort Lee Film Commission in the areas of student filmmaking, film preservation and promotion of film shoots and film production in Bergen County.
BergenCountyFilmCommission.org
Help Save the Film Industry in the Garden State!
Governor Corzine has eliminated funding for the New Jersey State Film Commission starting July 1st 2008. That means they will no longer exist.
Beginning June 30th, 2008, the Government of the State of New Jersey has decided to eliminate the New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission from the state budget. Filming in the state of New Jersey generated $92 million dollars last year, money spent to employ New Jersey residents, as well as purchase goods and services from New Jersey businesses.
The Fort Lee Film Commission and the Bergen County FIlm Commission work closely with our colleagues at the state film commission and they have assisted us in bringing major film production to Bergen County over the years. New Jersey is the birthplace of the American Film Industry. Thomas Edison built and operated the first movie studio here in New Jersey. Fort Lee was the first film town in America, the site where Universal Studios and Fox Films was born. How can we as a state with this film history allow for the destruction of our state film commission, a commission responsible for bringing in millions of dollars of revenue and jobs to New Jersey each and every year?
Please visit this link to sign a online petition to save our state film commission:
http://www.savenewjerseyfilm.com/
2008 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow High School Student Film Festival
2008 JERSEY FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OF MARCH 1, 2008
The Fort Lee Film Commission, in association with the Bergen County Film Commission, announces the 2008 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Bergen County High School Student Film Festival. This festival will be part of the newly formed Reel Jersey Film Festival which will take place at the Williams Center in Rutherford September 25-28, 2008. Applications are available on the websitewww.jerseyfilmmakersoftomorrow.org or by calling (201) 592-3663. Entry forms must be returned by May 30th and films must be submitted by July 31.
Click here for the application part 1 in .PDF Format
Click here for the application part 2 in .PDF Format
Entry forms are available on this website. Entry form deadline is June 30, 2008 and all films must be submitted by the deadline of July 31, 2008. Call (201) 693-2763 with any questions.
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Vianna Episcopio Crowned Fort Lee Little Miss America 2007
The June 13th Movies & Music Under the Stars program drew a crowd of 500 to view the annual LIttle Miss America pageant. This tribute to the Palisades Amusement Park's annual pageant enters the fourth year of its rebirth as a Fort Lee institution in 2007. The original pageant ran from 1961 until the last year of Palisades Amusement Park, 1971. Fort Lee Recreation Department Superintendent Cheryl Westeyn and her assistant Rachel Smith organized this event in conjunction with the Fort Lee Film Commission. The contestants, all Fort Lee residents ages 5 to 10, performed musical and dance numbers.
Second runner up is Victoria Vado. First runner up is Tiffany Elcheouri. The 2007 Little Miss America is Vianna Episcopio. We congratulate all our wonderful participants, our judges and most of all Cheryl Westeyn and Rachel Smith who made this pageant a wonderful success.
2008 LITTLE MISS AMERICA APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
On June 18th, 2008 at the Fort Lee Community Center (1355 Inwood Terrace) the annual Little Miss America pageant will take place at 7pm as part of the Fort Lee Film Commission’s “Movies & Music Under the Stars” program. Applications are available at the Fort Lee Recreation Center or the Fort Lee Community Center. Call (201) 592-3612 for applications or download an application at www.fortleenj.org. Application deadline is May 16, 2008.
Left to right - Fort Lee Film Commission Chairman Nelson Page, 2006 Barrymore Award Honoree Academy Award winning actress Celeste Holm, Fort Lee Film Commission executive Director Tom Meyers and Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Festival Director Christina Kotlar at the Lafayette Theatre during the 2006 "Evening with Celeste Holm" tribute (photo by Donna Brennan).
2005 FORT LEE FILM COMMISSION BARRYMORE AWARD RECIPIENT THREEE-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILM EDITOR THELMA SCHOONMAKER WITH JERSEY FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW FINALISTS
Above: Fort Lee Film Commission 2005 Barrymore Award recipient three-time Academy Award winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker joins Festival Director Alan Hofmanis with Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow finalists at the 2005 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow awards dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Fort Lee. The Fort Lee Film Commission congratulates Thelma Schoonmaker on her 2007 Academy Award for film editing for the 2007 Best Picture "The Departed."
Law & Order in Fort Lee
Left to right - actress Kim Delaney, Law & Order SVU director and Fort Lee High School graduate Peter Leto, Law & Order Emmy-winning actress Mariska Hargitay, and Fort Lee Film Commission members Donna Brennan and Tom Meyers at recent film shoot in In Napoli Restaurant in Fort Lee (photo courtesy Donna Brennan).
Fort Lee Film Commission Restores 1912 Eclair Film "Robin Hood"
The Fort Lee Film Commission recently completed a two-year restoration of the only known existing print of the first surviving American film version of Robin Hood. This film, made at the Eclair Studio in Fort Lee in 1912 (current day site of Constitution Park on Linwood Avenue), was restored from a 16mm print and 35mm nitrate elements provided to the Film Commission by the late film collector Al Dettlaff. The film was restored and blown to 35mm. Fuji Films donated the film stock and the restoration process was directed by Sirk Productions' Kris Fraga, Marc Perez, John Sikes and B.B. Enriquez. Metropolis Film Labs of Manhattan under the direction of Jack Rizzo performed the lab work. Film historian and commission member Richard Koszarski led the restoration team in the reconstruction of inter title cards and insertion of 35mm elements. The Film Commission premiered Robin Hood at a June 23 screening at the Fine Arts Theatre in Hollywood, California. Pictured at the screening are film historian and Entertainment Tonight movie critic Leonard Maltin (center), Film Commission Chairman Nelson Page (left) and Film Commission Executive Director Tom Meyers (right). The Film Commission will hold the New Jersey premiere of "Robin Hood" during the October "Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow" program.
Photo by Donna Brennan
Teens of the Lou Costello Jr. Youth Center of East Los Angeles Complete "The Lou Costello Project" Film
The teens of the Lou Costello Jr. Recreation Center premiered their film "The Lou Costello Project" on June 24 at the Fine Arts Theatre in Hollywood, California. This film, produced jointly by the Mary Pickford Institute and the Fort Lee Film Commission, details the history of the Center and its founder Lou Costello and highlights the life of the kids of the Center today. A special thanks to documentary filmmaker Andie Hicks of the Mary Pickford Institute for her work with the teens of the Center. The Fort Lee Film Commission hopes to enter this film in film festivals across the country including the 2007 Garden State Film Festival.
Former FLFC Chair Lou Azzollini, Chris Costello, FLFC Exeuctive Director Tom Meyers, FLFC volunteer Scott Manganelli and Lou Costello Jr. Youth Center Recreation Coordinator Louis Euzarraga are pictured holding photos of Lou Costello at the Center.
2008 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow High School Student Film Festival
2008 JERSEY FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OF MARCH 1, 2008
The Fort Lee Film Commission, in association with the Bergen County Film Commission, announces the 2008 Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow Bergen County High School Student Film Festival. This festival will be part of the newly formed Reel Jersey Film Festival which will take place at the Williams Center in Rutherford September 25-28, 2008. Applications are available on the website www.jerseyfilmmakersoftomorrow.org or by calling (201) 592-3663. Entry forms must be returned by May 30th and films must be submitted by July 31.
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