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Poster art by renowned artist Joan Snyder. Prelude/Yellow Field (detail), 2015. Poster design by Joshua Bryant.
3All Events are subject to change, for latests updates visit 2022 WoodstockFilmFestival.org STAFF FESTIVAL FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Meira Blaustein FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDER Laurent Rejto OPERATIONS Operations & Admin Director Sage Higgins Office & Community Relations Manager Teressa DelCampo Digital Content Manager Trevor Roberts Deputy Operations Charlee Liebeskind Volunteer Coordinator Celia Baruchin Tech Director Jeff Kantor Art Director Stacey Anderson Pipe & Drape Devin Cabrera Board President/Special Events Lauri Andretta Executive Assistant Hannah Hackett COMMUNICATIONS Communications Manager Casey O’Connell Press Coordinator Abby Shaffer National PR Roger & Cowan PMK Videographer Megan Sperry & SUNY New Paltz Students Photo Editor Jason Vasquez Print Trafficker Mark Tureski Graphic Design Naomi Graphics Printed Program Proofreader Leslie Snow PROGRAMMERS Features Programmer Meira Blaustein Shorts Programmer Amanda Naseem Animation Programers Joy Buran & Noelle Melody Youth Film Lab Program Director Megan Sperry Filmmakers Residency Artistic Director Alex Smith Top Screener & Programming Advisor Nikki Goldbeck Additional Programming Amir Bogen FESTIVAL Maverick Awards Producers Valen Golden & Tomas Serrano Guest Relations Director Kayt Marcos Panel Coordinator Sam Light Food Coordinator Beth Troxell Production Lead Phillip Levine Registration Tracy Kamien BOX OFFICE Box Office Manager Mia Barbuto BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT & TREASURER Lauri Andretta BOARD VICE PRESIDENT Claude dal Farra BOARD SECRETARY Dave Baldwin Vicki LaceyCheslerSchwartz Delgado Claude Del Farra Jonathan Gray Kevin Greene Ilene Marder Hinchey Sarah Johnson Jeff RogerPeterNicoleMorrisQuinnSarafRossWilliams ADVISORY BOARD Richard Abramowitz Judy GriffinVincentRobinBlairJoeSigneArthurBaumaneBerlingerBreardBronkD’OnofrioDunne Jessica Edwards Heidi BillTedGillSabineEthanRachelEwingGradyHawkeHoffmanHollandHopeHorberg Barbara Kopple Melissa Leo Marian Koltai-Levine Mary Stuart Masterson Stephen Nemeth Ron Nyswaner Bill AidanPlymptonQuinn
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“It was the first painting in a series of paintings that I made that spoke of life anddeath … dried flower stalks and yellow fields then growth signified by bright paint strokes. I’m thrilled and honored to have my work chosen for the 2022 Woodstock Film Festival poster. The painting was a fresh start for me and hopefully will signify an exciting year for the festival.” - Joan Snyder
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Founded in 2000, the Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that nurtures and supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, community, educational and economic
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2022 has brought a new awareness to this country and has been a wake-up call that we can and must all have a voice in our destiny. As we reach the fall and enter the 23rd year of the Woodstock Film Festival, I pause to reflect upon the years that have gone by, the changes in our world, and the distance we as people and as filmmakers have traveled during that time. In that frame of mind, the Woodstock Film Festival welcomes everyone to the place where ideas are born, nurtured and shared, and where the visions of innovative thinkers, artists, and explorers abound.
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5All Events are subject to change, for latests updates visit 2022 WoodstockFilmFestival.orgWELCOMETO THE 23 RD ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
As the festival begins, please join me in welcoming the hundreds of filmmakers and artists who have traveled here from near and far for five inspiring days of cinema celebration. Join me also in welcoming the thousands of audience members who make it possible for the independent film industry to thrive and shine a light on our Iworld.invite you all to come to the movies, panels, and parties, visit the local galleries, shops, restaurants, artists’ studios, and recording studios, enjoy the creeks and lakes, mountains, and fields. Get inspired and uplifted. Get enraged and compassionate. Get motivated to take charge of your world — or simply sit back and enjoy a few hours of Woodstock energy. I encourage you to be adventurous and attend an eclectic mix of films. As you delve into the wide-ranging selection, you will witness the exciting talent of directors, screenwriters, and actors who are not afraid to reach for the undiscovered and challenge the norms. And you will have a chance to interact with many of them, which is what makes going to a film festival so special. We are thrilled to bring you all of this and so much more, not only in the colony of the arts of Woodstock, but also in the neighboring towns of Rosendale, Kingston, and Saugerties. This is a region-wide celebration and event. Before I sign off and wish you all a happy festival, I want to thank the countless volunteers, our board of directors and our advisory board, the filmmaking community, as well as the local towns, businesses, individuals and communities, our filmmakers’ hosts, our sponsors and individual contributors, and, of course, our staff. There would not be a Woodstock Film Festival without all of you. Thank you!
As I sit and write this, I am overcome by anticipation knowing we are about to welcome thousands of creatives and film lovers to a full-blown film festival. With many attending filmmakers, and exciting screenings, panels, and events, filmmakers and audiences will once again come together in a friendly, intimate, nurturing, and inspiring setting.
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Welcome to the 2022 Woodstock Film Festival everyone. See you at the movies. Blaustein Co-Founder / Executive Director
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A film festival is a curated world, lived for just a few days, where ideas are developed and exchanged, careers are born, and new relationships sprout, all of which last into the future. The past two years have challenged our mission but we persevered by taking advantage of local drive-ins and online opportunities (2020), and when social distancing permitted (2021), using a few indoor venues, a makeshift drive-in, and online streaming. But this year the festival will rise up at numerous indoor venues throughout the Hudson Valley, along with a limited online program. And so today it gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone back. It’s time to celebrate together the art and craft of film with all its diversity and glory once again!
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In MARCH, the Woodstock Film Festival held a sold-out Virtual Masterclass on Pro ducing, hosted by indie super producer, film professor and former Amazon Studios ex ecutive Ted Hope (American Splendor, The Wedding Ban quet, The Tender Bar)
Two additional film screenings also took place in De cember: The First Wave, courtesy of National Geographic Docu mentary Films that was followed by Q&A with the film’s direc tor, subjects and crew. WFF also proudly presented an intimate screening of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s critically acclaimed drama Drive My Car, courtesy of Janus Films.
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FEBRUARY 2022 In February, WFF presented a spe cial evening with Mary Stuart Mas terson, screening her 2007 feature directorial debut The Cake Eaters at the beautifully scenic Hutton Brick yards Winter Pavilion in Kingston, NY. A moderated conversation and Q&A with the awardwinning actress and director closed out the evening.
MARCH 2022 In March, WFF hosted an Oscars Viewing Party at White Feather Farm with support from Jane Street Art Center and William Gottlieb Real Estate.Also in March, the Woodstock Film Festival hosted a sold-out screening and Q&A event with actor/ director Matt Dillon and his 2002 thriller and directorial debut, City of Ghosts.
YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS
The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that nurtures and supports emerg ing and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round pro gramming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities and economic growth.
WFF provides innovative mentoring and inspired educational programs benefitting filmmakers, stu dents and diverse audiences, while serving as a powerful cultural and economic engine for New York’s Hud son Valley and beyond. The Festival is centered in the historic arts colony of Woodstock, with additional events held in nearby towns including Kingston, Saugerties and Rosendale. It celebrates the art and craft of filmmaking with screen ings, panels, and events throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley.
EDUCATION
The 2nd Annual Filmmakers Residency/ Incubator took place this year during the month of MAY. In collaboration with Theoria Foundation and White Feather Farm with additional support from Gi gantic Pictures, four emerging filmmak ers of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds came together to develop their individual full-length narrative and documentary films, each addressing so cial justice themes. With guidance from the program’s artistic director, artistic consultant at large, four mentors, and numerous guest mentors, the residents focused on developing their film projects throughout the month.Bythe end of the Residency, the filmmakers had developed a cohesive foundation for their projects, and left ready to embark on the actual making and/or completion of their films. Following the Residency, par ticipating filmmakers will return to the festival where they will sit on a panel and showcase some of their work.
SUMMER 2022
Throughout the summer, WFF set up their merch booth and mingled with the Hudson Valley community at var ious festivals and farmers markets.
MAY 2022
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In December, the Woodstock Film Festival presented a spe cial screening of Megan Mylan’s Simple as Water, courte sy of HBO Documentary Films, followed by Q&A with the film’s producer.Alsoin December, WFF col laborated with the beloved Hudson Valley theater group Actors & Writ ers for a staged screenplay reading of Sebastian Stuart’s Janet’s Planet.
In May, the Woodstock Film Festival held a special fundraiser for Ukraine with the screening of the 2021 doc umentary National Museum, directed by award-winning Ukrainian film maker Andrei Zagdansky. Proceeds were donated to the filmmaker’s charity of choice, Cash for Refugees.
The 5th annual Woodstock Film Festival Youth Film Lab successfully came to comple tion in JULY of 2022. Under written by an anonymous do nor, the annual Summer Youth Film Lab has grown in 2022 from a three-week summer intensive filmmaking bootcamp for Hudson Valley teens to a year-round program for the teens that culminates in the summer intensive.Labstudents are guided through every stage of the filmmaking process, from inception, to production and post-production, in a series of individual courses taught by film industry professionals and program instructors. This year, following months of students workshops and mentorship during the school year, the summer filmmaking intensive concluded with two films produced by this year’s cohort. Both films are documentaries that focus on socially relevant topics that impact the city of Kingston’s community. The public can catch the films at the 2022 Wood stock Film Festival during the Teen Screening block.
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Also in September, in collaboration with Upstate Films, WFF screened Moonage Daydream, a colorful and art ful documentary that effectively pulls you into the world of David Bowie and his influential music, directed by Brett Morgan and released by Neon. in September, WFF held its first Youth Film Lab Showcase, screening short films by the Lab students from the past five years.
HEADQUARTERS RENOVATIONS
AUGUST 2022 In August, WFF collaborated with Chronogram magazine for a special networking panel to discuss The State of Film/TV Production in the Hudson Valley and Beyond, spon sored by Ulster County Economic Development. Also in August, in collaboration with Upstate Films, WFF screened the HBO documentary film, Endangered, di rected and produced by Academy Award-nominated film makers Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing.
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JULY 2022
In September, the Woodstock Film Festival co-hosted an exciting gal lery opening and photo exhibit at the Renzy Gallery in Kingston, NY to celebrate the upcoming world pre miere of The Picture Taker, showing this year’s Woodstock Film Festival.
SEPTEMBER 2022
In July, the Woodstock Film Festival returned to the beautiful Green ville Drive-In for a special preview screening of multiple awards win ner I Love My Dad, written, directed, and starring James Morosini, cour tesy of Magnolia Features.
In 2022, the Woodstock Film Festival embarked on major renovations of its headquarters, restructuring and rede signing its main first floor offices, making them sustain able, handicapped accessible, modern and user friendly. With phase one complete, additional phases, turning the adjacent four-bay garage into a public event space, redo ing the building’s exterior, and more will come once the necessary funding is in place. Come visit!
Directed by Dayna Hanson USA / 2021 /90 minutes
COURTESY OF: QUIVER DISTRIBUTIONS
Screenwriter: Michael Goorjian Producers: Patrick Malkassian, Sol Tryon, Arman Nshanian Executive Producers: Patrick Malkassian, Serj Tankian, Vartan Barsoumian Cast: Michael Goorjian, Hovik Keuchkerian, Nelli Uvarova, Mikhail Trukhin, Narine Gigoryan Cinematographer: Ghasem Ebrahimian Editors: Michael Goorjian, Mike Selemon Composer: Andranik Berberyan w/ Q&A Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 297:45pm Fri Sept 30 7:15pm
Directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu South Korea / 2021 /129 minutes
Tinker
In this disquieting story, a woman accuses three men of sexual assault. But is she an unreliable narrator? Is there something more sinister at work here? When her case is dismissed for lack of evidence, an up-and-coming attorney fights to uncover the truth, with an explosive ending guar anteed to stun. - Sierra Slaughter
Set in a remote island in Ireland, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationships, with alarming conse quences for both of them.
EARTH
Screenwriters: Matt Harris, Walter Hill Producers: Kirk D’Amico, Carolyn McMaster Cast: Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan
COURTESY OF: NEON
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Directed by Jed Parker USA / 2022 / 51 minutes
BROKER
NEW YORK PREMIERE [THE] BANSHEES OF INISHERI
Screenwriter: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Producer: Lee Eugene Executive Producer: Miky Lee Cast: Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Doona Bae, Lee Ji Eun, Lee Joo Young Cinematographer: Hong Kyung Pyo Editor: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Composer: Jung Jae Il
CONFESSION
Screenwriter: Gregory Mulligan Co-Producers: Sarah Hay, Michael J. Rothstein, Jordan Beckerman Executive Producers: Anne Clements, Gregory Mulligan, Roseanne Mulligan, William Mulligan, Russ Posternak Cast: Sarah Hay, Sterling Beaumon, Nolan Gerard Funk, Clark Backo, Michael Ironside
Cinematographer: Benjamin Goodman Editor: Marc Fusco Composer: Dana Wachs
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR
Directed by Martin McDonagh UK, Ireland, USA / 2022 / 114 minutes
Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh Executive Producers: Diarmuid McKeown, Ben Knight, Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden Co-Producer: Jo Homewood Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan Cinematographer: Ben Davis Editor: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Composer: Carter Burwell
A two-man team of self-described “benevolent” brokers sells babies on the black market. When a young mother who has abandoned her infant has a change of heart, she joins them on a road trip in search of a buyer, forming a compassionate im provised family, each touched in a different way by the specter of abandonment. - Peter Wortmann
COURTESY OF: SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sun Oct 21:45pm
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A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Michael Goorjian plays an Armenian ex-patriot who returns home after World War II, only to be incarcerated under Stalin’s regime. When he dis covers a window high in his cell through which he can peer into an Armenian couple’s apartment, he comes to be saved by living vicariously, at times magically, through their complicated, spirited life. - Peter Wortmann
Directed by Walter Hill USA / 2022 / 114 minutes
This emotional, yet uplifting film was created to sync with an existing symphony. Hence, the con temporary-classical score is a star, along with a Gaia character. The story, told without dialogue, tracks our planet’s history from creation to when humans came around and messed it up. Luckily, Gaia saves the day.
CINE-SYMPHONY PLANET
Directed by Michael Goorjian Armenia / 2022 / 118 minutes Armenian, Russian, English with English subtitles
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AMERIKATSI
Screenwriter: Dyan Machan Co-Producers: Tracy Christian, Sandgrain Productions, Robert Lewis Webbe, Emanuele Michetti Cast: Mikayla Scaife Cinematographers: Brandon Ziegenfuss, Zigado Productions Editor: Jed Parker WORLDNEW YORK w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 110:00am Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 19:00pm Thur Sept 291:45pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Fri Sept 301:00pm w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 291:45pm Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 16:45pm
COURTESY OF: GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT
Screenwriter: Shane Crowley Producer: Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly Cast: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi Cinematographer: Chayse Irvin Editors: Jeanne Applegate, Julia Bloch Composers: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
NEW YORK PREMIERE WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Screenwriter: Colin West Producers: Chad Simpson, Dennis Masel, Chadd Harbold Executive Producer: Gabrielle Nadig Cast: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Tony Shalhoub Cinematographer: Ed Wu Editor: Keara Burton Composer: Mark Hadley -
Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, starring Olivia Col man who gives a powerful performance, along with Micheal Ward and Colin Firth, is a love story, at times gentle, other times intense, that revolves around a beautiful old cinema house. Set in a pic seaside town on the south coast of En gland in the early 1980s, the film is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema.
Directed by Sam Mendes UK, USA / 2022 / 119m minutes
COURTESY OF: SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
- Kate Sanford
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Charlotte Rampling plays an ailing matriarch who unexpectedly returns to her family in New Zea land. Centered around her teenage grandson, who must care for her while grieving the recent loss of his mother, Juniper explores the unlikely con nection between these two troubled souls who discover how much they need each other.
LINOLEUM Directed by Colin West USA / 2021 / 102 minutes
Directed by Sylvia Caminer USA / 2021 /95 minutes
Screenwriter: Dani Barker Producers: Michael Indjeian, Sylvia Caminer, Dani Barker Executive Producers: Michael Hassan, Rich Hassan, Chris Gaunt, Cindy Joy Goggins, Fenner Osmond Friedman Cast: Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones, Mark Moses Cinematographer: Luke Geissbuhler Editor: Alex Gans Composer: Alexander Arntzen Sun Oct 28:45pm w/ Q&A Theater Fri Sept 304:30pm Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13:45pm
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
Linoleum tells the tale of Cameron (Jim Gaffigan), the host of a failing children’s science show, who experiences a series of strange, scientifically inex plicable events that lead him to question his dayto-day reality, as well as his life’s history, past and future, as both a father and a son. - Peter Wortman
COURTESY OF: A24 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thur Sept 298:45pm
ROSENDALE
FOLLOW HER
HANNAH HA HA
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Screenwriter: Sam Mendes Co-Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris Executive Producers: Michael Lerman, Julie Pastor Co-Producers: Celia Duval, Lola Oliyide Cast: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth Cinematographer: Roger Deakins Editor: Lee Smith Production Design: Mark Tildesley Composers: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Directed by Matthew J. Saville New Zealand / 2021 / 94 minutes
Screenwriters: Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky Producer: Roger Mancusi Cast: Hannah Lee Thompson, Roger Mancusi, Avram Tetewsky, Betsey Brown, Charlie Robinson
Balanced between the worlds of kinky social media stardom and the real-life pressures on a struggling actress, this psychological thriller clev erly pulls us into the dangers versus rewards Jess faces to help an all-too-charming screenwriter find just the right ending for the female lead of his movie, leaving us to contemplate where fiction becomes real. - Charles Blender
Meet Hannah, one of the most likable protag onists in recent memory. She is a kind-hearted person living a contented life with her aging fa ther in a small town in Massachusetts. Hannah Lee Thompson, who plays the titular Hannah, breathes life into this deeply human character as she wrestles against the influences of the world. - Sierra Slaughter
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sun Oct 211:00am w/ Q&A
Screenwriter: Matthew J. Saville Producers: Desray Armstrong, Angela Littlejohn Executive Producers: Thierry Wase-Bailey, Mark Chamberlain, Andrew Mackie Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas Cinematographer: Martyn Williams Editor: Peter Roberts Composers: Mark Perkins, Marlon Williams
Oct 1 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 110:30am ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 27:45pm NEW YORK PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE CLOSING NIGHT FILM NEW YORK PREMIERE
GOD’S CREATURES
Directed by Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer Ireland / 2022 / 100 minutes Set in a hardscrabble Irish fishing village, and anchored by the intense performances of Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) and Paul Mescal (Normal People), God’s Creatures traverses the dangerous and intimate territory of family ties that run so deep as to threaten the ordinary boundaries of right and wrong. - Peter Wortmann
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JUNIPER
Cinematographer: Jordan Tetewsky Editors: Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky Composer: Arden Yonkers w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3010:00am Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sat Oct 14:00pm
Directed by Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky USA / 2021 / 75 minutes
MY POLICEMAN
Screenwriter: Stephen Camelio Producers: Kelly McKendry, Carl Effenson, Scott MacLeod Executive Producers: Mark Comora, Arlene Comora, Adam Comora, David Comora Cast: Sinqua Walls, Brian Cox, Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton, Wes Studi Cinematographer: Eve M. Cohen Editor: Will Torbett Composer: Bill Brown
Directed by Michael Grandage UK / 2021 / 113 minutes
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Directed by Signe Baumane Latvia, USA, Luxembourg / 2022 / 108 minutes
Q&A plus Animation Sets Demonstration, - Sept 30 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 3011:00am ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 111:00am
COURTESY OF: AMAZON STUDIOS
Directed by Joshua Caldwell USA / 2022 / 122 minutes
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world, and perhaps a glimmer of hope that no matter how low we’ve sunk, there is always a chance at redemption. Ex quisitely stylized cinematography, an atmospher ic score, very little dialog, and an intensity that is visceral. - Adam Schartoff Screenwriter: Tzvi Friedman Producer: Tzvi Friedman Executive Producers: Cary Woods, Jonathan Gray, Seth Kanegis, Robert Amsel, Jonathan Tulkoff Cast: Jon Peterson, Stacie Brown, Noah Forrest, Paquito G. Myers, Joseph Doody Cinematographer: Mkhial Knaizev Editor: Kristian Otero Composers: Ethan Startzman w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 307:00pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 27:00pm WORLD PREMIERE OPENING NIGHT FILM
Friedman
Cinematographer: Igor Jadue-Lillo Editor: Michael Ruscio Composer: Jeff Beal
COURTESY OF: APPLE TV+ NEW YORK PREMIERE w/ Q&A - Oct 1 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 11:30pm Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 210:00am
A subtle allegory about isolated, hidden people, mankind’s search for emotion and empathy in an increasingly cold, apathetic
Screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia Producers: Alphonso Cuarón, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Executive Producers: Shea Kammer, Gabriela Rodriguez Cast: Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Maribel Verdú, Sophie Okonedo, Vondie Curtis Halll
Harry Styles (Dunkirk) and Emma Corrin (The Crown) bring both heat and heart-breaking re straint to this story of a tragic love triangle, set in 1950s England, with David Dawson (The Last Kingdom) at the tipping point of all the unrequited desire and impossible temptations — impossible because, at the time, homosexuality itself was a criminal offense. - Peter Wortmann Screenwriter: Ron Nyswaner Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers Executive Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers, Cora Palfrey, Philip Herd Cast: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, Rupert Everett Cinematographer: Ben Davis Editor: Chris Dickens Composers: Steven Price
Directed by Rodrigio Garcia USA / 2022 /100 minutes
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 308:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 18:15pm
MENDING THE LINE
Sally Hawkins stars as a lonely introvert whose fasci nation with Richard III becomes a passionate quest to redeem his character and restore his rightful legacy. Co-starring Steve Coogan as her estranged husband, and sensitively directed by Stephen Frears, this his torical treasure hunt is a brilliant character study in -Kate Sanford Jenny Borgars, Rose Garnett, Philippa Langley, Cameron McCracken, Jeff Pope, Andrea Scarso Co-Producer: Wendy Griffin Cast: Sally Hawkins, Harry Lloyd, Steve Coogan, James Fleet Cinematographer: Zac Nicholson Editor: Pia Di Ciaula Production Design: Andy Harris Composer: Alexandre Desplat pm Fri Sept 30 1:00pm Oct 1 8:00 Oct 2 9:15 BY by Tzvi USA / 2022 / 70 minutes
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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke star as half-brothers who have been estranged from each other and their abusive father, whose last wish is they attend his funeral and dig his grave. At the gravesite gathering, they uncover a man they never knew, and discover opportunities for self-reflection and healing. - Kate Sanford
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COURTESY OF: IFC FILMS w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thur Sept 295:30
Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage is the personal story of Zelma, taught from an early age she must conform to societal expectations in order to find love. In Baumane’s enchanting, signature style of hand-drawn animation over papier-mâché backgrounds, we follow Zelma on this semi-auto biographical and educational journey towards self acceptance. - Joy Buran, Noelle Melody Screenwriter: Signe Baumane Producers: Roberts Vinovskis, Sturgis Warner, Signe Baumane Executive Producers: Matthew Modine, Adam Rackoff, John Jencks Cast: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Ieva Katkovska, Kristine Pastare, Iluta Alsberga Cinematographer: Signe Baumane Editors: Signe Baumane, Sturgis Warner Composer: Kristian Sensini
A young, wounded Marine receiving trauma care forms a bond with a man twice his age, who sees the mysteries of fly-fishing as holding the true healing power. While ostensibly a film about PTSD, Mending the Line is really a story about finding something to make living worthwhile – Ben F. Fischer
ROSENDALE Theater
Screenwriter: Jamie Sisley Producers: Shrihari Sathe p.g.a., Eric Schultz p.g.a., Kelly Thomas, David Ariniello Co-Producers: Rob Cristiano, Amy Lippens, Sarah Dorman Sveen, Alvaro R. Valente Cast: Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus, Chrissy Metz, Cree Cicchino, Quinn McColgan, Albert Jones, Lorrie Odom w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 112:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 24:45pm A ] STAGE OF TWILIGHT
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Screenwriters: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum Producers: Armando Croda, Lindsey Cordero, Rodrigo Diaz Vogel Executive Producers: Steven Tanenbaum, Brian Devine Cast: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum, AJ Cedeño, Marianna McClellan, Mehret Marsh Cinematographer: Armando Croda Editor: Armando Croda Composer: Marco Buccelli NEW YORK PREMIERE w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3012:30pm
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Screenwriters: Sarah T. Schwab Producers: Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Megan Smith-Harris Executive Producer: Karen Allen, William Sadler, Emily Kratter, Mia Salvaterra, Scott Dougherty Cast: Karen Allen, William Sadler, Marlon Quijije, Alfredo Narciso, Alexander Flores
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Two brothers sidetrack their futures to help their drug-addicted single mother, who must choose between losing her sons or going to rehab. Su perbly acted and based on the filmmaker’s ado lescence, Stay Awake is a personal exploration of the roller coaster families ride while trying to help their loved ones battle opioid addiction. - Adam Schartoff
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Directed by Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum USA / 2022 / 88 minutes
Amy Redford’s masterfully directed tale begins with a high school girl’s growing online con nection with a charming older man. A cautious romance steadily unravels into a deepening mys tery as Anna’s heart is caught with a stranger’s, and her family must reckon with secrets from the past that bring mother and daughter into perilous territory. Kate Sanford Screenwriter: Scott Organ Producers: Eden Wurmfeld, Amy Redford, Lynda Weinman Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Katy Bettner, Scott Organ, Jeff Hays, Jamie Wolf, Charlie Pigott, Diane Stewart Cast: Summer Phoenix, Grace Van Dien, Jesse Garcia, and Kyle Gallner Cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski Editor: Emelie Mahdavian Composer: Craig Wedren w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 305:45pm
ROSENDALE Theater Fri Sept 307:30pm
Directed by Amy Redford USA / 2022 / 85 minutes
SIXTY MILES NORTH
Kristen Abate, who also directed, gives a brave raw performance as a young woman with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a rare inflammatory disease that has left her permanently bent over, a question-mark on the streets of New York, a maybe poet and sometimes dog walker who leads a powerful and spirited life. - Peter Wortmann
Directed by Edward Crawford, Jack Mulcahy USA / 2022 /82 minutes
Screenwriter: Edward Crawford Producers: Vince Roe, Gil O’Brien, Jack Mulcahy Executive Producers: Edward Crawford, Claude Dal Farra, Debra Granik, Jack Mulcahy, Peter Joseph Rabasco Cast: Edward Crawford, Danny Doherty, Audrey Kovár, Jack Mulcahy, Marsha Dietlein
Directed by Jamie Sisley USA / 2022 / 94 minutes
ROOST
Directed by Jeff Hutchens, Derek Goldman USA / 2022 / 95 minutes
Producer: Eva Anisko Executive Producers: Eva Anisko, Michael Anisko, Dan Logan Cast: David Strathairn Cinematographer: Jeff Hutchens Editor: Brandon Bray Composer: Roc Lee w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Wed Sept 286:30pm
STAY AWAKE
Directed by Sarah T. Schwab USA / 2022 / 106 minutes Barry (William Sadler) and Cora (Karen Allen) struggle with his impending death in the final chapter of their marriage in a touching story that ultimately speaks to the question: whose right is it to make life’s inevitable impossible decisions when the impact will be felt by the people we love most? - Sabina Barach
Cinematographer: Richard Sands Editor: Ben Rossen Composer: Greg Simon w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 302:30pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 24:00pm NEW YORK PREMIERE
EAST COAST PREMIERE
ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 22:00pm US PREMIERE
Alone on the screen, David Strathairn’s gripping 90-minute performance tells the moving story of Jan Karski, a Polish Holocaust witness and hero who, despite mental anguish and physical torture, endured to tell the story so that we will forever Remember This. - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Clark Young, Derek Goldman
ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 15:30pm
Cinematographer: Patrick Greene Editors: Gil O’Brien, Karl Morton IV Composer: Spencer Hutchings
When a bitter and frustrated actor loses the gig of a lifetime, he is forced to move back into his childhood home. He then has to choose between continuing to pursue his dream or working a job he doesn’t want. He is empowered when he meets Wild Fall, an agoraphobic now living in his old bedroom.
WORLD w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 292:15pm
STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
A special musical performance by Clem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers will follow the screening
The film chronicles the pursuit of an artistic life; and all the trials, the tribulations, the ups and downs, the luck and serendipity, the disappoint ments and frustrations that come along with it. Clem Snide’s story embodies a “lower-case-s” spirituality in a universal way.
2ND CHANCE
[ THE ] BALLAD OF CLEM SNIDE
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Now more than ever, radical artists are needed to fight against oppressive governments and cor porate greed. Ron English is a shining example of one such artist. This wide-ranging documentary uncovers the portrait of a man dedicated to get ting people to rethink the images and ideas that they have been indoctrinated with since birth.
Screenwriters: Cynthia Lowen, Nancy Novack Producers: Nicole Shipley, Ryan Harrington, Ruth Ann Harnisch Executive Producers: Jill Mazursky, Jason Blum, Sarah CavanaughRebecca Stern, Cynthia Lowen, Steffie Van Rhee, Jeff Sobrato, Dexter Braff Cast: Marjorie Dannenfelser, Kristan Hawkins, Terrisa Bukovinac, Alexis McGill Johnson, Nancy Northup, Jenna King, Samantha Blakely Cinematographers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Barbie Leung Editor: Nancy Novack Composer: Gil Talmi
Directed by Cynthia Lowen USA / 2022 /104 minutes
Screenwriters: Ruben Östlund Producers: Philippe Bober, Erik Hemmendorff Executive Producers: Jim Stark, Bradley Thomas, Lizzie Francke, Dan Wechsler, Andreas Roald, Rose Garnett, Daniel Steinman, Ryan Friedkin, Dan Friedkin, Micah Green, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Mike Goodridge, Alessandro Del Vigna, Brina Elizabeta Blaz Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić Cinematographer: Fredrik Wenzel Editors: Ruben Östlund, Mikel Cee Karlsson Production Design: Josefin Åsberg COURTESY OF: NEON WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sun Oct 25:00pm
w/ Q&A Levon Helm Studios WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 299:00pm w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thu Sept 2910:45am WORLDPREMIEREUS PREMIERE
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Directed by Sacha Jenkins USA / 2022 / 53 minutes
Directed by Ramin Bahrani USA / 2022 / 89 minutes
NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY
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Directed by Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, UK, Turkey, Germany / 2022 / 149 minutes English, French, Swedish with English Subtitles Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Models Carl and Yaya are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passen gers. At first, all appears Instagrammable, but the cruise ends in catastrophe, marooning the group on a desert island.
DOCUMENTARY
Screenwriter: John Burkett Producers: John Burkett, Matt Kelley Executive Producers: JEd Gerrard, Peter Himberger , Drew Frankel Cast: Eef Barzelay , Scott Avett Cinematographers: John Burkett Editor: John Burkett Composer: Eef Barzelay
BATTLEGROUND
Richard Davis, inventor of the bullet-proof vest, is ego driven and fearless. He shoots himself through his vest hundreds of times and films these horrific moments for everyone to see. This rags to riches story leaves us wondering why Davis finds joy in shooting and exploding everything and everyone around him. - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Ramin Bahrani Producers: Charles Dorfman, Ramin Bahrani, Jacob Grodnik, Daniel Turcan, Johnny Galvin Executive Producers: Marlon Vogelgesang, Bahareh Azimi, Myles Estey, Joshua Oppenheimer Cast: Richard Davis Cinematographer: Adam Stone Editor: Aaron Wickenden, ACE Composer: T. Griffin w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 294:00pm
BONNIEWoodstockFilmFestival.orgBLUE—
Producers: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Screenwriter: Holly Morris Producers: Holly Morris, Eleanor Wilson, Michael Kovnat Executive Producers: Jill Mazursky, Jason Blum, Sarah Cavanaugh, Susan Capitelli, Rebecca Cleary Cast: Felicity Aston, Asma Al Thani, Misba Khan, Susan Gallon, Anisa Al Raissi Cinematographers: Ingeborg Jakobsen, Kathryn Barrows Editor: Penelope Falk Composer: Alex Weston w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 26:30pm
American roots music duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason will perform a short set before the film. Director Joe Berlinger will be present for the intro and Q&A.
w/ 30 minutes Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 24:45pm
Orpheum
BROTHER’S KEEPER
AFGHAN DREAMERS
Producers: Patricia Gillespie, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Kristi Jacobson, Tracy Elizabeth Jarrett Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Gretchen McGowan, Nick Quested Cast: Judy Malinowski Cinematographers: Martina Radwan, Tom Hurwitz (ASC), Lisa Rinzler Editor: Emiliano Battista Composer: Katy Jarzebowski
Screenwriter: Michael Majoros Producer: Bestor Cram Executive Producers: Judith Laster, James Montgomery, Sam Pollard Cast: James Cotton, Steve Miller, Keb’Mo, Bobby Rush, Jimmie Vaughan Cinematographer: Bestor Cram, Jesse Beecher
Bearsville
FREE RENTY: Lanier v. Harvard
30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
Editor: Michael Majoros Composer: Dana Wachs w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 2911:30am
Thirty years ago, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky made this brilliant documentary about a smalltown murder case using what was, at the time, a revolutionary approach: shoot a true-life story, unfolding in real time, and allow it to tell its own tale — an approach that became the touchstone for decades of true-crime podcasts and series to come. - Peter Wortmann
NEW YORK PREMIERE
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Producers: David Cowan, Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ellen Goosenberg, Brad Feld, Alexander Slusky Co-Producer: Beth Murphy Cast: Fatemah Qaderyan, Lida Azizi, Somaya Faruqi, Kawsar Roshan, Saghar Salehi Cinematographers: Elizabeth Mirzaei, Beth Murphy Editor: Edmund Carson Composer: Anton Sanko
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Directed by David Grubin USA / 2021 / 95 minutes
US PREMIERE
Producer: David Grubin Cast: Tamara Lanier, Benjamin Crump, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Tina Campt Cinematographer: Sam Russell Editor: Deborah Peretz Animator: Polymode Composers: Michael Bacon, Xavier Muzik Presented in colloboration with The Center for Photography at Woodstock
The Fire That Took Her tells the true story of Judy Malinowski’s terrifying encounter with domestic violence — she was set aflame by her boyfriend — and with grace and sober optimism, navigates to a startling, unprecedented event: a woman tes tifying at the landmark trial of her own murder. - Peter Wortman
In a heart wrenching testimony to the strength of will and a sad, troubling commentary on world pol itics, the Afghan Girls Robotics Team narrates their own story, starting in 2017 when Afghan girls could still dream of careers in science and technology – a dream that is thwarted when the Taliban returns to power. - Sabina Barach
Directed by Holly Morris USA / 2022 / 88 minutes Why do we crave high-risk adventure? A Europe an-Arabian team of 13 women spend two years preparing for a skiing trek to the north pole, the first all-female team to do so. “Let’s go into the madness,” one of them declares. And so they do. And because of this equally brave filmmaker, we get to experience it all. - Sabina Barach
EXPOSURE
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard tells the fascinating story of Tamara Lanier’s determined effort to force Harvard University to cede ownership of a set of invaluable daguerrotypes that are known to be the earliest photographic depictions of American slaves — and of one slave in particular, Renty, who was Lanier’s great-great-great-grandfather. - Peter Wortmann
Directed by David Greenwald Afghanistan, Dubai (UAE), USA / 2022 / 72 minutes Dari, Farsi with English subtitles
Directed by Bestor Cram USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Bestor Cram’s Bonnie Blue: James Cotton’s Life in the Blues is the story of Chicago legend James Cotton, blues harmonica player extraordinaire. With Cotton as its focus, the film traces the larger story of the American blues genre and, due to the wealth of great archival footage, we have the man himself to tell it. - Adam Schartoff
COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3012:45pm US PREMIERE
James Cotton’s Life in the Blues
Directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky USA / 1992 /104 minutes
Executive Producers: Joe Berlinger, Lindsay Law Cast: Delbert Ward, Roscoe Ward, Lyman Ward Cinematographer: James D. Cooper Editor: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Composer: Molly Mason, Jay Ungar w/ Q&A Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 11:00pm SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 210:30am WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 14:45pm
[ THE ] FIRE THAT TOOK HER Directed by Patricia Gillespie USA / 2022 / 95 minutes
HUNTING IN PACKS
Directed by Ondi Timoner USA / 2022 / 106 minutes
Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ondi Timoner, Ori Eisen, Mirit Eisen Cast: Eli Timoner, Lisa Timoner, David Timoner, Rachel Timoner Cinematographer: Ondi Timoner Editor: Ondi Timoner Composer: Morgan Doctor
Delving into the high-stakes and absurd institutions of western politics, Hunting in Packs follows politi cians Michelle Rempel Garner (Canada), Jess Philips (UK) and Pramila Jayapal (USA) through elections, leadership campaigns and their efforts to enact bold new policies. Screenwriter: Chloe Sosa-Sims Producer: Hannah Donegan Executive Producer: Ann Shin Cast: Michelle Rempel Garner, Jess Philips, Pramila Jayapal Cinematographer: Lulu Wei Editor: Caitlin Durlak Composer: Laura Barrett
LAST FLIGHT HOME
COURTESY OF: APPLE TV+
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Silvina Landesman’s documentary, The Good Soldier, provides a candid look into Breaking the Silence, an organization run by former Israeli soldiers who speak out about their witnessed abuses of Palestin ians, sometimes at their own hand, raising questions about Israel’s dynamic mainstream and the chal lenges of confronting it. - Adam Schartoff Producers: Silvina Landsmann, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Christoph Menardi Cinematographer: Silvina Landsmann Editor: Tal Shefi w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 21:45pm
Directed by Denny Tedesco USA / 2022 / 102 minutes
LIVING IN DELUSIONVILLE
Directed by Constant van Hoeven USA / 2022 / 68 minutes
Now more than ever, radical artists are needed to fight against oppressive governments and cor porate greed. Ron English is a shining example of one such artist. This wide-ranging documentary uncovers the portrait of a man dedicated to get ting people to rethink the images and ideas that they have been indoctrinated with since birth. - Max Wexler.
Directed by Sacha Jenkins USA / 2022 / 104 minutes
COURTESY OF: FATHOM FILM GROUP w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 2911:00am
Producers: Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Sacha Jenkins, Julie Anderson Executive Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michele Anthony, David Blackman Cinematographer: Ed Lachman Editors: Jason Pollard, Alma Herrera-Pazmiño Animator: Hectah Arias Composer: Terence Blanchard
Producers: Constant van Hoeven, Andrew Porter Cast: Ron English, Futura, Shepard Fairey, Lee, Alex Grey Cinematographer: Andrew Porter Editor: Kevin Chapados Composer: Peter Schwartz w/
Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 309:45pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sat Oct 11:00pm w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 21:00pm EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE US PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERENEW YORK PREMIERE
Orpheum SAUGERTIES Fri Sept 304:15pm
Directed by Silvina Landsmann Israel, France, Germany / 2021 / 88 minutes
Directed by Chloe Sosa-Sims Canada / 2022 / 82 minutes
FAMILY
IMMEDIATE
COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13:30pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 21:00pm [ THE ] GOOD SOLDIER
Immediate Family, a new documentary from Denny Tedesco, chronicles the rise and tenure of four legendary studio musicians as they tore through the singer-songwriter scene of the 1970s. The film details their musical collaborations as well as their rambunctious friendship, which has endured through several decades and eras of rock and roll history. - Leo Lasdon Producers: Greg Richling, Jack Piatt, Jonathan Sheldon, Denny Tedesco Executive Producers: Brian McCafferty, Cliff Burnstein, Kelly Mi Li, Lisa Roy Cast: Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Linda Rondstadt, Keith Richards, Billy Bob Thornton, Phil Collins, David Crosby, Don Henley, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Peter Asher, Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Steve Postell, Russ Kunkel Editors: Justin Williams, Chris Peterson (ASC), Ryan Nunnerley w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 306:45pm
LOUIS BLACKARMSTRONG’S&BLUES
In Sasha Jenkin’s Black & Blues: The Colorful Bal lad of Louis Armstrong over a trove of rich archival footage we get the best possible narrator to walk us through the life of the musical legend Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, the man himself. - Adam Schartoff
With never-before-seen archival footage, Awardwinning documentarian Ondi Timoner turns the camera on herself and her family, chronicling the final weeks with her father as he prepares for assisted suicide. This intimate family portrait is heartrending yet inspiring, as we witness the compassion of spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren – an almost idyllic ending we might all wish for when the time comes. - Peter Wortmann Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner, Jenny Hochberg [Co-Producer]
Directed by Phil Bertelsen USA / 2022 / 89 minutes
Producers: Daria Lombroso, Chris Hegedus, Lindsay Keys Executive Producers: Phyllis, Scott Bedford, Alex Cohen, Laure Woods, Linda Giampa Cast: Julia Bruzzese, Enrico Bruzzese, Neil Spector, Mary Beth Pfieffer Cinematographers: Winslow Crane-Murdoch, Lindsay Keys Editors: Mark Harrison, Winslow Crane-Murdoch Composer: Alex Ebert w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Wed Sept 287:00pm w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 110:00am Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 23:30pm w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 303:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 12:30pm NEW YORK
Using a remarkable collection of home movies, family interviews, and personal therapy ses sions, Relative is the shocking story of physical abuse, over generations of women in one family. Enmeshed in loyalties, most instances are never spoken of at all, leaving us to wonder if keeping secrets is a path worth taking. - Sabina Barach Producers: Laura Poitras, Jenya James Hamidi, Tracey Arcabasso Smith Executive Producer: Charlotte Cook Cinematographer: Topaz Adizes Editors: Jeremy Stulberg, Ian Olds, Natasha Mottola Composer: Garth Stevenson w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 211:00am NEW YORK PREMIERE
Producers: Tina Nguyen, Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg Executive Producers: Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller Cast: Kyle Holmes, David Taylor Gomes, Arcadia Conrad, Linda Key, Hayley Wright Cinematographer: Michelle McCabe Editor: Hannah Vanderlan Composer: Paul Brill COURTESY OF: HBO
RELATIVE Directed by Tracey Arcabasso Smith USA / 2022 / 72 minutes
Photographer Ernest Withers was a renowned chronicler of the African-American experience during Jim Crow, and became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement. But he was also, secretly, an FBI informant. The Picture Taker keenly explores this disturbing contradiction that straddles the borderline between art and the emotion-laden politics of race. - Peter Wortmann
OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES
DOCUMENTARIESWORLD PREMIERE
MAMA HEALERIRENE,OFTHE
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Healer of the Andes: In a film that is both a story about women’s empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth, 84-yearold Peruvian shaman and healer Mama Irene compassionately treats both the emotional and physical wounds of the women and children who come to her for guidance. - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Bettina Ehrhardt, Elisabeth Möhlmann Producer: Elisabeth Möhlmann Co-Producer: Torsten Bönnhoff Cast: Mama Irene (Juana Irene Contreras Pumayalli), Puma Fredy Quispe Singona, Natividad M. Pañiuhuara Contreras, Uma Ladiwala Cinematographers: Franz Zavala, Tenmy Johan Carrasco Monzón Editor: Monika Abspacher Composer: Jim Papoulis w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 295:00pm w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 303:45pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat ,Oct 19:15pm US
Through the lens of a high-school musical in spired by its own students’ experiences, and with a remarkable intimacy, My So-Called High School Rank explores the overwhelming anxiety so many high school students face in their pressured jour ney through the college admissions process and, ultimately the resilience and triumph of these stu dents, in art and in life. - Peter Wortman
ANDES
[ THE ] PICTURE TAKER
Producer: Lise Yasui Cinematographers: Jerry Henry, Keith Walker, Aaron Baggett Cast: Julia Bruzzese, Enrico Bruzzese, Neil Spector, Mary Beth Pfieffer Editors: Paula Heredia, Bryan Gunnar Cole Presented in colloboration with The Center for Photography at Woodstock
Directed by Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg USA / 2022 / 101 minutes English, Spanish with English Subtitles
Directed by Ross Kauffman
Six-year-old Emily Whitehead’s battle with leu kemia compassionately weaves the hope and desperation of Whitehead’s family together with the humility and perseverance of one committed doctor on the vanguard of cancer research. - Leo Lasdun
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A girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with Chronic Lyme disease, a condi tion said not to exist. Their quest for answers leads to a paper trail of suppressed scientific research and buried documents that reveal why tick-borne diseases have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe. - Sabina Barach
Directed by Elisabeth Möhlmann, Bettina Ehrhardt USA, Germany / 2022 / 71 minutes Quechua, English, Spanish with English Subtitles
PREMIERE
USA / 2022 / 96 minutes
MY HIGHSO-CALLEDSCHOOLRANK
Directed by Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch USA / 2022 / 101 minutes
THE ] QUIET EPIDEMIC
Producer: Robin Honan Executive Producers: Sean Parker, Pam Williams, Lessing Stern, Regina K. Scully, Geralyn White Dreyfous Cast: Carl June, Tom Whitehead, Kari Whitehead, Emily Whitehead Cinematographers: Ross Kauffman, Henry Roosevelt Editor: Hypatia Porter Composer: Amie Doherty
PREMIEREWORLD PREMIERE
SKATE DREAMS
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY = streaming20 All Events are subject to change, for latests updates visit WoodstockFilmFestival.org 2022 w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 16:30pm ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 211:00am [ THE ] RETURN OF TANYA
Screenwriters:Yuval David, Mark McDermott Producers: Mark McDermott, Yuval David, Lance Bass, Mitchell Gold, Bishop Gene Robinson, Andrew Tobias, Reverend Mel White Executive Producers: Mark McDermott, Yuval David Cast: Father James Martin, S.J., Father Bryan Massingale, Sister Jeannine Grammick, SL, JR Zerkowski, Marianne Duddy-Burke, Cathy Renna, Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee, Miguel Diaz, Xorje Olivares Cinematographer: Nicco Quinto Editors: Hugo Perez Composer: Ariel Blumenthal w/ 30
TUCKER - Featuring Brandi Carlile
The film criticizes Church teaching, but it is re spectful of those of faith. It features interviews with leading advocates of LGBTQ+ Catholics, in cluding a pioneering nun, two prominent priests (one of whom is openly gay), and a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
Directed by Jessica Edwards USA, Japan, Cambodia / 2022 / 83 minutes English and Khmer with English subtitles
PREMIERE
CLASSICSEASTCOAST
Tanya Tucker is brought out of retirement by Brandi Carlisle to make an album, and we are lucky to be in the room where this happens. A powerful film, adding rare archival footage to the mix, weaving together the past and the present. A beautiful story, full of music and heart. - Sabina Barach. Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn Executive Producers: Lynn Hubbard, David Zapolsky Cast: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings Cinematographer: Jessica Young Editor: Brady Hammes Music by: Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth COURTESY OF: SONY PICTURE
Directed by Yuval David USA / 2022 / 95 minutes
WONDERFULLY MADELGBTQ+R(ELIGION)
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Directed by Kathlyn Horan USA / 2020 / 108 minutes
This is the first feature-length documentary about the often overlooked revolutionary subculture of female skateboarding. Featuring pioneer skate boarders Nora Vasconcellos and Cara-Beth Burn side, among many others, this story is filled with heart, grit, and determination, and makes us all want to skate like a girl. - Sierra Slaughter Producers: Erin Owens, Jessica Edwards Executive Producers: Gary Hustwit, Bowie Barnett-Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Zunino, Molly Gochman, Michael Armilio Cast: Nora Vasconcellos, Nicole Hause, Mimi Knoop, Kouv “Tin” Chansangva Cinematographer: Jenni Morello Editor: Maya Tippett Composers: Arianna Gil, Sarah Snider, BRUJAS
10:00am Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sat Oct 16:30pm w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 297:00pm NEW YORK PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE
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Directed by Morgan Miller USA / 2022 / 7:00 minutes
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ANIMATION
A consumer finds himself in over his head after a string of purchases goes out of control.
Neil Gaiman narrates this twisted philosophical tale of two saints, a murder, and the dark history behind the chapel on the island of Iona.
Directed by Patrick Smith USA / 2021 / 4:00 minutes
A journey to Gopal Farm that grows heirloom Indian foods, where we learn the relationship between cows and the land, soil health and sustainable practices.
The story of artist Livia Vanaver of the Vanaver Cara van, which performs original, world-infused choreog raphy and music, locally and internationally.
A rare condition, no legs and expected to only live two years - and now, at 21 - transitioning. Will the family accept her?
Directed by Peter Ahern USA / 2022 / 5:20 minutes Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky (who has something in her eye … and her closet).
Directed by Mike Enright USA / 2021 / 1:30 minutes
THERE’S A BISON ON THE PRAIRIE
THE GRAVE OF SAINT ORAN
FIVE CENTS
POUR GAMES
BETWEEN LINES
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Directed by Jim Batt USA, Australia / 2019 / 9:30 minutes
A short film about existence and sentience. Satirical in tone, the film chronicles evolution and the develop ment of the carnivore.
Directed by Sarah Beth Morgan USA / 2022 / 2:52 minutes Out of trauma blooms a sense of healing and con nection. A film speaking to the scarring experience of schoolgirl bullying and the recovery that follows.
Directed by Thomas Stellmach Germany, Belgium / 2021 / 9:45 minutes
Directed by Liz Van Verth USA / 2021 / 1:10 minutes Alice enjoys taking baths but ends up taking an unex pected trip instead. Where will Alice end up next?
MORE THAN I WANT TO REMEMBER
A family of birds looks for safety in a storm.
The tragic story of a little lamb told with the help of multiple Zoetropes, loosely based on the Grimm’s fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.
BUZZKILL
Directed by Bill Plympton USA / 2021 / 6:06 minutes
HUDSY [80 MINUTES]
Directed by Aaron Hughes USA / 2022 / 5:07 minutes
HAPTIC MEMORY
Paint on glass with monotype animation. This piece is research into the tension between hand made and digital animation.
LIPSTICK OF THE BRAVE
MOVEME: Livia Vanaver Directed by Jesse Brown USA / 2022 / 14:22 minutes
DOCUMENTARYdirect url: rb.gy/gt5goe
ALICE
TRANSITION Directed by Angel Gates Fonseca USA / 2022 / 39:56 minutes
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POSTED NO HUNTNG Directed by Alisa Stern USA / 2021 / 2:36 minutes
Directed by Amy Bench USA, Chile / 2022 / 14:30 minutes Mugeni sets out on a remarkable solo journey across the globe, determined to reunite with her lost loved ones and lift up the Banyamulenge people.
Diabolical wine glasses participate in a sadistic game of power dynamics, playfully terrorizing a smaller species until a self-sacrificial rebellion shatters the cycle of abuse ... momentarily.
A routine errand at the dry cleaners unleashes a freefor-all of fat-shaming, body image demons and family dieting obsessions.
The animated journey of Madstone Rowan as they find inspiration in the rock and pop music which inspired them to embrace their non-binary self.
THIS ORGANIC LIFE: Gopal Farm Directed by Joey Carey USA / 2022 / 25:51 minutes
LITTLE HURTS Directed by Debra Solomon USA / 2022 / 10:30 minutes
THE SAUSAGE RUN
When a trail cam captures a frightening encounter in the woods, the scariest part is what you don’t see. A twist on found footage horror.
SHORTS
DON’T BE SCARED
Directed by Richard O’Connor USA / 2022 / 2:30 minutes
Directed by Eli Powers USA / 2021 / 17:20 minutes
WOODSTOCK Community Center Fri Sept 30 12:45pm
8-year-old Malak narrates her family’s arduous journey of romance, endless love, sacrifice and reunification with her father in the U.S. after 7-years of forced separation.
Directed by Kiarra Goldberg USA / 2021 / 10:21 minutes
MOSHARI Directed by Nuhash Humayun Bangladesh / 2022 / 21:53 minutes / w subtitles
HI, IT’S ME
An Ethiopian woman’s embrace of her identity through the color of her skin.
The end of the world forces two sisters together, inside a mosquito net (moshari), just to survive—but first they must survive each other.
NARRATIVE
Fractal follows the story of a miscarriage across three different realities; memory, present-day, and a dream of what could have been.
A celebration party for Eugene who was cast in the movie. The secret of the three friends is revealed there.
NEVER AGAIN PARA NADIE Directed by Anna Feder, Dan Frank, Justin Reifert USA / 2022 / 20:47 minutes / w subtitles In the poorest city in Rhode Island, peaceful demon strators tried to shut down a for-profit prison housing ICE detainees, only to be met with violence.
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THE CURRENT Directed by Megan Chumbley USA / 2022 / 6:33 minutes Did I just sexually assault someone?
FIGHT OR FLIGHT [99 MINUTES]
Elementary student, Cass, gives an unorthodox pre sentation on her summer vacation to Pompeii.
A US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.
Directed by Alex Lill USA / 2022 / 14:18 minutes
Directed by Kelly O’Sullivan USA / 2022 / 8:51 minutes
MICHELLE REMEMBERS
THE FLAGMAKERS
LEAD/FOLLOW Directed by Colby Day USA / 2022 / 12:00 minutes Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl have baggage. Lead/Follow takes us through the archetypal stages of a new relationship — shot in one take and told through dance.
9 DISLOCATION [91 MINUTES]
FRACTAL
Directed by Elizabeth Taufield USA / 2022 / 18:18 minutes
Directed by Dana Turken USA / 2022 / 10:36 minutes A woman finds a magical phone and reveals an unex pected truth.
Directed by Cynthia Wade, Sharon Liese USA / 2022 / 33:00 minutes / w subtitles
Well-crafted, authentic documentaries which share stories of those who are displaced, in limbo, or are motivated against the odds to help their families thrive.
Off-beat narrative stories of self-examination and admitting our truths. direct url: rb.gy/pmj0s2WOODSTOCK Community Center Sun Oct 2 4:15pm direct url: rb.gy/xhzhqi
TRIGGERED Directed by Tara Westwood USA / 2021 / 18:00 minutes
Directed by Sam Evoy USA / 2021 / 8:54 minutes When a young woman navigates a bad breakup, she develops a destructive relationship with her taboo smart device.
A piano tuner gets caught up in a botched home invasion. BATON TOUCH Directed by Jeong se-eum South Korea / 2021 / 20:15 minutes
DOCUMENTARYNARRATIVE
Directed by Nadia Durry United Arab Emirates / 2021 / 10:00 minutes
American dreams collide with identity and belonging as refugees, immigrants and locals sew five million American flags a year in a Wisconsin factory.
ANGEL OF GAZA Directed by Ahmed Mansour USA, Palestine / 2021 / 23:34 minutes / w subtitles
MIRRA
THE DEEP END Directed by Jack Fessenden USA / 2022 / 13:00 minutes
SKIN & BONE
Shriek-inducing thrillers, some that may hit too close to home. WOODSTOCK Community Center Fri Sept 30 8:45pm
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MY SUMMER VACATION
THE GIRL WITH THE ACCENT
INTIMACY WORKSHOP Directed by Eddie Prunoske USA / 2022 / 9:50 minutes
THE UNCONSCIOUS CONSCIOUS [91 MINUTES]
A therapist overwhelmed by an environmental crisis starts to resent one of her patients linked to the very scandal.
After taking a job on a secluded farm, a drifter begins suffering from horrifying visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals. Starring Amanda Seyfried.
WEDNESDAYS AT 5
SHORTS
In a stark church basement, a group of dour men gather for a symposium on the elusive art of human connection.
SHITS & GIGGLES [94 MINUTES]
Directed by Harris Doran USA / 2022 / 12:28 minutes
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COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS
DOCUMENTARY&NARRATIVE SHORTS
Jerking off with her bathtub faucet, Tracey’s desires, fears and anger reach a new climax.
Hard truths are revealed when Carol and Janet each receive a package containing pieces of their shared ex-boyfriend. Also featuring socks, singing, and a cute dog. HARDBOILED Directed by Peter Sluszka USA / 2022 / 27:38 minutes
Five New Yorkers search for a meal in a Queens market while speaking in verse.
Directed by Alex Cannon, Paul Cannon USA / 2022 / 6:30 minutes
The Tokyo voice acting world is changing and Kingyo must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry. MADELYNN VON RITZ IS ALMOST FAMOUS [DOC]
WOODSTOCK Community Center Sat Oct 1 3:45pm
Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.
Original and hilarious bite-sized films. direct url: rb.gy/kz3rqs Center Sat Oct 1 6:45pm WOODSTOCK Community Center Sun Oct 2 6:45pm
THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT
Directed by Rachel Kessler USA / 2022 / 13:38 minutes
A short mixed-media documentary about twice Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist René Marie’s extraor dinary and often difficult path in life, and the saving grace of music at every turn.
THE VOICE ACTRESS [NAR]
Directed by Daphne Gardner USA / 2022 / 12:45 minutes
Directed by Bryan Poyser USA / 2022 / 8:01 minutes A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with a fan.
THE F-WORD
TUNING RENÉ MARIE [DOC]
Directed by Cinque Northern USA / 2022 / 26:56 minutes
All cards are on the table when a queer Pakistani Muslim woman brings her Puerto Rican partner home for the first time on the family’s annual game night.
Detectives Harry and Callaham don’t play by the rules, resulting in suspensions and beatings at the hands of their boss, the explosive Knishoner. Undaunted by departmental politics, the ham and egg detectives set off in pursuit of a killer targeting eggs.
Directed by Lain Kienzle USA / 2022 / 14:44 minutes
NARRATIVEWOODSTOCK Community
A middle-aged woman and her best friend race to make her over for the anniversary dinner she’s sure her husband is surprising her with.
CAROL & JANET
ANNIVERSARY
A father explains to his young daughter what the f-word means. F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K
Directed by Andrea Rosen USA / 2022 / 10:00 minutes
A queer, Black, aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.
Directed by Anna J. Takayama Japan / 2022 / 15:06 minutes / w subtitles
Directed by Naz Riahi, Silas Howard USA / 2022 / 18:30 minutes At 83, Madelynn Von Ritz, a radical rocker who never stops trying, hasn’t given up her dream of musical recognition.
The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson’s shut down 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, the Louisiana State Peniten tiary, America’s largest prison-plantation.
SWERVE [DOC]
ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? Voices From A Plantation Prison [DOC]
Directed by Lynne Sachs USA / 2022 / 8:00 minutes
DON’T YOU GO NOWHERE [NAR]
SHUT UP AND PAINT [DOC]
Directed by Titus Kaphar, Alex Mallis USA / 2022 / 20:00 minutes
KEEP SHOWING UP [107 MINUTES]
Directed by Fawzia Mirza USA / 2021 / 11:00 minutes
Innovative narrative and documentary shorts that showcase a diverse group of musicians and artists as they challenge systems, build power and reflect on an artistic life as we age. direct url: rb.gy/podnp4
IN THE FLESH
Directed by Brit Hensel USA / 2022 / 9:05 minutes Expressions of reciprocity in the Cherokee world as conveyed in a story told by an elder and a first lan guage speaker.
HELLO TO JULIA
HERE TO STAY
A 23-year-old, first generation, Mexican-American woman runs for office in one of the most dangerous cities in America.
Directed by John Gallen USA / 2022 / 11:31 minutes
A sleep away camp in Elgin, Texas gives adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to escape societal barriers and have a good ol’ time dancing, loving, and feeling free.
Directed by Jose Fernando Rodriguez Puerto Rico, USA / 2022 / 20:51 minutes / w subtitles
A fascinating look at those who are struggling to find acceptance and worth in a society that had relegated them to the margins.
PILI KA MO‘O
BLUE ROOM Directed by Merete Mueller USA / 2022 / 11:55 minutes Incarcerated participants in a mental health experi ment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wild flowers, and forests on loop, prompting them to re flect on isolation and wilderness.
Iron Sharpens Iron profiles the rivalry between two of the best wheelchair basketball players in the world. Highlighting the capabilities of adaptive sports athletes, the film challenges perceptions about what someone with a disability can do.
Directed by Justyn Ah Chong USA / 2021 / 13:46 minutes
Directed by Jenna A. Bush USA / 2021 / 29:05 minutes When Julia was born, her parents were told to “take her off the ventilator and let her go.” At two, she still could not move, eat, or speak, until the miraculous combination of horses and therapy brought her to life.
Directed by Charles Xiuzhi Dong China, USA / 2022 / 27:50 minutes / w subtitles
DOCUMENTARY
The personal is political in these short documentaries that address historical and local challenges to how it goes. direct url: rb.gy/7malmr
A delightful true story about two Massachusetts boys – 9 and 11 – who set off on an improbable 350-mile jour ney with their family pet, a Shetland pony named King. direct url: rb.gy/dxsnvrWOODSTOCK Community Center Sat Oct 1 12:45pm
Directed by Jared Peraglia USA / 2022 / 30:05 minutes
Isolated in quarantine, a disabled Black youth cele brates his 21st birthday. Experiencing the unrest of racial protests, he finds his voice.
A father reflects on his strict upbringing in early 1960’s Puerto Rico, as Hi8 videos – filmed by his son – reveal his son’s fascination with violence during his carefree, playful youth.
SOCIAL DIALOGUES [87 MINUTES]
PONY BOYS
Directed by Andrew Abrahams, Herb Ferrette USA / 2022 / 39:55 minutes Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton is accused of murdering a white policeman after a late night car stop in 1968 Oakland. A landmark trial ensues and Newton’s defense team redefines “a jury of one’s peers.” With the death penalty looming, a verdict is delivered that still reverberates today.
FAMILY MATTERS [96 MINUTES]
SHORTS
IN THE WAKE OF MOURNING
DOCUMENTARY
Lydia Emily, an artist living with progressive MS, paints her last mural in downtown LA with the help of a truly diverse group of friends and family.
Directed by Eric Stange USA / 2022 / 24:48 minutes
Directed by Adetoro Makinde USA / 2022 / 6:10 minutes
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AS FAR AS THEY CAN RUN
Directed by Christoph Johannes Superstar Green USA / 2021 / 21:00 minutes
Artful documentaries that share intimate portraits of diverse generational families in moments of honor and remembrance.
DOWN HOME Directed by Riley Engemoen, Liz Moskowitz USA / 2022 / 12:07 minutes
DOCUMENTARY
A documentary film investigates the director’s family saga spanning three decades of post-Chinese cultural revolution history. ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)
WOODSTOCK Community Center Fri Sept 30 10:00am
LYDIA EMILY’S LAST MURAL
Directed by Tanaz Eshaghian Pakistan / 2022 / 38:45 minutes / w subtitles
A Native Hawaiian family is drawn into a complex quest to preserve their ancestral land.
ANSHAN DIARIES
JUNGLE X
IRON SHARPENS IRON
BEHIND THESE WALLS USA / 2021 / 5:47 minutes
ONE’S OWN POWER [118 MINUTES] WOODSTOCK Community Center Sun Oct 2 1:00pm direct url: rb.gy/y1cxq8 Powerful documentaries that celebrate the full identities of characters with disabilities.
AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL
While incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Sean “Dino” Johnson discovered the prison’s theater program: “We are in a maximum security facility and you want me to run around in tights talking about to be or not to be?”
Directed by P.J. Palmer USA / 2022 /30:00 minutes
An intimate portrait of the writer and queer theorist Jack Halberstam.
VALENTINE [DOC]
AN ISLAND DRIFTS [NAR]
A short, animated documentary that explores an Only Fans creator’s first year on the platform, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. direct url: rb.gy/3dreifWOODSTOCK Community Center Sat Oct 1 10:00am
FILM SCHOOL SHORTS [91 MINUTES]
Directed by Erich Rettstadt Taiwan, USA / 2021 / 9:31 minutes / w subtitles
A rural rancher and his ailing husband, are forced to make a heartbreaking decision to preserve the dignity of their marriage. Starring Colman Domingo and featur ing a cameo from Kevin Bacon.
A short documentary on the iconic legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker, Barbara Hammer, told through the lens and love of her partner of over 30 years.
Once upon a time, the magical Tank Fairy delivered tanks of gas (with plenty of sass) to the home of young Jojo, a lonely dreamer in need of a glittery godmother.
SHORTS
A collection of bold, transformative narrative and documentary shorts from across the LGBTQIA+ community.
Finely-crafted narrative and documentary student shorts that exemplify daring and distinctive storytelling.
Directed by Kim Su Labby [DOC] USA / 2021 / 12:33 minutes
WHEN WE ARRIVE AS FLOWERS [DOC] Directed by Susan O’Brien USA / 2022 / 4:55 minutes
WUSS [NAR]
Two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Brook lyn artist Lesya Verba gets through to her older sister in Odessa via FaceTime. This film is about love, memory, and the (im)permanence of home, as the sisters cling to a call that could be their last.
Directed by Vivian Ip Singapore / 2021 / 18:32 minutes / w subtitles
Diovanna, a dancer, realizes her transfemme identity through a choreographic journey of self-discovery, celebration, and the poetic metaphor of a flower coming to bloom.
I WAS ALWAYS COMING BACK [NAR]
DOCUMENTARY&NARRATIVE
Directed by Christian Jones USA / 2022 / 15:47 minutes Andre, on his first day home from prison, is unsure of how he will be received as he returns to his small town wanting to rewrite his wrongs. THESE MEMORIES ARE NOT MY OWN
Lab students are guided through every stage of the filmmak ing process, from inception, to production and post-produc tion, in a series of individual courses taught by film industry professionals and program instructors. At the end of their three weeks, the students completed their projects.
Nine-year-old tomboy Xiaoyu must choose between the neighborhood boys and the intriguing local shop girl… CALL ANYTIME, I’M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE [DOC]
In spite of the lack of touch, two single queer BIPOC friends find moments of joy and resilience in unexpected ways.
Directed by Rodney Evans USA / 2022 / 11:31 minutes
Directed by Adam Pendleton USA / 2021 /31:54 minutes
PORTAL [DOC]
Directed by Brydie O’Connor USA / 2021 / 15:06 minutes
DOCUMENTARY&NARRATIVE
Screened as part of Teen Shorts - see page 28
Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, as the act leads to devas tating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them.
WOODSTOCK Community Center Fri Sept 30 3:30pm direct url: rb.gy/cnbiuq
Joy and Noelle pr 9
Directed by Sinead Keirans USA / 2022 / 6:49 minutes
Directed by Rubing Zhang China / 2021 / 12:21 minutes / w subtitles Mandarin with English subtitles
TANK FAIRY [NAR]
2019 Summer Youth Film Lab students in production for Epilogue To A Friendship Film Lab students presenting their films at the 2018 Woodstock Film Festival.
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WE OUT HERE [100 MINUTES]
SO WE MOVED: A Portrait of Jack Halberstam [DOC]
LOVE, BARBARA [DOC]
Directed by Sanjna Selva USA / 2022 / 12:45 minutes
Directed by Zahida Pirani USA / 2021 / 15:20 minutes / w subtitles Spanish with English subtitles After a harrowing event, an untrusting and isolated street vendor discovers the embrace of community.
EL CARRITO [NAR]
9 YOUTH FILM LAB
Generously underwritten by an anonymous donor, the Wood stock Film Festival’s annual Summer Youth Film Lab was a free, three-week intensive filmmaking bootcamp for Hudson Valley teens that provides participants with the equipment and expertise to create their own original films.
NORTHSTAR [NAR]
An experimental documentary exploring adoption from China during the One Child Rule.
ART SAVES THE SOUL: Bowl Directed by Madeleine Birnbaum USA / 2022 / 2:53 minutes
SOFA Directed by Chen Lu China / 2021 / 4:11 minutes
FROZEN HEART Directed by Nina Guseva Russia / 2021 / 3:40 minutes Gerda learns that her beloved lives a secret life as a drag queen. To better understand him …
TWIN ROCK: Zero to Eleven Mix
YOU AGAIN Directed by Mercedes Arturo USA, Argentina, Germany / 2022 / 4:23 minutes Music video for Ananda Luna’s debut song.
Luna is haunted by the memories of her past relationship with August. Will she learn how to move past it?
Directed by Ollie Weidemann, Grace Woodcock USA / 2022 / 6:51 minutes
FUEL FOR THE FEEDING END
YOUTH FILM LAB An intimate portrait exposing food apartheid in Kingston and the community efforts dedicated to combating it.
A surreal performance and cat and mouse game through a blood-red world. EVERY STEP IS A PRAYER
MUSIC VIDEOS WORLDWIDE - ONLINE ONLY BANG BUS Directed by Shin Heewon South Korea / 2021 / 4:24 minutes After being caught in flagrante delicto, a man starts running for his life.
THE SKY BELONGS TO NO ONE
After the tragic death of her son, an astrologer steals the Sun, adopting it as her own child.
SHORTS Community Center Fri Sept 30 6:30pm
WOODSTOCK
A young pianist makes a startling discovery while painting, that changes his relationship to music.
DRAMAS - BLOODBATH Directed by Rupert Höller Austria / 2020 / 3:37 minutes
A man wakes up to chop wood everyday until he sees he will be stuck in the forest forever.
THE AUDITION
HUNGER IN THE HUDSON
An invitation to dream of freedom together.
PHO Directed by Ethan Chu USA / 2021 / 11:51 minutes
SONHO Directed by Douglas Ratzlaff Bernardt Brazil / 2021 / 14:05 minutes
A lonely boy wants to save his mother from his abusive father, but feels powerless, at first.
DOLLAR 2 THE RICH Directed by Lewis T. Powell USA / 2022 / 3:21 minutes A young LaRussell sees his adult family and friends engaging in actions that plague his community.
Directed by Cara Stricker USA / 2021 / 8:33 minutes
KOJAQUE - TOWN’S DEAD
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Directed by Sam Baumslag, Milo Barrett USA / 2022 / 7:43 minutes
YOUTH FILM LAB Local booksellers and the community give insight on bookstores and the history of banned books.
PAPERBACK
VACANT SPACES
Trapped in a cave with a kappa, Joe longs for a wonderful world long lost.
MUSIC
BENTO LOVE Directed by Elisa Taylor USA / 2022 / 4:51 minutes After being teased for her Japanese lunch at school, Rina rediscovers the importance of her cultural traditions.
Directed by Sam McGrath, Kojaque Ireland / 2021 / 3:18 minutes
Directed by Wallace Wallace USA / 2022 / 6:52 minutes
Directed by Manuel Del Valle Mexico / 2022 / 6:56 minutes
TEEN [69 MINUTES]
A break-up story of a couple that unfolds in a dreamy visual way.
The oppressive penitentiary system takes away children’s right to dream, but talent and imagina tion break free.
Directed by Joe Baughman USA / 2022 / 5:25 minutes
Innovative and stylish, this music video lineup showcase a scope of global music, dance, and dreams.
A “successful” man must come to terms with his detachment from his Vietnamese culture and grandmother.
Directed by Antony Flackett USA / 2021 / 8:08 minutes This hip-hop inspired video-music symphony covers 11 years in the aural life of twins.
A butler struggles to reconnect with his severed head. direct url: rb.gy/xx1jgu direct url: rb.gy/p7mbse
Directed by Eli Berliner USA / 2022 / 9:15 minutes
HUNTER Directed by Michelle Tang USA / 2021 / 11:30 minutes
AFTER AUGUST Directed by Olivia Siegel USA / 2022 / 7:32 minutes
Bowl is a personal story about the writer’s eating disorder and how art helped her cope.
Roger Ross Williams Oscar and Emmy Award-winning director, producer and writer, and the first African American director to win an Academy Award®, with his film Music By Prudence. Ondi Timoner’s work focuses on “impossible visionaries.” She’s won the Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize twice - for Dig! and We Live in Public, both which MoMA-NY acquired. Other films: Join Us, Cool It, Brand, Jungletown, Com ing Clean, and Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith.
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MODERATOR Film critic and bestsell ing novelist Thelma Adams has spent three decades in entertain ment journalism and was twice chair of the New York Film Critics Circle.
PANELS
PANELISTS Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani is the Iranian-Amer ican writer, director of such films as Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, 99 Homes and The White Tiger.
WOMEN IN FILM: Then and Now MODERATOR
Presented in collaboration with New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) Broken Wing Barn at White Feather Farm Sat Oct 1 12:00pm
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MODERATOR Geralyn White Dreyfous has a wide, distinguished background in the arts, extensive experience in consulting in the philanthropic sector, and is the Founder and Board Chair of the Utah Film Center.
CHAT with this year’s Fiercely Independent Award DEBRAfilmmakerrecipientGRANIK
Intimate conversations with actors, directors and members of the film industry delving deep into the creative process.
Since Debra Granik’s Down to the Bone played WFF in 2004, she’s defined fiercely independent. She later direct ed Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace and Stray Dog. We’ll discuss career choices, contemporary filmmaking, and what’s currently obsessing a filmmaker known for her storytelling chops, humanism and a keen eye for talent. [See pg 35 for full bio]
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PANELISTS Karen Allen is a theatre and film actor and director. She has made over 50 films as an actor starting with Animal House, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman and Scrooged and most recently A Year By the Sea, Colewell and A Stage of Twilight. She has directed in the theatre for the past 12 years and directed her first film in 2017, A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud based on a Carson McCullers short story. Julie Goldman is includingfeaturesofexecutiveningEmmyOscar-nominatedanandAward-winproducerandproducerdocumentaryandseries, Mole Agent, In The Same Breath, The Velvet Under ground, A Thousand Cuts, One Child Nation, Life, Animated, to name a few.
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Thelma Adams Film critic and bestselling novelist Thelma Ad ams has spent three decades in entertain ment journalism and was twice chair of the New York Film Critics Circle.
When festival founder Meira Blaustein and noted critic Thelma Adams programmed their “Amazing Women in Film” panel for the first time in 2004, the morning events were the B-side of the male-heavy producer’s panel that followed. The audience was all women. And they were curious and engaged. Over the years, the panel gathered notable high-profile women directors, producers, and actors. And we began a dialogue that started in that quiet corner at Utopia Studios, and then blossomed with each new year, becoming part of a wave of advocacy for the women’s gaze in the media. Where did we come from, how far have we gotten, and what can we manifest for the future? That’s the goal of this now popular panel that began in obscurityrelativeandfought to be heard.
DIRECTORS ON DIRECTING Meet some of Brokenspace.anddocumentarybothprocess,choicesdirectorialintheyfilmmakersmosttoday’sprolificasdiscussdepththeirandinthenarrativeWingBarn at White Feather Farm Fri Sept 30 12:00pm direct url: direct url: direct url: rb.gy/z5tki8 Wing Barn at White Feather Farm Sat Oct 1 10:00am
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PANELISTS
RESIDENCY / INCUBATOR SHOWCASE
Natalie Zimmerman, whose work has been exhibited worldwide, is a Bay Ar ea-based filmmaker and educator, with a focus on social issues and climate change activism.
Broken Wing Barn at White Feather Farm Sun Oct 2 4:00pm Meet several extraordinary emerging filmmakers and preview their diverse slate of work-in-progress feature films — projects that live in that provocative space between dramatic and documentary; between social justice and fine storytelling; between timely and timeless. The residents spent a month living together at the Theoria Foundation in Woodstock, developing their projects with professional mentorship.
Nirav Bhakta, whose zero-budget short films focus on the immigrant experience, is an award-winning director, actor, and writer who grew up as an undocumented immigrant living in motels. Adewale Olukayode is a writer, director, educator, and comedian, born in Lagos, Ni geria, and raised in New York, whose films address themes of justice, transformation and healing.
CHAT with this year’s Trailblazer Award recipient and IFC Film’s President ARIANNA BOCCO moderated by Marianne Koltai-Levine
PANELS
CHAT with this year’s Maverick Award recipient ETHAN HAWKE
Arianna Bocco is the President of IFC Films. Previously, she has spent over a decade overseeing acquisitions for IFC Films and IFC Midnight, the multiplatform film distribution labels owned and operated by AMC Networks, Inc. [See pg 35 for full bio]
Broken Wing Barn at White Feather Farm Sat Oct 1 2:00pm
Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award® nominated artist and one of Hollywood’s most multi-faceted stars: actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and best-selling novelist. This year’s Maverick Award honoree. [See pg 34 for full bio] direct url: rb.gy/rcanrz
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Alex Smith, is a screen writer, filmmaker, fiction writer and educator. He and his twin broth er Andrew wrote and directed the feature films Walking Out, Winter In The Blood, and The Slaughter Rule. Alex is an Associate Professor of Fiction Film at the University of Utah and the Artistic Director of The Woodst ock Film Festival Filmmakers Residency / Incubator.
Ethan Hawke in a talk with John Sloss about his careerunparalleledandwhat’s in store going forward.
Broken Wings Barn at White Feather Farm Sat Oct 1 4:00pm
MODERATOR Marianne KoltaiLevine President of Marketing recordesteemedatCommunicationsandAGBO,withantrackofrepresenting highly regarded directors, producers and production company including the Russo Brothers and AGBO.direct url: rb.gy/stciv2
Erica Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American raised in California, belongs to the modern diaspora that seeks to transform gener ational trauma into a reclaimed sense of belonging, using film as her medium to explore other cultures.
MODERATOR
CHAT with this year’s Trailblazer Award recipient ARIANNA BOCCO
First Annual Woodstock Filmmakers Residency Showcase
FILMMAKERS
MODERATOR John Sloss is an enter tainment lawyer, film producer, talent manager, sales agent, and founder of Cinetic Media, whose credits include The Velvet Underground, Green Book, Boyhood, I’m Not There, Before Sunset, and Far from Heaven, among others.
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The Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Award takes its name from the original Woodstock arts colony of the early 1900s, which valued independence and social responsibility expressed through the arts.
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AWKWAFINA is an award-winning actress, writer and producer transplanted to LA from Queens, New York. Nee Nora Lum, her trademark comedic style and signature flair led her to become a breakout talent. Most recently, she appeared in Universal’s The Bad Guys, two seasons of her Comedy Central Show, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, which she created and stars in, and Disney’s Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings On deck is Universal’s Renfield, to be released April 2023 Lum appeared in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon and Jumanji: The Next Level, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her starring role in the 2019 indie darling The Farewell. She brings an impressive range of talent to everything she does, most famously to Warner Bros’ 2018 smash hit Crazy Rich Asians, in which she starred as Peik Lin. That year, Lum hosted Saturday Night Live Other starring roles include Ocean’s 8, and the indie comedy, Dude Editing, Editing, Documentary Leon Gast Award for Best Documentary Mark Braunstein Award for Best Short Narrative Haskell Wexler Award Best Cinematography Short Documentary Student Short Gigantic Pictures Feature Gray Schwartz World of Ha Amanda Seyfried will present the award to Ethan Hawke. Amanda starred opposite Ethan Hawke in First Reformed.
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Arianna Bocco is the President of IFC Films. Previously, she has spent over a decade overseeing acquisitions for IFC Films and IFC Midnight, the multi-platform film distribution labels owned and operated by AMC Networks, Inc. Throughout her tenure, she has acquired 800+ films for the company, including some of the most revered independent films of the last decade. Prior to IFC Films, Arianna was head of the independent feature packaging division of the Gersh Agency, and previously, she worked at Miramax Films as SVP of Acquisitions. Before Miramax, Arianna was VP of Acquisitions and Co-Production at New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features. Arianna began her career at ICM and The Steve Tisch Company after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College. She is a member of AMPAS and BAFTA NY, currently serving as the Board Vice Chair. She currently resides in New Jersey with her dog Henry. This award is given to a singular filmmaker whose unique vision has furthered the field of independent filmmaking by following their own path, serving as a role model for other filmmakers, and advancing the highest quality of independent filmmaking.
Debra Granik is the director and co-writer of Winter’s Bone, which premiered and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2010. The film was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Granik and co-writer Anne Rosellini were also Oscar nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her first film, Down To The Bone won Granik the Best Director prize at the 2004 Sundance. In 2015, Granik completed Stray Dog, a feature documentary, which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Her most recent film, Leave No Trace, premiered at Sundance 2018 and was included in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2018. She is currently editing a longitudinal documentary shot over the past five years about the experiences of people reentering NYC after incarceration. Her next project is an adaptation of the non-fiction book, Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich.
This award is given to a leader in the film and media arts industry who has carved innovative paths for all to follow, establishing an independent vision, and creating a strong and widespread appreciation for quality, substantive filmmaking.
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Vera Farmiga will present the award to Debra Granik. Vera starred in Debra’s multiple award-winning feature directorial debut Down To The Bone. Marina Zenovich will present the award to Arianna Bocco.
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CONGRATULATIONSTOTHISYEAR’SEVOLUTIONARYFILMMAKERS!
When the Woodstock Film Festival launched in early 2000, Mark Braunstein gave us our first check, presented in person at a volunteer recruitment gathering by the late Victoria Langling, then head of customer care and charitable giving at Markertek.
Generous, innovative, brilliant, and kind, Mark was larger than life. Founder of Markertek, a leading broadcast supply company, his impact on the Hudson Valley was immense, being one of the top economic developers, with well over 100 employees at any given time.
Michael’s fame made him easily recognizable, and he was equally charming to everyone he met. His “Peter Pan” glow, coupled with his gentle spirit and sense of humor, were treasured by everyone. Being with Michael was always a joy. When we launched the Spirit of Woodstock Award in 2011, Michael was the obvious choice as our first recipient. And true to Michael’s spirit, the event was magical. We held the gala at a stunning former piano factory on the Hudson River, catered by Mary Giuliani, with live music by John Sebastian and a presentation by Academy Awardwinner Barbara Kopple, all close friends.
For many years, Mark was our leading benefactor, however the Woodstock Film Festival was just one of the many organizations, schools, food banks, events, projects, and people that he supported.
Although gone from our community, in our hearts Michael will be forever young, with his youthful grin, white sneakers, light gait, and ability to make everything seem easy and joyous. A deeply loving father and husband, as well as a friend to many near and far, Michael was a beacon of light. Rock on, dear friend.
In 2014, the Woodstock Film Festival honored Mark with our Spirit of Woodstock Award, a celebration filled with family, colleagues, and friends at the Emerson Resort and Spa.
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Not to mention that at just about any art event in Woodstock and the Hudson Valley, you were sure to see the name Markertek or Mark Braunstein and wife Katharine L. McKenna as sponsors.
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Michael Lang’s contribution to the Woodstock Film Festival was profound. His connections in the music, art, and film world were deep and far-reaching (his friend Peter Max did our poster back in 2007).
Mark was truly a great friend and one of the foremost pillars of our community. His contribution will be felt for a very long time.
IN MEMORIAM MICHAEL 1944-2022LANG MARK 1950-2021BRAUNSTEIN In Memory of Mark Braunstein Maverick Award Winner WFF Founding Sponsor
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= streaming 43All Events are subject to change, for latests updates visit 2022 WoodstockFilmFestival.org TICKET INFORMATION PRICES There will be limited seating capacity at all venues, purchasing tickets ahead of time is highly encouraged. There are NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES on tickets, without exception. The best way to order tickets, and see updated schedules, film descriptions, and other festival information is online at woodstockfilmfestival.org/tickets Passholders must arrive 15 minutes prior to events to guarantee seating. Online Orders All tickets can be purchased woodstockfilmfestival.org/ticketsat Tickets are to be printed at home, or presented digitally at the door. Online ticket orders can be purchased up until the time the event starts. Box Office The Box Office is open with limited hours, for your convenience, to browse the schedule and order tickets. We will offer printed tickets for those unable to print their tickets or present them digitally. Student and senior discounts are avail able with ID, at the Box Office. Tickets are available at the Box Office until two hours prior to the event. WEEKEND & FULL PASSES WEEKEND PASS: $450 Unlimited access to and priority seating* to all of the following on Satur day October 1st & Sunday October 2nd: films, panels, parties, hospitality lounge, and Maverick Awards ceremony. Includes festival gift bag. DELUXE FULL FESTIVAL PASS: $750 Unlimited access to and priority seating* to all films, virtual screen ings, panels, parties, hospitality lounge, and Maverick awards cere mony. Includes festival gift bag. PURCHASING TICKETS Internet Orders woodstockfilmfestival.org/tickets Box Office Location 13 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY 12498 phone: 845.810.0131 Box Office Hours Sept. 1st - 25th Wed - Sun: 11am - 6pm Sept 26-27 9am - 6pm Sept. 28 - Oct 1 9am - 7pm Oct 2 9am - 6pm Please note that all events are subject to change. Check the website to: Confirm venues and times Read updated information about screenings, special events & panels. Masks are encouraged but not mandated. Hand sanitizers and masks will be available at every venue. Staff and volunteers are required to be vaccinated. These are set in place for the safety of all participants. Thank you for your cooperation. Tickets go on sale starting on Thursday, September 1st, 2022 *Passholders must arrive 15 minutes prior to events to guarantee seating. ChronogramMedia.com/subscribe Subscribegetmorelocal. Detail of Swim: States of Being, by Ashley Williams Driving from Woodstock to: ROSENDALE takes ± 35 minutes. SAUGERTIES takes ± 20 minutes. KINGSTON takes ± 20 minutes. WHITE FEATHER FARM takes ± 10 minutes. Leave more time, there is going to be traffic.
44 WoodstockFilmFestival.org 2022 All Events are subject to change, for latests updates visit WEDTheaterWOODSTOCK:9/28Bearsville 7:00 Of Medicine and Miracles [Q&A] WOODSTOCK Playhouse 6:30 Remember This [Q&A] THURBearsvilleWOODSTOCK:9/29Theater 11:00am Hunting In Packs [Q&A] 1:45 Cine-Symphony [Q&A] Planet Earth 4:00 2nd Chance [Q&A] 7:00 Wonderfully Made - [Q&A] LGBTQ+R(eligion) WOODSTOCK Playhouse 10:45am Battleground [Q&A] 1:45 Broker 5:30 OPENING NIGHT FILM Mending The Line [Q&A] 8:45 God’s Creatures TinkerWOODSTOCK:Street Cinema 11:30am Bonnie Blue: James Cotton Life in the Blues [Q&A] 2:15 Sixty Miles North [Q&A] 5:00 Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes [Q&A] 7:45 Amerikatsi [Q&A] LevonWOODSTOCK:HelmStudios 9:00 The Ballad of Clem Snide FRI 9/30WOODSTOCK: Bearsville Theater 10:00am Skate Dreams [Q&A] 12:45 The Fire That Took Her [Q&A] 3:45 My So-Called [Q&A] High School Rank 6:45 Immediate Family [Q&A] 9:45 Louis Armstrong’s [Q&A] Black & Blues WOODSTOCK Playhouse 11:00am My Love Affair with [Q&A] Marriage 2:30 A Stage of Twilight [Q&A] 5:45 Roost [Q&A] 8:45 My Policeman TinkerWOODSTOCK:Street Cinema 10:00am Hannah Ha Ha [Q&A] 12:30 Straighten Up [Q&A] and Fly Right 3:45 The Quiet Epidemic [Q&A] 7:00 Man [Q&A] 9:30 Animation Shorts [Q&A] CommunityWOODSTOCKCenter [All have Q&A] 10:00am SHORTS: Social Dialogues 12:45 SHORTS: Dislocation 3:30 SHORTS: We Out Here 6:30 SHORTS: Teen Films 8:45 SHORTS: Fight or Flight WhiteSAUGERTIES:Feather Farm PANELS 12:00pm PANEL: Directors On Directing OrpheumSAUGERTIES:Theatre 1:00 Broker 4:15 Hunting In Packs [Q&A] 7:15 Amerikatsi [Q&A] ROSENDALE Theatre 1:00 Mending the Line [Q&A] 4:30 Follow Her [Q&A] 7:30 Sixty Miles North [Q&A] SAT BearsvilleWOODSTOCK:10/1Theater 10:00am The Picture Taker [20 min Q&A] 1:00 Afghan Dreamers [Q&A] 3:30 Last Flight Home [Q&A] 6:30 The Return of [Q&A] Tanya Tucker 9:15 My So-Called [Q&A] High School Rank WOODSTOCK Playhouse 10:30am Linoleum 1:30 Raymond + Ray [Q&A] 4:45 Brother’s Keeper [Q&A] 8:00 The Lost King TinkerWOODSTOCK:Street Cinema 10:00am Confession [Q&A] 12:45 Stay Awake [Q&A] 3:45 Follow Her [Q&A] 6:45 Cine-Symphony [Q&A] Planet Earth 9:00 Dead for a Dollar CommunityWOODSTOCKCenter [All have Q&A] 10:00am SHORTS: Film School Shorts 12:45 SHORTS: Family Matters 3:45 SHORTS: Keep Showing Up 6:45 SHORTS: Shits and Giggles WhiteSAUGERTIES:Feather Farm PANELS 10:00am PANEL: Chat With Debra Granik 12:00 PANEL: Women In Film: Then and Now 2:00 PANEL: Chat With Arianna Bocco 4:00 PANEL Chat With Ethan Hawke OrpheumSAUGERTIES:Theatre 1:00pm Louis Armstrong’s [Q&A] Black & Blues 4:00 Hannah Ha Ha 6:30 Skate Dreams [Q&A] ROSENDALE Theatre 11:00am My Love Affair with Marriage 2:30 The Quiet Epidemic 5:30 Straighten Up and Fly Right 8:15 My Policeman KINGSTON: UPAC 9:00 Maverick Awards SUNBearsvilleWOODSTOCK:10/2Theater 11:00am Relative [Q&A] 1:45 The Good Soldier [Q&A] 4:45 Free LanierRenty:V.Harvard [30 min Q&A] 8:00 Animation Shorts WOODSTOCK Playhouse 11:00am Juniper 1:45 The Banshees of Inisherin 5:00 Triangle of Sadness 8:45 CLOSING NIGHT FILM Empire of Light TinkerWOODSTOCK:Street Cinema 10:00am Raymond & Ray 1:00 Living In Dellusionville [Q&A] 3:30 The Picture Taker [Q&A] 6:30 Exposure [Q&A] CommunityWOODSTOCKCenter [All have Q&A] 10:00am SHORTS: HUDSY 1:00 SHORTS: One’s Own Power 4:15 SHORTS: The Unconcious Concious 6:45 SHORTS: Shits and Giggles WhiteSAUGERTIES:Feather Farm PANELS 4:00pm PANEL: ShowcaseResidencyFilmmakers/Incubator OrpheumSAUGERTIES:Theatre 10:30am Afghan Dreamers 1:00 Last Flight Home 4:00 A Stage of Twilight 7:00 Man 9:15 The Lost King ROSENDALE Theatre 11:00am The Return of Tanya Tucker 2:00 Roost 4:45 Stay Awake 7:45 Linoleum Please note that all events are subject to change. Check woodstockfilmfestival.org to confirm venues and times SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE MAVERICK AWARDS UPAC, KINGSTON SAT, OCT 1 @ 9:00pm Awards for Best: Best Editing, Narrative Best Editing, Documentary The Leon Gast Award for Best Documentary The Mark Braunstein Award for Best Short Narrative The Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography Best Short Documentary Best Student Short Best Short Animation The Gigantic Pictures Award for Best Feature Narrative The Gray Schwartz Ultra Indie Award The World of Ha Change Maker Award Fiercely Independent Award [pg 35] Honorary Trailblazer [pg 35] Honorary Maverick [pg 34] Honorary Transcendent Talent [pg 34] Ticket Holders must arrive 15 minutes prior to screenings or panels, in order to guarantee seating. Internet Boxticketswoodstockfilmfestival.org/Orders:OfficeLocation: 13 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY 12498 Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498 Tinker Street Cinema 132 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498 Woodstock Community Center [shorts] 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498 Woodstock Playhouse 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498 Orpheum Theatre 156 Main St, Saugerties, NY 12477 White Feather Farm [PANELS] Broken Wing Barn 1389 NY-212, Saugerties, NY 12477 UPAC [AWARDS] 601 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401 WAAM [FILMAKERS LOUNGE] 28 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498 Rosendale Theatre 408 Main St, Rosendale, NY 12472AVENUESSPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES American roots music duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason will perform a short set before the 30th anniversary screening of Brother’s Keeper. The duo provided the musical score for the film. A special musical performance by Clem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers will follow the screening of The Ballard of Clem Snide Jay Ungar & Molly MasonClem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE SAT OCT 1 @ 4:45pm LEVON HELM STUDIOS THURS SEPT 29 @ 9:00pm
