{"id":117,"date":"2021-12-13T01:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T01:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2021-12-14T06:49:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T06:49:06","slug":"special-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com\/special-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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May 17 @ 6:30 pm\n
\nThomas Morahan Waterfront Park,
\n5 Windermere Ave, Greenwood Lake, NY\n

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\nThis Opening Night Party & Ceremony includes numerous Celebrity Guests and:\n

\nMingle with the stars and the world\u2019s most cutting edge Officially Selected Filmmakers at a closed, elegant, extravaganza red carpet event & cocktail hour. Includes complimentary top-shelf hors d\u2019oeuvres\/desserts and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as specially discounted cocktails.\n

\nShortly, the 2019 Recipient of HIFF\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award in Acting Will be Announced\u2026HIFF\u2019s 2018 award was personally accepted by Academy Award, Emmy & Golden Globe Winner LOUIS GOSSETT JR (An Officer and a Gentleman, Diggstown, Iron Eagle, \u201cRoots\u201d). A tribute video honoring Mr. Gossett\u2019s extraordinary career was played directly before the award presentation.\n

\nHosted by hilarious comedian Buddy Fitzpatrick\n

\nWorldwide premiere screening of A KARATE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE\u2026Starring Mario Del Vecchio, Julie McCullough, Mila Milosovic, Eric Roberts, Martin Kove, and Buddy Fitzpatrick, A KARATE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE is an inspirational, thrill-ride family Christmas movie\u2026Written\/produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio and written\/directed by Julie Kimmel\u2026See Trailer Here\n

\nAfter his father disappeared during a mass shooting on Christmas Day one year earlier, 10-year-old, precocious Jesse Genesis creates a \u201c12 Days of Christmas List\u201d of tasks. If he completes them all, including teaching himself to become a karate black belt, he believes his father will return on Christmas. Jesse\u2019s sophisticated, workaholic mother, Abby, believes her husband was lost in the shooting, but has a glimmer of hope through visions that Jesse reports to her. After Abby enlists the aid of an eccentric psychic-turned-law professor, a roller coaster thriller ensues, where the trio unravel a mystery that no one expected \u2013 and maybe, just maybe witness the delivery of a miracle that can only happen on Christmas.\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\nMay 23 @ 6:30 pm\n
\nThomas Morahan Waterfront Park,
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One of the Nation\u2019s Hottest Awards Ceremonies, this Event & Party features numerous Celebrity Guests and:\n

\n*Mingle with the stars and the world\u2019s most cutting edge Officially Selected Filmmakers at a closed, elegant, extravaganza red carpet event & cocktail hour. Includes complimentary top-shelf hors d\u2019oeuvres\/desserts and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as specially discounted cocktails.\n

\n*Hosted by superstar stand-up comedian GILBERT GOTTFRIED(.Problem Child; Aladdin; \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d)\n

\n*2019 HIFF Excellence in Acting Award Recipient TBA Shortly\u2026The 2018 award was personally accepted by Grammy Winner TIA CARRERE (True Lies; Wayne\u2019s World; Lilo & Stitch)\n

\n*2019 HIFF Lifetime Achivement Award in Writing Recipient TBA Shortly\u2026The 2018 award was personally accepted by Legendary Screenwriter KAREN McCULLAH(Legally Blonde; Ella Enchanted; 10 Things I hate About You;The House Bunny)\n

\n*Celebrity & Industry Personnel Award Presenters\n

\n*Live Award Presentations to the World\u2019s Leading Independent Filmmakers and Actors\n

\n*Clips from all Nominated Films in all Categories\n

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