Woodstock Film Festival 2019 Program

The Woodstock Film Festival is a not-for-profit, 501c3 organization with a mission to present an annual program and year-round
schedule of film, music, and art-related activities that promote artists, culture, inspired learning, and diversity.
N A R R AT I V E S
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 Narratives
9 Documentaries
16 Shorts
22 Special Events
23 Panels
29 Maverick Awards
30 Tickets
31 Schedule at a Glance
WORLD PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE
TOC- NARATIVES #LIKE 18 TO PARTY ADOLESCENCE

Directed by Directed by Jeff Roda Directed by Ashley Avis
2 #LIKE Sarah Pirozek USA / 2019 / 80 minutes USA / 2018 / 100 minutes
18 To Party USA / 2019 /
WOODSTOCK Upstate films WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
93 minutess
Adolescence Fri Oct 4  9:30pm Thur Oct 3  8:15pm
SAUGERTIES Orpheum ROSENDALE Theatre SAUGERTIES Orpheum
3 Ash Sat Oct 5  5:00pm Sun Oct 6  3:15pm Sun Oct 6  7:45pm
WOODSTOCK Upstate films
Banana Split Sun Oct 6  10:00am It’s 1984 and outside a small-town In this visually stunning and pulse-
The Cat and the Moon nightclub, a group of 8th graders pounding drama from director
In this Woodstock-based, feminist gather, grappling with a spate of Ashley Avis, the coming-of-age
Clemency noir thriller, director Sarah Pirozek recent suicides, UFO sightings, their story is seen through a whole new
presents a tale that is equal parts absentee parents, and each other. 18 lens. Adolescence follows Adam, a
4 Colewell shocking and relevant. #LIKE shines a to Party spans a single evening in sensitive young man from a broken
Foster Boy light on the more disturbing aspects the lives of these kids, but manages home who’s too shy to talk to most
of modern internet culture. On the to transport us fully to a time when girls in his school. One day, while
The Garden Left anniversary of her younger sister’s waiting for something to happen playing hooky with his friend Keith,
Behind death, high-schooler Rosie creates felt just as significant as the thing Adam meets a mysterious runaway
a fake online profile through which itself. Gorgeously atmospheric, with named Alice and falls for her. As their
Honey Boy
she hopes to snare the man she a pulsating sense of anticipation relationship develops, so does their
5 Imaginary Order believes is responsible. In her hunt that steadily builds, the film pulls us dependence on drugs. From here we
to bring him to justice, she becomes into the fears, wounds and desires of see the young lovers fall increasingly
Inez & Doug & Kira increasingly unhinged, willing to take each character, ultimately revealing deep into a reality that many in this
Inside the Rain drastic measures. What starts off as that hope may arrive from the last day and age are forced to endure.
a valiant effort to make sense of the place we expect. The meticulously Can they find their way out? The film
The Last Color tragedy and avenge her sister slowly authentic production design, killer perfectly mirrors the perils of drug
turns into something much darker. As soundtrack and universally excellent addiction with the often dangerously
6 Once Upon a River
the layers peel back, when does the performances recall the spirit of intoxicating nature of young love.
Parasite victim become the perpetrator? Will classic 80s teen movies like Stand Avis’ expertly crafted film portrays
justice prevail? With this look into By Me and The Breakfast Club. 18 a terrifying yet shockingly relevant
Personal Velocity the shadows of the virtual world, To Party is a spot-on love letter to view of modern youth culture.
Portrait of a Lady on the moral implications of her actions Gen X, awkward teenagers and the —Max Wexler
Fire will leave the viewer with many more transcendent power of friendship
questions. —Max Wexler —Gene Fischer
7 Run With The Hunted
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Seneca Mountain Sarah Pirozek, Sarah Rich Jeff Roda, Emily Ziff Griffin, Nikola,
Speed of Life Andrew Cahill, plus most of the cast
8 Swallow
Synonyms
The True Adventures of
Wolfboy
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US PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE
ASH BANANA SPLIT THE CAT AND THE CLEMENCY

Directed by Andrew Huculiak Directed by Benjamin Kasulke MOON Directed by Chinonye Chukwu
Canada / 2019 / 104 minutes USA / 2018 / 90 minutes Directed by Alex Wolff USA / 2019 / 113 minutes
WOODSTOCK Playhouse SAUGERTIES Orpheum USA / 2019 / 114 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Fri Oct 4 3:30pm Fri Oct 4  8:30pm WOODSTOCK Upstate films Thur Oct 3  12:00pm
RHINEBECK Upstate Films I WOODSTOCK Upstate films Thur Oct 3  8:30pm ROSENDALE Theatre
Sat Oct 5 4:00pm Sun Oct 6  6:30pm Fri Oct 4  3:45pm
While his mother seeks treatment
In the Canadian province of British Have you ever accidentally befriend- in rehab, Nick, a somewhat naive Years of carrying out death row exe-
Columbia, wildfires are raging. Dare- ed your ex-boyfriend’s new girl- teenager, comes to New York to stay cutions have taken a toll on prison
devil journalist Stan Hurst (Hudson with Cal, a jazz musician friend of his warden Bernadine Williams, played
friend? April Krillholtz has. Banana
Valley’s Tim Guinee) is covering the late father’s who he barely knows. with exquisite depth and insight
Split is co-written by the brilliantly
devastation, repeatedly placing him- by Academy Award-nominee Alfre
deadpan lead actress Hannah Marks During his stay he makes friends with
self in danger. But the mammoth fires Woodard. As she prepares to execute
and is based on the true story of the a group of kids who show him what
are dwarfed by the personal demons yet another inmate, Bernadine must
summer she found a new best friend the city has to offer, while at the
that Hurst is fighting within. When confront the psychological and emo-
in her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend. same time he comes to know more
the authorities discover his dark and tional demons her job creates, ul-
With a star-studded cast including about his past, himself and to think
repellent secret, Hurst and his wife timately connecting her to the man
Liana Liberato (Light As A Feather), about where he is headed. Director
Gail (Chelah Horsdal, The Man In The she is sanctioned to kill. But there
Dylan Sprouse (The Suite Life Of Zack Alex Wolff plays Nick to perfection
High Castle) must suddenly confront is another story here, that of a man
& Cody), Luke Spencer Roberts (Fear — a bit awkward, confused and very
a truth that will destroy their lives. sentenced to death for the killing of
The Walking Dead), and Jacob Bata- endearing. The son of a jazz pianist
Ash is a powerful and unfor- a cop, which he insists he didn’t do.
lon (Spider-man:Homecoming). Pro- in real life, Wolff’s knowledge of
giving drama about transgression and In a powerful film, filled with tension,
lific cinematographer and Woodstock music enriches the story. And Cal,
redemption by award-winning direc- horror and compassion, we witness
Film Festival alum Benjamin Kasulke played by Mike Epps, inhabits the
tor Andrew Huculiak. At its heart is this stoic woman’s marriage and job
creates a poignant coming-of-age role exactly like one might expect a
a raw, emotionally naked performance being slowly undermined every time
film perfect for 2019 by filling his single musician to react to having
by veteran actor Guinee, complement- she interacts with the prisoners she
feature directorial debut with teen- a teenage boy suddenly drop into
ed by the extraordinary camera work has come to regard more like a caring
age drama, love triangles and multi- his life. The Cat and the Moon is a
of cinematographer Joseph Schweers, teacher than a warden. And we watch
ple references to Carly Rae Jepsen. tender story of friendship, loyalty
who shot the film amidst the Canadi- a desperate man condemned to death
—Sierra Slaughter and finding compassion for others.
an wildfires in real time, giving it a face both despair and hope. Writer/
—Ben F. Fischer
surreal, apocalyptic feeling. This is a Q&A PARTICIPANTS: director Chinonye Chukwu masterful-
cinematic experience that will remain Benjamin Kasulke, Annie Hart COURTESY OF FilmRise ly captures visually and emotionally
with you for days to come. what it means to live in a world with
—Jay Blotcher capital punishment in a way that is
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
truly unforgettable. —Ben F. Fischer
Andrew Huculiak, Tim Guinee, COURTESY OF NEON
Amber Ripley
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N A R R AT I V E S
OPENING NIGHT FILM
NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE LGBTQ
FO C U S
COLEWELL FOSTER BOY THE GARDEN LEFT HONEY BOY

Directed by Tom Quinn Directed by Youssef Delara BEHIND Directed by Alma Har’el
USA / 2019 / 73 minutes USA / 2018 / 109 minutes Directed by Flavio Alves Austria / 2019 / 95 minute
RHINEBECK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Upstate Films I USA, Brazil / 2019 / 88 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Fri Oct 4  3:00pm Sat Oct 5  1:00pm Thur Oct 3  6:00pm
In English, and Spanish with subtitles
WOODSTOCK Playhouse WOODSTOCK Playhouse ROSENDALE Theatre
Sat Oct 5  3:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Fri Oct 4 9:30pm
Sun Oct 6  2:30pm
Sat Oct 5  5:30pm
Colewell, starring Karen Allen, is a The life of Michael Trainer (Matthew WOODSTOCK Upstate films From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf,
powerful character study of post- Modine), a cold hearted successful Sun Oct 6  12:45pm based on his personal experiences,
mistress Nora Pancowski, whose litigator with a long career award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el
livelihood and sense of community protecting corporate clients, takes Imagine a life where undocumented (Bombay Beach, LoveTrue) brings to
are threatened when officials decide a sharp turn when he is forced by people fear deportation on a daily ba- life a young actor’s stormy childhood
to close her local post office. No- the court’s judge (Louis Gossett Jr.) sis. Now imagine that you are also a and early adult years as he struggles
ra’s post office is a socializing spot to represent Jamal Randolph (Shane transgender Latina woman. This is the to reconcile with his father and deal
for Colewell’s mostly graying, rural Paul McGhie), an angry young man in plight of thirty-year-old Tina, who is with his mental health. Fictionalizing
Pennsylvania population; its closure prison after years of abuse in foster transitioning, and her grandmother, his ascent to stardom and subsequent
affects not only Nora, but the entire care. The more Trainer (Three Piece, Eliana, who strive to make a life for crash-landing into rehab and
town. Allen’s brilliant portrayal of a as Jamal calls him) learns about themselves as undocumented immi- recovery, Har’el casts Noah Jupe (A
reserved, yet resolute woman under- Jamal (Thug, as Trainer calls him), grants in New York City. Left alone Quiet Place) and Lucas Hedges (Boy
scores the importance of our identi- the more we discover a systemically to raise her grandchild, Eliana yearns Erased, Manchester by the Sea) as
ty, human interaction and lost time. corrupt for-profit foster care to return to Mexico, while Tina strug- Otis Lort, navigating different stages
Although essentially a loner, Nora’s system that, for Jamal, has lead to gles for acceptance as a transgender in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes
conversations with fellow citizens catastrophic results. Dark secrets are woman in America. Working as a gyp- on the therapeutic challenge of
at work, her endearing friendship probed and unearthed, as a tough sy cab driver to save money for her playing a version of his own father,
with a fellow postal worker, and her corporate lawyer transforms into transition, Tina battles the constant an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. FKA
interactions with a young footloose a heroic defender and an abused anxiety of being undocumented. Af- Twigs makes her feature-film debut,
woman, who causes Nora to reflect young victim of a system that has ter yet another brutal beating in the playing neighbor and kindred spirit
on her own more carefree past, failed him becomes an outspoken transgender community, she emerg- to the younger Otis in their garden-
weave a profound story of what face for change. Inspired by true es as an outspoken advocate, a role court motel home. Har’el’s feature
makes life worth living. Written and events, the combined strength of that changes everything. Underlying narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind
directed by Woodstock Film Festival the story and the impeccable cast this straightforward story of family, collaboration between filmmaker and
alum Tom Quinn, Colewell crafts a illuminate both the power of the friends and community, is the theme subject, exploring art as medicine and
sensitive and beautiful portrait of human spirit and the horrifying of transphobia and the very real imagination as hope through the life
an aging woman struggling to hold deceitfulness and abuse of a system threat of violence toward women like and times of a talented, traumatized
on, and a disappearing life in small that impacts hundreds of thousands Tina, especially trans woman of color. performer who dares to go in search
town America. —Monique Ray of children each year. —Gene Fisher This leads to a finale that is haunting of himself.
and a film that is unforgettable. Q&A participants:
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Youssef Delara, Jay —Gene Fischer Daniela Lundberg
Tom Quinn, Karen Allen, Paul Deratany, Matt Lenz, Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Alexandra Byer, Matthew Thurm Shane Paul McGhie Flavio Alvarez, Roy Wohl, COURTESY OF
Carlie Guevara, John Rotondo, amazon studios
Kristen Parker, Ivanna Black
N A R R AT I V E S
NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE
IMAGINARY INEZ & DOUG INSIDE THE RAIN THE LAST COLOR
ORDER & KIRA Directed by Aaron Fisher Directed by Vikas Khanna
Directed by Debra Eisenstadt Directed by Julia Kots USA / 2019 / 90 minutes India / USA / 2019 / 90 minutes
USA / 2019 / 104 minutes USA / 2019 / 95 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse In Hindi with subtitles
RHINEBECK Upstate Films I Fri Oct 4  6:30pm WOODSTOCK Upstate films
Thur Oct 3  7:00pm ROSENDALE Theatre Thur Oct 3  12:00pm
Sat Oct 5 
WOODSTOCK Upstate films 12:45pm Sat Oct 5  12:30pm Rhinebeck Upstate Films II
Fri Oct 4  10:45am College film student Benjamin Glass Fri Oct 4  6:15pm
SAUGERTIES Orpheum
Sun Oct 6  2:15pm (played by writer-director Aaron Fish-
Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids, In this moving Indian drama, film-
er) has it all: ADHD, OCD, borderline
Reno 911 and The Goldbergs) creates maker Vikas Khanna adapts his own
The story of Inez & Doug & Kira is set personality. And he’s also bipolar.
a moving portrait of Cathy, an OCD, novel into a multi-generational tale
in motion after Inez, a brilliant yet But Glass is more than his diagnoses
middle-aged woman, struggling to about defying tradition in the name
unstable recovering addict, commits — he prefers the term “recklessly ex-
maintain control and significance amid of love. The story centers around the
suicide and leaves no note. Inez’s travagant” — and he’s determined to
fears her husband is having an affair friendship between nine-year-old
and her thirteen-year-old daughter is mysterious death leaves the two prove his abilities. When a misunder-
mourners — her sister Kira and Kira’s Chhoti, a penniless tightrope walk-
becoming estranged. Cathy retreats standing threatens to expel him, Glass
fiancé, Doug — with a mound of er who longs for an education, and
to her sister’s home where she cat- pushes back; he plans on recreating
unanswered questions. As they look Noor, a white-clad widow who, bound
sits, compulsively cleans and spies the incident on video, with the help
for clues and dig up the past, the by society’s taboos, must live a life
on a neighboring family. One by one of a moonlighting porn actress (Ellen
puzzle pieces begin to come together, of total abstinence. After hearing
these eccentric neighbors — mother, Toland), to clear his name. But how
uncovering the trio’s complicated stories of Noor’s childhood, Chhoti
father and teenage son — lure Cathy will he raise the film money, when his
web of relationships. In a film that promises to defy tradition and splash
into their lives, inspire her rebellion parents dismiss the scheme as another
explores the collateral damage that her new friend with her favorite pink
and threaten to unravel everything, manic episode?
can be caused by a loved one’s color to celebrate the upcoming Holi,
from her precarious marriage to her Inside the Rain is a wincingly
psychological unraveling, writer/ the Indian festival of colors. Fate in-
daughter’s innocence to her own funny rom-com-drama, anchored by
director Julia Kots tackles themes tercedes to prevent this, but 24 years
wavering sanity. As Cathy’s orderly off-kilter performances by co-stars
of mental health, addiction and later, Chhoti emerges as an advocate
life becomes increasingly messy, Fisher and Toland. The colorful en-
love in an intimate, yet unflinching fighting for societal reforms that will
with equal parts wit and angst, she semble cast includes Rosie Perez as
light. This is a film that provides as bring about the rehabilitation of both
is forced to see beyond her routines a tough love shrink, Eric Roberts as
many thrilling twists as it does gut- street children and widows. Can struc-
and look at where her life is heading. an unhinged film producer, and Cath-
punches. — Max Wexler tural change be enacted in a centu-
Imbued with depth, compassion, erine Curtin and Paul Schulze as the
ries-old caste system? The Last Color
sharp dialog, and terrific chemistry Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
long-suffering parents. The ultimate
is a story of promises and promise,
among the actors, Imaginary Order is Julia Kots,Caitlin Gold, Marcia Mayer, underdog film and proof that if you
celebrating the victory of the human
a tour de force from writer-director Michael Chernus, Tawny Cypress, believe in yourself, anything is pos-
spirit and the day when color became
and Woodstock Film Festival alum Talia Thiesfield sible. —Jay Blotcher
a symbol of rebirth and freedom.
Debra Eisenstadt. — Svetlana Krotex Q&A PARTICIPANTS: —Max Wexler
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Aaron Fisher, Danny Fisher, Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Debra Eisenstadt Ellen Toland, Rosie Perez, Eric Roberts, Vikas Khanna
Catherine Curtin
N A R R AT I V E S
OPENING NIGHT FILM
Jennifer Eckstein
NEW YORK PREMIERE
MARRIAGE STORY ONCE UPON PARASITE PERSONAL

Directed by Noah Baumbach A RIVER Directed by VELOCITY
USA / 2019 / 136 minutes Directed by Bong Joon Ho Directed by
Haroula Rose South Korea / 2019 / Rebecca Miller
WOODSTOCK Playhouse 132 minutes
USA / 2019 / 95 minutes USA / 2002 / 87 minutes
Sun Oct 6  6:00pm
Marriage Story is Academy SAUGERTIES Orpheum In Korean with subtitles
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Ba- Fri Oct 4  3:00pm WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 5  1:00pm
umbach’s incisive and compassionate WOODSTOCK Upstate films Sun Oct 6  8:30pm
portrait of a marriage breaking up and Sun Oct 6  3:45pm Delia (Kyra Sedgewick) escapes from
Meet the Park Family — the picture an abusive husband. Greta (Parker
a family staying together. The film
Based upon the 2011 novel by of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Posey) risks her marriage on a new
stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Family — rich in street smarts but
Driver. Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Bonnie Jo Campbell, Once Upon career. And Paula (Fairuza Balk)
A River is the story of a Native not much else. Be it chance or fate, takes flight after a tragic accident.
Liotta co-star. these two houses are brought to-
According to Indiewire, “The American teenager, Margo Crane, These women must overcome seem-
in 1970s Michigan. Margo, played gether and the Kims sense a golden ingly insurmountable obstacles that
power of Marriage Story stems from opportunity. Masterminded by col-
the way it transcends the simplicity of by talented first-time actor Kenadi confine them. But are they really on
DelaCerna, takes life into her own lege-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children their way to making new lives—or
its premise, with writer-director Noah expediently install themselves as
Baumbach matching the material hands to travel the Stark River in are they just making new mistakes?
search of her estranged mother. tutor and art therapist to the Parks. As Greta’s father says, “Everyone
for his most personal movie with Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms
filmmaking ambition to spare, and a Margo uses the skills she was has their own personal velocity.”
taught by her father to survive on between the two families. The Kims Personal Velocity won the
pair of devastating performances from provide “indispensable” luxury ser-
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson her own, while along the way she Grand Jury Prize and Cinematogra-
meets many colorful characters. vices while the Parks give the Kims a phy Award (Ellen Kuras) at Sundance
that rank as their very best.” And fom way out of their shabby circumstanc-
RobertEbert.com reviewer, “Suffice Most importantly, she encounters a in 2002, as well as the Cassavetes
man named Smoke, played by John es. But this new ecosystem is frag- Award at the Independent Spirit
to say that this is perhaps the most ile, and soon enough greed and class
compassionate and smart film I’ve Ashton, who has all but given up on Awards of that year.
life. Despite the harsh conditions, prejudice threaten to upend the
seen on marriage and divorce, elevat- Kims’ newfound comfort. Within a
caught beautifully on camera, Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
ed by Randy Newman’s heartbreaking series of twists and turns, acclaimed
Margo is ultimately able to stay true Rebecca Miller, Parker Posey
score, and precise craftsmanship.” director Boon Jooh Ho’s Parasite de-
to herself as she discovers what it
means to live on her own terms. livers a satire that, despite its sharp
COURTESY OF NETFLIX — Sierra Slaughter comedic approach, offers a powerful
and poignant social commentary.
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Winner of Cannes Film Festival’s
Haroula Rose, Kenadi DelaCerna, prestigious Palme d’Or.
John Ashton, Coby Goss
COURTESY OF NEON
N A R R AT I V E S
US PREMIERE
PORTRAIT RUN WITH THE SENECA SOUTH

OF A LADY HUNTED Directed by Jason Chaet MOUNTAIN
ON FIRE Directed by John Swab USA / 2018 / 75 minutes Directed by
Directed by C’line Sciamma USA / 2019 / 93 minutes Hilary Brougher
France / 2019 / 121 minutes WOODSTOCK Upstate films Fri Oct 4  4:15pm USA / 2019 / 85 minutes
In French with subtitles Thur Oct 3  6:00pm SAUGERTIES Orpheum WOODSTOCK Upstate films
ROSENDALE Theatre Sat Oct 5  2:30pm Sat Oct 5  9:00pm
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
Fri Oct 4  6:45pm SAUGERTIES Orpheum
Sat Oct 5  8:45pm David Seneca, portrayed by writer/
ROSENDALE Theatre actor Armando Riesco in an engagingly Sun Oct 6  11:30am
An urban tale of lost innocence,
Sun Oct 6  5:45pm writer-director John Swab’s film is vulnerable performance, is just
Lila is an artist and teacher who
France, 1770. Marianne, a worldly operatic in emotion, Shakespearean another New York City actor for hire,
has built a modest rural paradise in
female painter, is commissioned to in tone and epic in ambition. Young navigating the tedium of auditions
New York’s Catskill Mountains with
paint the portrait of Héloïse, an in- Oscar is running from a dangerous and callbacks. Being Puerto Rican, he her writer husband, Edgar, and their
experienced young woman who has past and lands among a gang of also has to deal with casting directors teen daughters. Soon after the girls
been brought home from a convent young pickpockets. He eventually seeking Latino stereotypes. To make head off on summer adventures,
to be married. Héloïse, a reluctant becomes their surrogate father, ends meet, David gives speech Edgar reveals he’s started a new
bride and subject, poses a challenge teaching his brood honor among lessons to foreigners, all the while family with another woman, leaving
to Marianne, who looks for creative thieves. But the stakes are high and mentoring a young protégé whose Lila alone for a season of anger,
ways to observe her subject and pro- betrayal is always lurking. When a star is rising. As his childhood mentor revenge and self re-discovery. In a
duce the painting without her know- woman from the old days arrives, battles cancer, his married life breaks performance by Talia Balsam that
ing. As the women take walks along Oscar must confront the flawed down and his homeland is hit with is remarkable for its realism and
the remote Brittany coastline, the code that rules his life. Run with the the devastating Hurricane Maria, the range of emotions, Lila explores
crashing waves mimic the ebb and Hunted is a sweeping drama that is frazzled David gets caught in a street the light and dark corners of grief,
flow of their developing relation- both stirring and unsettling. We fight, captured on video, going viral anger and desire, kindled by the
ship. Playing cards in the evening by meet an ensemble cast of dangerous and turning him into an infamous attentions of one of her daughter’s
candlelight, the flickering flames are but compelling — and sympathetic internet sensation. David must ponder friends, while exacerbated by her
symbolic of the burning emotions — characters, led by the oddly how to move forward. Collaborating best friend battling cancer. As Lila’s
that begin to well up between them. paternal Birdie (veteran actor Ron with director Jason Chaet, Riesco has world overturns, those who count on
With an all-female cast, Portrait of Perlman). Cinematography deftly crafted a perceptive, multi-layered her likewise come undone. In a story
a Lady on Fire is uniquely feminine captures the look and feel of the screenplay that captures a man at that is counterbalanced by the quiet
— simultaneously restrained and amoral landscape they inhabit. This odds with himself and his past. A beauty of it’s mountain setting, it is
emotive. Winner of Cannes Film Fes- film grabs your gut from the start meditation on personal identity, possible to believe that better times
tival’s Best Screenplay, it has been and never lets go. — Jay Blotcher career and finding your place in a are still ahead.
described as a film “painted with the complicated world, there’s immense —Monique Ray
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: heart (and humor) at the center of
same delicacy and craft as an 18th
John Swab, Jeremy Rosen Seneca — while bruised, it’s still Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
century oil masterpiece.”
hopeful. —Jay Blotcher Hilary Brougher, Ethan Mass,
COURTESY OF NEON Talia Balsam, Scott Cohen plus key
US PREMIERE Q&A PARTICIPANTS: cast to be announced
Jason Chaet, Armando Riesco
N A R R AT I V E S
NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE
SPEED SWALLOW THE TRUE

OF LIFE Directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis SYNONYMS ADVENTURES
France, Germany, Israel/
Directed by Liz Manashil USA / 2019 / 94 minutes 2019 / 123 minutes OF WOLFBOY
USA / 2019 / 76 minutes WOODSTOCK Upstate films French, English, Hebrew with subtitles Directed by Martin Krejci
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Oct 4  6:45pm
WOODSTOCK Playhouse
USA / 2019 / 89 minutes
Thur Oct 3 3:00pm Rhinebeck Upstate films I Thur Oct 3 9:00pm WOODSTOCK Playhouse
ROSENDALE Theatre Sat Oct 5  10:30am Sat Oct 5  6:00pm
Fri Oct 4  1:00pm Hunter is a songbird in a gilded cage. Newly arrived from Israel, Yoav knocks SAUGERTIES Orpheum
Her capitalist husband provides the on the door of the Parisian flat where Sun Oct 6  5:15pm
In this quirky, heartfelt film, the finest that money can buy. There is he’s supposed to stay, only to discover
sudden death of David Bowie rocks even a baby on the way. But Hunter’s it is empty. While taking a bath, his Paul, a lonely kid living with his fa-
the lives of young couple, June and personal freedom is at odds with the belongings are stolen. Yet this young ther in a run-down house in a run-
Edward, in a fittingly otherworldly man, full of expectations, isn’t easily down city, has hypertrichosis, a con-
many suffocating rules of her upper
way. The superstar’s passing rips dissuaded. Yoav sees becoming French dition that causes a thick coat of hair
class life. In response, Hunter begins
a literal hole in the universe, as his only hope for salvation. Step to grow over the entirety of his body.
to swallow everyday household items
sucking Edward in. Fast forward to one is to replace his language; thus Not surprisingly, he is subjected to
and inedible objects — a medical
an undefined future, a much older he forsakes Hebrew and his dictionary bullying and endures isolation and
condition known as pica. When her
June is shocked to find her once- becomes his constant companion. The self-loathing. His life takes a turn for
secret is discovered, Hunter becomes
beloved shot back out of this inter- visits to the Israeli embassy annoy the worse on his thirteenth birthday
pitted against husband and in-laws
dimensional portal, unchanged from him, the naturalization test has its when, provoked by an argument with
in a struggle over her sanity and very
his entry in 2016. Guided by the keen pitfalls, and the young French couple his father, Paul runs away from home
survival.
eye of Woodstock Film Festival alum whom he befriends has some strange to reunite with his estranged moth-
Writer-director Carlo Mirabel-
Liz Manashil (Bread and Butter), the ideas about how to help. Yoav’s er. In his travels, Paul encounters,
la-Davis has created a harrowing tale
ensemble struggles to understand attempts to find himself awaken befriends and antagonizes an assort-
of modern life, keenly and compas-
all the extreme Ch-cha-changes past demons and open an existential ment of colorful misfits. While being
sionately observed. Shot chiefly in
that have befallen them and society abyss in this tragicomic puzzle that pursued by police officers and crim-
the Hudson Valley and boasting an
during the passing years. Ann Dowd wisely knows how to keep its secrets. inals alike, he must come to terms
extraordinary and award-winning
(The Handmaid’s Tale) gives a superb Based on the real life experiences with his appearance and, ultimately,
performance by lead actress Haley
performance as June and leads a of writer-director Nadav Lapid (The learn the secret history of his familial
Bennett, Swallow showcases the ex-
similarly stellar supporting cast. With Kindergarten Teacher, Policeman), heritage. Structured in the manner of
pansive beauty of local vistas and
an utterly inimitable storyline, this Synonyms, Berlinale’s Golden Bear a 19th century European children’s
the totems of elegant living, but
dramaedy is a study on the nature of winner, explores the challenges of book, this coming-of-age tale is in-
cinematographer Katelin Arizmendi
change, as well as a perceptive tribute putting down roots in a new place. fused with realism and grit, while still
imbues each frame with a palpable
to the memory of a man synonymous COURTESY OF KINO LORBER maintaining a sense of playfulness
sense of dread. Swallow is both un-
with transformation. Whether you’re and fantasy. It’s a celebration of the
settling and revelatory.
a Bowie fan or just appreciate a — Jay Blotcher unconventional and unloved.
mesmerizing story, Speed of Life
delivers. —Max Wexler COURTESY OF IFC FILMS Q&A participants:
Declan Baldwin
BOTH SCREENINGS Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Carlo Mirabella-Davis,
PRECEDED BY
Mollye Asher, Mynette Louis
A LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
ROBERT BURKE WARREN
see page 22 for more details
D O C U M E N TA R I E S D O C U M E N TA R I E S
TOC- DOCUMENTARIES
9 17 Blocks
A Night at
Switch n’ Play
Accept
the Call
10 After The Murder
Of Albert Lima
IE K
W
EV EA
Animation Outlaws
PR SN
The Apollo SNEAK PREVIEW
Bamboo LGBTQ
FO C U S
Stories 17 BLOCKS A NIGHT AT ACCEPT
11 Bully. Coward. Victim. Directed by Davy Rothbart SWITCH N’ PLAY THE CALL
USA / 2019 / 96 m inutes Directed by Cody Stickels Directed by Eunice Lau
The Story of Roy Cohn
WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater USA / 2019 / 71 minutes USA / 2019 / 82 minutes
The Condor Thur Oct 3  2:45pm WOODSTOCK The Colony In English, and Somali with subtitles
And The Eagle RHINEBECK Upstate Films I Fri Oct 4  8:00pm SAUGERTIES Orpheum
Ernie & Joe Fri Oct 4 5:45pm Fri Oct 4  12:30pm
On the stages of Brooklyn’s bars and
Gay Chorus Deep South In 1999, when Emmanuel Sanford was WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
nightclubs, the boundaries of gender
just nine years old, filmmaker Davy Sun Oct 6  1:30pm
are being subverted into something
12 I Want My MTV Rothbart gave him a camera and he both refreshingly weird and delight-
began filming his perilous everyday Zacharia Abdurahman is a Somali
Land of Little Rivers fully erotic. Featuring an all-star cast Muslim raised in Minneapolis. When
life, growing up just seventeen blocks of standout performers from across the young man attempts to join
Letter To The Editor from the US capitol building. For the the spectrum of queer identity, follow ISIS, the FBI intervenes and puts
next two decades, 17 Blocks continues the members of the Switch n’ Play
Made in Boise to capture the constant struggles of
him in federal prison for ten years.
collective as they strip, strut and Accept the Call is the harrowing and
13 Maxima an African American family living in squirt their way towards being one morally complex story of how the
the most crime-ridden part of our of the Big Apple’s most exciting drag
Museum Town Abdurahman family continues with
nation’s capital. In a film that is burlesque acts. Beneath the many their lives. Father Yusuf is horrified
New Homeland both raw and personal, we become layers of makeup and synthetic hair, by his son’s decision to become a
fully immersed in the world of the the individuals of this colorful troupe terrorist and embarks on a campaign
Not Not jazz Sanfords. Taking a vérité, fly-on-the- find a space to express themselves to warn fellow Muslims to resist ISIS
wall approach, this a rare opportunity and reclaim ownership of their bodies
14 Nothing Fancy: to witness up close the anger and loss
propaganda. Meanwhile, daughter
Diana Kennedy from the narrow confines of societal Ikraan speaks out publicly about the
that comes when living with murders, beauty standards. For Switch n’ Play rising trend of American xenophobia
Paradise Without drug addiction, the breakdown of members, baring it all to crowds of towards Muslims. The centerpiece of
People family, and grief, and ultimately how, delighted strangers with their chosen this documentary is a fascinating
with the passage of time, it becomes family provides a sense of affirmation series of phone calls between Yusuf
Pariah Dog possible to hope once again. found nowhere else. and his jailed son as they attempt
– Max Wexler — Avery Davenport
Parkland to understand one another. Director
Rising Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Eunice Lau’s film is brutally frank and
Cody Stickels, Chelsea Moore, Divina emotionally honest, complemented
15 The Pollinators Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Davy Rothbart GranSparkle, K.James, Miss Malice, Nyx by lyrical cinematography. Accept the
Simon Shaheen: A Nocturne, Pearl Harbor, Vigor Mortis, Call raises urgent but uncomfortable
Zoe Ziegfeld questions for all Americans. A brave
Musical Journey
and powerful documentary.
The Remix: Hip Hop X FOLLOWED BY A LIVE PERFOR- — Jay Blotcher
Fashion MANCE Y Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Switch n’ play Eunice Lau, Yusuf Abdurahman,
Yasu Inoue
D O C U M E N TA R I E S SPECIAL
PRE-FESTIVAL SCREENING
A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
WORLD PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THE APOLLO
AFTER THE MURDER ANIMATION Directed by Roger Ross BAMBOO
OF ALBERT LIMA OUTLAWS Williams STORIES
Directed by Aengus James Directed by Kat Alioshin Directed by Shaheen Dill-Riaz
USA, Honduras / 2019 / USA / 2018 / 65 minutes UPAC KINGSTON Bangladesh, Germany / 2019 / 96
Tues Oct 1  7:00pm minutes
99 minutes WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
A CO-PRESENTATION WITH In Bengali with subtitles
RHINEBECK Upstate Films I Fri Oct 4  4:15pm
RADIO KINGSTON
Fri Oct 4  8:30pm RHINEBECK Upstate Films I I WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
AND BARDAVON Thur Oct 3  12:00pm
WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater Sat Oct 5  1:30pm
The Apollo, helmed by Oscar- and RHINEBECK Upstate Films I I
Animation historian Jerry Beck once Emmy-winning director Roger Ross Sat Oct 5  4:30pm
After thirteen years of unsuccessfully said, “Spike and Mike came from no- Williams, chronicles the unique
seeking justice for his murdered where with nothing and created a history and legacy of New York In the misty waters of the Kushiyara
father, Paul Lima travels to Honduras market where none existed.” This is City’s landmark Apollo Theater. What River in northeastern Bangladesh,
with two American bounty hunters the simplest way to explain the mas- began 85 years ago as a refuge for a lone raft drifts towards a distant
to capture his father’s killer. He is sive impact Spike and Mike’s Festival marginalized artists has emerged as port, setting the tone for this visu-
forced to take such drastic action of Animation had on the world. From a hallowed hall of black excellence ally rich and intimate story. Tending
due to government corruption in guerrilla marketing to traveling elev- and empowerment. The film weaves to the ramshackle craft are Liakot,
Honduras and a sense of betrayal by en months out of the year, Spike and together archival clips of music, Nuru, Hussain, Shoheed, and Shiraz,
the U.S. State Department. While the Mike created a family, bringing togeth- comedy and dance performances a five-party crew tasked with trans-
Honduran government has agreed er animators from all over the globe. from such legendary talents as Ella porting their cargo of 25,000 bam-
to put the killer behind bars on a Animation Outlaws tells the story of Fitzgerald, James Brown, Aretha boo logs to a wholesaler almost two
murder charge, there is one huge the festival that changed animation as Franklin, Richard Pryor, and Lauryn hundred miles downstream. From the
catch — the killer keeps paying off we know it. With interviews from your Hill; behind-the-scenes verité river pirates who extort their limited
local authorities to remain free. Shot favorite animators behind Beavis and footage of the team that makes the savings to fierce summer storms that
over the course of a week, the film Butthead, Wallace and Gromit, Happy theater run; and interviews with threaten to break apart their fragile
documents Paul’s final efforts to get Tree Friends, and many more, we hear such artists as Jamie Foxx, Angela vessel, the rafters face threats both
justice for his father. how Spike and Mike, two hippies, cul- Bassett, Pharrell Williams, Common, natural and man-made in order to
This true-crime film is an tivated a one-of-a-kind festival that Patti LaBelle, and Smokey Robinson. make ends meet. Despite these dan-
adrenaline rush trip about taking jus- launched the careers of today’s anima- The film also follows the 2018 gers and meager pay, being on these
tice into your own hands when the tion legends. Animation Outlaws is a multi-media adaptation of Ta-Nehisi perilous waters provides the men
government continually fails you. beautifully crafted documentary that Coates’ bestseller Between the World with a rare escape from the stresses
From clandestine surveillance and shows stunning animation, while re- and Me as it comes together on of poverty, arranged marriages and
covert chases to multiple near suc- minding us that no matter how weird the theater’s grand stage, allowing personal loss. With great sensitivity
cesses, it is hard to conceive that the we might be, there is always a place Williams to explore the struggle and exquisite cinematography, Bam-
director filmed this during so many we belong. —Sierra Slaughter of black lives in America, the role boo Stories reveals how within these
tense, dangerous situations. This art plays in that struggle, and the moments of respite the men garner
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Kat Alioshin
highly intense, emotional documen- essential part the Apollo continues hope for a better future, even as
tary will keep you on the edge of your to play in the cultural conversation. the tides of modernization threaten
PPRECEDED BY: to wash away their profe ssion for
seat and thinking about it for weeks COURTESY OF
after. —Clayton Pickard good. —Avery Davenport
I, CANDY HBO Documentary Film
COURTESY OF Directed by Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Shaheen Dill-Riaz, Eckart Gadow
Gunpowder & Sky Candy Kugel Roger Ross Williams, Lisa Cortes and
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: USA / 2019 / 22 minutes special guest
Aengus James, Amy Rapp Filmmaker Candy Kugel
deconstructs a drawing
she did when she was6
years old to explore her life.
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
G U E S T
WORLD PREMIERE
GAY PROGRAM
BULLY. THE CONDOR ERNIE & JOE CHORUS LGBTQ
COWARD. VICTIM. AND THE Directed by DEEP FOC U S
THE STORY OF ROY EAGLE Jenifer McShane SOUTH

COHN Directed by Clement Guerra USA / 2019 / 96 minutes Directed by
David Charles Rodrigues
Directed by Ivy Meeropol USA / 2019 / 96 minutes WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
Fri Oct 4  1:30pm USA / 2019 /
USA / 2019 / 80 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse 98 minutes
Fri Oct 4 1:00pm Rhinebeck Upstate Films I I
RHINEBECK Upstate Films II Sun Oct 6  12:30pm ROSENDALE Theatre
Fri Oct 4  3:30pm The Condor and The Eagle offers a Thur Oct 3  6:15pm
WOODSTOCK Playhouse glimpse into a developing spiritual The news these days is filled
Sat Oct 5  10:15am renaissance as four indigenous en- with stories of police showdowns
vironmental leaders embark on an with mentally ill people that end
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of extraordinary trans-continental ad- tragically. But two cops from San This beautiful film has been a massive
Roy Cohn reveals the full, richly venture from the Canadian plains to Antonio, Texas, want to change hit with audiences on the festival cir-
controversial character of Roy Cohn, deep into the heart of the Amazonian that narrative. Ernie Stevens and cuit. That’s because in these times of
American lawyer, cultural icon jungle to unite the peoples of North Joe Smarro are part of a pioneering great division, hatred and the rise of
and early proponent of a national and South America and deepen the mental health unit at their police white supremacy, it offers a glimmer
Republican revolution that began with meaning of “climate justice.” The department that uses words, not of hope into the good and reminds us
Ronald Reagan and lead directly to the four protagonists learn from each bullets, to talk down people in that despite our differences we are
presidency of Donald Trump. other’s long legacy of resistance to crisis. By seeing them as victims more connected than we think. The
Roy Cohn is a name synony- colonialism and its extractive econ- rather than criminals, Ernie and Joe film follows the San Francisco Gay
mous with ruthless social division, omy. Their path through the jun- save lives. Men’s Chorus as they travel through
demagoguery and the politics of para- gle takes them on an unexpectedly Directed with great skill and the heartland of America, telling their
noia, but for director Ivy Meeropol challenging and liberating journey, sensitivity by Jenifer McShane, Ernie stories and confronting their past and
(granddaughter of Julius and Ethel which will forever change their at- & Joe is a barebones cinema réalité the families they left behind for a
Rosenberg), he is the moral cypher tachment to planet Earth and to one descent into the men’s everyday more open life in San Francisco. As a
who argued relentlessly for the execu- another. lives: the frustrations of bureaucracy, gay man who grew up in the church, I
tion of her grandparents. Q&A PARTICIPANTS: the effort to educate new cops and understand the pain of rejection, but
Stark contradictions formed Clement Guerra, Janet MacGillivray the unbearably intense life-and- filmmaker David Charles Rodrigues
the core of Roy Cohn’s personality. A death scenarios — several times a has made a film that is about the
bellicose public figure, he was a clos- week — they must defuse. Along restorative power of art. Gay Chorus
eted homosexual who persecuted gays the way, we learn not only who Deep South will fill your heart with
until he met his death from AIDS in these brave, forward-thinking men joy and your mind with wonderful
1986 following a wide ranging, sexu- are on-duty, but also about their music. —Roger Ross Williams
ally active, club hopping lifestyle; he off-duty lives, personal struggles
was a Jewish Democrat who mentored Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
and triumphs. Finally, a story that
a young Donald Trump on the ways David Charles Rodrigues, Roger Ross
portrays two heroic policemen with
of hypocritically managing the world Williams
the respect they are due.
as one wishes as opposed to how one —Jay Blotcher
should – proof again that the past is
mere prologue. Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Jenifer McShane, Toby Shimin
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Ivy Meeropol, Julie Goldman
COURTESY OF
HBO Documentary Film
WORLD PREMIERE US PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE
I WANT MY LAND OF LETTER TO THE MADE IN BOISE

MTV LITTLE RIVERS EDITOR Directed by Beth Aala
Tyler Measom, Patrick Waldrop Directed by Aaron Weisblatt Directed by Alan Berliner USA / 2019 / 86 minutes
USA / 2019 / 86 minute USA / 2019 / 93 minutes USA / 2019 / 88 minutes In English and Spanish with subtitles
WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater ROSENDALE theatre Sat Oct 5  WOODSTOCK Upstate films SAUGERTIES Orpheum
Thur Oct 3  5:45pm 8:15pm Fri Oct 4  1:30pm Fri Oct 4  6:00pm
RHINEBECK Upstate Films II WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater RHINEBECK Upstate Films I WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
Sat Oct 5  7:30pm Sun Oct 6  6:30pm Sat Oct 5  7:00pm Sat Oct 5  11:00am
The rise of MTV was a cultural phe- Nestled amongst the mountains and For 40 years, filmmaker Alan Berliner Who would have thought that of all
nomenon that no one could escape. valleys of upstate New York lies the clipped out photos from The New York places, Boise, Idaho, an idyllic town
Finally, a television channel tar- Delaware river system, a network of Times that caught his eye, organizing set in America’s heartland, would
geted to kids and teens. Head of waterways prized by dry fly fishing them thematically and cross-indexing be the country’s epicenter of surro-
talent relations during the birth of enthusiasts for its challenges and subject matter, sometimes in gacy? Yet this all-American town is
MTV, Gale Sparrow says it worked so remoteness. Catching the wild trout seemingly unlikely ways. Acting as indeed the place where gay couples,
well because, “If your parents hat- that call these waters home is no archivist, librarian and film narrator, singles and those who struggle with
ed it, you loved it.” I Want My MTV easy feat, making the fishermen who he has amassed a collection that is a infertility go to seek, and start, their
illustrates how a group of scrappy hunt them all the more passionate bold statement on human nature and families through surrogacy. With rare
young-adults changed television for- about their craft. Filmmaker Aaron how history often repeats itself. access and an empathetic eye, Made
ever. During the first decade of MTV, Weisblatt’s documentary explores the An elegy to the printed news- in Boise follows four dedicated wom-
the American public finally saw the annals of these anglers’ obsession, paper through sumptuous storytelling en who selflessly put themselves for-
songs they had been listening to in from the art of casting the perfect line and inventive use of visual editing ward (sometimes multiple times) to
action. Many artists, such as David to the sport’s origins as a secretive and sound, this tour of history feels fulfill the dreams of parenthood for
Bowie, REO Speedwagon and even art known to a select group of local like a fast-paced music video mixed those who need assistance. The span
Poison, became main attractions on fishing families. Contrary to dry fly with slower melodic movements used of emotions that the surrogates,
this “rock & roll only” channel. Not fishing’s clandestine beginnings, to great effect. The film brings to their families and the perspective
without setbacks, I Want My MTV dis- each man and woman who lines the question what is happening to free- parents experience are nakedly on
cusses the often controversial music banks of the Delaware’s watershed is dom of the press as newspapers die display as they navigate the rigors
channel. With interviews from Sting, eager to share their carefully honed out due to digital news consumption of pregnancy and the mixed feelings
Fab 5 Freddy, Pat Benatar, and many skills with rookies and veterans alike. and, as the narrator ponders “...news of their loved one, who sometimes
more, I Want My MTV shows us the Along with its sweeping beauty, Land is no longer good, bad or fake ...it’s struggle to understand their choice
good, the bad and the ugly of start- of Little Rivers provides a charming whatever you want it to be because to risk the physical and emotion-
ing the biggest pop culture sensa- glimpse into a subculture where it’s created just for you.“ al complications of carrying babies
tion of the 20th century. —Sierra unique personalities are as likely to An incredibly timely and for someone else. A heartfelt story
Slaughter amass as the fish they relentlessly thought-provoking film that makes that epitomizes what it is to give of
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: pursue. — Avery Davenport one appreciate a languid afternoon yourself for the happiness of others.
David Kennedy Q&A PARTICIPANTS: with the Sunday paper and a cup of —Monique Ray
Aaron Weisblatt coffee and wonder if this is a vanish- Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Beth Levison
ing pleasure? —Gene Fischer
COURTESY OF
HBO Documentary Film
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Alan Berliner
US PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE
MAXIMA MUSEUM TOWN NEW HOMELAND NOT NOT

Directed by Directed by Jennifer Trainer Directed by Barbara Kopple JAZZ
Ryan Schwartz, Claudia Sparrow USA / 2019 / 76 minutes USA / 2018 / 93 minutes Directed by
USA / 2019 / 88 minutes RHINEBECK Upstate Films I I WOODSTOCK Upstate films
Jason Miller
Thur Oct 3  7:45pm Sat Oct 5  10:00am USA / 2019 / 80 minutes
In English, Spanish with subtitles
WOODSTOCK BEARSVILLE THEATER RHINEBECK Upstate Films I WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater Fri Oct 4  11:00am Sun Oct 6  12:00pm
Sat Oct 5  4:00pm Fri Oct 4  9:30pm
RHINEBECK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Upstate Films I
The importance of art and culture to Legendary Oscar-winning director
Sun Oct 6  3:00pm the viability of a town is evidenced Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) Sat Oct 5  9:30pm
Maxima is the impassioned story by this inspiring documentary about explores the global refugee crisis Medeski, Martin & Wood is an Amer-
of a simple Peruvian woman, Máxi- how MASS MoCA transformed a through the eyes of five young boys ican avant-jazz-funk band formed in
ma Acuña, and her stalwart fight to struggling mill town into an art hub. in this revelatory new documenta- 1991, consisting of John Medeski on
preserve her home and life in har- North Adams, MA, once a bustling ry. After fleeing the bloodshed and keyboards, Billy Martin on drums,
mony with nature. Maxima lives on manufacturing center, became terror of their former homes in Syria and Chris Wood on bass. The band
beautiful land surrounded by the economically depressed after the and Iraq, the boys struggle to inte- is influenced by musical traditions
Yanacocha Mine — the second larg- local electric company closed in grate into their new homeland of including funk and hip hop and is
est producer of gold in the world 1984. Thanks to stalwart visionaries, Canada. The film follows them over known for an unconventional style
— controlled by massive American today the town is home to one of a two-week period as they navigate sometimes described as “avant-
mining conglomerate Newmont the world’s largest contemporary art the strange new world of sleepaway groove.” Not Not Jazz provides an in-
Mining Corporation. Newmont is museums. But the journey wasn’t summer camp. A seemingly fun and depth look at the unique and wholly
brutally trying to force Maxima off easy. Museum Town chronicles the exciting experience serves as a test improvisational creative process of
of her land. With exquisite cine- tumultuous years and its founders’ of how well the refugee children can the revolutionary musicians as they
matography and deep sensitivity vision of art as a tool for economic adapt to an environment so radical- endeavor to record a new album at
for its subject, we watch this tiny development. It took 13 years of hard ly different than the one that was the famed Allaire Studio, twenty-five
woman in a poncho, full of grace, work and politics before the doors taken from them. Along the way, the years after their formation.
stand up to corruption and an abu- opened in 1999. Now a destination kind hearted camp staff does all that
for art-enthusiasts, of particular they can to ease the transition. The Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
sive adversary. A true underdog, Jason Miller
this hardworking, brave, resilient, interest is the behind-the-scenes film explores one of the world’s most
woman stops at nothing in her fight look at the production of Nick Cave’s pressing issues in a wholly unexpect- FRIDAY OCT 4
for justice and “nothing more.” If bric-a-brac explosion, Until. The film ed but completely engrossing way. FOLLOWED BY A LIVE PERFOR-
you ever need a reason to stand up is a fascinating foray into a singular The end result is a moving testament
MANCE BY
to corporate bullies, Maxima shows success story, while on a larger scale to the resilience of the human spirit.
you that it can be done with dignity it shows how cultural institutions —Max Wexlerr Billy Martin
and a strength that never wavers. can help revive communities under see page 22 for more details
Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
— Sierra Slaughter duress. —Monique Ray.
Barbara Kopple
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Claudia Sparrow Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Jennifer Trainer, Noah Bashevkin, Rachel
Chanoff
EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE
NOTHING PARADISE PARIAH DOG PARKLAND

FANCY: WITHOUT Directed by Jesse Alk RISING
DIANA KENNEDY PEOPLE USA / 2019 / 77 minutes Directed by
Directed by In Bengali with subtitles Cheryl Horner McDonough
Directed by Elizabeth Carroll
Francesca Trianni USA / 2019 / 90 minutes
USA, Mexico / 2019 / 73 minutes SAUGERTIES Orpheum
Greece / 2019 / 80 minutes Sat Oct 5  12:00pm WOODSTOCK Playhouse
English, Spanish with English subtitles Fri Oct 4  9:00pm
WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater In Arabic with subtitles WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater
Sat Oct 5  6:30pm RHINEBECK Upstate Films I Sun Oct 6  4:00pm ROSENDALE Theatre
Fri Oct 4  12:30pm Sat Oct 5  3:00pm
RHINEBECK Upstate Films I A beautiful young adult male pariah
Sun Oct 6  5:45pm WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater (or desi) dog, the native canine On February 14, 2018, a lone shooter
Sat Oct 5  1:30pm breed of South East Asia, sits alone opened fire on a Florida high school.
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy is the in an empty street in Kolkata, India. In a fight that has become epic, the
story of the vivacious “prophet” of Set during the height of Europe’s on- survivors of the Marjory Stoneman
His spine-chilling cry calls us to
authentic Mexican food — James going migrant crisis, Paradise Without Douglas High School massacre have
the plight of his species and that
Beard Award-winning food writer Di- People chronicles the harrowing and responded with defiance, eloquence
of their human counterparts, all of
ana Kennedy. A 95-year-old British emotional journey of two Syrian refugee and bravery. Parkland Rising follows
whose lives have been disrupted
woman might be the last person you families as they attempt to build a new these remarkable young people and
by modern India. Intertwined with
would think is an expert on authen- life for themselves after fleeing their the parents of the victims as they
scenes of oblivious residents are
tic Mexican cuisine, but after many war-torn homeland. Although mothers take on those responsible for the
four remarkable people eking out
decades, she is still the authoritative Taimaa and Nour gave birth at the same lack of gun control laws: Politicians
an existence on the edge of society,
source that the food world looks to. hospital in Greece, their quests to seek who accept gun lobby money, gun
yet committed to providing shelter,
The film opens with Kennedy declar- asylum for their loved ones lead them manufacturers and the National Rifle
food and affection for their similarly
ing “cooking is great therapy,” and down radically different paths. Each Association.
displaced four-legged companions.
goes on to tell the story of how she passing year, their lives bring differ- With unparalleled access, the
Illustrated via vérité style footage
fell in love with Mexican cooking and ent joys and challenges, from learning filmmakers share the personal stories
over a three year span, the images
traveled throughout the country in a new language, to coping with so- of these fierce leaders as they raise
captured from the streets of Kolkata
the name of research. Kennedy has cial isolation in a foreign culture, and their voices in an effort to prevent
are shocking, disturbing and
always been adamant about preserv- navigating complicated marital strife. more mass shootings. Focusing largely
beautiful all at once. Along with
ing the authenticity of dishes – no Caught between humanitarian and po- on student activist David Hogg and
the high emotional intensity of
recipe interpretations necessary. litical forces largely out of their control, artist Manuel Oliver, grieving father
the story, there are humorous and
Her larger-than-life personality will fate and raw resiliency can determine of slain Joaquin Oliver, this is their
life-affirming moments, creating a
quickly capture your heart, as you each family’s chances of success. Di- journey over nine defining months as
visceral work of art that produces a
contemplate the topic of appropria- rected by Emmy-nominated journalist they channel their anger into action
powerful statement about humanity,
tion versus appreciation in this fab- Francesca Trianni, Paradise Without and engage in a valiant battle of
as well as our relationship with
ulous documentary about a woman’s People brings a glimmer of humanity to wills with the gun lobby. Alternately
nature at a time when the natural
zest for life, still going strong in her an international emergency that is too heartbreaking and life-affirming,
world is increasingly under attack.
golden years. —Sierra Slaughter often simplified into a talking point for Parkland Rising should be seen by
—Max Wexler
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: today’s polarized politics. every American. —Jay Blotcher
Gina Abatemarco, Jonathan Gould —Avery Davenpor Q&A PARTICIPANTS:
Jesse Alk Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Cheryl Horner,
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: Bill Richmond, Manuel and Patricia
Francesca Trianni, Loulwa Khoury Oliver,Jammal Lemy, Sam Zeif,
Cameron Kasky, and additional
Parkland survivors, family and
activists
ALSO LIVE INSTALLATION
D O C U M E N TA R I E S SHORTS
ALL IN
A DAY’S WORK
WOODSTOCK Community Center
 Fri Oct 4  2:30pm
 Sat Oct 5  9:00pm
Runtime: 57 minutes + Q&A
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NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

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THE SIMON THE REMIX: Directed by Alexander Etseyatse
POLLINATORS SHAHEEN: A HIP HOP X NYU
Directed by MUSICAL JOURNEY FASHION A loss prevention officer is faced
Peter Nelson Directed by Tarik Benbrahim Directed by Lisa Cortes, Farah X with a moral dilemma.
USA / 2019 / 93 minutes USA / 2019 / 78 minutes USA / 2019 / 67 minutes
WOODSTOCK Upstate films In English, and Arabic with subtitles Upstate Films I I
Sat Oct 5  6:15pm WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Oct 4  1:00pm
ROSENDALE Theatre Wed Oct 2  7:00pm WOODSTOCK BEARSVILLE THEATER
Sun Oct 6  12:30pm 6 pm, for Golden Circle Pre-Screening Sun Oct 6  11:15am
Champagne and Hors d’oeuvres
Our complex food system rests on the Reception African American culture has impact- SIDES OF A HORN
wings of the honey bee and the com- ed almost every aspect of our daily
mercial beekeepers who move them A Musical Journey is an intimate Directed by Toby Wosskow
lives, from music to language and, USA / 2018 / 17 minutes
from farm to orchard, pollinating the portrait of the Palestinian oud and most definitely, the clothes we wear.
crops that produce the food we eat. violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen and In English, and Zulu with subtitles
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion takes
And right now honey bees are dying his influential career as composer, Based on actual events, Sides of
a close look at the black designers
in record numbers due to parasites, performer and educator. Shaheen came a Horn documents Africa’s wildlife
from Jerusalem to America in 1981 and stylists who created the leg-
pesticides, poor nutrition, and hab- crimes from both sides of the fence.
to a landscape where traditional Arab endary looks that have had a huge
itat loss. Can anything be done to NEW YORK PREMIERE
music was little known. His passion influence on popular culture on the
protect them? global stage. Often met with resis-
for and commitment to sharing the
Filmmaker Peter Nelson is tance or even ignored, only to have
music’s complexities come to life as
also a beekeeper, making his quest their designs appropriated once they
he teaches and performs in vibrant
to tell the bee’s story personal, as became popular, they created fash-
musical performances that energize
well as critical on a world scale. His ion that was, in part, a reinterpre-
the film. “He’s like a Swiss army knife
cinematographic skills and commit- tation of the brands and people who
of talent and magnetism.” says Roger
ment coalesce in a conversation
Brown, president of the prestigious initially rejected them, and always THE THERAPIST
with farmers, scientists, chefs, econ- countered with unique perspectives Directed by Ron Eyal
Berklee College of Music where
omists, and academics who provide a that they wanted to share with the USA / 2018 / 15 minutes
Shaheen is now a professor. Because
broad perspective about the threats world. This documentary is a tribute An unstable therapist is haunted
of Simon Shaheen, America is home
to honey bees and what this means to the contributions of Misa Hylton, by his own issues while struggling
to some of the best classical Arabic
to our food security. Their storytell- April Walker, Dapper Dan, and Kerby with a challenging patient.
music being played in the world. That
ing reminds us that a solution is pos- Jean-Raymond, who have all played a NEW YORK PREMIERE
is certainly evident as we watch him
sible if we recognize the contribu- major part in the direction of fashion
here in action. — Tamara Pajic Lang
tion these fascinating insects make throughout the last several decades.
to our lives, and take a conscious COURTESY OF ALJAZEERA A powerful look at the importance of
approach to their care and preserva- Q&A PARTICIPANTS: representation, steadfast entrepre-
tion. This beautifully crafted film of- Tarik Bengrahim, Simon Shaheen neurial spirit and being proud of who
fers tangible evidence to the notion you are. —Zach Higgins
that, indeed, we are all connected.
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: TO HELL WITH CODES
—Jess Giacobbe
Lisa Cortes, Farah X
Directed by Leopold Legrand
Q&A PARTICIPANTS: France / 2018 / 14 minutes
Peter Nelson, Sally Roy In French with subtitles
Despite the high-security that
protects the building, death can
sometimes trespass.
SHORTS
WOODSTOCK Community Center
ANIMATION I WITH JOY & NOELLE  Fri Oct 4 
9:00pm
Runtime: 78 minutes + Q&A  Sat Oct 5 
1:45pm
BACK GOING APE NEW
TO THE MOON Nicolas YORK CITY
Directed by Lesaffre, SKETCHBOOK
Fx Goby, Helene Charles Directed by
Leroux Blanchard Willy Hartland
France / 2018 / 3 Hong Kong / USA / 2019/
minutes 2018/ 13 minutes
A look at illusionist and filmmaker Georges 4:34 minutes Sketchbook drawings come to life in this dream-
Méliès, via his best known films, styles, A colourful collage of pop culture, classic film, like expression of New York City.
techniques and characters. online and musical references.
THE
BREAK DOWN GREYISH OPPOSITES
Directed by Directed by GAME
Emmett Goodman Eghbal Shirzaei Directed by
USA / 2019 / 3:14 Iran / 2019 / Anna Samo,
minutes 4 minutes Lisa LaBracio
Two disparate It’s a minimal USA / 2019 /
characters trapped in an elevator. story about a woolen old man as a metaphor of 4:45 minutes
our life! A classroom erupts into a war of words as stu-
CANDY SHOP
HELL OF A WEEK dents grapple with a seemingly simple prompt:
Directed by
Patrick Smith Directed by what is the opposite of a gun?
USA / 2019 / 2:30 Damien RIDE
minutes Bastelica Directed by
Pills and capsules USA / 2019 / Richard
are choreo- 2:10 minutes O’Connor
graphed into a cacophony of shape, color and Mondays can USA / 2018 /
size, resulting in a satirical commentary prescrip- be a drag. But 1:45 minutes
tion drugs. imagine if every day sucked. Well, that’s Roger’s A journey
life and... he’s having one hell of a week. through North Dublin on Christmas in the rain.
CARLOTTA’S
FACE I AIN’T SEX &
Directed by GONNA VIOLENCE 3
Valentin Riedl, SUFFER Directed by
Frederic Schuld Directed by Bill Plympton
Germany / 2018 / 5 Jennifer USA / 2019 /
minutes Klockner 2 minutes
In German with subtitles USA /2018 / 24 vignettes: seven are about sex, 10 about
As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people 3 minutes violence, and seven deal with human frailties,
around here to Using a custom built zoetrope based on a bicycle particularly the body as it ages.
have faces. wheel, I have developed a film consisting of
cycles. STRAY CAT
CHARLES AH Q
DARWIN, MOTHER’S SONG Directed by
FAMILY MAN Directed by Signe Baumane Mulan Fu
Directed by Steven USA /2019 / 2:30 minutes USA / 2019/ 5:45
Kraus On the night of a full moon, Zelma, age 13, dis- minutes
USA / 2018 / 1:55 covers blood on her bed sheets. Her mother and In Chinese with
minutes three Mythology Sirens rush to educate her about subtitles
Famed naturalist Charles Darwin and his wife what it means to be a woman. A friendship that can withstand time and distance.
Emma try their best to protect their young, acci- SWEET
dent-prone child from danger. NIGHT
CONCEPTION: Directed by Lia
MATT + Bertels
RICHARD Belgium / 2018 /
13:46 minutes
Directed by
Margaret In winter, in Himalaya, a bear does not manage
Cheatham to fall asleep. He thinks too much and is in the
Williams doldrums.
In 2018, it can feel like what divides our society
is more evident than what unites it.
SHORTS
COMEDY WOODSTOCK Community Center

 Fri Oct 4 
4:45pm GROWING PAINS WOODSTOCK Community Center
 Fri Oct 4 
6:45pm
Runtime: 62 minutes + Q&A  Sun Oct 6 
3:30pm Runtime: 64 minutes + Q&A  Sun Oct 6 
1:15pm
EAST COAST PREMIERE
I REMEMBER ASHES NEW YORK PREMIERE
Directed by
Graham Turner
Czech Republic, USA / 2018 /
8:30 minutes
Syracuse University
In Czech with subtitles
The state of childhood
THE BIG BREAK perception is evoked when a
Directed by Philip Andelman mischievous duo run amok in
France / 2018 / 13 minutes the Czech countryside.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Ted wanted to win just once in life. When the opportunity
arises, will he triumph?
NEW YORK PREMIERE
LOLO LGBTQ
FO CUS
Directed by Leandro Goddinho and Paulo Menezes
BOCCAMAZZO CONSTRUCTION - WE BUILD WALLS! Germany / 2019 / 14 minutes
Directed by Paul Riccio In German with subtitles
USA / 2018 / 10 minutes A coming-of-age comedy where Lolo, an 11-year-old
Trump’s wall gets the Brooklyn treatment. Fuhgeddaboudit! boy, and his best friends are trying to understand their
sexuality and identities.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
MILLER & SON LGBTQ
FOCUS
Directed by
Asher Jelinsky
USA / 2018 /
21 minutes
American Film Institute
A transwoman mechanic lives
between running her family’s
auto shop by day and express-
MARRIAGE MATERIAL, THE MUSICAL! ing her femininity by night.
Directed by Oran Zegman
USA / 2018 / 25 minutes THIS PERFECT DAY
American Film Institute Directed by
Tired of constantly being rejected, how much is a woman will- Lydia Rui
ing to sacrifice to become Marriage Material? Australia / 2018 /
7 minutes
Jules, a wayward youth, walks
into a music store. This could
be the day that changes their
life.
WORD IS BOND
Directed by
Alexandra Mastoon
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT THE BREAD FACTORY USA / 2018 /
Directed by Katelyn Douglass and Drew Angle 13 minutes
USA / 2018 / 14 minutes Hip-Hop’s best kept secret.
After falling into an industrial cooking vat, Marty’s coworkers
welcome him back to the bakery with an extravagant party.
SHORTS
OBLIGATIONS WOODSTOCK Community Center

 Sat Oct 5 
11:30am SHORT DOCS 1 WOODSTOCK Community Center
 Fri Oct 4  12:30pm
Runtime: 67 minutes + Q&A  Sun Oct 6 
11:00am Runtime: 62 minutes + Q&A RHINEBECK Upstate Films II
BIRTH OF A POET  Sun Oct 6  3:30pm
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Directed by NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE
James Franco, Pedro
Gómez Millán and
Zachary Kerschberg
USA / 2019 /
14 minutes
A man searching
for truth turns from
journalism to poetry.
WORLD PREMIERE A CLOSE SHAVE THE LAST TRAP FAMILY
DESPERATE?
DEFEATED? Directed by Directed by
DEPRESSED? Michele Aboud Hudson Lines
Directed by A.D. Burnett Australia / 2019 / USA / 2019 /
USA / 2018 / 13 minutes 9 minutes 11 minutes
A downtrodden carpet Have you had a close shave in life? The Last Trap Family is a short film about a
cleaner calls a suicide NEW YORK PREMIERE one-of-a-kind, family-run
prevention number, but fishing operation in
the hotline operator may Rhode Island.
WORLD PREMIERE
not have his best interest at heart.
WORLD PREMIERE
DETAINED
Directed by
Khushnuda Shukurova
Two refugees flee war
only to find themselves A SISTER’S HOPE
in the middle of a travel Directed by Michael Marantz
ban. USA / 2019 / 5 minutes
EVALUATION Tragedy can sometimes lead to greatness. MIKE OSTERHOUT
Directed byNORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
& THE CHURCH OF
Eyal Tzadik and THE LITTLE GREEN MAN
Yotam Kislev Directed by Roderick Angle
Israel / 2018 / USA / 2019 / 14 minutes
15 minutes This absurdist art church is a safe place to
In Hebrew with subtitles transgress in the Catskills.
A welfare officer and her
EAST COAST PREMIERE
client come to different
terms of reality during a
mental evaluation.
THE ACCIDENTAL ACTIVIST
IN FIELDS FORLORN Directed by Samia Khan
Directed by Dante DeSario USA / 2018 / 7 minutes
USA / 2019 / 16 minutes Aasif Mandvi describes his journey from
Wesleyan University artist to activist.
A faded celebrity crooner finds a glimmer of
hope in a neglected young newlywed.
WE ARE FORBIDDEN
Directed by
WORLD PREMIERE Brian Lindstrom,
Cheryl Strayed
Nepal / 2019 / 8 minutes
In Nepoli with subtitles
In Nepal, menstruating girls and women
INCOMING are considered impure, and this stigma
Directed by Dan Debrey permeates every aspect of their lives.
A short vignette about Charlie Morgan,
the last pigeon racer of his generation.
SHORTS
SHORT DOCS 2 WOODSTOCK Community Center

WOODSTOCK Community Center  Fri Oct 12  4:30pm
 Sat Oct 5  6:30pm WOMAN  Sat Oct 13  4:30pm
Runtime: 77 minutes + Q&A RHINEBECK Upstate Films II
Runtime: 79 minutes + Q&A
 Sun Oct 6  6:00pm
NEW YORK PREMIERE

BREACH OF TRUST
Directed by Mishal
Mahmud
University of Southern California
A humanized account
of the George Tyndall
sexual assault case told
from the point of view of THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW
the women advocating for EVELYN X EVELYN Directed by
NEW YORK PREMIERE Directed by
change. Marshall Curry
Eric Pumphrey USA / 2019 / 21 minutes
GUN SHOW USA / 2018 / The life of a middle aged woman with
Directed by 13 minutes small children is shaken when two
Richard Chisolm Set in 1956, an African American free-spirited twenty-somethings move
USA / 2019 / 30 minutes woman struggles with the death of in across the street.
University of Southern California her child.
A sculptor takes mock NEW YORK PREMIERE
assault rifles on the road
to explore America’s
obsession with guns.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
THREE
CHORDS
AND THE
TRUTH
Directed by
Virginia Heath I: AYN RAND
Scotland / 2019 /
OUR ALBERTINIA
Directed by Directed by
22 minutes Alexander Koltchak Chantel Clark
University of Southern California USA / 2019 / 9 minutes South Africa /
A film celebrating the democratic, anti-cor- Ayn Rand faces eternal confirmation 2018 / 21 minutes
porate, maverick spirit of the ‘Cigar Box of her failures as a writer and In Afrikaans with subtitles
Guitar Revolution.’ philosopher. Columbia University
South Africa, 1990. When the crumbling
Apartheid regime affords Marie
Abrahams an opportunity to sell the
family farm, her daughter Inge fights to
keep their ancestral land.
TATTOO
Directed by
Farhad Delaram
Iran / 2018 / 15 minutes
In Persian with subtitles
When a young woman tries to renew
her drivers license, her tattooed hand
leads to further scrutiny.
PA
S HNOERLTSS
MUSIC VIDEOS ONLINE

CAN’T SPEAK THE FINAL PIECE ROYAL
MUSIC BY DECORA MUSIC BY SUZY JONES REPUBLIC
AND ROB MOSTRANSKY Directed by Maris MUSIC BY FIREMAN AND
Directed by Rob Jones DANCER
Mostransky USA / 2019 / Directed by Leo
United States / 2019 3:48 minutes www. youtu.be/REUU3-GZ7PI Äkesson
/ 4 minutes ‘60s inspired music Sweden / 2018 / 3
We only have 100 www. youtu.be/iMV7TXXWPEI video from R n B Soul artist Suzy Jones. minutes
www. vimeo.com/226244393
years on this earth, A gloriously tacky,
make the best of it and follow that inner light. MONGOL cringy and occasionally epileptic homage to the
MUSIC BY VOODOO 80’s era of music videos and the general concep-
COCAINE MARCH KUNGFU tion that more is more.
MUSIC BY NICO CARTOSIO Directed by Hao
Zheng
VIOLENT WATER
Directed by Ilya Belov MUSIC BY ANNY CHANDIA
Russia / 2018 / 4:20 China / 2018 / 10
Directed by Danny
minutes minutes
Chandia
Those who can name Set in ancient Mon- www.youtube.com/ USA / 2019 / 4:55
watch?v=FptI1j-j7jA
themselves artists www. youtu.be/-DLcDsu9STk golia, a man spends minutes
& musicians, writers, will understand what I’m years seeking redemption after abandoning his
talking about in that composition. Using handcrafted
mother. props and costumes,
this silent-film-in-
PLAYING WITH spired music video www.youtu.be/egvMqTHaO0k
FIRE tells the story of a
MUSIC BY BREAKUP French Navy captain who discovers a wondrous
SHOES underwater city, and the mermaid who must
Directed by June rescue him from the danger that awaits.
Hucko
www.vimeo.com/279593501
USA / 2019 / 4:30
minutes
When a girl moves in next store and steals the heart
of a one of the Breakup Shoes band members — a
firey situation arises.
SOUVENIRS
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YOUTH
TEEN FILMS Community Center WOODSTOCKBearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

 Fri Oct 13  9:15pm
Runtime: 73 minutes + Q&A  Sun Oct 15  5:45pm
CONTROL YOURSELF MEAN WITH ENVY
Directed by Zoë Takaki Directed by Starla Bollé
USA / 2018 / 8 minutes USA / 2019 / 7:15 minutes
A young girl suffering from anxiety WFF Summer Youth Lab
confronts the unromantic realities of A goth and a jock are blackmailed by a
her first relationship. popular girl into breaking and entering, but
who will the real victim be?
CURTAINS
Directed by Yoni Azulay MEETING AT HALF PAST FIVE
USA / 2019 / 10 minutes Directed Daria Litvichenko
Hatboro Horsham High School Russia / 2018 / 4 minutes
A high school senior’s final theater In Russian with subtitles
performance takes an unexpected turn Two lovers are pulled apart by circumstance,
when he does not land the role he and a tight leash.
had hoped for.
THE RULE OF FOURS
DEAR AMERICA Directed by Max Rogoff
Directed by USA / 2019 / 10 minutes
Molly E. Smith, Sage Croft James is caught at a crossroad as his
USA / 2018 / 4 minutes worsening Obsessive
Generation Z shares their fears in the -Compulsive Disorder threatens to destroy
age of school gun violence. his relationship.
EPILOGUE TO A FRIENDSHIP SAME BLOOD
Directed by Trudy Poux Directed by Malcolm Grover
USA / 2019 / 8:16 minutes USA / 2019 / 10 minutes
WFF Summer Youth Lab The true story of Fabian Marshall, a man
Two years after the fall of their friends’ who was assaulted and arrested by the
group, Will tries to trick his quarreling Kingston Police while on his way to work.
ex-friends into having one last get
together before they go off to college.
THE SECOND
Directed by Zoe Harvey
THE GRASSY NULL USA / 2019 / 7:45 minutes
Directed by WFF Summer Youth Lab
Jacob Pfeffermann He may know his rights, but he doesn’t
USA / 2019 / 3 minutes know her past.
Santa Cruz High School
A teenager in the midst of an existen-
tial crisis travels through various layers of reality.
.
SUMMER
YOUTH FILM LAB
This year, the Woodstock
Film Festival ran its second
annual Summer Youth Film Lab, a three week filmmaking inten-
sive for Hudson Valley teenagers under the guidance of program CAREER DAY: ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL
director Megan Sperry, and three key instructors, Gregory Bray, Youth Initiative Fri Oct 4  8:00am - 2:00pm

Jacob Hutchings and Gina Abatemarco. Accomplished filmmak-
ers, educators and mentors, including renowned casting director Each year over 150 students from schools throughout the region
Ellen Chenoweth and cinematographer Michael Simmonds, worked gather at Onteora High School in Boiceville for Career Day,
tirelessly with the aspiring young filmmakers, teaching them all where students meet with A-list film industry professionals in
aspects of film production and appreciation. During the course of small groups, ask questions and learn about careers in film and
the lab, the students divided into three small groups and conceptu- new media.
alized, wrote, directed, filmed, acted in, composed for, and edited
In addition to conversations with leading authorities on film-
three unique short films, which will be screened at the 2019 Film
making, students are also treated to a film screening, which is
Festival. The Woodstock Film Festival Summer Youth Film Lab was
followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers.
made possible with support from an anonymous donor.
SPECIAL EVENTS
A SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL SCREENING SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
UPAC KINGSTON  TUE Oct 1  7:00pm OF FILM AND MUSIC
THE APOLLO
A CO-PRESENTATION WITH
RADIO KINGSTON AND BARDAVON
A FREE COMMUNITY E VENT
Directed by Roger Ross Williams
The Apollo, helmed by Oscar- and Emmy-winning director
Roger Ross Williams, chronicles the unique history and
legacy of New York City’s landmark Apollo Theater.
An HBO Documentary Film
WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE  Thur Oct 3  3:00pm
ROSENDALE THEATRE  Fri Oct 4  1:00pm
F E S T I VA L K I C K- O F F E V E N T PRECEDING THE SCREENING OF
A SPECIAL CELEBR ATION OF FILM AND MUSIC
WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE  WED Oct 2  7:00pm
SPEED OF LIFE
Robert Burke Warren
SIMON SHAHEEN: Robert Burke Warren will perform a live
A MUSICAL JOURNEY selection of acoustic David Bowie tunes.
PRECEDING THE SCREENING
Champagne and Hors d’oeuvres Reception
for Golden Circle ticket holders
FOLLOWING THE SCREENING
A live concert with:
Simon Shaheen on oud and violin
Firas Zreik on qanun
Tareq Rantisi on percussion
A SPECIAL INSTALL ATION WOODSTOCK THE COLONY  Fri Oct 4  8:00pm

WOODSTOCK: CORNER MILL HILL AND ROCK CITY ROADS FOLLOWING THE SCREENING OF
 Fri Oct 4  3:00pm A NIGHT AT
LIVE ART ON THE STREET SWITCH N’ PLAY
TO MARK THE FILM PARKLAND RISING’S
WORLD PREMIERE All seven members of Switch n’ Play, Brooklyn’s
Friday afternoon, Manuel Oliver, father of slain award-winning drag and burlesque collective,
Joaquin Oliver, will produce a mural in the center will showcase live performances that are queer in
of Woodstock that “will combine psychedelic every sense of the word.
vibes, street art and activism, with a strong
statement from Joaquin ‘Guac’ Oliver.”
EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE VR LOUNGE SUPPORTED BY HTC VIVE

VIRTUAL REALITY LOUNGE
11 Jane St.  Sat Oct 5
@  11am-12pm 12-1pm  1-2pm  2-3pm
 4-5pm 5-6pm  6-7pm  7-8pm
VIRTUAL REALITY WOODSTOCK: BEARSVILLE THEATER

The exciting Virtual Reality experiences being shown FOLLOWING THE SCREENING OF
this year will feature 4 VR experiences, including
Gloomy Eyes and Bonfire!, both currently at the Ven- NOT NOT JAZZ
ice Film Festival. The VR program has been curated
by Carol Silverman, currently in production on her Billy Martin
own VR experience, and Dario Laverde, Senior Devel- Billy Martin, of Medeski, Martin and Wood, will
oper Relations with HTC Vive. Gloomy Eyes give a live solo drum performance.
PA N E L S
WOMEN IN FILM & MEDIA

Kleinert/James Center  Sat Oct 5  10:00am
Some of today’s most accomplished and talented women working in the film and media
industries will discuss their career trajectories, today’s state of the film and media industry,
and the challenges and accomplishments each has experienced in her professional path. MORE PANELISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED.
PANELISTS:
HILARY BROUGHER LISA CORTES is an Acade- PAMELA YATES is the
is a writer/director who my Award-nominated producer co-founder and creative direc-
lives and works in NYC. (Precious, The Apollo) and the tor of Skylight, a non-profit
Her first feature, The Sticky co-director of The Remix:Hip Hop media organization dedicated
Fingers of Time (1997), X Fashion. Her work has been dis- to combining cinematic arts
was presented at SXSW and tinguished by her commitment to with the quest for justice to
the Venice, Rotterdam and empowering inclusive voices and inspire the defense of human
Toronto Film Festivals. Her for giving light to challenging, rights. Her award-winning
second feature, Stepha- visionary stories. films include When the Moun-
nie Daley, featuring Tilda tains Tremble, Witness to War,
Swinton and Amber Tamblyn, premiered at Sundance State of Fear: The Truth About
in 2006, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Terorism, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, and 500
Award and went on to numerous international film Years. Pamela is a member of the Academy of Motion
festivals, including Locarno, Deauville and Milan, Pictures Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild of America
where it won Best Director. She is a faculty member and the International Documentary Association. She
in the M.F.A. Film Program at Columbia University is in production directing a new documentary film,
School of the Arts, and also the current film division Borderlands.
chair. Hilary is married to cinematographer Ethan
Mass, who collaborated with her on South Mountain.
MUSIC FOR FILM

Kleinert/James Center  Sat Oct 5  12:00pm SPONSORED BY
An afternoon of songs and stories with 10 time Grammy award-nominee Janis Ian.
MODERATOR
DOREEN RINGER ROSS, JANIS IAN, now in her fifth decade of writing
Vice President Film, TV & Visual songs and performing, received 10 Grammy
Media Relations at Broadcast nominations in 8 categories, a record for a solo artist
Music, Inc. (BMI), where she whose first nomination came at the age of 16 for her
directs all activities serving debut album, Janis Ian. She lost her last Grammy to
composers for screen. She President Jimmy Carter, but two years earlier received a
has established key programs Grammy for Society’s Child: My Autobiography, winning
for composers, including the Best Spoken Word over President Bill Clinton, Michelle
Sundance Composers’ Lab and Obama, Rachel Maddow, and Ellen DeGeneres.
the BMI Film/TV Composers Conducting Workshop. Ian has been in the forefront of many controver-
She oversees BMI’s film scoring scholarships at USC, sies. Her song Society’s Child, written at age fourteen,
UCLA and Berklee College of Music, and has created ignited a storm for its unflinching look at an interracial
artist development platforms with the Sundance Film relationship between a boy and girl. Her song At Sev-
Festival, IFP Filmmaker Labs, IFP Filmmakers Conference, enteen has been featured in anti-bullying commercials
Los Angeles Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, and and such TV shows as The Blacklist.
the Woodstock Film Festival. Ringer-Ross serves as Her songs have been recorded by John Mellencamp, Amy Grant, Diane Schuur, and
vice chairman of the board for The Holland’s Opus Joan Baez, among others. She has dueted with Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Mel Torme,
Foundation, is a member of the Peabody Awards Board, and most recently, Trevor Sewell; their single, released only in the UK, jumped up the
Advisory Board of the American Youth Symphony, jazz charts, a reminder of a diverse career that saw Ian on the cover of Downbeat at 16;
Advisory Board for the IFP Filmmaker Labs, and is on the featured in Melody Maker at 26; honored by the Grammy Hall of Fame twice; co-starring
board of the World Soundtrack Award. with Laurie Metcalf, Rita Moreno, and Alex Borstein in the final episode of Getting On; re-
ceiving Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews picks for her children’s book The Tiny Mouse;
and still moving forward with plans for several more books and a new album.
PA N E L S
A CONVERSATION WITH
THE HONORARY TRAILBLAIZER AWARD RECIPIENT
ABIGAIL DISNEY
Kleinert/James Center  Sat Oct 5  2:00pm
Come hear the inspiring life story of renowned filmmaker, activist and Emmy-winning director Abigail Disney as she chats about her career in film
and activism. Whether using her natural megaphone to champion equality and human rights, or paving the way for filmmakers whose voices need and
should be heard, Abigail is blazing a trail through both visual storytelling and humanitarian activism that is as unique as it is powerful.
HOSTED BY
JULIE ABIGAIL E. DISNEY is
GOLDMAN founded a filmmaker, activist and the
Motto Pictures in 2009.
Emmy-winning director of The
She is a producer and
Armor of Light. As president
executive producer of
and CEO of the documentary
documentary feature films
production company Fork
and series. She recently
Films, she produced the
produced Sundance Grand
groundbreaking Pray the Devil
Jury Prize winner One
Back to Hell and co-created
Child Nation, acquired
the subsequent PBS series
by Amazon Studios, and
Women, War & Peace. She is
Ringside which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. She produced
also the chair and co-founder
the Oscar-nominated, Emmy Award-winning films Life, Animated
of Level Forward, a new breed
and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, and Oscar-shortlisted films God
storytelling company focused
Loves Uganda, 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, Buck, and Sergio; she exec-
on systemic change through
utive-produced Oscar-shortlisted films Weiner, Art and Craft and Ai
creative excellence, balancing financial and social returns. The companies
Weiwei: Never Sorry. Julie also produced and executive-produced the
and stories that have most meaning for Abigail are the ones that foster
Emmy Award-winning films The Music of Strangers, Solitary, Best of
human understanding. She has executive-produced and supported over 100
Enemies, and the Emmy-nominated series Humans of New York. She
documentary films through Fork Films’ funding program. She also created the
received the Amazon Studios Sundance Institute Producer’s Award
nonprofit Peace is Loud, which uses storytelling to advance social movements
and the Cinereach Producer’s Award.
and the Daphne Foundation, which supports organizations working for a more
equitable, fair and peaceful New York City.
A CONVERSATION WITH
MATT DILLON
Kleinert/James Center  Sat Oct 5  4:00pm
Hear Academy Award-nominated actor Matt Dillon in an intimate conversation about his storied career in film — in front of the camera, as well as
behind it — with an emphasis on his recent passion project, El Gran Fellove, a feature-length documentary about Cuban musician Francisco Fellove.
Still in progress, clips of El Gran Fellove will be screened and discussed during the conversation.
MATT DILLON‘s film career has spanned more

than three decades. He has starred in numerous
films, including The Outsiders, Drugstore Cowboy,
There’s Something about Mary, and most recently,
The House that Jack Built, by Lars von Trier. He made
his directorial film debut with City of Ghosts, shot
on location in Cambodia, which he co-wrote with
Barry Gifford and starred in with James Caan, Gerard
Depardieu and Stellan Skarsgård.
In 2006, Matt was nominated for best
supporting actor for his work in the Academy
Award-winning best picture Crash. His performance
HOSTED BY earned him his second Independent Spirit Award,
the first coming in 1989 for Gus Van Sant’s
LOGAN HILL is a writer who has contrib-
Michael Muller
Drugstore Cowboy. Other film credits include, Over

uted features to This American Life, The New
the Edge, Rumble Fish, Flamingo Kid, Singles, To Die
York Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone,
Wired, Esquire, GQ, Elle, and many others. For, Wild Things, Factotum, and Fonzo.
He has worked as a TV movie critic (NY1), a Matt has been a board member of Refugees
syndicated advice columnist (Cosmopolitan), International since 2008. He has traveled to
an editorial consultant (Dancing Chicken Myanmar, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he directed short
Studios), and a documentary script consultant documentaries, bringing international awareness to the plight of refugees and those internally
(The Edge of Democracy, 306 Hollywood). He is displaced by conflict and climate change.
writing his first novel. He’s currently editing a feature length documentary, The Great Fellove (El Gran Fellove.)
PA N E L S
ACTORS DIALOGUE
Kleinert/James Center  Sun Oct 6  10:00am
Tim Guinee chats with Martha about his career as an actor and an activist.
TIM GUINEE is a stage, television and film

actor who was born in Los Angeles, raised
in Illinois and Texas, and now resides in the
Hudson Valley. He plays the lead role of a
dedicated but troubled journalist in , which
is having its US premiere at the Woodstock
Film Festival. Since the start of his acting
career in 1986, Tim has appeared in over 200
movies, mini-series and TV episodes, and an
equal number of plays. His most well-known Moderator:
film roles include his work in Ramin Bahrani’s MARTHA FRANKEL is the author of
99 Homes, the Iron Man franchise, Ali Selim’s the memoir Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family
Spirit Award-winning Sweet Land, and Gus Van Love Affair with Gambling, the executive
Sant’s Promised Land. On television, he has director of the Woodstock Writers
been a series regular on AMC’s Hell On Wheels Festival and the host of the weekly
and The Good Wife, among many others. He is show, Woodstock Writers Radio on Radio
currently shooting the final season of Homeland Woodstock 100.1.
and can be seen in Kasi Lemmons’ soon to
be released feature film Harriet, the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery
and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Tim has also directed four short films,
including One Armed Man, which won 16 awards on the film festival circuit in 2014.
Beyond his accomplishments as an actor, Tim is an educator and activist who speaks nationally
about climate change and climate activism. He is a leader in the Climate Reality Project, founded
by former Vice President Al Gore and comprised of individuals who seek to catalyze a global
solution to the climate crisis by supporting urgent action across every level of society. He has
been delivering town talks and slide shows to share the latest science regarding the implications
of climate change across the globe.
A CONVERSATION WITH
RON NYSWANER & ANYA LETA

Kleinert/James Center  Sun Oct 6  12:00pm
The New Mythmakers:

Creating Shows in TV’s Second Golden Age
Anya Leta and Ron Nyswaner will RON NYSWANER’S ANYA LETA is staff writer
lead an informal conversation writing and producing on Season 7 of Showtime’s
about the creation of a television credits include Homeland Homeland, co-writing two
series from the initial inspiration and Ray Donovan, the episodes. Her award-win-
through development, pitching, groundbreaking films ning short film Points of
writing the pilot, the group mind Philadelphia and Soldier’s Origin played at film festivals
at work in a writers’ room, and the Girl, the romantic drama around the world, including
writer/creator’s role in production. The Painted Veil, and Woodstock. She is currently
Leta and Nyswaner have a unique the documentary feature in development on a series
She’s The Best Thing In created with Ron Nyswaner
perspective on collaboration, as
It. Ron received the for FX and on the writing
they have worked together on a staff of a forthcoming series
feature length documentary, the National Board of Review
Best Screenplay Award, for Apple.
CIA drama, Homeland, and their
a Peabody, and Oscar,
new political thriller recently sold Emmy and Golden Globe
to FX. nominations.
PA N E L S
TRENDING ISSUES With climate change, gun reform and immigration in the news almost daily,
what role can film play to expound on some of these issues? Come listen
to these passionate and accomplished filmmakers as they discuss what
Kleinert/James Center  Sun Oct 6  4:00pm drives them to make the films that they do, and how they plan for their
films to make a difference.
PANELISTS:
CLEMENT GUERRA co-directed the feature BARBARA KOPPLe is a two-time Academy

documentary film The Condor & The Eagle, a Award-winning filmmaker. A director and producer
trans-continental adventure from the Canadian of narrative films and documentaries, her most
plains to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jun- recent project is the documentary New Homeland,
gle to unite the peoples of North and South America which explores the global refugee crisis through
and deepen the meaning of climate justice. The film the eyes of five young boys who fled their homes in
is having its world premiere at the Woodstock Film Syria and Iraq and are now in Canada. Barbara pro-
Festival. Clement is promoting a creative approach duced and directed Harlan County USA and American
for media productions as an innovative tool for Dream, both winners of the Academy Award for Best
social change. For the past 6 years, he has been Documentary Feature. Her other films include A Mur-
producing high quality visual media for climate der In Mansfield, This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous,
organizations and social movements. Clement and Running From Crazy, The House of Steinbrenner,
his team will soon launch their outreach campaign, Woodstock: Now and Then, Shut Up and Sing, Havoc,
which will last more than a year in North and South A Conversation with Gregory Peck, My Generation,
America. Wild Man Blues, Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of
Mike Tyson, and many more.
PETER NELSON has been a director of photog-
raphy for the past 27 years and has a diverse body CHERYL HORNER MCDONOUGH is a
of work, including documentaries, feature films and two-time Emmy Award and Peabody-winner who
commercials. The Pollinators, his feature debut as has produced and directed documentaries and news
a director, highlights the interrelationship of bees specials for 18 years. She directed Parkland Rising,
and the environment. A beekeeper himself, his which follows survivors and parents of some of the
passion for nature and documentaries keeps leading victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school
him back to explore the intersection between shooting as they take on those responsible for the
people and the natural world around us. Select lack of gun control laws: Politicians who accept gun
feature credits include the Emmy Award-winning lobby money, gun manufacturers and the National
documentary Art & Copy, Michael Moore’s Sicko, Pipe Rifle Association. She is also the director of Katie
Dream, and the cult New York romantic comedy Ed’s Couric’s, America Inside Out, which received two
Next Move. Peter has done domestic and interna- Front Page awards, and
tional documentary work for PBS, HBO, National producer of the film
Geographic, Discovery, and the BBC. His short film, Bean, which was named
Dance of the Honey Bee, had its broadcast premiere on PBS. Commercial work Best of Fest and Best Documentary at several
includes campaigns for IBM, Google, SNHU, Black Rock, ESPN/NASCAR, and festivals and was nominated for a 2018 Daytime
many others. Emmy Award.
CAMERON KASKY is co-founder of March For

Our Lives.
M AV E R I C K AWA R D S
J O I N T H E W O O D S TO 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
T H E 2 0 T H A N N UA L M AV E R I C K A WA R D S C E R E M O N Y
Saturday, October 5
at Backstage Studio Productions
IN KINGSTON
7:30pm: Doors Open THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD

8:00pm: Dinner and Cocktails ABIGAIL DISNEY
9:00pm: Award Ceremony with A true trailblazer in both visual story-
presentations to our telling and humanitarian activism, Emmy
honorary recipients and award-winning director Abigail E. Disney
winning filmmakers champions equality and human rights as she
Awards to be announced in the focuses on projects that foster peace, justice
following categories: and human understanding.
 FEATURE NARRATIVE AWARD After years as a not-for-profit volunteer
sponsored by Gigantic activist and stay-at-home mother, Abigail
Pictures turned to documentaries. She started and led Fork Films as CEO,
 FEATURE DOCUMENTARY inspired at the outset to tell the story of a brave group of wom-
AWARD en who used nonviolent protests to bring an end to Liberia’s
long civil war. Along with renowned filmmaker Gini Reticker, she
 ULTRA INDIE AWARD made the widely acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell and cre-
sponsored by ated the subsequent five-part PBS series, Women, War & Peace.
Gray Schwartz LLP Since founding Fork Films, the company has produced and
Music performed live by
 BEST NARRATIVE SHORT funded over 100 documentary films, shining a light on some of
AWARD THE ROCK ACADEMY the most challenging social issues of our time.
sponsored by Gigantic
Pictures Abigail is also the co-founder and chair of Level Forward, an
entertainment company that develops, produces and finances
 BEST SHORT DOC AWARD multi-platform storytelling while exploring ways to extend the
 BEST ANIMATED SHORT work’s opportunity and influence to advance economic trans-
formation and equity. Current work includes films from Nicole
 BEST STUDENT SHORT Riegel, Celine Held and Logan George, Semi Chellas’ feature film
sponsored by Gigantic debut, the Broadway shows Oklahoma! and What The Constitu-
Pictures tion Means To Me, the website Rotten Apples, and the indus-
 Haskell Wexler Award for try-wide Gun Neutral initiative.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY She is also the founder of Peace Is Loud, a non-profit that
sponsored by Panavision
uses storytelling to advance social movements and the Daphne
 The James Lyons Editing All trophies are Foundation, which supports organizations working for a more
Award for NARRATIVE handcrafted by Steve equitable, fair and peaceful New York City. Abigail is the recip-
FEATURE Heller, a self-taught ient of numerous awards, including an honor from the Interna-
 The James Lyons Editing artist who works in tional Women’s Media Foundation for advancing women’s issues
Award for and peace initiatives, the Amicus Award from the International
wood, found metal
DOC FEATURE Documentary Association and the Cardozo Law School’s Inter-
and Cadillacs from national Advocate for Peace Award. Added to all her impressive
 THE CARPE DIEM ANDRETTA the 1950s. Visit accomplishments, she is a mother of four.
AWARD Fabulous Furniture in
for living life to its fullest Boiceville or online
honors Vincent “Jay”
Andretta III at www.fabulousfurnitureon28.com
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TUE 10/ 1 FRI 10/4 SAT 10/5 SUN 10/6
KINGSTON : UPAC WOODSTOCK: Bearsville WOODSTOCK: Bearsville Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK
PRE-FESTIVAL EVENT Theater Theater 11:15am The Remix: Hip Hop X
7:00 Apollo 1:00am
1 Museum Town Made in Boise
1:00am
1 Fashion
1:30 Ernie & Joe 1:30 Paradise Without People 1:30 Accept the Call
WED 10/ 2 4:15
7:00
Animation Outlaws
Teen Films
4:00
6:30
Maxima
Nothing Fancy: Diana
4:00 Pariah Dog
6:30 Land of Little Rivers
WOODSTOCK Playhouse 9:30 Not Not Jazz Kennedy WOODSTOCK:
7:00 Simon Shaheen: A Musical 8:45 After the Murder of Albert
Journey WOODSTOCK: The Colony Kleinert/James Art center
Lima PANELS
followed by a live 8:00pm A Night at Switch n’ Play
performance WOODSTOCK: 1 0:00am PANEL: Actors Dialogue
WOODSTOCK: Upstate Films Kleinert/James Art center 12:00 PANEL: Conversation w/
10:45am Imaginary Order
THUR 10/3 1:30 Letter to Editor
PANELS
10:00am PANEL: Women in Film &
Ron Nyswaner & Anya Leta
4:00 PANEL: Trending Issues
WOODSTOCK: Bearsville 4:15 Seneca Media
6:45 Swallow WOODSTOCK: Upstate Films
Theater 12:00 PANEL: Music For Film: An
1 0:00am #LIKE
12:00 Bamboo Stories 9:30 18 to Party Afternoon of Songs and
Stories. Sponsored by BMI 12:45 The Garden Left Behind
2:45 17 Blocks WOODSTOCK Community Center 3:45 Once Upon A River
5:45 I Want My MTV 12:30 SHORTS: Short Docs 1 2:00 PANEL: Conversation
w/ Abigail Disney 6:30 Banana Split
8:15 Adolescence 2:30 SHORTS: All In A Day’s
Work 4:00 PANEL: Conversation WOODSTOCK Playhouse
WOODSTOCK: Upstate Films 4:45 SHORTS: Comedy
w/ Matt Dillon
1 1:30am TBA
12:00 The Last Color 6:45 SHORTS: Growing Pains WOODSTOCK: Upstate Films 2:30 Foster Boy
2:30 TBA 0:00am
1 New Homeland 6:00 CLOSING NIGHT FILM
9:00 SHORTS: Animation
6:00 Run With the Hunted 12:45 Inez & Doug & Kira Marriage Story
8:30 The Cat and the Moon WOODSTOCK Playhouse 3:30 Gay Chorus Deep South 8:30 Parasite
1:00 The Condor and the Eagle
WOODSTOCK Playhouse 3:30 Ash
6:15 The Pollinators WOODSTOCK Community Center
12:00 Clemency 9:00 South Mountain 1:00am
1 SHORTS: Obligations
6:30 Inside the Rain
3:00 Speed of Life 9:00 Parkland Rising WOODSTOCK Community Center 1:15 SHORTS: Growing Pains
6:00 OPENING NIGHT FILM 1:30am
1 SHORTS: Obligations 3:30 SHORTS: Comedy
Honey Boy SAUGERTIES: Orpheum Theater 1:45 SHORTS: Animation 5:30 SHORTS: Woman
9:00 Synonyms 12:30 Accept the Call
4:15 SHORTS: Woman SAUGERTIES: Orpheum Theater
ROSENDALE: Theatre 3:00 Once Upon a River
6:30 SHORTS: Docs 2 11:30 South Mountain
6:15 Gay Chorus Deep South
6:00 Made in Boise
9:00 SHORTS: All in a Day’s 2:15 Inez & Doug & Kira
8:30 Banana Split Work
RHINEBECK: Upstate Films I 5:15 The True Adventures of
7:00 Imaginary Order
ROSENDALE Theatre WOODSTOCK Playhouse Wolfboy
1:00 Speed of Life 10:15am Bully. Coward. Victim. The 7:45 Adolesence
RHINEBECK: Upstate Films II 3:45 Clemency Story of Roy Cohn
7:45 Museum Town 6:45 Run with the Hunted 1:00 Personal Velocity
ROSENDALE Theatre
9:30 Honey Boy 12:30 The Pollinators
3:45 Colewell
3:15 18 to Party
A SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL SCREENING RHINEBECK: Upstate Films I 6:00 The True Adventures of
5:45 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
12:30 Paradise Without People Wolfboy
THE APOLLO 3:00 Colewell 8:45 Portrait of a Lady On Fire RHINEBECK: Upstate Films I
TUESDAY October 1  7pm 12:00 New Homeland
5:45 17 Blocks SAUGERTIES: Orpheum Theater 3:00 Maxima
UPAC 8:30 After the Murder of Albert 12:00 Pariah Dog
A CO-PRESENTATION Lima 5:45 Nothing Fancy: Diana
2:30 Seneca Kennedy
WITH RADIO KINGSTON AND BARDAVON
A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT RHINEBECK: : Upstate Films II 5:00 #LIKE
1:00 The Remix: Hip Hop X 7:45 TBA RHINEBECK: Upstate Films II
Fashion 12:30 Ernie & Joe
ROSENDALE Theatre 3:30 SHORT: Docs 1
KICK-OFF PERFORMANCE 3:30 Bully. Coward. Victim. The 12:30 Inside the Rain
following Story of Roy Cohn 6:00 SHORT: Docs 2
3:00 Parkland Rising
SIMON SHAHEEN: 6:15 The Last Color
5:30 The Garden Left Behind
8:45 TBA S P E C I A L
A MUSICAL JOURNEY 8:15 Land of Little Rivers
WEDNESDAY October 2 [film starts VIRTUAL REALITY LOUNGE
at 7pm] RHINEBECK: Upstate Films I
0:30am
1 Swallow SATURDAY October 5
WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 11 JANE ST
1:00 Foster Boy
FOLLOWING THE SCREENING CONCERT BY 2 0 T H A N N U A L 4:00 Ash IN SAUGERTIES
Simon Shaheen, MAVERICK AWARDS CEREMONY @  11am-12pm  12-1pm
7:00 Letter to the Editor
Firas Zreik, Tareq Rantisi
SATURDAY October 5 9:30 Not Not Jazz  1-2pm  2-3pm
BACKSTAGE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS RHINEBECK: Upstate Films II  4-5pm  5-6pm
IN KINGSTON 1:30 Animation Outlaws  6-7pm  7-8pm
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 4:30 Bamboo Stories
7:30pm Doors Open
OF FILM AND MUSIC 7:30 I Want My MTV A SPECIAL INSTALLATION
PRECEDING SPEED OF LIFE OCT 3 & 4 8:00pm: Dinner and cocktails
KINGSTON: BSP LIVE ART ON THE STREET
with Robert Burke Warren CORNER MILL HILL AND ROCK CITY
9:00pm: Award Ceremony 8:00 Maverick Awards Dinner and
FOLLOWING See page 20 for more details Cocktails ROADS
A NIGHT AT SWITCH N/ PLAY OCT 4 9:00 Maverick Awards October 4  3pm
with Switch n’ Play To mark the film Parkland Rising’s World Premiere
FOLLOWING NOT NOT JAZZ OCT 4 Please note that all events are subject to change. Check
with Billy Martin
woodstockfilmfestival.org to confirm venues and times
2019 WOODSTOCK
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TOC- NARATIVES #LIKE 18 TO PARTY ADOLESCENCE

US PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

ASH BANANA SPLIT THE CAT AND THE CLEMENCY

COLEWELL FOSTER BOY THE GARDEN LEFT HONEY BOY

NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

NEW YORK PREMIERE

MARRIAGE STORY ONCE UPON PARASITE PERSONAL

PORTRAIT RUN WITH THE SENECA SOUTH

NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

SPEED SWALLOW THE TRUE

WORLD PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THE STORY OF ROY EAGLE Jenifer McShane SOUTH

WORLD PREMIERE US PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE

I WANT MY LAND OF LETTER TO THE MADE IN BOISE

US PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

MAXIMA MUSEUM TOWN NEW HOMELAND NOT NOT

NOTHING PARADISE PARIAH DOG PARKLAND

NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

COMEDY WOODSTOCK Community Center

OBLIGATIONS WOODSTOCK Community Center

SHORT DOCS 2 WOODSTOCK Community Center

NEW YORK PREMIERE

MUSIC VIDEOS ONLINE

2019 T-Shirts 2019 WFF POSTER 18” x 24”

TEEN FILMS Community Center WOODSTOCKBearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

A SPECIAL INSTALL ATION WOODSTOCK THE COLONY  Fri Oct 4  8:00pm

EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE VR LOUNGE SUPPORTED BY HTC VIVE

VIRTUAL REALITY WOODSTOCK: BEARSVILLE THEATER

WOMEN IN FILM & MEDIA

MUSIC FOR FILM

MATT DILLON‘s film career has spanned more

Drugstore Cowboy. Other film credits include, Over

TIM GUINEE is a stage, television and film

RON NYSWANER & ANYA LETA

The New Mythmakers:

CLEMENT GUERRA co-directed the feature BARBARA KOPPLe is a two-time Academy

CAMERON KASKY is co-founder of March For

7:30pm: Doors Open THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD

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