Last weekend was the 4th annual GIAA Festival of Short Films and Videos (http://www.giaafilmfest.com/). It's taken me most of this week to catch my breath and take a (semi-objective) look back, but it was truly a success, and even better than I had hoped.
Friday and Saturday nights were near-capacity crowds, and the afternoon sessions weren't far behind. I'll be posting photos on the festival website over the next few days, but I thought this one of me with GIAA President Carlo Fiorletta (aka my husband) and our Best Actor award winner Vincent Pastore would be a great way to start.
I went over the photos last night, and we have at least 20 of Vince. I don't think he smiled in a single one of them. But in person, he was a (slightly nervous) delightful and engaging presence, and clearly delighted to win the award. He did a terrific job in Alienated, a sci-fi comedy directed by GIAA President Emeritus Paul Borghese, and I'd love to see him do more comedy in the future.
Other festival highlights included the presentation of the Best Movie award to Tick Tock,
a tale of forbidden love starring Tracey Birdsall-Smith and Stuart Smith; I'll have photos of that soon as well.
Viewers took their job of picking the Audience Favorite awards very seriously (one at each screening), and the winners were:
Friday night: Vinny Vino, directed by Bill Sorice
Saturday afternoon: Soundlabs People, directed by Raffaele Passerini
Saturday night: Alienated, directed by Paul Borghese
Sunday afternoon: With Anchovies....Without Mamma, directed by Thomas Justino
Onward to year 5...
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