Woodstock Film Festival 2017 Prefest Program

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 Narratives
9 Documentaries
16 Shorts
20 Music Videos Online
20 Panels
EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE
24 Performances
24 Awards A REAL VERMEER THE BACHELORS THE BALLAD
Directed by Rudolf van den Berg Directed by Kurt Voelker OF LEFTY BROWN
25 Tickets The Netherlands / 2016 / USA / 2016 / 108 minutes Directed by Jared Mosh
105 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse USA / 2017 / 111 minutes
26 Schedule at a Glance In Dutch with subtitles Thur Oct 12 9:00pm
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
BUY TICKETS Sat Oct 14 10:30am
Orpheum SAUGERTIES
27 Sponsors Fri Oct 13 8:30pm Grieving over the death of his wife, ROSENDALE Theatre
Sun Oct 15 2:45pm
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Bill Palet (in a subtly charismatic
Sun Oct 15 2:00pm performance by J.K. Simmons) makes BUY TICKETS
BUY TICKETS a bold move, packing up his life and In what is a uniquely American
Han van Meegeren is considered one adolescent son to start anew in LA. genre, director Jared Mosh takes
of the most talented artists of the With a striking performance by up- us back to the world of cowboys and
1920s Dutch art scene. But when and-coming actor Josh Wiggins as cattle barons. However, this time
he falls in love with the beautiful Wes, the father-son relationship its not the hero, but his sidekick in
actress Jolanka Lakatos, wife of permeates the story as they each the spotlight. After Eddie Johnson
Hollands most important art critic, contend with their grief, assisted by (Peter Fonda) is elected Montana
van Meegeren makes a powerful the relationships they build. senator, he appoints his bumbling
enemy, intent on destroying him. Wes finds solace in new pal Lefty (Bill Pullman) to take
Then, pouring salt on the wound, his friends and pursuits, but this sense over his ranch. Everyone, including
wife and son leave him. Distraught, of normal is upended as Bill falls Eddies wife (Kathy Baker) thinks
van Meegeren escapes to the south of into a debilitating depression. this is a bad decision. When things
France to work on one thing: revenge. Struggling to keep a grip on their take an unexpected turn, and Eddie
He dedicates himself to forging a lives, their story is intertwined is gunned down, Mosh spins a
perfect Vermeer that will fool the with two women a discerning stirring and compassionate yarn, as
art world and humiliate his nemesis. French professor (Julie Delphy) who Lefty, thrown into an unaccustomed
When it comes time to unveil the cares deeply for her students, and position, proves his loyalty, turning
painting, however, Han must choose a troubled girl (impeccably played from clumsy sidekick into relentless
between revealing the truth and by Odeya Rush) whose kindness is avenger. Pullmans Lefty Brown
getting his revenge, or keeping quiet obscured by a dark reputation. is an inspiring character, simple,
and winning Jolankas heart. In this Witty, heartening and full of stubborn, with an invincible
period piece of high tension drama, honest sentiment and fresh dialog, courage that carries the film by
madness and romance, A Real Vermeer The Bachelors explores how grief can his masterful performance. An old-
is a fictionalized story of a man who, sabotage our ability for compassion, fashioned Western accentuated with
in real life, rose to infamy as one of while love has the power to drive a cinematic eye and attention to
the most ingenious art forgers of all healing. Colton Cox details, this is a story that never
time. Q&A PARTICIPANT:
becomes old: that of undying loyalty
Kurt Voelker of one man for another.
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Ben F Fischer
Rudolf van den Berg
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Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Bill Pullman, Jared Mosh
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EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
BEAUTY MARK BECKS LGBTQ COLD NOVEMBER CRASH PAD

Directed by Harris Doran Directed by FOC US Directed by Karl Jacob Directed by Kevin Tent
USA / 2017 / 87 minutes Elizabeth Rohrbaugh USA / 2017 / 91 minutes USA / 2017 / 95 minutes
and Daniel Powell
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Upstate Films WOODSTOCK WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Sat Oct 14 3:00pm USA / 2017 / 92 minutes Fri Oct 13 4:00pm Fri Oct 13 6:45pm
Upstate Films II RHINEBECK WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films II RHINEBECK BUY TICKETS
Sun Oct 15 3:45pm Thur Oct 12 3:15pm Sat Oct 14 7:00pm
BUY TICKETS Upstate Films I RHINEBECK BUY TICKETS Crash Pad is a hilarious, irreverent
Sun Oct 15 3:30pm romp centered around a hopeless
Angie, an impoverished single mother Approaching womanhood, 12-year-old
BUY TICKETS romantic who thinks he has found
with a history of bad decisions, is Florence experiences her first deer
determined to do better for her true love with an older woman,
You cant go home again. Or, can hunt, a traditional rite-of-passage only to discover she is married and
son. Discovering that the house you? When Becks (short for Rebecca, in her matriarchal family. Drawing that for her their liaison is merely
she shares with her mother, a crude played by gifted Tony winner Lena on his own experiences growing up an instrument of revenge against
woman with a poor track record of Hall) leaves her Brooklyn boho life in Northern Minnesota, director Karl her neglectful husband. Dombnail
her own, is being condemned, Angie to follow her long term girlfriend Jacob has crafted an intimate portrait Gleeson is brilliant as Stensland,
begins a frantic search for a new to LA, only to be jilted when she of the familial ritual of hunting, a the somewhat unhinged, spurned
home. When all other options fail, gets there, seeking solace at home subject that tangentially dovetails lover, and Thomas Haden Church,
she fixates on solving the problem seems sensible. So Becks drives to with contemporary concerns regarding playing the cuckold Grady, is the
by confronting the one person she her mothers house in St. Louis and firearms. As in many world cultures epitome of arrogance. Wife and lover
feels owes her: the man who sexually the life she left behind years ago. where preordained ceremonies Morgan (Christina Applegate) is
abused her as a child. Distraught by her breakup, historically usher adolescents into every womans hero and every mans
A haunting story about an the spurned Brooklyn singer-song- adulthood, the protagonist in Cold nightmare, while Nina Dobrev in
uncomfortable topic, Beauty Mark fe writer starts playing guitar for tips November transforms from a child the secretarys role gives a standout
arlessly portrays the effects of sexual in an old friends bar and parading playing with a cardboard village performance of fidelity and duplicity.
abuse. While some may question her her sexuality. Mom, skillfully por- to a seeker alone in the woods, Director Kevin Tent, who honed his
methods of salvation, the raw and trayed by Christine Lahti, attempts desperate for comfort, aid and the talent as an acclaimed editor (The
unflinching performance of Auden to be supportive but often comes up attainment of an elusive goal. The Descendents, Nebraska, Sideways,
Thornton as Angie engenders a short and awkward. Chronicling her exquisite performance of Bijou Abas About Schmidt), has put together
deep sense of compassion, even as attempts and frustration to re-es- as Florence, the stillness, and the a film that is politically incorrect
she goes down a questionable path. tablish a life back in the Midwest, evocative beauty of the landscape at every turn. With something to
Ultimately what is so refreshing the fish-out-of -water narrative is provide a gentle counterpoint to offend just about everyone, Crash Pad
and uplifting about Beauty Mark, is supported by a winningly fresh, the real life shooting, skinning and will have you cringing in your seat,
Angies choice to use the trauma and original musical score and some hys- dressing of the majestic kill. In a laughing out loud, and rooting for
pain of her past to save someone terically funny scenes. Will Rebecca world where guns equate with war love to conquer all. Monique Ray
else. Monique Ray find her niche in St. Louis? Maybe and terrorism, Cold November reminds
one can go home again. us that ones relationship with guns COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Jeff Morris is completely different when they are Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Harris Doran, Auden Thornton,
Catherine Curtin Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
used to provide nourishment. Kevin Tent, Bill Horberg, Jeremy Catalino
Elizabeth Rohrbaugh, Daniel Powell Ben F. Fischer
COURTESY OF VISIT FILMS
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Karl Jacob, Peter Ohs, Bijou Abas,
Kubilay Uner
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EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN NEW YORK PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE
PREMIERE
DONT COME BACK HOLDEN ON INFINITY BABY
FROM THE MOON GIRL IN FLIGHT Directed by Tamlin Hall Directed by Bob Byington
Directed by Sandra Vannucchi USA / 2017 / 102 minutes USA / 2017 / 70 minutes
Directed by Bruce Thierry Cheung
Italy, Switzerland / 2017 / Upstate Films WOODSTOCK
USA / 2017 / 84 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse
78 minutes Sat Oct 14 5:30pm Thur Oct 12 1:00pm
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Italian with subtitles Orpheum Theatre SAUGERTIES
Thur Oct 12 6:00pm ROSENDALE Theatre
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 15 5:00pm Sat Oct 14 8:00pm
Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Thur Oct 12 3:30pm
Sun Oct 15 6:15pm BUY TICKETS BUY TICKETS
Orpheum Theatre SAUGERTIES
BUY TICKETS Fri Oct 13 6:00pm Holden On is the true story of In this absurdist comedy set in the
BUY TICKETS a teen from the small town of near-future, Ben, a perpetual dater
In a rundown desert town, the men
LaGrange, Georgia, struggling with who is incapable of committing to
begin to vanish one by one, leaving
Almost 11-year-old Silvias home mental illness and addiction in any relationship, portrayed in a
their families to wonder where they
life is dominated by her mothers the mid 90s. Holden Layfield was wonderfully wacky performance by
have gone and will they return. Is
depression. Hoping for a break, cheerful, popular, a star athlete, Kieran Culkin, works for a company
this some sci-fi abduction? After one
Silvia pleads for a family trip to kind, and compassionate and he tasked with finding a forever home
fathers cryptic note, the kids start
Rome. But when her father backs had a dark secret: he suffered from for genetically modified babies who
referring to the disappearances as
down yet again, she takes off on schizophrenia. As his condition dont age, cry, eat or soil diapers. So-
going to the moon.
her own from their home out- deteriorated and his attempt to called Infinity Babies are a stylistic
The supernatural atmosphere side Florence to fulfill her dream. self-medicate turned into addiction, choice for parents who dont want
persists, enhanced by soft grainy Fearless and open to everything, he disconnected from family and the responsibilities of raising a child.
camera work and a discordant she falls in with 13-year-old Emina, friends. On November 16, 1995, But somewhere along the way, one
soundtrack, the town starting to a Gypsy girl who reluctantly takes 19-year-old Holden committed of these care-free babies almost dies
look post-apocalyptic, with barren Silvia under her wing. And so the suicide with a shotgun. of neglect and one of our characters
land, tumble-down buildings, and adventure begins. In a story that Tamilin Hall was one of Hold- discovers a need and knack for
kids lolling about with no options confronts such universal themes as ens schoolmates and in his phenom- parenting. Featuring such supporting
or hope. The real reason for the the struggles of family life disrupted
enal first film he shows that Holdens comedic veterans as Nick Offerman,
absentee fathers, however, is more by mental illness, as well as a childs
life matters by exposing the stig- Megan Mullally (both from Parks and
mundane. Lacking job opportunities, innocence in relation to an outcast
ethnic group, Girl in Flight is a film ma surrounding mental illness and Recreation) and Martin Starr (Freaks
they seek greener pastures. At the
encouraging those who are suffer-

center of it all is fifteen-year-old of compassion and beauty. Shot in a and Geeks, Silicon Valley), whose
Roma camp with resident non-actors ing to talk about it and seek help. hilarious performances are essential
Mickey, juggling teenage tomfoolery,
by an award-winning cinematogra- His cinema verite style, iconic 90s to the whole, and assuredly directed
his love for another forsaken kid, and
pher, this tender, captivating and soundtrack, finely chosen cast, and by Bob Byington with beautiful
acting the grown-up, providing for
emotional indie gem is based on obvious respect and empathy for his black and white imagery, Infinity
his younger brother and now single
events in first-time director Sandra subject create a passionate testimo- Baby is about trying to find our
mom. In this beautifully executed
Vannucchis real life. nial to someone whose life was shat- place in a world that is becoming
story, what choice will Mickey make:
Barbara Pokras, ACE tered before it even started. increasingly artificial and the human
remain to rebuild his world, or leave
Ben F. Fischer relationships and connections that
to find his own future?
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Q&A PARTICIPANT: we hone along the way.
Ben F. Fischer Sandra Vannucchi, Michael King Tamlin Hall Evan Thomas
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Q&A PARTICIPANT:
Dean Bakopoulos Bob Byington

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NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE
LAST FLAG FLYING THE LIGHT THE SONG

REVENGEANCE
Directed by Richard Linklater OF THE MOON Directed by Bill Plympton OF SWAY LAKE
USA / 2017 / 119 minutes Directed by Jessica M. Thompson Directed by Ari Gold
USA / 2016 / 76 minutes
ROSENDALE Theatre USA / 2017 / 94 minutes USA / 2017 / 101 minutes
Fri Oct 13 8:30pm Woodstock Playhouse
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Fri Oct 13 11:30am WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Sat Oct 14 9:30pm Fri Oct 13 6:30pm Rosendale Theatre Sun Oct 15 2:15pm
BUY TICKETS Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Fri Oct 14 3:00pm BUY TICKETS
Sun Oct 15 1:00pm BUY TICKETS
In 2003, 30 years after they served BUY TICKETS In this lyrical ode to nostalgia, time and
together in the Vietnam War, former Revengeance is the animated story place play an important role alongside
Navy Corps medic Richard Doc Shep- Walking home alone late at night of a low-rent bounty hunter named the exceptionally strong cast. Set circa
herd (Steve Carell) re-unites with after drinks with friends, listening Rod Rosse, The One Man Posse, who 1990 in the resort town Sway Lake,
ex-Marines Sal (Bryan Cranston) and to music on her headphones and gets entangled in a web of danger temperamental Ollie (Rory Culkin)
Mueller (Laurence Fishburne) on a unaware of her surroundings, a young when he is hired by ex-biker/ and his duplicitous Russian friend
different type of mission: to bury woman is accosted and dragged into ex-wrestler turned U.S. Senator (Robert Sheehan), visit his ancestral
Docs son, a young Marine killed in a dingy, Brooklyn alleyway. She is Deathface to find a girl who stole
home to search for a rare record
the Iraq War. Doc decides to forgo brutally beaten and violently raped. a package. The 8th hand-drawn
album collected by Ollies late father.
burial at Arlington Cemetery and, Staggering home to the apartment animated feature film from master
There they face his icy grandmother
with the help of his old buddies, she shares with her boyfriend, the animator Bill Plympton, it is the first
(Mary Beth Peil) and distressed helper
takes the casket on a bittersweet trauma becomes her new reality. collaboration between Plympton and
(Elizabeth Pea). Haunted by his
trip up the East Coast to his home Bonnies story is, sadly, not unique. his creative partner, writer/artist
fathers ghost, Ollie is driven to find
in suburban New Hampshire. Along While she admits to being mugged, Jim Lujan, who together bring us
the record as a keepsake, while his
the way, Doc, Sal and Mueller remi- deep shame prevents her from this new outstanding animated work.
grandmother is similiarly searching,
nisce and come to terms with shared disclosing the rape to her caring Q&A PARTICIPANT: Bill Plympton planning to sell it. In a complex story
memories of the war that continues co-workers and concerned Latina of loyalty, betrayal, love, and intrigue,
to shape their lives. mother. Meanwhile, her sympathetic set against a backdrop of big band
boyfriend Matt is guilt-ridden sounds and raucous teens cavorting
COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS
because he wasnt there to protect on the lake, we encounter both the
her. As Bonnie struggles to regain her falling apart and coming together of
sense of self and rages at Matts well- the players in what is an atypical boy-
meaning attentiveness, we question meets-girl (and boy-meets-woman)
if one can heal while avoiding the summer romance, with full-on family
truth. From the impersonal rape kit to dysfunction. The Song of Sway Lake
the fruitless attempt to identify the is an impressive character study of
rapist, director Jessica Thompsons everyone involved. Ben F. Fischer
compassionate and engaging
filmmaking deftly guides us through Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
the psyche of the victim. Ari Gold, Elizabeth Bull, Ethan Gold,
- Barbara Pokras, ACE Michael Bederman
COURTESY OF
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Jessica Thompson, Michael Cuomo,
Carlo Velayo
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NEW YORK PREMIERE

THE SQUARE THE STUCK
THE SOUNDING Directed by Ruben Ostlund STRANGE
Directed by Catherine Eaton Directed by Michael Berry
Sweden, Germany, France, ONES USA / 2017 / 87 minutes
USA / 2017 / 93 minutes Denmark Directed by WOODSTOCK Plahouse
Upstate Films I RHINEBECK 2017 / 142 minutes Christopher Radcliff
Sat Oct 14 1:30pm Wed Oct 11 7:00pm
In Swedish and Danish with subtitles and Lauren Wolkstein Upstate Films II RHINEBECK
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK
Sun Oct 15 11:30am Upstate Films WOODSTOCK USA / 2016 / 81 minutes Sat Oct 14 9:30pm
BUY TICKETS Sat Oct 14 8:15pm BUY TICKETS
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
BUY TICKETS Fri Oct 13 9:30pm Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Michael Berry,
Why would a woman living on a re- ROSENDALE Theatre Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Young,
mote Maine island choose to not Christian is a sophisticated, liberal Sun Oct 15 5:45pm Gerard Canonico
speak? The Sounding is a beautiful- and respected curator of a contem- BUY TICKETS Trapped together on a stalled New York
ly envisioned film that explores this porary art museum who is about to City subway car, six strangers confront
psychological mystery. With a hint of launch a daring new exhibit titled The Two travelers, a young man and a boy, their assumptions of one another
an Oliver Sachs case, the story of Liv Square, when in a blink of an eye, ev- appear to be on an adventure across under the scrutinizing eye of a mys-
(portrayed by director Catherine Ea- erything changes. One minute a suc- an undefined remote American terious homeless man, authentically
ton) eerily unfolds. After the death of cessful man in control of his life and landscape. (In fact, this unnamed played by Giancarlo Esposito. A musical
her grandfather, a renowned neurolo- his surroundings, Christian becomes place is the Hudson Valley, including for modern times, Stuck counterbal-
gist who raised her, Liv, who has been a victim of a theft of his wallet and Woodstock.) We assume they are two ances its claustrophobic setting with
silent for years, begins to speak in a phone and is pulled into a whirlpool brothers on vacation, yet something impassioned songs and fully realized
language disquietingly her own. But of events that gets increasingly bi- feels off kilter. Who are these fellows and characters, each vocalizing their sto-
when a driven neurologist, recruited zarre before his life regains balance. what are they after? The outstanding ries through memory and fantasy. The
to protect her, instead commits Liv A rich and entertaining satire that performances in this atmospheric thriller talented cast (which includes Ashanti,
to a psychiatric hospital, the once takes on the Swedish art scene, pol- are a tour de force and the unforeseeable Amy Madigan, Tim Young, Aden Cho,
sedate women becomes a full-blown itics and human nature, The Square events furnish unsettling suspense. Omar Chapparo, Gerard Canonico, and
rebel. In a scenario that ebbs and boasts stellar performances by Claes The often wet, blurry landscape, the Reyna de Courcy) leaps through the
flows from harsh to tender, romance Bang as Christian and Elizabeth Moss repetitive background sounds of nature, screen and grips us with the realiza-
to violence, Livs refusal to conform as Anne, as it takes you on a ride and the determined facial expressions of tion that each of us carries some silent
threatens to keep her locked up for- through individual and societal the duo one moment tender, hostile burden waiting to be proclaimed. The
ever. A film as earnest as its protago- behavior. the next, with a guarded innocence on Manhattan underground is eerie and
nist, The Sounding is a voice for those the face of the boy who falsely calls cold as a backdrop to the songs and
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who have the courage to be different. himself Jeremiah coalesce into stories, allowing Stuck to truly come
Jeff Morris unease as we fear for the boys safety. alive through its characters. As they re-
Even when circumstances become dire, veal their histories, struggles and prej-
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Catherine Eaton, udices, they also recognize their shared
their relationship remains enigmatic as
Caitlin Gold,
Jeremiah accepts the aid of sympathetic experiences, breaking the barriers be-
Jessica Vale, Bryan Delaney
strangers without revealing the true tween strangers on an urban metro.
nature of their connection. Colton Cox
Ben F. Fischer KICKOFF NIGHT PERFORMANCE
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Sarah Joy Miller starts the evening.
Lauren Wolkstein, Christopher Radcliff Following the Stuck Q&A, cast
members perform some of the score.
(see pg 24]
OCT 11 - PRECEDED BY
A HAND OF BRIDGE
Directed by David Miller and Frank Borin

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EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
PREMIERE
SUBMISSION LGBTQ
FOC US TIME TRAP THE TRAVELLER
Directed by Richard Levine THEY Directed by Mark Dennis Directed by Hadi Ghandour
USA / 2017 / 106 minutes Directed by and Ben Foster Lebanon-France / 2016 /
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh USA / 2017 / 87 minutes
ROSENDALE Theatre 100 minutes
Fri Oct 13 12:30pm USA, Qatar / 2017 / 80 minutess Lebanese-French with subtitles
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
WOODSTOCK Playhouse ROSENDALE Theatre Sun Oct 1511:45am Upstate Films WOODSTOCK
Sat Oct 14 6:45m Sat Oct 14 12:30pm Fri Oct 13 9:00pm
BUY TICKETS
BUY TICKETS Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK
Sun Oct 15 4:45pm Sat Oct 14 4:00pm
The Premise: A group of archeology
Ted Swenson is a published author BUY TICKETS students, searching for their miss- BUY TICKETS
working as a creative writing pro- ing teacher, become trapped inside a
fessor, with a loving marriage and a In this succinct, enchanting look at mysterious cave where time passes at Adnan is a dreamer at odds with him-
passion for his work. But as his rela- modern-day identity issues, writer- a different pace than in the outside self: a Lebanese travel agent who can
tionship with a gifted student turns director Anahita Ghazvinizadehs They world. The Realization: A time-bend- describe the romances of the world
from guidance to obsession, Submis- tenderly follows fourteen-year-old J, ing science fiction adventure that is to his clients, but has never left his
sion, based on the best-selling novel who goes by the pronoun they,during smart, entertaining and grips you own country. So when the opportuni-
Blue Angel, by former Hudson Valley a crucial three-day time span. J lives from start to finish. Using a simple ty arises for him to attend a business
resident Francine Prose, delves into a with their parents in the suburbs of notion of time passing faster outside conference in Paris, he packs his suit-
deeper story, examining such issues Chicago and is exploring their gender than inside the cave, what initially case and flies out, only to find him-
as envy and personal expectations identity, all the while taking hormone starts out as a straightforward rescue self tempted by a culture that chal-
and the slippery slope from teacher blockers to postpone puberty. After expedition soon becomes a spooky lenges his sense of loyalty both
to guru, admirer to manipulator. two years of medication and therapy, sci-fi mystery fraught with alarming to family and nation. Wide-eyed in
Carefully treading through J has to make a decision whether or threats and unforeseen twists and the City of Love, Adnan is seduced by
disturbing issues like sexual not to transition. Over a long weekend turns around every corner, making it Paris one moment, then drawn back
harassment and political correctness, while their parents are away, Js sister impossible to guess whats coming to Lebanon the next, with worried
director Richard Levine delivers a Lauren and her Iranian friend/partner next. Danger imperils the lives of the phone calls from his wife counterbal-
suspenseful human drama injected Araz arrive to take care of they. With a characters and threatens their ability ancing his European enticements. As
with comedy to make the film both haunting central performance by Rhys to return home. Will they be saved Adnan wonders where his heart truly
entertaining and compelling. Honest Fehrenbacher, the film is refreshingly despite their ineptness? With an ani- lies, we are charmed by his emotional
and authentic, with gifted leading non-judgmental in a way rarely seen mated cast portraying the somewhat tug-of-war, stuck between a lifetime
actors Stanley Tucci and Addison in real life, much less on screen. dysfunctional rescue team, Time Trap of caution and his latent yearnings.
Timlin carrying the film, supported Monique Ray is a clever, fast-paced ride packed The Traveller is thoughtful and sweet,
by Kyra Sedgwick and Janeane with imagination and fun. Suitable and Adnan, played with buoyancy by
Garofalo who deliver critical roles, Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Rodrigue Sleiman, brings levity as his
for children who arent easily scared
Submission is both a commentary on Anahitz Gazvinizadeh, Zoe Sua Cho,
and adults who long to still be kids. character stumbles into an unfamiliar
academic life and the witnessing of Simone Ling
Ben F. Fischer world. Colton Cox
a decent man spiraling towards self- COURTESY OF LUXBOX FILMS
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
destruction. Monique Ray Hadi Ghandour, Stevan Lee Mraovitch
Mark Dennis, Ben Foster, Zachary Matz
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Richard Levine
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ABOUT WFF
Programming at the
WOODSTOCK FILM
FESTIVAL
encourages those who use film as a
way to explore social, environmental
and political themes, while
challenging their inherent
boundaries.
EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE FOCUS ON MUSIC
showcases films
US AND THEM WATERBOYS WHAT CHILDREN DO about music and
Directed by Joe Martin Directed by Robert Jan Westdijk Directed by Dean Peterson musicians, while at the same time
exploring the role that music plays
United Kingdom / 2017 / The Netherlands / 2016 / USA / 2017 / 86 minutes
in film.
83 minutes 93 minutes Orpheum Theatre SAUGERTIES
In Dutch and English with subtitles Sat Oct 14 5:45pm THE HUDSON VALLEY
Thur Oct 12 8:30pm Upstate Films I RHINEBECK WOODSTOCK Playhouse AND CATSKILLS have
Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Fri Oct 13 12:30pm Sun Oct 15 5:00pm
been a hotbed of
Fri Oct 13 8:15pm Upstate Films WOODSTOCK BUY TICKETS creative energy and
BUY TICKETS Sat Oct 14 12:30pm
artistic vibrancy for over a century.
BUY TICKETS Estranged sisters Amy and Shannon In addition to attracting production
Three rough and tumble British lads, return to their hometown in upstate
talent from all over the world, many
intent on making a grand and brut- Not your typical father/son bonding New York to care for their dying
established and emerging filmmakers
ish public statement on economic experience, a middle-aged crime grandmother. After not speaking for
have now made the Hudson Valley
inequality in the UK, use one upper novelist with a soft spot for the three years, and knowing little about
their home.
crust family as their sacrificial lamb. ladies and his awkward 20 year old each others current lives, they come
When disenfranchised Danny (Jack son, both dumped by their partners face-to-face with lingering childhood The Woodstock Film
Roth) confronts wealthy banker, Con- at the same time, embark on a trip resentments, all the while trying to Festival is proud to
rad (Tim Bentinck), he plans to teach from Amsterdam to Edinburgh on put aside the past to come togeth- present the World
him a lesson hell never forget. the pretext of a publicity tour. Their er for Nana. With the kind of comedy Cinema program to further our
When daughter Philippa strained relationship and personal that only sibling rivalry can generate, commitment to sharing experiences
comes home with her supposed demons begin to heal with the aid the failed actress and bored librar- across continents.
boyfriend, her parents are shocked of two local women, while the music ian sisters come across old flames,
of the renowned (Dutch) band The
LGBTQ
to see he is from the wrong social over-zealous pastors and overdue Since its inception,
class. They soon learn he is an im- Waterboys serves as the catalyst DVDs, as they work to heal their re- the Woodstock Film
for the individual turning points FOCU S
poster and thus begins this wild ride lationship with each other and the Festival has explored
of a home invasion thriller. Tensions of the two men. A double coming- town they grew up in (Woodstock, and celebrated
escalate as the intruders hold the of-age film, Waterboys is a warm that is!). Monique Ray LGBTQ voices
family hostage and force the father and amusing story of an estranged
to choose between wife and daugh- father who needed to be shaken up Q&A PARTICIPANT: Dean Peterson The Woodstock Film
ter in a game of Russian roulette. from his revelry and endless playboy Festivals SPOTLIGHT
Dannys seething anger is palpable adventures and do some growing up, ON WOMEN IN FILM
and only countered by Conrads at- and a son who had to learn to take & MEDIA initiative highlights exciting
titude toward privilege and entitle- life less seriously. Despite the levity, new works by some of todays most
ment. Briskly paced with wonderful this charming and easy-going comedy talented, established and up-and-
acting, this well-crafted film is on is a movie of surprising depth. coming female directors.
the pulse of sociopolitical strife in Svetlana Krotek
the UK and reflects the current polit- Q&A PARTICIPANTS: FOCUS ON DUTCH
ical unrest worldwide. Gene Fischer Robert Jan Westdijk CINEMA Netherlands
Consulate and the
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Joe Martin
Department of Dutch
Culture USA.

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32 PILLS: 40 YEARS A SYMPHONY OF HOPE
My Sisters Suicide IN THE MAKING: Directed by Brian Weidling
AGAINST ALL ODDS:
Directed by Hope Litoff The Magic Music USA, Haiti / 2017 / 87 minutes
The Fight for a
USA / 2017 / 86 minutes Movie Woodstock PLAYHOUSE Fri Oct 13
Black Middle Class
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Directed by Lee Aronsohn
1:45pm with Bob Herbert
Thur Oct 12 1:00pm Orpheum Theatre SAUGERTIES Directed by Bob Herbert
Upstate Films II RHINEBECK
USA / 2017 / 100 minutes Sun Oct 15 12:30pm
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Sat Oct 14 4:30pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
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How do you deal with the material 2010 Haitian earthquake, compos- Upstate Films I RHINEBECK
objects left behind when you er Christopher Lennertz, inspired by Sat Oct 14 6:45pm
Boulder, Colorado, much like
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Woodstock, NY, was a mecca for
photographer and artist Ruth Litoff, peace, love and music in the 60s founders Father Tom Hagan and Doug
A disappearing middle class is one
plagued by a lifetime of mental and 70s. Fresh out of the Woodstock Campbell, thought to use music to
of the hot button political issues
illness, committed suicide in 2008. Concert era, a band of hippies, with reignite hope. Starting with a Hai-
of the day, but middle class black
It took her sister Hope six years to a sound reminiscent of Crosby, Stills, tian folk theme, Lennertz enlisted
Americans are the hardest hit.
empty the packed storage bin. I Nash & Young and the Grateful 25 award-winning Hollywood com-
Celebrated veteran journalist Bob
feel like Ive trapped her in there, Dead, was roaming around Boulder, posers to create a symphony, writing
Herbert takes us on an illuminating
says Hope. playing wherever they could and sections sequentially, like a musical
journey through American history,
In an intimate, riveting and winning a dedicated following. chain-letter. With composers of such
relating the past to the present
brutally honest film that delicately Among those fans was university films as Jurassic Park 3, Wonder Boys
through rare archival footage and
balances art and mental illness, student Lee Aronsohn, who was and Passion of the Christ, the music
in-depth interviews with some of
director Hope Litoff obsessed deeply affected by the band, tracking of live studio sessions is woven into
the most influential thinkers of our
with the need to understand her them everywhere and memorizing a whole piece by filmmaker Brian
time, effectively making the point
sisters madness and struggling with their songs. Although the musicians Weidling, incorporating documentary
that the American Dream, through
the guilt of not being able to save played two of the earliest Telluride footage of Haiti from its revolution-
its very design, is systematically
her organizes the vast collection Bluegrass Festivals, they broke up ary beginnings, to the disaster, then
and deliberately kept out of reach
of exquisite photographs that share in 1976 without ever releasing an its aftermath as Haitians rebuild their
of black families. Precise, affecting
space with mountains of prescription album. Decades later, that same homes, and finally, a future of hope.
and eye opening, Against All Odds:
medicines, journals and stuffed student, now a successful television Full of humanity, A Symphony of Hope
The Fight for a Black Middle Class
animals. Nearly devoured by her own producer (The Big Bang Theory, Two confirms the importance of art, music
with Bob Herbert drives the point
demons, Hope works tirelessly to and a Half Men) set out to find the and culture to reconstruct a country
home that we still have a long way
fulfill her sisters final wish: that her scattered members of Boulders most in crisis and affirms that the world
to go before true economic equality
work be seen by the world. 32 Pills is influential and elusive jam band, is built stronger by people working
is realized, while shedding light on
an extraordinary piece of filmmaking, Magic Music, hoping to get them to hand in hand. Colton Cox
our socioeconomic system that is
beseeching us to empathize with play one last show. This is his and Q&A PARTICIPANTS: disproportionately working against
Hope as she faces this daunting task. their story. Indeed, a magical one. Brian Weilding, Christopher Lennertz black Americans. However, as Bob
Barbara Pokras, ACE Sveltana Krotek Herbert says, There are no barriers
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Hope Litoff that cant be overcome. When dreams
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Lee Aronsohn
remain unrealized, it simply means
the fight goes on. Evan Thomas
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Bob Herbert, Sally Roy
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BOMBSHELL:
ARTHUR MILLER: BEAN LGBTQ
FOC US BECOMING WHO I WAS The Hedy Lamarr Story
Writer Directed by Emilie Bunnell Directed by Moon Chang-Yong Directed by Alexandra Dean
Directed by Rebecca Miller USA / 2017 / 66 minutes and Jeon Jin USA / 2017 / 84 minutes
USA / 2017 / 102 minutes Upstate Films II RHINEBECK South Korea / 2017 / 95 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse,
Fri Oct 13 3:30pm Hindi, Ladkahi, and Tibetan with Sat Oct 14 1:30pm
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films I RHINEBECK
Sun Oct 15 7:30pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
Sat Oct 14 11:15am subtitles Sun Oct 15 6:00pm
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Arthur Miller: Writer is an intimate Orpheum Theatre SAUGERTIES America knew Hedy Lamarr as a Hol-
Lori and Alana were a perfect match
portrait of the great American Sun Oct 15 7:45pm lywood idol a beauty queen and
on Tinder and quickly became best
playwright and social critic, Arthur BUY TICKETS pin-up in cinemas Golden Age but
friends and lovers. Soon after, Lori
Miller, from the unique perspective few knew her as the inventor of the
of an award-winning filmmaker discovered that Alana, a bright and
endearing young woman suffering In a sweeping story of a young technology behind WiFi. Director Al-
his daughter, Rebecca Miller. The Buddhist boy who discovers he is the exandra Dean offers an intimate look
film contains material never before from Lupus, with her kidneys
failing, was facing an uncertain but reincarnation of a Tibetan spiritual into the life of Austrian-born Hedwig
seen by the public, including in- master, Becoming Who I Was, Eva Maria Kiesler, who fled a danger-
depth interviews and home-movie abbreviated lifetime of daily dialysis
and myriad health issues. When Lori follows his momentous trek across ous marriage in the middle of the
style glimpses into Millers persona, India to rejoin his monastic order. night and boarded passage to Ameri-
quite different from the face that learns that shes the perfect kidney
donor match, she doesnt hesitate to Accompanied by his aging godfather, ca. A chance encounter with Louis B.
was presented in formal interviews the documentary captures Padma and Mayer thrust her into the Hollywood
and to the press. Rebecca Miller offer her healthy bean. An athlete
and cheerleader, Lori knows the Urgyan on their epic journey over limelight. But despite her newfound
opens the door to the man behind eight difficult years, surmounting all fame, Lamarrs passion remained her
the icon, delves into the roots of sacrifice means she wont be able to
study kickboxing or martial arts. But odds to pursue his spiritual destiny. knack for technology, whilst her ad-
his life as an artist, and explores his Focused on its two compelling central opted country preferred a woman
character both its strengths and if the transplant succeeds, Alanas
life expectancy could be doubled personalities, we are deeply moved by selling bonds over one creating mili-
its weaknesses. their unconditional love set against a tary technology.
or tripled. Is it love, foolishness or
COURTESY OF HBO DOCUMENTARIES the ultimate act of selflessness on backdrop of political and geographic A story of suppressed genius,
Loris part? What if the relationship adversity. Bombshell taps into conversations
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Rebecca Miller
ends? asks Alana. No matter what, Becoming Who I Was captures with Lamarrs family, Hollywood
youll always have a piece of me both the enormity of the Asian notables and the late star to reveal her
whats mine is yours. How do you landscape and the quiet, private frustrations with a world that would
repay someone for something like moments of boy and man as they recognize her only for her beauty. A
this? You dont, says Lori. Its endure their challenge. When Padma feast for our modern zeitgeist, and a
a gift, summing up what the film enters adolescence and becomes cautionary tale for a society that still
itself is to its viewer. conflicted by the immensity of often denies the brilliance of women
Barbara Pokras, ACE his undertaking, Urgyan remains a Colton Cox
steadfast and kind mentor, propelling
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: them toward their goal. Touching COURTESY OF ZEITGEIST FILMS
Emilie Bunnell, Cheryl Horner, Molly and uplifting, Becoming Who I Was Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
McEwan, Film subjects Lori and Alana is a universal story of compassion Alexandra Dean, Susan Sarandon,
and love through adversity, and the Adam Haggiag
reclaiming of a suppressed identity.
Colton Cox
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THE CYCLE HAPPENING: JOAN DIDION:
THE (AMERICA DIVIDED) A Clean Energy The Center Will Not Hold
CHOCOLATE CASE Directed by Solly Granatstein Revolution Directed by Griffin Dunne
Directed by Benthe Forrer Lucian Read and Richard Rowley Directed by Jamie Redford USA / 2017 / 94 minutes
Netherlands / 2017 / 90 minutes USA / 2016 / 71 minutes
Dutch, German, French with subtitles USA / 2017 / 71 minutes Upstate Films I RHINEBECK
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Sat Oct 14 1:00pm Sat Oct 14 3:30pm Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is
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This is our America. And it isnt the life of influential American writer,
The Chocolate Case opens with a what we promised. For generations, CAN we make enough renewable en- Joan Didion. Directed by Joans
horrifying premise: what if each the daily life of minority citizens ergy to supply the worlds needs and nephew, Griffin Dunne, Joan Didion:
time we purchase a bar of chocolate has been in a state of crisis. Adapted replace fossil fuels? HOW will we do The Center Will Not Hold enlightens
we finance child slavery? The from the EPIX docu-series and guided that? And, WILL we? In his convivial the viewer with an unprecedented,
documentary follows a group of by such high-profile correspondents as and earnest drive to understand the intimate perspective on Joans life
intrepid Dutch journalists whove Norman Lear, Jesse Williams, Common, issues and solutions, Jamie Redford, and career accomplishments. The
dedicated themselves to changing our and Zack Galifianakis, The Cycle exam- co-founder of The Redford Center with film features interviews from Joan
perception of the $100 billion cocoa ines the pervasive and longstanding his father Robert Redford, takes us on herself, as well as close family and
industry that fosters the exploitation structures of racial discrimination in a country-crossing, three-year odyssey friends, interwoven with contextual
of cacao farming communities in a America, reinforced by a political sys- to get real, comprehensible answers archival footage/stills to visualize
vast global trading network. Using tem that disenfranchises poor people to complex questions and technolo- Joans astute writing. Joan, famous
humor as its hook to create an and people of color. To their outrage gies. Happening explores the current for bringing order to disorder through
expos of massive implications, The and incredulity, they witness the dam- state of engagement of corporations, her words, exposes, examines and
Chocolate Case draws attention to ages of systemic inequality in housing, governmental departments, communi- divulges the most pivotal events in
the corporate institutions that create education, criminal justice, and poli- ties, entrepreneurs, and activists, with American history, making her one of
this injustice from attempting tics, all the while highlighting individ- an enlightening look at what is being the most recognizable and influential
to convict one of themselves for uals whove dedicated themselves to done to reduce our reliance on fossil voices within the literary world. The
the crime of financing child labor battling these issues. The Cycle intones fuels. The film reveals some exciting story of this film not only considers
through buying chocolate, to visiting that we are living in a pivotal moment developments in the dawn of the clean Joan Didion the writer, but gives light
the oppressed African communities one in which we must decide how energy era as it creates jobs, turns prof- to Joan Didion, the individual.
that are victimized by this industry. to combat corrupted systems that have its and makes communities stronger
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Light-hearted moments steer the long plagued our nation. Provocative and healthier all across the US. Appro-
films optimism, as the good-natured and illuminating, this documentary priately titled, this topically relevant Q&A PARTICIPANT: Griffin Dunne
journalists, tirelessly determined to raises the voices of those who seek to documentary is not only informing, but
effect change, become beacons of stamp out the fires of segregation as it also uplifting, as we discover what is
hope for a righteous cause. Chocolate endures today. Colton Cox actually happening in America to re-
lovers will undoubtedly take their verse climate change. Jeff Morris
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next bite with a new mindset. COURTESY OF HBO DOCUMENTARIES
Colton Cox Q&A PARTICIPANT: Richard Rowley
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Jamie Redford
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Benthe Forrer
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LA CHANA MARY JANES: MY NAME

Directed by
THE LAST PIG
The Women LGBTQ
FOC US
IS PEDRO
Directed by Directed by Lillian LaSalle
Lucija Stojevic
Allison Argo of Weed
Spain / 2016 / 83 minutes USA / 2017 / 97 minutes
In Spanish with subtitles USA / 2017 / 54 minutes Directed by Windy Borman
USA / 2017 / 85 minutes Upstate Films I RHINEBECK
Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Oct 12 7:00pm
Fri Oct 13 6:00pm Thur Oct 12 1:00pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES Fri Oct 13 9:15pm Fri Oct 13 2:15pm
Sun Oct 15 4:00pm Sun Oct 15 3:00pm ROSENDALE Theatre BUY TICKETS
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The Last Pig is a lyrical meditation on teacher? For thousands of students
La Chana was one of the greatest stars what it means to be a sentient crea-
in the flamenco world, captivating Ladies! Looking for a new career? in the Bronx and elsewhere, that
ture with the power to kill. Immer- One with gender parity, an emphasis teacher is a man named Pedro San-
audiences worldwide with her
sive, experiential and self-reflective, on social justice and sustainability? tana. Yes, weve seen inspiring docu-
innovative style and breathtaking use
the film follows a pig farmer through Would you like to be a pioneer in the men taries about the failings of our
of rhythm in the 1960s and 70s. Peter
his final season. fastest growing female dominated public education system before. Yes,
Sellers, with whom she is featured in
Bob Comis lives a simple economic sector in America today? Do weve seen stories of inspirational
The Bobo, invited her to Hollywood.
life on a bucolic farm in the Hud- you live in a state where marijuana is educators who bravely try to change
Instead, at the peak of her career, she
son Valley where he gives his pigs legal? Are you, would you like to be, the system. But if you dont know
disappeared from the scene.
a high-quality life until its time to or have you ever been a Puffragette? Pedro.....well, you dont know jack!
La Chana takes us into the
transport them for butchering. The These highly regarded ganjapreneurs Pedro may just be the definition of
heart and mind of the self-taught
film follows Bobs internal reflections have successfully shattered the grass an iconoclast. In a story as uplift-
Gypsy dancer Antonia Santiago
as he wrestles with his conscience ceiling. Documentary filmmaker and ing as it is troubling, he is a man
Amador, aka La Chana, as she re-
between his superior farming prac- pot virgin Windy Borman takes us to who throws a very wide shadow. This
turns to the stage after a break of
tices, producing quality food, and Colorado on an exhaustive and de- brilliant documentary might at first
two decades to give a final seated
coming to see pigs as intelligent, lightful foray into the world of legal seem like dj vu, before the story
performance. The secret behind her
aware creatures. Filmed with exqui- pot and its myriad uses recreation- zigs and zags in ways that will leave
disappearance, we learn, is that for
site cinematography showcasing the al, industrial and medicinal. With a you thinking OMG, didnt see that
18 years she was the victim of do-
landscape in all seasons, The Last cameo by Melissa Elthridge passion- coming. Wonderfully human, yet
mestic abuse at the hands of her
Pig doesnt preach or try to convert. ately touting the healing effects of epically important, My Name Is Pedro
first husband. In this dramatic sto-
Instead, the viewer watches as Bob pot, Ms. Borman answers many of the will challenge your notion of what it
ry about the process and power of
comes to a life-changing decision in questions you were afraid to ask your means to be Fiercely Independent
creativity, aging, perseverance, and
his farming. A poignant story on the kids. Whether you unabashedly like as it brings into focus how seriously
re-invention, La Chana crystallizes
connection between man and animal getting high, want to try it but are in jeopardy our countrys education
the inevitable clashes between her
that leaves both vegetarians and hesitant, or use it in medicinal forms, system is. Jeff Morris
lifes extremes and contradictions;
carnivores much to contemplate long this is an informative and enter-
between the artist on stage and the Q&A PARTICIPANT: Lillian LaSalle
after the film is over. Gene Fischer taining trip you wont want to miss.
woman behind the scenes.
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Allison Argo, Barbara Pokras, ACE
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Deidre Towers,
Joseph Brunette
Greta Olafstottir, Susan Muska Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Windy Borman, Mariah Wilson

NAT BATES FOR MAYOR THE ORGANIZER RAM DASS, GOING HOME THE RAPE OF
Directed by Bradley Berman Directed by Nick Taylor Directed by Derek Peck RECY TAYLOR
and Eric Weiss USA Canada / 2017 / 96 minutes USA / 2016 / 32 minutes Sat Oct 14 10:00am
USA / 2017 / 76 minutes Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Woodstock Playhouse
Sun Oct 15 7:00pm Sun Oct 15 10:15am Directed by Nancy Buirski
Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
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ROSENDALE Theatre Woodstock Playhouse
Fri Oct 13 6:00pm Documenting the work of the brilliant Ram Dass, Going Home is a profound Sun Oct 15 10:15am
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The Organizer takes us through his spiritual icon Ram Dass at his home
Nat Bates For Mayor documents the process of founding ACORN (Asso- on Maui. In the final chapter of his The numbers of women raped in Jim
outrageous 2014 mayors race in ciation of Community Organizations life, the intimacy of the film imparts Crow South were staggering. In danger
Richmond, CA, home to the second for Reform Now), the first of its kind a sense that you are right there with for their lives, they didnt report the
largest California refinery. In a brazen community-based organization. Start- him. Together with the beautiful crimes and their stories went hidden.
move, Chevron spent over $3 million ing with a few driven welfare moms in music of remarkable composer Paul Not Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old moth-
to back 83-year-old African-American Arkansas, ACORN quickly mushroomed Cantelon, this is a rare opportunity er who was gang raped by six white
stalwart Nat Bates. Bates makes a into a highly energized and mobilized to be in the presence of one of the boys in 1944 Alabama. Unbroken,
Faustian bargain with the corporate half-million strong constituency that most inspiring people to grace the she spoke up, and with the help of
behemoth to preserve the waning power influenced government and corporate planet. A meditation on life that adds Rosa Parks and legins of women, they
of Richmonds African-American working policy on the local, state and feder- meaning to our everyday experience. worked to get Recy Taylor justice.
class community, whose rich history al levels. Through Wades leadership,
Set against a backdrop of
dates back to World War Two. Its black ACORN created unprecedented voter Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Derek Peck, Michelle Esrick
soulful music, documentarian Nancy
against white; pro-development against registration drives and brought eco-
Buirski masterfully crafts the mood
eco-friendly; David versus Goliath. Is nomic gains for countless low income
as we witnes a terrified black wom-
Bates the savior or stooge? A wacky families, changing the socio econom-
an running for her life. This powerful
ride with some entertaining and offbeat ic and political map of the regions
emotional charge persists throughout
political personalities, the guerilla-style it operated in. But controversy and
the film as we move back and forth
documentary follows the candidates as scandal resulted in the organizations
in time. Weaving vintage clips of
they lock horns in a battle for mayor ultimate collapse and demise, taking
early race films black stories told
and the future of the Bay Area oil town. down Rathke with it. The Organizer
by black filmakers for black audienc-
With cameos by Vermont Senator Bernie is a story of particular relevance in
es with mood-setting visuals from
Sanders and legendary civil rights these highly charged political times
the actual locations and current in-
leader Andrew Young, the film is a and one with a lot to teach us.
terviews with her siblings more than
potent mix of corporate influence, race, Svetlana Krotek
70 years after the event, the hurt,
gentrification, homophobia, political Q&A PARTICIPANTS: indignations and ultimate vindica-
self-determination, and humor all Nick Taylor, Wade Rathke, Joey Carey tion go far beyond one womans story
told through the stories of bigger-than- to expand on the history of race in
life small-town characters. America.
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Bradley Berman
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ROLL WITH ME SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: SHINGAL, SUPERMENSCH:

Directed by Lisa France Ive Gotta Be Me WHERE ARE YOU? The Legend
USA / 2017 / 90 minutes Directed by Sam Pollard Directed by Angelos Rallis
English, Arabic with subtitles of Shep Gordon
USA / 2017 / 100 minutes Greece / 2017 / 99 minutes
Upstate Films I RHINEBECK In Kurdish with English subtitles
Directed by Mike Myers
Fri Oct 13 3:15pm WOODSTOCK Playhouse USA / 2015 / 85 minutes
Sat Oct 14 4:00pm Upstate Films Woodstock
Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
Sat Oct 14 1:30pm ROSENDALE Theatre Fri Oct 13 1:15pm WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Sun Oct 15 12:00pm Upstate Films II Rhinebeck Fri Oct 13 4:15pm
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When director Lisa France received a
Sammy Davis, Jr.: Ive Gotta Be Me is Shep Gordon, the 2017 Woodstock Film
call from Gabriel Cordell, a paraplegic
the first major documentary to exam- In 2014, the Yezidis, a persecuted Festival Trailblazer honoree, is one of
man looking for someone to docu-
ine Davis vast talent and journey for minority in Iraq, were driven from the most beloved and successful men
ment the challenge of his life, she had
identity through the shifting tides of their ancestral land by ISIS during a in show business, and Supermensch:
no idea how much this would change
civil rights and racial progress during campaign of genocide in which more The Legend of Shep Gordon is an
her own life and that of many others.
20th-century America. Davis career than 3,000 women and children were entertaining and inspiring tribute
France and her quickly assembled rag-
was legendary, so vast and multi-fac- kidnapped. Caught in raw, sweeping to this unsung hero. Within the
tag crew all with their own issues
eted it was dizzying in scope and cinematography, Shingal: Where Are first few minutes of comedian Mike
filmed Gabriels undertaking, roll-
scale. Yet his life was complicated You weaves together the dramatic Myers directorial debut, youll find
ing unassisted on his human-powered
and contradictory. A veteran of in- stories of the remaining young yourself enjoying getting to know
wheelchair from Santa Monica, CA to
creasingly outdated show business boys and their families, relegated this warm and congenial man, as
Long Island, NY in 99 days, aiming
traditions trying to stay relevant, to an abandoned coal mine on the the film reveals the history of his
to set a world record. The journey
Davis strove to achieve the American Turkish border and longing for their success a mix of skill, personality
was physically and emotionally ar-
Dream in a time of racial prejudice lost home. In this poignant and and luck. At age 21, on his first night
duous, not just for Gabriel but the
and shifting politics, caught between beautifully executed documentary, in Los Angeles, he fell in with Janis
entire team, herded in cramped quar-
the bigotry of white America and the we witness one familys desperate Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, and with
ters throughout the trip. And every-
distaste of black America. By embrac- fight to buy back their daughter determination and sheer chutzpah
one, from Gabriel, his team, the film
ing Judaism, he yoked himself to an- from ISIS, negotiating on the cell his future was launched. A life filled
crew, to the thousands of bystanders
other persecuted minority. phone through various middlemen. with sex, drugs women, and rock n
who crossed paths with Gabriel, was
Featuring interviews with Using technology to communicate roll (and immense good works and
transformed in some way forever. Roll
Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Jerry confidential information in an area generosity,) Supermensch chronicles
with Me is a moving testimony to one
Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, and Kim ravaged by terrorism, the ambiguity Gordons trajectory with amusing
mans incredible and undefeated spir-
Novak, unseen photographs from between powerlessness and power, anecdotes told by friends, a Whos
it, and to the power to rise up and
Davis vast collection, and excerpts hope and despair, all conveyed Who list of celebrities that includes
meet whatever comes that is in us all.
of TV, film and concert performances, via digital communication, is as Alice Cooper, Michael Douglas, Tom
Svetlana Krotek
the film explores the life and art of astonishing as it is heart breaking. Arnold, and Sylvester Stallone, among
a uniquely gifted entertainer whose While the plight of a persecuted others, along with the supermensch
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Lisa France, Sharon trajectory blazed across America people may seem unpleasant, director himself.
Swart, film subject Gabriel Cordell from the Depression through the Angelos Rallis has created a touching
COURTESY OF WEINSTEIN COMPANY
1980s. film that is profound and compelling.
Ben F. Fischer Q&A PARTICIPANT:
COURTESY OF AMERICAN MASTERS Shep Gordon
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Q&A PARTICIPANT: Sam Pollard
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Angelos Rallis, Maria del Mar Rodriguez
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THANK YOU THIS IS LGBTQ

FOC US
TO A MORE TO THE EDGE
FOR COMING EVERYTHING: PERFECT OF THE SKY
Directed by Sara Lamm Gigi Gorgeous UNION: LGBTQ
FOC US
Directed by Todd Wider
USA / 2017 / 84 minutes Directed by Barbara Kopple U.S. V. Windsor and Jedd Wider
Upstate Films II RHINEBECK USA / 2017 / 91 minutes Directed by Donna Zaccaro USA / 2017 / 121 minutes
Fri Oct 13 1:00pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK USA / 2017 / 63 minutes
Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Oct 12 8:30pm Thur Oct 12 3:00pm
Sat Oct 14 6:00pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Upstate Films II Rhinebeck
Rosendale Theatre Sat Oct 14 4:00pm
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Upon discovering as an adult that she
was conceived by sperm donation, Gregory Lazzorato knew early on he BUY TICKETS To the Edge of the Sky is about the
documentary filmmaker Sara Lamm was born in the wrong body. The heroic and inspirational battle of
To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v Wind- four American mothers whose sons
embarks on a genealogical quest to oldest of three boys, Gregs flair for sor tells a story of love, marriage
uncover the truth of her parentage. are diagnosed with the degenerative
make-up gave birth to Gregory Gor- and a fight for equality. The film
Thank You For Coming follows her Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a fa-
geous, and instant YouTube celeb- chronicles unlikely heroes oc-
pursuit of her biological father, and tal disease and the number one ge-
rity. Facing taunts from high school togenarian Edie Windsor and her netic killer of boys, as they fight the
eleven years, twelve DNA tests and homophobes, Greg never wavered, attorney, Roberta Kaplan, on their FDA to gain access to a potentially
900 sixth-cousins later, shes finally becoming an icon for young peo- quest for justice: Upon the death of life-saving drug. The film intimately
uncovering some answers. Through an ple struggling with gender identity. her spouse, Edie had been forced to records the transformation of these
online registry for donor-conceived Gregs message to the world? I love pay a huge estate tax because the four mothers into the countrys lead-
people, she meets Jennifer a you, and I want you to be exactly federal government denied federal ing political activists pushing the
woman conceived at the same clinic, who YOU want to be. Through mul- benefits to same-sex couples and government to allow access to a drug
in the same year, who shares Saras tiple surgeries and hormone treat- Edies spouse was a woman. Deeply that may help save their sons lives
seasonal allergies. Imbued with hope, ments, Greg morphs into Gigi, and offended by this disregard for her and the children of hundreds of oth-
Sara journeys across the ocean to Ha- Gigi is knock-out gorgeous, inside more than forty-year relationship er parents. Their story of unrelenting
waii to meet Jennifer and compare and out. How will the family adjust with the love of her life, Edie decid- strength in the face of institutional
the results of their DNA test. From to a son becoming a daughter, a ed to sue the United States govern- adversity shows us that change is
there, new revelations and new rela- brother a sister? Uplifting and in- ment and won. Beyond the story possible if you are willing to fight
tionships begin to emerge. Moving, spiring, this is a film for anyone who of this pivotal case in the marriage for it. This is a film about the pow-
thoughtful and sometimes hilarious, feels different. As Gigi says, Stay equality movement and the com- er of courage, hope against all odds
Thank You For Coming is carried by gorgeous and stay strong and never pelling personal, legal and political and the unbreakable bond between
the buoyant optimism of its filmmak- accept anything less than what you stories behind it, the film also tells parent and child.
er, whose journey is urged forward by see in your heart for the life that you the important story of our continued
her newfound friends and family, si- live. Barbara Pokras, ACE Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
journey as a people, as a culture, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider, Brian Ariotti
multaneously becoming a meditation and as citizens with equal rights.
Q&A PARTICIPANT:
on love and loss. Colton Cox Barbara Kopple
Q&A PARTICIPANT:
Q&A PARTICIPANT: Donna Zaccaro
Sara Lamm
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An Exquisite Hi Stranger The Realm
Task Directed by Kirsten of Deepest
Directed by Lepore Knowing
Beck Underwood USA / 2017 / Directed by
USA / 2017 / 2:45 minutes Seung Hee Kim
4:45 minutes This short breaks South Korea / 2017 /
Some of the most difficult tasks in life can also the fourth wall in 3:30 minutes
be the most exquisite. an uncomfortable, During a struggle.
How to have yet hilarious way. one digs beneath the surface of the other to reach
a Romantic the deepest place of his heart.
In Winter
Date Directed by Joy
Cartoon Buran and Noelle The Talk:
Box #4 Melody True Stories
Directed by USA / 2017 / About
Joost Lieuwma 2:50 minutes the Birds and
The Netherlands / 2017 / 0:22 minutes School of Visual Arts the Bees
A woman and a man are having a date. This will An animated music Directed by
be a night that they remember for a very long video based on the Norse mythology of Skadi and Alain Delannoy
time. Njord. Canada / 2016 /
8:50 minutes
Cee Cee and KCLOC
the Ex- There are things in life you never forget. One of
Directed by Ninaad them, like it or not, is The Talk.
Calibahhh Kulkarni
Directed by School of Visual Arts
Joy Buran and USA / 2017 / Wednesday with
Noelle Melody 2:50 minutes Goddard
USA / 2017 / A 3D animated Directed by
1:26 minutes documentary on peoples perceptions of time. Nicolas Mnard
That time Cee Cee bought a sex toy called The UK / 2016 /
Ex-Calibahhh. Based on a true story. Outside Hearing 4:30 minutes
In A personal quest
Cop Dog Directed by Dylan for spiritual enlightenment leads to romance and
Directed by Reitz, Savannah despair.
Bill Plympton Winchester
USA / 2017 / USA / 2016 /
5:37 minutes 7:05 minutes
Our plucky hero Calvin discovers his
has a new occu- ability to hear the soundtracks of lives far beyond his
pation: patrolling our airports sniffing for illegal own doorstep.
drugs.
Pittari
Delicatessen Directed by
Directed by Patrick Smith
Fenglin Chens USA / 2017 /
4:40 minutes Satans boulder
The School of the busting destruction is
Art Institute of Chicago halted by a stubborn
A romantic relationship blossoms between a foe, who is testing his shape shifting abilities.
man and a woman when they first meet in a
delicatessen. Portlandia:
Squirrels
First Bloom Directed by
Directed by Rob Shaw
Tingting Liu USA / 2016 /
China/ USA / 3:43 minutes
2017 / The Portlandia Rats
4:38 minutes are back! Once more
First Bloom tells the story of the budding love featuring the voices of Fred Armisen and Carrie
between a eunuch servant and a princess in Brownstein.
ancient China.

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Cocked and Locked EAST COAST PREMIERE Martien EAST COAST PREMIERE The Poet NEW YORK PREMIERE
Directed by Merav Elbaz Directed by and the Professor
USA / 2016 / 8 minutes Maxime Pillonel Directed by
In Hebrew with subtitles Switzerland / 2016 / Ariel Kavoussi
An Israeli soldier learns 9:25 minutes USA / 2017 /
that power is just an In French with subtitles 21:30 minutes
illusion. Two robbers try A comedy about loneli-
to hold up a gas ness and love.
Good Guys EAST COAST PREMIERE station, but they face an unexpected EAST COAST PREMIERE
With Guns situation. Tobes
Directed by Directed by Kim Hardy
Jordan Ancel Oh Dusya, UK / 2017 / 3:45 minutes
USA / 2017 / 5:00 minutes my Marusya High stakes drama in
In an armed America, Directed by the world of finance
how do you know who Alexey Belkin unfolds, as our hapless
the good guys are? Russia / 2017 / hero, Tobes, struggles with the
5:40 minutes consequences of a terrible mis-
Im in Here In Russian with take.
Directed by subtitles
Willy Berliner A quest for traditional music and folk-
USA / 2017 / lore takes the audience on a wondrous
12:30 minutes journey through beautiful Russian
Columbia University landscapes.
A man finds a family It might just be, all about that tea.
of strangers in his house and has an extremely
difficult time asking them to leave.
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Runtime: 60 minutes + Q&A Sun Oct 15 1:45pm
NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE US PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE
Lawman My Nephew Emmett The Pain Body TV in the Fish Tail

Directed by Matthew Gentile Directed by Kevin Wilson, Jr. Directed by Gerson Oratmangoen Directed by Iesh Thapar
USA / 2017 / 13 minutes USA / 2017 / 19:25 minutes The Netherlands / 2016 / USA, India, UK / 2017 /
American Film Institute New York University 11.45 minutes 13:30 minutes
Bass Reeves is the greatest On a dark night in 1955, a In Dutch with subtitles In Hindi with subtitles
hero of the Old West youve Mississippi preacher tries to protect A short mosaic about three young Columbia University
never heard of. his 14 year-old nephew, Emmett lives that collide. An adolescent boy faces his dark-
Till from two racist killers out for est hour amidst his most exciting.
blood.
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Sat Oct 14 10:00pm
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES Sun Oct 15 3:45pm
Crick in the Holler
WORLD PREMIERE
(le) Rebound Modern Houses
Directed by Laura Directed by
Directed by Ursula Ellis
Beckner Matthew Dixon
USA / 2017 /
USA, France, Germany / USA / 2016 /
17:45 minutes
2017 / 19 minutes 17:53 minutes
Columbia University
In English, and French, A star architect hears
The crisis that divides the whisper that every
with subtitles
can bring us closer artists fear.
A semi-French film, where the pursuit of pleasure
together.
is full of left turns.
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Runtime: 69 minutes + Q&A Sun Oct 15 11:30am
Daykwon WORLD PREMIERE Kalb Mrs NEW YORK PREMIERE

Directed by Directed by McCutcheon
Patrick Letterii Franz Quitt Directed by
USA / 2017 / Austria / 2017 / John Sheedy
8:48 minutes 7 minutes Australia / 2017 /
An arrogant, A short film about the 16:30 minutes
charismatic teenage work ritual of a tyrole- Tom loves to wear
boy goes to his first big audition and meets an farm boy and his grandfather. dresses. This causes
his match. NEW YORK PREMIERE problems in his new
The school. EAST COAST PREMIERE
Its Just a Gun Language
Directed by of Ball Proxy
Brian Robau Directed by Directed by
USA / 2016 / Ramn Eric Schuman
13:35 minutes Rodrguez USA / 2016 /
Chapman University USA / 2017 / 14 minutes
8:45 minutes A sick girl makes a
When Gabe finds
a .38 revolver, a series of events are set in A lonely teen- lonely boy question
motion that will change his life. ager, new to his world.
the city, is forced out of his comfort
zone on the basketball court.
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All Against the Sea The Foster Portfolio New Years Eve at Sunnys Resolutions
Directed by Michael Sldek Directed by Danielle Katvan Directed by Bob Giraldi Directed by Tamara Fisch
USA / 2017 / 14:12 minutes USA / 2016 / 19 minutes USA / 2016 / 16:45 minutes USA / 2017 / 14:45 minutes
A desperate couple navigates Based on the short story by A young man returning from the As the clock counts down to mid-
more than rough waters on a Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vietnam War finds salvation in a night on New Years Eve, Frankie
doomed kayaking trip. woman he meets on New Years learns something that changes
Eve. everything.
SHORT DOCS I Community

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Knife Skills NEW YORK PREMIERE Mott Haven The Tables

Directed by Directed by Directed by
Thomas Lennon Kyle Morrison Jon Bunning
USA / 2017 / USA / 2017 / USA / 2017 /
40 minutes 23 minutes 15 minutes
A film about Students of a second Rain or shine, theyll
re-entry, second chance high school in the Bronx, cope with be there.
chances, and grief, overcome obstacles and work towards
the healing graduating high school in a district where
power of fine 49% of kids live below the poverty line.
food.

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American Psychosis Blackbird Little Potato Prince of Smoke

Directed by Amanda Zackem Directed by Paul Spaulding Directed by Wes Hurley Directed by Matthew Gelbi
USA / 2016 / 14:45 minutes USA / 2017 / 14:01 minutes and Nathan Miller Cuba / 2017 / 24 minutes
Pulitzer-prize winning SUNY New Paltz USA / 2017 / 13:50 minutes In Spanish with subtitles
Journalist Chris Hedges, Its just a piece of cardboard A shourt doc about a gay boy Cuban cigar maker, Hirochi Robaina,
discusses modern day until it gets into the hands of a growing up in the Soviet Union, his fights to preserve a family legacy
consumerism and totalitarian puppeteer. Then, it comes to life. mail-order-bride mom, and their that is more than 171 years old.
corporate power. adventurous escape to America.
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The Candidate Lyric Santa Woman
Directed by Directed by Alex Directed by
Parvati Santos DeRosa Tatum Lenberg
USA / 2016 / USA / 2017 / USA / 2017 / 5:33
13:23 minutes 4:10 minutes minutes
The intricacies of a A hand-drawn ani- Spark Media Project
student government mated film about a Santa Claus is coming
election. girls struggle with to town and this young woman who just
depression. wants to be Santa.
Fishing
Directed by Metamorphosis Sister
Zenona Darrow Directed by Hudson Directed by
USA / 2017 / Perrin Benny Rendell
3:40 minutes USA / 2017 / minutes USA / 2017 /
Woodstock Day School Woodstock Day School 15:43 minutes
After a successful fish- After freeing himself Home Schooled
ing trip, two friends cook their meal and try to eat from his cocoon like A tween alien on the
it, only to realize their fish is not actually a fish. state, a man goes on run finds sisterhood in a small town in
to live a life of work upstate New York.
It Takes A Village
and heartbreak.
Directed by AJ Opuiyos The Raven
USA / 2017 / Pigeonhood Directed by
9:56 minutes Directed by Zack Gibson
In Spanish, with subtitles Partho Gupte USA / 2016 / 5
Spark Media Project India / 2016 / 5 minutes minutes
When the air and water A film about the A boy is haunted by
of a village are threatened by a mining company, life cycle of a little the memories of his ex-girlfriend.
will people pull together for the greater good. pigeon.
FILM CAREER DAY Onteora High School

Fri Oct 13 8:00am - 2:00pm
YOUTH ANITIATIVE
Each year over 150 students from schools throughout the region
gather at Onteora High School in Boiceville for Career Day, where
students meet with A-list film industry professionals in small groups,
ask questions and learn about careers in film and new media.
In addition to conversations with leading authorities on filmmaking,
students are also treated to a film screening, which is followed by a
Q&A session with the filmmakers.
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MUSIC VIDEOS
ONLINE
140 Characters GLOBES
Directed by Dean Winkler,
Shirley House
Maureen Nappi and Directed by
Donald S. Butler Tina Romero
USA / 2017 / 5:35 minutes USA / 2016 / 3:58 minutes
A non-narrative music video https://youtu.be/b147QakJjQ8
What happened to the future we www.vimeo.com/216741804
were promised? for shot in Brooklyn, NYC.
BREAKIN POINT GRAVITY

Peter Bjorn and John Amelia Curran
Directed by HochR Directed by Meghan McKnight
Norway / 2016 / 4:14 minutes and
Maisie Jacobson
Left in the middle of nowhere, a USA / 2016 / 4:19 minutes https://youtu.be/zpSAjO5Meyg
forlorn human is up against his
https://youtu.be/vulyzQ6kXKU A music video for Amelia
very own self-preservation.
Curran
DID YOU REALLY SAY NO HUDSON HILL

Oren Lavie The Whiskey Hollow
Directed by Oren Lavie
Directed by
Israel / 2017 / 4:18 minutes
Stephen Mlinarcik
A man and a woman are lost USA / 2016 / 4:19 minutes
in a house too big for the size h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / S a K 4 t 6 h K K O 4 www. vimeo.com/158634032
Lonesome runaways attempt
of their love, and haunted by the
to elude their fate in a sto-
ghosts of their relationship.
rybook world that is out to
Exquisite Corps bring them to justice.
Directed by Mitchell Rose
USA / 2016 / 5:49 minutes MAGNETIC
42 American contemporary Dan Sultan
choreographers link together on Directed by
a chain love letter to dance. Jonathan Chong
w w w. v i m e o . c o m / 1 7 1 7 4 3 5 0 1
Australia / 2016 / 3:45 minutes
www.vimeo.com/185891294
FAWN He, She questions the
Mira Wunder importance of gender roles
Directed by Anuk Rohde in American culture and how
Germany / 2017 / 3:39 minutes they affect the outcomes
Shot in a miscanthus field in of peoples individual lives
Germany, this music video is through an experimental lens.
w w w. v i m e o . c o m / 2 1 6 6 6 5 0 0 2
centered around the theme of
the mother daughter relation- METEORA Moostroo
ship. Directed by Francesco
Pontiggia
FIRES Italy / 2017 / 3:58 minutes
A Life is Better A story of freedom and con-
Blonde straint in flesh, plasticine https://youtu.be/SsNyPn4NG68
Directed by Natalie Erika and stop-motion.

James, Benjamin Morgan
USA / 2017 / 3:29 minutes https://vimeo.com/205974097 TERROR
Consumed by virtual reality set Steady Holiday
in the 1950s, a player transcends Joseph Armario
the rules of the game. USA / 2017 / 4:54 minutes
While cleaning her house,
GETTING OLDER a woman finds a creature www.vimeo.com/206268037
Retail Space living in her couch that will
not die.
Directed by Judith C Posey
USA / 2016 / 4:45 minutes
Hit pause on life, and enjoy the https://vimeo.com/154455435
fullness of a summer day.

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CHAT WITH CHAT WITH
HONORARY TRAILBLAZER AWARD RECIPIENT HONORARY MAVERICK AWARD RECIPIENT
SHEP GORDON Kleinert/James Center
Sat Oct 14 10:00am
SUSAN SARANDON Kleinert/James Center
Sat Oct 14 12:00pm
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Come hear this years honorary Join Susan Sarandon as she talks
Trailblazer Award recipient, Shep about her acting career, life and
Gordon, as he chats about his what she thinks about being named
legendary career as music manager, one of the new faces of LOreal in
film producer and culinary arts 2016, at age 70.
visionary.
photo by Austin Hargrave

HOSTED BY Shep Gordon, named one of the 100 HOSTED BY Susan Sarandon, known for her
most influential people in Rolling Stone award-winning performances in such
Ed Gerrard is a co-founder of magazine and the subject of Mike
Griffin Dunne is an accom- iconic films as Atlantic City, Thelma &
Impact Artist Management and plished actor, director and
Myers 2013 hit documentary Super- Louise, Lorenzos Oil, and The Client,
has supervised music for over producer. Dunnes recent feature
mensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, brings a unique presence to every
30 feature films. He won the film credits include War Machine,
launched one of the first independent role. From her fearless portrayal of
2017 Grammy Award for music starring Brad Pitt and Tilda Swin-
film companies and film distributors, Annie Savoy in Bull Durham to her
ton, and Dallas Buyers Club, star-
supervision and for producing the Alive Pictures/Island Alive, managed Academy Award and SAG Award-

ring Matthew McConaughey and

soundtrack for the feature film such musicians as Alice Cooper, Teddy winning role as Sister Helen in Dead
Jared Leto. Dunnes feature film
Miles Ahead, starring Don Cheadle. Pendergrass and Luther Vandross, and Man Walking, the hard-working
directorial debut was 1997s Ad-
sparked the celebrity chef phenome- veterans film work as actor and

Gerrard began his dicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan

non, representing the likes of Emeril producer echoes through the industry.
entertainment career some and Matthew Broderick, which
Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Nobu, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,
30 years ago working as an he followed one year later with
Daniel Boulud. executive produced by Sarandon, is
apprentice to legendary music Practical Magic , starring Sandra
He is known in the screening at the 2017 festival.

manager and film producer Shep Bullock and Nicole Kidman. On

entertainment industry as having television, Dunne can currently Sarandons extracurricular
Gordon. Ed became the first an eye for talent and an innate life includes work with human
be seen on Jill Soloways new
in-house music supervisor at understanding of what people find Amazon series I Love Dick, rights organizations, social justice
Gordons Alive Pictures, finding entertaining. Island Alive distributed starring opposite Kevin Bacon advocacy, including a 2006 Action
key music for Gordons films such films as Stop Making Sense, and Kathryn Hahn. Previously, he Against Hunger award for her work
and forming the beginnings of Koyaanisqatsi, The Whales of August, recurred on the Showtime series as UNICEF goodwill ambassador,
longstanding relationships with and Ridley Scotts first film The House of Lies, playing opposite

and advocate for victims of hunger

a slew of Hollywood directors, Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, and HIV/AIDS. In 2016, Cannes
Duelist winner of the Cannes Film and the Fox series Red Band Soci-
including Wes Craven, for whom Festival. In all, Gordon has produced Film Festival awarded Sarandon,
he supervised music for over ety , opposite Octavia Spencer. In
or executive produced 23 films, along with Geena Davis, the Women

10 films, including the Scream 2015, he completed a series long

including Kiss of the Spider Woman, arc on WGN's Manhattan. in Motion Picture Award for their
trilogy. A Time of Destiny, Prince of Darkness, contributions to the film industry
People Under the Stairs, and Shocker. and womens rights.
Gordon has managed the careers Recently seen as Bette Davis
of such diverse talents as Groucho in Feud: Bette & Joan, upcoming
Marx, Raquel Welch, Kenny Loggins, projects include the current season
and countless others, and is credited of Showtimes Ray Donovan, The
as creating the celebrity chef, Death & Life of John F. Donovan, and
turning culinary arts into a multi- Going Places, with John Turturro,
billion-dollar industry. In addition Bobby Cannavale and Audrey Tautou.
to the impact hes had on music, Sarandon was named as one of the
film and food, he is known for his new faces of LOreal in 2016.
philanthropic endeavors and sits on
the board of the Tibet Fund for His
Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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THROUGH THEIR LENS Kleinert/James Center Sat Oct 14 2:00pm
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THE AMERICAN CONDITION
Do the arts have a responsibility to society? In the current climate, as arts funding undergoes greater scrutiny, the
purpose and function (if any) of art becomes ever more significant. Documentary films provide a lens through which
audiences come face-to-face with all kinds of people in a variety of circumstances; films illuminating such issues as
racial discrimination, inequality in education, voter rights, clean energy, same sex marriage, medical marijuana, gender
equality, community organizing all subjects of concern in America today. In this panel, top-notch documentarians
come together to discuss their role in making films that help define the American Condition: the values, hopes,
struggles, and victories of citizens all across the country.
Richard Rowley
PANELISTS
Richard Rowley is an Jamie Redford writes, Bob Herbert is the director Sam Pollard is an
Academy Award-nominated produces and directs for film and executive editor of award-winning filmmaker
director and Sundance Film and television. Prior to com- Against All Odds: The Fight for whose work spans almost
Festival winning cinematog- pleting Happening: A Clean a Black Middle Class. 30 years. He received
rapher, with 19 years experi- Energy Revolution for HBO, He is the author an Emmy in 1989 for an
ence producing and directing Jamies other HBO films of Losing Our Way: An episode of Eyes On The Prize
and 23 years shooting for included Toxic Hot Seat, The Intimate Portrait of II: America at the Racial
screen and television. His Big Picture: Rethinking Dys- a Troubled America, Crossroads. Eight years later,
documentary feature Dirty lexia, Mann v. Ford, and The his documentary series, Ill
Wars pioneered a fusion of Kindness of Strangers. While published by Doubleday, Make Me A World: Stories
nonfiction reportage and completing Happening, and the moderator of of African-American Artists
dramatic narrative storytell- Jamie traveled the world as Bob Herberts OP-ED.TV, a and Community, received a Jamie Redford
ing, winning him dozens of an American Film Showcase weekly interview program Peabody. Between 1990 and
festival awards and an Acad- ambassador with his two on CUNY-TV. For nearly 20 2010, Pollard edited Spike
emy Award nomination. His award-winning documentary years, Herbert was an op- Lees Mo Better Blues, Jungle
other theatrically released films, Resilience: the Biology ed columnist for The New Fever, Girl 6, Clockers, and

documentary features have of Stress and the Science York Times, writing about Bamboozled. Pollard and Lee

been honored at scores of of Hope and Paper Tigers. politics, urban affairs and also co-produced a number of
festivals around the world, Jamie, along with his father documentary productions for
from Berlin to Sundance. Robert Redford, co-founded social trends. Previously, he both small and big screen,
Rowley has directed, and currently chairs The worked at The Daily News as including Spike Lee Presents
produced and filmed dozens Redford Center, a nonprofit general assignment reporter, Mike Tyson, which earned
of television documentaries media entity that engages national correspondent, Pollard an Emmy. Other
for Channel 4, BBC, Canal +, people through inspiring consumer affairs editor, city prestigious films include
ZDF, ARD, CBC, PBS, CNN In- stories that galvanize envi- hall bureau chief, and city Four Little Girls, about the
ternational, Al Jazeera, and ronmental action. editor before he became a 1963 Birmingham church Bob Herbert
others. Recently, he was lead columnist and a member bombings, When The Levees
cinematographer for Show- of the Editorial Board. In Broke, a series that won a
times climate change series, Peabody and three Emmys,
Years of Living Dangerously, addition to newspaper work, Slavery By Another Name,
Herbert was a national

and one of the directors of August Wilson: The Ground

EPIXs America Divided. correspondent for NBC News. On Which I Stand, Two Trains

He has won numerous Runnin, and The Talk: Race in

awards, including the America. His most recent is
American Society of Sammy Davis Jr.,: I've Gotta
Newspaper Editors award Be Me.
for distinguished newspaper
writing and the Ridenhour
Courage Prize for the
Sam Pollard
fearless articulation of
unpopular truths .

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CASE STUDY: A SYMPHONY OF HOPE SPONSORED BY
A conversation between the principal creators of A Symphony of Hope

the music and the film. MODERATOR:
On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake devastated Haiti, killing Doreen Ringer Ross is Vice President Film, TV &
and injuring hundreds of thousands and leaving even more homeless. Visual Media Relations at Broadcast Music, Inc.
(BMI), where she directs all activities serving
Christopher Lennertz, inspired by his friendship with Hands Together composers for screen. She has established key
founders Father Tom Hagan and Doug Campbell, thought to use music programs for composers, including the Sundance
to reignite hope. Lennertz conceived of a unique collaborative process: Composers Lab and the BMI Film/TV Composers
starting with a Haitian folk theme, 25 of Hollywoods most award-winning Conducting Workshop. She oversees BMIs film
composers wrote symphonic sections sequentially, like a musical chain- scoring scholarships at USC, UCLA and Berklee College of Music, and
letter, to tell the story of the tragedy, its horrible aftermath and the has created artist development platforms with the Sundance Film
ongoing relief and recovery efforts. Documentary filmmaker Brian Weidling Festival, IFP Filmmaker Labs, IFP Filmmakers Conference, Los Angeles
wove together the tragic events, the creative compassion of the Los Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, and the Woodstock Film Festival.
Angeles musical community, and a story of hope through music in Haitis Ringer-Ross serves as Vice Chairman of the Board for The Mr. Hollands
Opus Foundation, is a member of the Peabody Awards Board, Advisory
poorest slum, to bring to the screen the remarkable story of A Symphony of
Board of the American Youth Symphony, Advisory Board for the IFP
Hope. Filmmaker Labs, and is on the Board of the World Soundtrack Award.
PANELISTS
Christopher Lennertz: Lucas Richman: Grammy Brian Weidling: While a Christopher Scott Chris
Star Wars, Van Halen, and Award-winning conductor/com- student at Emerson College, Brooks: Music producer, edi-
Bye Bye Birdie may be poser Lucas Richman has served Brian Weidling created an tor, author, and film educator,
responsible for his love for as Music Director for the Bangor award-winning documentary Brooks is best known for his
movies, music and musical Symphony Orchestra since on the 1970 Kent State work with composer Michael
theater, but a chance meet- 2010, and held the position as Shootings. His professional
Kamen. Beginning with the
ing with Henry Mancini in Music Director for the Knoxville career began at Mutual Film
iconic Lethal Weapon, he forged
college changed Christopher Symphony Orchestra from Company on such critically
Lennertzs life forever. Im- 2003-2015. He has appeared as acclaimed films as Hard Rain, a 25-year relationship with Christopher Lennertz
pressed by Mancinis ability guest conductor with numerous The Jackal, Saving Private Kamen, editing and producing
to compose and produce for orchestras, including the New Ryan, and The Truman Show, the scores for such Hollywood
any genre, Lennertz modeled York Philharmonic, Philadel- and Direct Cinema Limited, blockbusters as Die Hard (and
his career to be similarly phia Orchestra, Los Angeles which distributed numerous sequels), Robin Hood: Prince
diverse. This eclectic ability Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmon- Oscar and Emmy award of Thieves, Don Juan DeMarco,
has become his signature. ic, and the Iceland Symphony winning documentaries. The Three Musketeers, and Mr.
Lennertz has written Orchestra. As a composer, Weidling produced Hollands Opus, for which he
music for some of the Richmans music has been and directed The Goal- won the MPSE Golden Reel
greatest storytellers: performed by over two hundred Claudio Reyna, following Award for music editing.
futuristic dystopian orchestras across the United the captain of the US mens Brooks early work
States, including the New York includes many critically
Americana for J.J. Abrams Philharmonic and Boston Pops. soccer teams 2002 ascent Lucas Richman
acclaimed films, with Scorceses
Revolution; the lush He has fulfilled commissions to the World Cup All Star
Goodfellas at the top.
orchestral melodies of for numerous organizations, Team that Sports Illustrated Relationships with directors
Steven Spielbergs Medal of including the symphonies of called a soccer nuts dream. Francis Ford Coppola, Michael
Honor series; stark, out-of- Pittsburgh, San Diego and His company Tumbleweed Mann, Richard Donner, and
tune gospel piano for Thanks Knoxville. 2015 saw the Albany Entertainment has generated John Waters, and composers
for Sharing; the powerful Records' release of a critical- over 700 animatics for Randy Newman, Elliot
urban hip hop defining Ice ly-acclaimed CD featuring the major companies. In 2007, Goldenthal and Thomas Dolby,
Cubes tough-as-nails cop Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra he co-created Go Green fill his resume. He continues
performing three compositions,

in Ride Along; even soaring for Discovery Channels to work with some of the
including his Concerto for Piano
heroics for a hot dog saving eco-channel, and a similar finest talents in the business,
and Orchestra: In Truth.
including Rob Reiner, Werner

the world in Seth Rogens series for the Sierra Club in Brian Weidling
Sausage Party. Working with 2008. Most recently, Weidling Herzog, Alan Menken, and Marc
writer/producer Eric Kripke directed A Symphony of Shaiman. His latest projects
Hope, and is currently in include Rebecca Millers HBO
led to an Emmy nomination
documentary Arthur Miller:
for the cult hit Supernatural, production on Cashel: 21
Writer and the Netflix feature
and he earned a Grammy and Counting, about a boy Our Souls at Night,starring
for his arrangements on who has lived his entire life Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.
Ozomatlis Street Signs. in bed because of a genetic
Lennertz is one of the most disorder
important composers in
Hollywood today.
Christopher Scott
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PA N E L S
CHAT WITH
ACTORS DIALOGUE Kleinert/James Center
Sun Oct 15 10:00am CLOSING NIGHT FILM DIRECTOR
Kleinert/James Center
Sun Oct 15 12:00pm
Join this years Woodstock BUY TICKETS REBECCA MILLER BUY TICKETS
Film Festivals Excellence in
Acting honoree as he chats PANELIST:
Join Rebecca Miller, director of this years
about his work in some of Bill Pullman,
2017 Woodstock Closing Night Film Arthur Miller: Writer, as she
Americas most diverse and
Film Festival talks about making a film about her father and
and interesting films. Excellence in her own life as a filmmaker.
Acting honoree,
stars in the The
Ballad of Lefty
Rebecca
Brown, screening Miller has
at the festival, written and
and can also be directed
seen in festival six feature
alumni Alex and films: Angela,
Andrew Smiths winner of the
Walking Out, Sundance
Foxs Battle of Film Festival
the Sexes, and Filmmakers
Electric Enter- Hosted by Trophy
tainments LBJ. Additionally, he can currently be and Cinematography Award, and the
Moderator seen on the hit USA television show The Sinner,
Logan Hill writes frequently Gotham Award; Personal Velocity,
about arts and culture for winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize
Martha Frankel is the this summers highest rated program.
many of the worlds best and Cinematography Award, and the
Executive Director of Wood- Pullman is most known for his role as media outlets, including The
stock Bookfest, the host of President Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award;
New York Times, New York The Ballad of Jack and Rose, starring
Woodstock Booktalk, celebri- Day, as well as his role as Lone Starr in Magazine, Wired, Rolling Stone,
ty interviewer, and published Daniel Day-Lewis and Catherine Keener;
Spaceballs. Additional movie credits include Cosmopolitan, GQ, Esquire, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, starring
novelist. Trouble, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Businessweek, and This American Robin Wright, Alan Arkin and Keanu
Equalizer, Surveillance, The Cove, Bottle Shock, Life. When hes not writing, he Reeves; Maggies Plan, starring Greta
Scary Movie 4, The Grudge, While You Were reviews films on the TV show Gerwig, Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore,
Sleeping, The Last Seduction, Mr. Jones, Malice, Talking Pictures on Demand. and Arthur Miller: Writer, a documentary.
He is also the host of the new Her books Personal Velocity, The Private
Sleepless In Seattle, A League Of Their Own,
TimesTalks monthly screening Lives of Pippa Lee and Jacobs Folly have
Newsies, Ruthless People, and Lost Highway. series Screen Times.
Additional television credits include 1600 Penn, been published in over thirty countries.
Torchwood and Revelations.
ASK THE PRODUCER Kleinert/James Center

Sun Oct 15 2:00pm
BUY TICKETS
Join some of todays most accomplished and influential producers as they chat about the
current role of a producer, with anecdotes and examples from their own experiences.
PANELISTS
William Horberg is a film Anne Carey: As an Peter Sarafs producing Lee Aronsohn: Television
producer whose company independent producer, Anne credits include Loving, Three producer Lee Aronsohn is
Wonderful Films is located Carey has collaborated with Generations, The Kings of credited for work on shows William Horberg Anne Carey
in Kingston, NY. Among his filmmakers Ang Lee, Mike Summer, Me Him Her, Safety such as The Love Boat,
many producing credits are Mills, Bill Condon, Nicole Not Guaranteed, Our Idiot Murphy Brown, Cybill, and
Searching for Bobby Fischer, Holofcener, Anton Corbijn, Brother, Jack Goes Boating, is best known as one of
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Milk, Liz Garbus, and Marielle Hell- Sunshine Cleaning, Away We the creative minds behind
The Kite Runner, Cold Moun- er, among others. A24, Fox Go, Is Anybody There?, Little televisions beloved hit
tain, The Quiet American, Searchlight, Universal Pic- Miss Sunshine, Everything sitcoms Two and a Half Men
Black Nativity, Disconnect, tures, Sony Picture Classics, Is Illuminated, The Truth and The Big Bang Theory. A
Focus Features, Miramax, About Charlie, Adaptation, University of Colorado Alum,
The Promise, starring Chris-
and HBO have distributed Ulees Gold, and the feature Aronsohn traveled back to
tian Bale and Oscar Isaac, Careys films and they have documentaries Mandela and Boulder for the rst time in
and Crash Pad, starring have premiered at all major The Agronomist. He has been 40 years to tell the story of
Domhnall Gleeson, screening Pamela Koffler Peter Saraf
domestic and international nominated for Academy and Magic Music, his rst feature
at this years Woodstock Film film festivals. Golden Globe Awards and length documentary.
Festival. He is currently the has won multiple awards,
chair of the Producers Guild Pamela Koffler is a veter- including the Spirit, Gotham
of America East and was pre- an producer at Killer Films. and PGA Awards. He is the
viously president of Sidney Her producing titles include co-founder of Big Beach, a
Kimmel Entertainment, part- Boys Don't Cry, Hedwig and New York based independent
ner with Sydney Pollack and the Angry Inch, One Hour film production and financing
Anthony Minghella at Mirage Photo, Mildred Pierce, Still company.
Alice, Wonderstruck, and
Productions, and a Senior
more.
Vice President at Paramount
Pictures. Lee Aronsohn:

A S P E C I A L C E L E B R AT I O N O F F I L M A N D M U S I C WEDNESDAY
A LIVE PERFORMANCE October 11 @ 7:00pm
Woodstock Playhouse
TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL BUY TICKETS
The evening begins with an excep- The feature film STUCK

tional live performance by operatic will follow the short.
soprano Sarah Joy Miller,
star of the short film Described as a musical for mod-
A Hand of Bridge. ern times, Stuck tells the story of
six strangers trapped together on a
The film, a micro-opera in which two stalled New York City subway car (for
couples reveal their innermost desires, details see Narrative Features).
fears, and fantasies while playing
Bridge, co-stars director/tenor David
Miller, member of the internationally After the Q&A, cast members
known band Il Divo, soprano Mary Giancarlo Esposito, Gerard Canonico
Dunleavy and tenor Ben Davis. and Tim Young will give LIVE
PERFORMANCES from the score.
J O I N T H E W O O D S T O C K F I L M F E S T I VA L I N C E L E B R AT I N G
THE 18 TH ANNUAL MAVERICK AWARDS CEREMONY BUY TICKETS
SATURDAY OTHER AWARDS To be announced,

INCLUDING
October 14 Gigantic Pictures
at FEATURE NARRATIVE AWARD
Backstage Studio FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
photo by Austin Hargrave
Productions AWARD
sponsored by Films We Like
IN KINGSTON
WFF ULTRA INDIE AWARD
7:00pm: Cocktail party in Gallery sponsored by Gray Krauss
8:15pm: Seating for awards begins Sandler Des Rochers and
Blackmagic
9:00pm: Award Ceremony with MAVERKICK TRAILBLAZER EXCELLENCE IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD
presentations to our AWARD AWARD ACTING AWARD Gigantic Pictures
honorary recipients and
winning filmmakers in the
SUSAN SHEP BILL BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
AWARD
following categories SARANDAN GORDON PULLMAN Gigantic Pictures
Susan Sarandon, known
Shep Gordon, named one
Bill Pullman stars in the
BEST STUDENT SHORT AWARD
MUSIC COURTESY of the 100 most influential
for her award-winning
people in Rolling Stone
Ballad of Lefty Brown, SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD
OF performances in such screening at the festival, sponsored by Films We Like
The Paul iconic films as Atlantic
magazine and the subject
of Mike Myers 2013 hit
and can also be seen in
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Green Rock City, Thelma & Louise, Lo-
documentary Supermensch:
festival alumni Alex and
Academy will renzos Oil, and The Client,
brings a unique presence
The Legend of Shep
Andrew Smiths Walking
Out, Foxs Battle of the
Haskell Wexler Award for BEST
be playing music Gordon, launched one of CINEMATOGRAPHY
to every role. From her Sexes, and Electric Enter- sponsored by Panavision
from the greatest movies ever the first independent film
fearless portrayal of Annie tainments LBJ. Addi-
companies and film dis- The James Lyons Editing Award
made (and some mediocre ones, Savoy in Bull Durham
tributors, Alive Pictures/
tionally, he can currently
too.) For more about Paul Green, to her Academy Award be seen on the hit USA for NARRATIVE FEATURE
Island Alive, managed
and SAG Award-winning television show The Sin- sponsored by Technicolor
visit www.rockacademy.com role as Sister Helen in
such musicians as Alice
ner, this summers highest
Cooper, Teddy Pendergrass Postworks NY
Dead Man Walking, the rated program.
hard-working veterans
and Luther Vandross, and The James Lyons Editing Award
All trophies are sparked the celebrity chef (see page 24 for full bio) for
film work as actor and
handcrafted by Steve phenomenon, represent- DOC FEATURE
producer echoes through
Heller, a self-taught ing the likes of Emeril sponsored by Technicolor
the industry. Bombshell:
Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck,
artist who works in The Hedy Lamarr Story, Postworks NY
Nobu, and Daniel Boulud.
wood, found metal executive produced by
(see page 21 for full bio) THE CARPE DIEM ANDRETTA
and Cadillacs from the Sarandon, is screening at
the 2017 festival. AWARD
1950s. Visit Fabulous for living life to its fullest
Furniture in Boiceville or online at (see page 21 for full bio) honors Vincent Jay
www.fabulousfurnitureon28 Andretta III
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TICKETS VENUES
PRICES Pass & ticket holders MUST arrive 15
minutes prior to screenings or panels to
Walk-Up Orders
guarantee admission. Empty seats will
Tickets ordered online or by Tickets for all venues will be be made available to standby line.
phone between September 20 available for purchase at the
- October 8, WILL BE SHIPPED BOX OFFICE a few days prior to VENUES
to the mailing address provided online sales. WOODSTOCK
when ordering. The Rosendale Theatre and BEARSVILLE THEATER (films)
Online and phone orders will Upstate Films Rhinebeck may 261 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
be charged a $6.95 shipping & have a select number of tickets
PURCHASING & handling fee. available for pre-sale. Please
845.679.4406
www.bearsvilletheater.com
PICKING UP TICKETS All online and telephone orders contact them directly. WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
placed after October 8 must be & MUSEUM (filmmaker lounge)
Internet Orders 28 Tinker St
www.woodstockfilmfestival.org picked up at the BOX OFFICE at Telephone Orders Woodstock, NY 12498
13 Rock City Road in Wood- The BOX OFFICE is manned by 845.679.2940
Box Office Location stock. www.woodstockart.org
dedicated VOLUNTEERS who
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Woodstock, NY 12498 are available with ID at the Box Internet and walk-up sales. The 132 Tinker Street
(Across from the Woodstock, NY 12498
Office. phones can get very chaotic and 845.679.6608
Chamber of Commerce booth)
There are NO REFUNDS or they tend to be busy. If you are www.upstatefilms.org
phone 845.810.0131 calling for tickets, please leave
EXCHANGES on tickets without WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE (films)
exception. a message on our machine and 103 Mill Hill Rd
Box Office Hours someone will get back to you. Woodstock, NY 12498
The best way to order tickets 845.679.69008
September 20 to October 8 and to see updated schedules, The last day for telephone www.woodstockplayhouse.org
Wednesday-Sunday 12-6pm orders is October 8.
film descriptions and other KLEINERT/JAMES ART CENTER
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
festival information is online at Day of Event (panels)
October 11-14 www.woodstockfilmfestival.org 34 Tinker Street
Tickets are available at the BOX Woodstock, NY 12498
9am-7pm
OFFICE until four hours prior to www.woodstockguild.org
Open everyday
the event. All unsold tickets are WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY CENTER
then available on the STANDBY (shorts)
October 15
line at the screening venue on a 56 Rock City Rd
9am-6pm Woodstock, NY 12498
CASH ONLY basis.
(845) 679-7420
Please note that all events www.woodstockcommunitycenter.org
are subject to change.
Check the website to:
FULL FESTIVAL PASSES ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL
(career day)
Confirm venues and times Full Festival Passes offer the Full Festival Passes entitle entry 4166 Route 28
ultimate Woodstock Film Festival to the Filmmakers Lounge. Boiceville, NY 12412
Find out what is SOLD OUT
Read updated information experience. A limited number of Full Festival Passes are $750 and KINGSTON
about screenings, events and these passes are offered. can be purchased online or at BACKSTAGE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS
panels the BOX OFFICE. (Maverick Awards Gala)
323 Wall Street
Full Festival Passes include Full Festival Passes are nontrans- Kingston, NY 12401
For the most up-to-date guaranteed admission for the ferable and include a picture ID.
information, please visit passholder to all screenings and RHINEBECK
Passes must be picked up at Festi- UPSTATE FILMS RHINEBECK (films)
www.woodstockfilmfestival.org panels, with priority seating up
val Registration at the Woodstock 6415 Montgomery Street
until 15 minutes prior to the Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Artists Association & Muse-
event, entry to all parties, plus 866.FILM.NUT
um(WAAM). Badge pick-up instruc-
souvenirs including a commemo- www.upstatefilms.org
tions will be sent after purchase.
rative T-shirt, cap and poster.
ROSENDALE
IMPORTANT DETAILS ROSENDALE THEATRE COLLECTIVE
(films)
Pass and ticket holders MUST A STANDBY line will form for PLEASE leave plenty of time to 408 Main Street
arrive all shows that have tickets pick up pre-ordered tickets at Rosendale, NY 12472
845.658.8989
15 minutes prior to screenings available. Five minutes prior to the BOX OFFICE or order online www.rosendaletheatre.org
or panels to guarantee seating. show time, available tickets will by October 8 to receive your
Empty seats will be sold to those be sold on a CASH ONLY basis. tickets by mail. SAUGERTIES
in the standby queue. Standby queues form no earlier ORPHEUM THEATER (films)
When planning your festival 156 Main Street
NOTE: Tickets ordered online or than one hour prior to any schedule, please bear in mind Saugerties, NY 12477
by phone after October 8 must event. that the driving distances from 845.246-6561
be picked up at the BOX OFFICE Woodstock to Rosendale and
designed by
at 13 Rock City Road in Wood- Rhinebeck are 35 minutes;

stock. These tickets will NOT be Woodstock to Saugerties is
sent to the venue. 25 minutes.

S C H E D U L E AT A G L A N C E
WED 10/11 FRI 10/13 SAT 10/14 SUN 10/15
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Bearsville Theater Bearsville Theater Bearsville Theater
7:00 Stuck follows 12:00 Against All Odds- The Fight 11:15 Bean 11:30 SHORTS: Animation
A Hand of Bridge for a Black Middle Class with 1:30 Roll With Me 1:45 The Cycle (America Divided)
Bob Herberk 4:00 To A More Perfect Union: 4:00 La Chana
THUR 10/12 2:15
5:00
My Name is Pedro
SHORTS: Youth Films
U.S. v. Windsor
6:00 Thank You For Coming
6:30 40 Years in the Making: The
Magic Music Movie
Bearsville Theater 7:00 Happening: A Clean Energy 8:30 Becoming Who I Was
1:00 The Last Pig Revolution Kleinert James Art center
3:00 To the Edge of the Sky 9:15 Mary Janes: The Women of Kleinert James Art center WOODSTOCK PANELS
6:00 Nat Bates for Mayor Weed WOODSTOCK PANELS 10:00 PANEL: Actor Dialogue
8:30 This Is Everything: 10:00 PANEL: Chat With Honorary 12:00 PANEL: Chat With Closing
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Trailblazer Award Recipient: Night Film Director: Rebecca
Gigi Gorgeous 11:30 Revengeance Shep Gordon Miller
WOODSTOCK Playhouse 1:45 A Symphony of Hope 12:00 PANEL: Chat With The 2:00 PANEL: Ask The Producer
1:00 Infinity Baby 4:15 Supermensch Honorary Maverick Award
3:15 Becks 6:45 Crash Pad Recipient: Susan Sarandon WOODSTOCK Playhouse
6:00 OPENING NIGHT FILM 9:30 The Strange Ones 2:00 PANEL: Through Their Lenses: 10:15 Ram Dass, Going Home
9:00 The Bachelors The American Condition 11:45 Time Trap
WOODSTOCK 4:00 PANEL: Music In Film - Case 2:15 The Song of Sway Lake
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Community Center Study: Symphony Of Hope 5:00 What Children Do
1:00 32 Pills: My Sisters Suicide 2:15 SHORTS: Resolutions 7:30 Arthur Miller: Writer
3:30 Girl in Flight 4:30 SHORTS: Short Docs I WOODSTOCK Playhouse CLOSING NIGHT FILM
6:00 Dont Come Back From the 7:00 SHORTS: Bedlam 10:30 The Ballad of Lefty Brown
Moon 1:30 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Upstate Films WOODSTOCK
9:15 SHORTS: Short Docs II
8:30 Us And Them Story 11:30 The Sounding
Upstate Films WOODSTOCK 4:00 Sammy Davis, Jr.: Ive Gotta 2:00 A Real Vermeer
ROSENDALE Theatre 10:45 The Chocolate Case Be Me 4:45 They
7:30 SHORTS: Animation 1:15 Shingal, Where Are You? 6:45 Submission 7:00 The Organizer
Upstate Films RHINEBECK I 4:00 Cold November 9:30 Last Flag Flying
WOODSTOCK
7:00 My Name is Pedro 6:30 The Light of the Moon WOODSTOCK Community Center Community Center
9:00 The Traveller 1:15 SHORTS: Resolutions 11:30 SHORTS: Growing Up

P E R F O R M A N C E Orpheum Theater 3:30 SHORTS: Bedlam 1:45 SHORTS: Conflict
TO KICK OFF SAUGERTIES 5:45
8:00
SHORTS: Growing Up
SHORTS: Conflict
3:45 SHORTS: Determination
THE FESTIVAL 6:00 Girl in Flight
8:30 A Real Vermeer 10:00 SHORTS: Determination
5:45 SHORTS: Short Docs II
WEDNESDAY Orpheum Theater
October 11 ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films WOODSTOCK SAUGERTIES
12:30 Submission 10:00 The Rape Of Recy Taylor 12:30 A Symphony of Hope
at Woodstock Playhouse
3:30 This Is Everything: Gigi 12:30 Waterboys 3:00 The Last Pig
Gorgeous 3:00 Beauty Mark 5:00 Holden On
The evening begins with an 6:00 Nat Bates for Mayor 5:30 Holden On 7:45 Becoming Who I Was
exceptional live performance 8:30 Last Flag Flying 8:15 The Square
ROSENDALE Theatre
by operatic soprano Upstate Films RHINEBECK I Orpheum Theater 12:00 Sammy Davis, Jr.: Ive Gotta
Sarah Joy Miller 12:30 Waterboys SAUGERTIES Be Me
Followed by the film STUCK 3:15 Roll With Me 1:00 The Chocolate Case 2:45 The Ballad of Lefty Brown
5:45 Joan Didion: The Center Will 3:30 Happening: A Clean Energy 5:45 The Strange Ones
with Q&A. Not Hold Revolution
8:15 Us And Them 5:45 What Children Do
Upstate Films RHINEBECK I
Followed by cast members 1:00 Light of the Moon
Giancarlo Esposito, Gerard Upstate Films RHINEBECK II 8:15 The Cycle (America Divided)
3:30 Becks
Canonico and Tim Young will 1:00 Thank You For Coming ROSENDALE Theatre 6:00 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr
give LIVE performances from 3:30 Bean 12:30 They Story
the score. 6:00 La Chana 3:00 Revengeance Upstate Films RHINEBECK II
8:45 To the Edge of the Sky 5:30 Mary Janes: The Women of 1:15 To A More Perfect Union:
Weed U.S. v. Windsor
8:00 Infinity Baby 3:45 Beauty Mark
Upstate Films RHINEBECK I 6:15 Dont Come Back From the
1:30 The Sounding Moon
1 8 T H A N N U A L 4:00 The Traveller
6:45 Against All Odds- The Fight
MAVERICK AWARDS CEREMONY for a Black Middle Class with
SATURDAY 7:00pm: Bob Herbert Please note that all events
Cocktail party in Gallery 9:15 SHORTS: Short Docs I are subject to change.
October 14
8:15pm: Upstate Films RHINEBECK II Check
at Backstage Studio 1:45 Shingal, Where Are You?
Seating for awards begins woodstockfilmfestival.org
Productions 4:30 32 Pills: My Sisters Suicide
IN KINGSTON
9:00pm: 7:00 Cold November to confirm venues and
Award Ceremony 9:30 Stuck follows A Hand of
Bridge times
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Box Office: 13 Rock City Rd Woodstock, NY 12498 | 845.810.

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EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

BEAUTY MARK BECKS LGBTQ COLD NOVEMBER CRASH PAD

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NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

LAST FLAG FLYING THE LIGHT THE SONG

NEW YORK PREMIERE

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NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE

EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

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NORTH AMERICAN NEW YORK PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE

NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

LA CHANA MARY JANES: MY NAME

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EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE US PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

ROLL WITH ME SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: SHINGAL, SUPERMENSCH:

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THANK YOU THIS IS LGBTQ

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Lawman My Nephew Emmett The Pain Body TV in the Fish Tail

Runtime: 69 minutes + Q&A Sun Oct 15 11:30am

Daykwon WORLD PREMIERE Kalb Mrs NEW YORK PREMIERE

RESOLUTIONS Community Center WOODSTOCK

WORLD PREMIERE US PREMIERE

SHORT DOCS I Community

Runtime: 80 minutes + Q&A Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Knife Skills NEW YORK PREMIERE Mott Haven The Tables

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American Psychosis Blackbird Little Potato Prince of Smoke

TEEN FILMS Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Runtime: 55 minutes + Q&A

FILM CAREER DAY Onteora High School

BREAKIN POINT GRAVITY

DID YOU REALLY SAY NO HUDSON HILL

Directed by Natalie Erika and stop-motion.

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photo by Austin Hargrave

ring Matthew McConaughey and

Gerrard began his dicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan

manager and film producer Shep Bullock and Nicole Kidman. On

and advocate for victims of hunger

10 films, including the Scream 2015, he completed a series long

and one of the directors of August Wilson: The Ground

He has won numerous Runnin, and The Talk: Race in

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MUSIC IN FILM Kleinert/James Center Sat Oct 14 4:00pm

A conversation between the principal creators of A Symphony of Hope

ASK THE PRODUCER Kleinert/James Center

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The evening begins with an excep- The feature film STUCK

SATURDAY OTHER AWARDS To be announced,

at 13 Rock City Road in Wood- Rhinebeck are 35 minutes;

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2017 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

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