IGU Comes Home to Atlantic City

After a triumphant year on the festival circuit, Ice Grill, USA returns home to Atlantic City, where the epic working class tale was first born as part of the inaugural Atlantic City International Film & Music Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 11, 2010 at 2:15pm.

Here is coverage of the event from The Press of Atlantic City: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/article_9e78aa7b-9a13-59e2-b2ad-3d2bbb1efd26.html As well as coverage from AC Weekly: http://www.atlanticcityweekly.com/arts-and-entertainment/features/Atlantic-City-International-Film--Music-Festival-100441809.html

You can support the IGU movement by coming out on the 11th, or passing on the official Facebook invite with all of the details: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=135263466515832&ref=mf

For further info on what promises to be an amazing cultural event for South Jersey, check out the official ACIFMF site here: http://acifmf.com/ as well as following @ACfilmandmusic http://twitter.com/ACfilmandmusic and IGU co-creator @GSantarsiero http://twitter.com/GSantarsiero on Twitter.

We look forward to seeing you all where it all started on 9/11/2010.

A Big June for IGU

After a busy June that had Ice Grill, USA screening 5 times in Long Beach Island, Hoboken, Philadelphia and Detroit, IGU closed out the month by taking home Best Feature at Philadelphia's new celebration of multicultural film, the 2010 Urban Suburban Film Festival.

Here's a link to Urban Suburban's award winners: http://www.urbansuburbanfilmfestival.com/awards.htm

Also, a link to staff photographer Alex Errico's phenomenal pictures from the event at the beautiful Hilton on City Ave. in Philadelphia. This album can be found on the IGU Facebook fan page:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=186338&id=58827735674&ref=mf

The entire Enlightened Party family would like to thank George, Andrew and the rest of the crew at Urban Suburban for their hospitality and for bestowing this honor upon our film.

June also found Ice Grill, USA featured in several Jersey media outlets including the prestigious Asbury Park Press. The APP piece included quotes like, "What elevates Ice Grill, USA above so many other street wannabes and Scorsese knock-offs is a searing devotion to authenticity... Forged through blood, sweat and tears, the film is a macrocosm of the American Dream that its characters strive for."

To read the rest of Stephen Bove's stirring IGU review, check it out here at Jersey Shore Metromix.com: http://jerseyshore.metromix.com/movies/article/review-ice-grill-usa/1983857/content

Ray Schweibert also covered IGU's Philly win in the hometown periodical Atlantic City Weekly. Here's the link:

http://www.atlanticcityweekly.com/arts-and-entertainment/features/Ice-Grill-Garners-Gold--98439739.html

IGU in the Garden State Film Festival

In something of a Jersey shore homecoming, Ice Grill, USA rolls into Asbury Park, NJ for the prestigious 8th Annual Garden State Film Festival on Saturday, March 27th at 8pm.

For details and to RSVP check our IGU Facebook fan page invite here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=341179830767&ref=mf and for further details on the festival, check out the official Garden State Film Festival website here:http://www.gsff.org/

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IGU's NYC Premiere

Enlightened Party Multimedia is starting 2010 large as it brings the Ice Grill, USA movement to NYC. IGU's New York City premiere will be as the Saturday matinee of the inaugural SoHo International Film Festival.

Be there on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 11:30am for a brisk winter afternoon as Atlantic City takes over the Big Apple.

The first SIFF will be held at the chic Chacala, NYC's "secret spot" located at 394 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Seating is limited, so get your tickets online and reserve your spot ahead of time here:
http://www.siffnyc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=69

The IGU movement is on the rise... Join us as our journey rolls into New York City.

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IGU Wins 5 in AC

In a triumphant homecoming for it's East Coast Premiere, Ice Grill, USA won 5 awards at the Downbeach Film Festival's AC Cinefest. With a packed house to open the festival including stars Connor Fox, Tyler Noble, Michael Angelo Ortiz, Los Jones, Ray McKnight, Rory Dunwoody and Kevin Interdonato, the Ice Grill, USA movement rolled on with five jury awards: Audience Award: Best of Fest, Best Young Actor for Connor Fox, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Angelo Ortiz, Best New Jersey Based Feature and Best New Directors for Mark Bernardi and Greg Santarsiero. Some coverage of the weekend's events follows here:

http://blogs.atlanticcityweekly.com/ac-central/2009/10/23/ice-grill-usa-wins-audience-award/

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/chuck_darrow/20091016_CasiNotes__Downbeach_Film_Festival_is_in_a_Garden_State_of_mind.html

http://www.shorenewstoday.com/news.php?id=5449

http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/2009/10/20/22148/the_downbeach_film_festival_presents_the_atlantic_city_cinefest

IGU October: East Coast Premieres

Following an award winning world premiere in Los Angeles, Ice Grill, USAcomes home for its East Coast premieres.

First (oh so appropriately) in Atlantic City as the opening film of the Downbeach Film Festival on Friday night 10/16/09 at 7:30pm at the screening room at Resorts Hotel & Casino. The screening will be followed by a Q&A and a reception running until midnight. The following afternoon at 1:30pm, the IGU creators, Greg Santarsiero and Mark Bernardi, will take part in the "Independent Filmmaking in the 21st Century" panel also held at Resorts. Tickets are available now online here:https://downbeachfilmfestival.ticketleap.com/buy-tickets/film/downbeach-film-festival-opening-night-film-and-reception/atlantic-city/002ADEDC-CF59-49C7-861F-5C9636D0F07

The following Friday, on 10/23/09 at 10:00pm, IGU arrives at the birthplace of the Enlightened Party movement, the setting of Rise By Sin, our home away from home--Philadelphia, PA as a spotlight screening in the prestigious FirstGlance Philly 12 Film Fest held at the Franklin Theatre at the Franklin Institute in center city Philadelphia. Tickets for this hot event are available now for presale (so get em while you can) here: http://www.firstglancefilms.com/buytickets

IGU Wins Jury Prize at World Premiere in LA

Ice Grill, USA wins the Best Feature Bronze Jury Prize at the Cinema City Int'l Film Festival in Los Angeles on September 12, 2009.

After a strong world premiere screening attended by the writer/producer/director team of Mark Bernardi and Greg Santarsiero, and IGU stars Tyler Noble, Los Jones, John Antorino and Frankie DiVita, as well as IGU female lead Denise Ramirez's sister Dania (X-Men) and Napoleon Dynamite's Efren Ramirez (no relation), IGU received stellar scores being edged out by the award-winning feature Like Dandelion Dust starring Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper and Cole Hauser.

Look for the East Coast premieres of Ice Grill, USA this October.