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Some highlights from @njwebfest last weekend. 📸

This Festival showcased a solid slate of shorts and audio fiction and brought together a talented group of artist from around the world. We are so thankful to be accepted and take home the award for Best Director in a Comedy for our first year in attendance! 🏆

Huge shoutout to @neem_basha and @neddonovan for putting together this absolute gem of a festival right in our backyard. They really make you feel welcome and accepted at the festival as if you’ve been attending for years. Out of all the festivals we attended with No Witnesses, this was one of the top ones. Whether you’re NJ based, across the country, or on the other side of the world. We highly recommended submitting your projects to this festival.

Overall, we had a fantastic time here and can safely say this will not be our last NJ Webfest! 🎬
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#shortfilm #actor #nj #director #filmfestival

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Where do I begin.

This is the first award I’ve won for directing. Crazy thing is, when I started my journey into filmmaking I didn’t have the confidence or desire to be a director, but No Witnesses changed that. Despite three unsuccessful attempts at making this film, I knew it could be done, and it could be done right. I just wanted to make this film and then continue on the path of trying to be a cinematographer. I gathered some of my closest friends and collaborators and made it happen. While in the midst of the four long nights of shooting in the cold, with multiple moving parts, something clicked, something felt right. The experience made me realize directing is what I wanted to do.

What I love about directing/ filmmaking in general is how collaboration is essential to your success. I’ve been saying that a director is only as good as the people they surround themselves with, and this group of people who worked on the film are people I’ll ALWAYS try bring with me on whatever film I direct. This is an art form that you literally cannot do alone, and this award equally belongs to all talented creatives that filled up my cast and crew who made No Witnesses a reality.

Thank you @njwebfest for this award! And thank you to @neem_basha and @neddonovan for running such a gem of a festival and welcoming a first time attendee with open arms. You truly have something special with this festival.

Winning this award with @sidequestshortfilm on the horizon has validated my path and supercharged my passion towards this craft. I cannot wait to be on set again doing what I love surrounded by my closest friends who share that same passion.

Quick shout out to @drew.actor for not only being the BEST actor to play Tony, but for showing up to EVERY film festival, and recording this acceptance speech.

Never stop creating! 🎬
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Rachel, Casey and Drew have been hard at work making sure they can bring this vision to life, and for the sake of community building and supporting the ethos of Tabletop, I'm stepping in to help. This Gothic Cathedral DM screen, illustrated by Honey Potts, is up for grabs for supporters of the Sidequest Short Film. Go follow them to figure out how this, and potentially more can be yours, all after filming wraps

#dndmovie #sidequestshortfilm
#customwoodworking #ttrpgcommunity

@sidequestshortfilm @rachelkordell @vanguardstudiosofficial and @dailyprofound
@casey_reardon @rob_watt_ @drew.actor

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ONE LAST DAY! 🎲🎥

If you haven’t contributed to Side Quest campaign yet, now is your chance! Help us hit our stretch goals, and watch the quality of our films soar. All contributors will be entered into a raffle for @tusanotradingco props that are featured in the film.

If you plant to donate RIDE NOW!

Thank you to all who have gotten us this far and we’re excited to see how far we can go. Better late than never! 🎲

#shortfilm #sidequest #indiefilm #dnd #ttrpg

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Next in our cast is @drew.actor as our brutish biker 🏍️

Drew is an NYC based actor with over a decade of experience under his belt. While out on the West Coast, Drew cultivated an academic and professional career in musical theater. Performing in a variety of stage productions in school at AMDA and post graduation.

Recently, Drew moved to NYC and fell in love with the intimacy of film and has worked on a numerous Productions included two shorts for @vanguardstudiosofficial “No Witnesses” and “Standoff.” He looks forward to another collaboration with a group of filmmakers who share the same professional and passionate energy he brings to every production.

#shortfilm #actor #sidequest #indiefilm #dnd

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One last ride. 🎥

Thank you @njwebfest for not only accepting No Witnesses to their festival but for nominating the film for FIVE AWARDS! Big round of applause for @drew.actor, @rob_watt_ , @dylantollefson and @niz_10 for their nominations!

We are excited to be a part of the festival and cannot wait to attend next month!
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Congratulations to these 4 for booking a major airline commercial ✈️ 🤩🥳❤️

#cspmanagement #citizenskull #proudmanager #citizenskullproductions #casting #actor #workingactor @mark.r.myers @citizenskull @csp_mgmt @citizenskull

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Standoff cleans up at Mount Vernon! 🏆

Not only did Standoff open the first iteration of the @mount_vernon_film_festival , it took home awards for both "Best Writing" and "Best Crime/Thriller Film." A huge round of applause for @n.r.keye for his screenplay and our talented Cast & Crew, who's work shows through every frame of the film.

We'd love to give a shoutout to Festival Director @bryanfilm123 He did a fantastic job organizing and running the first year of festival, as well as putting together an impressive slate of films, and informative panels

We'd highly recommend submitting a film to next year's festival to help this indie festival grow!
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Standoff will be opening for the @mount_vernon_film_festival this Saturday. 🎬

Looking to forward to screening the film at another festival!

#standoffshortfilm #vanguardstudios #shortfilm #film #indiefilm #indiefilmmaking #njfilm #montclairfilm #SupportArtists #cinema #filmmaking #actor #producer #director #filmfestival #newyork #nyfilm #mtvernon #mtvernonfilmfestival

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The big 3️⃣-0️⃣ finally hit. It’s 10 days late, but hey better late than never right?

Looking back on the past decade, I’ve learned a lot, made mistakes, hit great highs, experienced bad lows and accomplished so much, especially in the past few years. I can safely say I absolutely love what I do for a living, and I’m privileged that I’m surround by an incredible group of filmmakers and friends to undertake the journey together. 🎬

Some accomplishments of this decade include:

-Graduated Montclair State University
-Met a whole new group of people at MSU who I can call lifelong friends and collaborators
-Wrote and Directed a short film I’m incredibly proud of
-Started a production company @vanguardstudiosofficial
-Produced and worked on countless films
-Attended numerous film festivals around the country
-Saw not one, but two Eagles Super Bowl wins
-Went to Ireland
-Drastically improved my physical health
-Made some incredible memories
-And so much more

Huge thank you for everyone who came out to celebrate with me despite it being a cold rainy day at a beach bar. I have no idea what’s in store for my 30s, but I know I’ll have an even longer list of accomplishments and more items checked off the bucket list, by the time this decade wraps. The road goes ever on and on and I’m not letting anything get in my way to whatever goal lies ahead.

Let’s make this the based decade yet! 😎🎥

(PS I could only tag 20 people, sorry if I couldn’t squeeze you in 😅)

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Introducing Drew Grant as Paul

A familiar face to Vanguard Studios shoots, @drew.actor is an NYC based actor with a wide variety of work in both the film and theater worlds. Moving to New York, he fell in love with the intimacy of film, and has starred in two Vanguard Studios previous shorts that included “No Witnesses,” and “Standoff.”

He is looking forward to another collaboration with Director Rob Watt, and working with a similar group of filmmakers that bring professionally and passion on every set.
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Pre-Production for Picking Up The Pieces is full steam ahead! 🎥

Our next film is a more somber and dramatic piece. One about a reunion between a former couple that will force them confront their mutual unresolved feelings. A story of love, loss, and closure.

Stay posted for more announcements and updates as the month unfolds!
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