Garden State Film Festival: TA12 (Apostasy Blues; Dog; Food For Thought)

Saturday, March 28, 2026 @ 2:30pm

The Asbury Hotel
210 Fifth Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Apostasy Blues - After a cult leader “raptures” along with his followers’ donation money, two cult members reenter the secular world to embark on a manhunt for their swindler from rural Ohio to New York City. Directed by Peter Pavlakis (01:29:29) East Coast Premiere

Dog - Music video for the song 'DOG' about the stresses of turning your life around. Featuring rapper and performer Raymond Strife. Produced by Selekta Fuzz. Directed by Andrew Wilkinson (00:02:54) New Jersey Premiere

Food For Thought - Adrift on the Asbury Park boardwalk, a half-starved sailor wanders between history and hallucination. Food for Thought is a surreal, salt-rusted meditation on hunger, erasure, and the price of progress. *Finalist 2025 AP'N3 Film Challenge. Directed by Gary Hanna (00:03:20) East Coast Premiere