The Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival

01/07/2026

We celebrated our esteemed founder of the Ridgewood Guild and our International Film Festival, Tony Damiano🤍

04/27/2025

Congratulations to our International Best Actor, amazing GARY SAMOLIN, for his role as ‘Grant’ in the Australian film, ‘Curtain Call’ directed by Harrison Winter Altmann in one take with no cuts! As Grant, Gary plays a seemingly once-prominent actor who is now confined to community theatre entering the chaotic world of amateur stage productions. His self-centered monologues and dismissive behavior toward others highlight his struggle to accept his diminished career.

04/27/2025

Congratulations to Best Actress Winner, terrific LYNDSAY SMART, for her role as Amy in the film ‘Diagnosis’ directed by Larry Rosen. As Amy, Lyndsay plays a woman who is misdiagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer going through a cycle of grief and worry about leaving her family behind. The film is based on a true story.

04/27/2025

Congratulations to Best Actor Winner, incredible MICHAEL W. GAINES, for his role in ‘Don’t Forget to Pray’ directed by Robert Ascenio. Michael is a man sitting with his thoughts reminiscing about unborn tokens of love while feverishly chasing a Iight that he hopes its luminance will heal his wounds.

04/26/2025

Congratulations to The Best Documentary Film, ’Space Cowboy’, directed by BRYCE LEAVITT & MARAH STRAUCH. Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, looks back on a lifetime of creating moments in film and movies.

04/26/2025

Congratulations to our Best Short Winner ’Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob’ by PAT BATTISTINI. A hilarious comedy that results when Ms. Rossi is picked up at the airport by the wrong driver!

04/26/2025

Wonderful Best International Animation film by HANNES RALL, ‘Shakespeare for All Ages’ (Germany). Would you be able to recognize the Bard’s most famous plays as they flow dynamically into one another?

04/26/2025

Congratulations to our Best Undergrad Student Winner, YELISEY KAZAKEVICH, for his comedic short, ‘The Notice’. He asks, ‘What could go wrong?’

04/26/2025

Congratulations to our Best High School Student filmmaker, CYNTHIA CAI, for her beautiful documentary, ‘Echoes of Silk and Tides:An Ethnic Introspection’.

04/26/2025

Congratulations to the winner of the Lynne Clements Memorial Award for the Most Promising Filmmaker, THEODOR MAXIMILIAN DONA, ‘Why Do It?’ ?

04/23/2025

Check out all 41 film overviews of our Festival starting at 4:00PM tomorrow

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04/23/2025

Join us tomorrow at the 14th Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival. Click below to get the Schedule of Films!

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