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The Adderall Diaries

with James Franco, Ed Harris Directed by Pamela Romanowski USA / 2015 / 87 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Fri

Oct 2 • 10:00pm

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Sat Oct 3 • 5:00pm

Courtesy of A24

Adapted from Stephen Elliott’s true crime memoir of the same name, The tells the unflinchingly honest story of Elliott (James Franco), a once-successful novelist paralyzed by writer’s block and in the thrall of an Adderall addiction, who becomes fascinated by a highprofile murder case as a way to escape his personal struggles. As Elliott delves into the twisted case and its motley crew of suspects, he is haunted by the memories of his own tortured childhood and his cruel, estranged father (Ed Harris). When his father mysteriously resurfaces and claims that his son’s nightmarish memories were fabricated, Elliott’s past is further thrust under the microscope. He embarks on a journey to separate fact from fiction, amidst a backdrop of self-medication and false confessions. Q&A Attendee: Pamela Romanowski

The Americans An episode from the the critically acclaimed show followed by an in depth discussion with showrunner Joe Weisberg Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 2:15pm

Courtesy of FX

STINGERS Season 3, Episode 10

Philip and Elizabeth deploy a plan for the C.I.A.’s Mujahideen visitors. Tensions at the Jenning’s home escalate. Nominated for numerous awards and two-time winner of the AFI Best TV Program of the Year,is an exciting Cold War series about two Soviet intelligence agents posing as a married couple to spy on the American government. This superb suburban spy thriller, staring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, balances the escapades of espionage with the tribulations of parenting and, in the process, achieves what might appear unimaginable — empathy for the enemy. Explore the ins and outs of this “hide in plain sight” story with show creator Joe Weisberg, who worked in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations in the early 1990s. Emily Nussbaum, TV critic at the New Yorker calls The Americans “possibly the best current drama out there.”

East Coast Premiere

East Coast Premiere

THE AUTOMATIC HATE

Band of Robbers

Directed by Justin Lerner USA / 2015 / 97 minutes Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Thur Oct 1 • 9:00pm

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Sat Oct 3 • 7:30pm

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How would you react if you discovered everything you thought you knew about your family turned out not to be so? After an enigmatic visit to his dying grandfather and the surprise appearance of an alluring and whimsical young woman claiming to be his cousin, Davis Greene discovers a family he never knew existed. Gingerly, he allows himself to be seduced into uncovering the past. But as estranged cousins Davis and Alexis grow close to each other, they discover the dark secret that shattered the relationship of their fathers. The second feature film from director Justin Lerner, is an intimate and gripping portrait of a family told with spectacular pacing and assured direction, offering plenty of surprise turns along the way. Starting out as a simple indie drama, where Davis and his girlfriend are struggling to understand their relationship, The evolves into a heartbreaking romance that spans two generations of families broken apart. – Sam Robotham Q&A Attendees: Justin Lerner and several cast members

Directed by Adam Nee & Aaron Nee USA, France / 2015 / 95 minutes Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 7:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Sat Oct 3 • 2:15pm

Expertly adapting the characters from Mark Twain’s seminal stories into the 21st century, Band of Robbers is a clever escapade that truly honors the essence of its source material. We meet thrillseeking Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer as young boys pursuing adventure. But the authorities have a different concept of fun, and after being released from his latest stay in prison, petty crook Huck hopes to leave his criminal activities behind. But lifelong friend and corrupt police officer Tom has a different idea in mind. In a final endeavor to achieve their childhood dreams, Tom pulls the gang back together in the hopes of discovering a legendary treasure. Little do they know, this new caper will send them into more unexpected and dangerous territories than they ever faced as children. The sophomore feature from brothers Aaron and Adam Nee, with its impressively talented cast, comes together to create a slightly dark, but always witty comedyadventure. – Sam Robotham  Q&A Attendees: Adam Nee & Aaron Nee

in depth discussion with showrunner Joe Weisberg follows screening

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WORLD PREMIERE

New York Premiere

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

East Coast Premiere

Blunt Force Trauma

Bob and The Trees

The Forbidden Room

Good Ol’ Boy

with Mickey Rourke Directed by Ken Sanzel

Directed by Diego Ongaro

Directed by Guy Maddin Co-director: Evan Johnson

Columbia / 2015 / 96 minutes

USA / 2015 / 92 minutes ROSENDALE Theatre

Fri Oct 2 • 3:30pm

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 9:30pm

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Sun Oct 4 • 11:30am

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Sun Oct 4 • 12:30pm

Welcome to an underground, money-making subculture of people who wear bulletproof vests and shoot each other. Set against Colombia’s majestic landscapes and impoverished villages, Blunt Force Trauma follows two modern-day gunslingers, John and Colt, who are on parallel but very different journeys, one seeking excitement, the other revenge. Part action drama-part love story and always engrossing, their worlds collide with passion and pain as John and Colt each try to fulfill their own wants and at the same time keep each other safe in the dueling underworld. Writer/director Ken Sanzel impressively weaves a yarn of loss, longing, alienation, and revenge, right up to the climactic moment of fleeting satisfaction when John finally meets the fight champion, impeccably played by Mickey Rourke. is a visual masterpiece and a must-see film for anyone with an interest in realistic action dramas. -Woodstock Film Festival Q&A Attendee: Ken Sanzel

Bob is a handsome, rugged logger who spends his days either cutting trees in the silent, majestic Massachusetts woods or listening to hardcore rap music and playing golf. But this routine life is rudely interrupted when one of his beloved cows gets brutally wounded and his work suffers a financial blow following a bad business deal. Suddenly Bob finds himself facing some hard decisions. Despite family opposition, the unyielding winter woods ultimately push Bob to do whatever it takes to keep his failing business alive. Just how much is he willing to sacrifice to hold his life together? Bob and the Trees thrives on ultra-realism. With non-actors portraying fictionalized versions of themselves, debut feature director Diego Ongaro succeeds in getting impressively honest performances from his cast, especially lead Bob Tarasuk, who plays himself in the film. The arresting Berkshires and slow-building tension add to this story of struggle that pays tribute to a declining population still holding onto their rural dreams. – Sam Robotham Q&A Attendee: Diego Ongaro

with Jason Lee Directed by Frank Lotito

CANADA / 2015 / 120 minutes

USA / 2015 / 102 minutes

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Sun Oct 4 • 7:30pm

Courtesy of kino Lorber

The Forbidden Room is Guy Maddin’s ultimate epic phantasmagoria. Honoring classic cinema while electrifying it with energy, this Russian nesting doll of a film begins (after a prologue on how to take a bath) with the crew of a doomed submarine chewing flapjacks in a desperate attempt to breathe the oxygen within. Suddenly, impossibly, a lost woodsman wanders into their company with his tale of escaping a fearsome clan of cave dwellers. From here, Maddin and co-director Evan Johnson take us high into the air, around the world and into dreamscapes, spinning tales of amnesia, captivity, deception, murder, skeleton women, and vampire bananas. Like some glorious meeting between Italo Calvino, Sergei Eisenstein and a perverted six year-old, The Forbidden Room is Maddin’s grand ode to lost cinema. Created with the help of master poet John Ashbery, the film features a high profile cast playing a cavalcade of misfits, thieves and lovers, all joined in the joyful delirium of the kaleidoscopic viewing experience. Be prepared for a trip like nothing you’ve taken before!

Fri Oct 2 • 2:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Sun Oct 4 • 2:30pm

The year is 1979, when life was simpler but families were still complex, and an Indian family moves to America hoping to live the American Dream. Reminiscent of The Wonder Years, Good Ol’ Boy is an endearing coming-of-age story, where 10-year-old Smith falls for the girl next door and is caught between his family’s Hindu traditions and his desire to become a good ol’ boy. While the children and their stories take the lead, Good Ol’ Boy challenges the stereotypical notion of both traditional Indian and predictable redneck families as the patriarchs help tell a compelling tale of the struggles of parenthood and married life for anyone of any race or background. By initially treating the characters as caricatures of themselves, we’re given the chance to laugh with them as we watch how the depth of their characters and love for their families evolve. – Benjamin Scott Q&A Attendees: Frank Lotito, Anjul Nigam

Q&A Attendee: Guy Maddin

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East Coast Premiere

East Coast Premiere

New York Premiere

the Grace of Jake

Homeless

How He Fell In Love

USA / 2015 / 91 minutes

USA / 2015 / 92 minutes

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Directed by Chris Hicky

Sat Oct 3 • 5:00pm

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Sun Oct 4 • 12:30pm

Just out of prison, drifter/ musician Jake steals a car and hits the road for small town Arkansas, intent on exacting revenge from the father he never knew. Although he never met the man, Jake blames him for all of life’s troubles, starting with his mother’s death. Arriving in this dustbowl town with only a guitar to sustain him, Jake discovers nothing is as he imagined. The Grace of Jake is, at its core, the story of a man who finds redemption through friendship, faith and his deep-rooted love of gospel music, which bonds him with the locals and sets him on a righteous path. Religion, however, is backdrop to the music. Grammy-nominated director Chris Hicky proves his musical aptitude by wisely casting Jake La Botz, who learned his trade from old Mississippi bluesmen, as lead man. The soul-filled music is extraordinary, the acting genuine, and the tempo in perfect harmony with the surroundings. From crop dusters to gospel churches, this compassionate film captures the essence of the Arkansas delta. – Ben F. Fischer

Directed by Clay Riley Hassler

Fri Oct 2 • 3:00pm

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Sun Oct 4 • 4:45pm

Filmed in a real shelter with real people, Homeless tells the story of Gosh (Josh), a teenage boy lost in the bleak routine of life in a shelter. After his father is sent to jail and his grandmother passes away, Gosh, unable to pay rent, is forced onto the streets with only the clothes on his back and his iPod. If this were a Hallmark production, we’d expect some kindhearted soul to rescue Gosh. And indeed, after weeks of loneliness and setbacks, he is befriended and lands a job. But Homeless isn’t a family-TV movie. Based on a real life story, debut director Clay Riley Hassler manages to truly portray a sense of what being homeless is like. With heartbreaking honesty, we are pulled into the world in which it is set. But despite the stark realism, Homeless is a tender story, told in quiet yet deep beats that slowly pierce our hearts. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Clay Hassler, Tif Hassler

Directed by Marc Meyers USA / 2015 / 108 minutes Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Fri Oct 2 • 6:00pm

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 10:00pm

Courtesy of visit films

A sweeping drama about forbidden romance, How He Fell in Love is a story of love doomed to failure. Struggling young musician Travis (Matt McGorry of ) has fallen head over heels for the beautiful, older, married yoga teacher Ellen (Amy Hargreaves of ). Alternating between vulnerability and pulsating sexuality, McGorry and Hargreaves seduce the audience with an impossible love story that is mesmerizing to watch. With New York City as the backdrop to their love, and a steamy getaway to the country as added spice to their already hot relationship, the lovers traverse this dangerous road with alternating abandon and control. Supported by veteran character actor Mark Blum, who delivers a touching performance as Henry, the jilted husband, the film peaks when husband and lover confront each other in the park. Will new love or old relationships persevere? Come see for yourself. – Svetlana Krotek

I Dream Too Much with Diane Ladd Directed by Katie Cokinos USA / 2015 / 93 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Thu Oct 1 • 3:30pm

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Fri Oct 2 • 6:00pm

Like many recent college grads, Dora (Edith Brolin) doesn’t know what to do with her life. She spends most of her time in daydreams about traveling the globe and becoming a romantic poet, while her overly practical mother is more focused on her daughter staying at home in New Jersey to prepare for the LSATs. After learning her great-aunt Vera (Oscar Winner Diane Ladd) is injured and requires assistance at her home in Upstate NY, Dora jumps at the chance to escape, hoping to find her true calling. The sophomore feature from director Katie Cokinos, I Dream Too Much is a light-hearted, dreamy story of self-discovery that initiates a candid relationship between two artistic, intelligent women two generations apart. In the time they spend together, both Dora and Vera will learn that no matter your age, now is always a good time to follow your dreams. – Sam Robotham Q&A Attendee: Katie Cokinos

Q&A Attendee: Marc Meyers

Q&A Attendee: Jake La Botz

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World Premiere

New York Premiere

EAST COAST Premiere

US Premiere

It Had To Be You

Lamb

Love & Taxes

Meet Me in Venice

USA, Italy / 2015 / 82 minutes

USA / 2015 / 97 minutes

USA / 2014 / 98 minutes

Directed by Eddy Terstall Co-Director: Erik Wünsch

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sonia is a neurotic and utterly charming jingle writer who has always dreamt of a big and exciting life. Surprised by a sudden proposal of marriage and subsequent ultimatum from her easy-going boyfriend, Chris, Sonia has to decide whether she’ll join the ranks of her married friends or take a leap and pursue her fantasies. Director Sasha Gordon, who worked on past Woodstock Film Festival favorites and Dear Lemon Lima (2009), God of Love (2010) and I Believe in Unicorns (2014), brings the same sensitivities to It Had To Be You, her directorial debut. In this whimsical and edgy romantic comedy that is raunchy yet gentle, she explores the choices women face today, while at the same time satirizing cultural expectations of gender and romance. – Woodstock Film Festival

Based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, Lamb traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward yet adventurous eleven-year-old girl played beautifully by rising young star Oona Laurence. Lamb is convinced that he can help Tommie avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and takes her for a road trip from Chicago to the Rockies, planning to initiate her into the beauty of the mountain wilderness. Never quite certain where is going, the film maintains a slow-burning intensity as the unfolding circumstances threaten to veer into very disturbing territory. But Lamb is not Lolita and Ross Partridge masterfully directs and stars in what is truly a provocative psychological drama of two lonely strangers who use one another to find direction and purpose in their lives. – Woodstock Film Festival

Love & Taxes is a riveting comic account of seven years of tax avoidance. Director Jacob Kornbluth takes on the role of “biographer,” following the exploits of his brother Josh, who is an autobiographical monologist (think Spalding Gray). The child of a radical upbringing, Josh prides himself on living “outside the system.” Thus, despite working for a high-powered tax attorney, he hasn’t filed his taxes in seven years. When he decides to go legit, everything in his life takes an upward turn. Or does it? Part documentary, part narrative, Love & Taxes blends Josh’s solo performances with scripted scenes to bring the subjective reality of the storyteller hilariously to life. What is real, what is exaggerated, we may never know. Nor does it matter. In this tale of procrastination, making movies and growing up, we are privy to a middle-aged coming-of-age story that is, quite possibly, the first ever pro-tax romantic comedy. A perfect antidote for these troubled financial times. – Woodstock Film Festival

Directed by Sasha Gordon

Directed by Ross Partridge

Fri Oct 2 • 9:30pm

Thur Oct 1 • 6:30pm

Sun Oct 4 • 7:15pm

Fri Oct 2 • 9:00pm

Q&A Attendee: Sasha Gordon

Q&A Attendees: Ross Partridge

Directed by Jacob Kornbluth

Fri Oct 2 • 3:30pm Sun Oct 4 • 7:45pm

Q&A Attendees:

Netherlands / 2015 / 93 minutes Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Thur Oct 1 • 4:00pm

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Fri Oct 2 • 6:30pm

The parent-child relationship is a popular theme in film; typically there is friction between the generations, but gradually each realizes they have more in common than previously thought. Meet Me in Venice adds a new voice to this story. Recounted by Lisa through a video she makes for her son, this Dutch father-daughter story of reconciliation unfolds between a woman and the father she first meets in adulthood. When the absentee Mauro invites Lisa to join him in Venice, she decides to go. But the journey doesn’t stop there, and the father-daughter road trip takes them from Italy to Istanbul along the Orient Express route, with breathtaking imagery of the Balkans and heartwarming musical interludes. In getting to know her father, Lisa gets to know herself. She shares this experience with her son so when he is older, he will understand her decisions and life choices. Anguish and charm combine to make watching enjoyable and enlightening at the same time. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Eddy Terstall, Erik Wünsch

Jacob & Josh Kornbluth, Brian Newman

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EAST COAST Premiere

US Premiere

NORTH AMERICAN premiere

EAST COAST Premiere

the Missing Girl

Moscow Never Sleeps

Oliver’s Deal

Outliving Emily

Directed by A.D. Calvo USA / 2015 / 89 minutes ROSENDALE Theatre

Fri Oct 2 • 9:00pm

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 7:30pm

When watching writer/director A.D. Calvo’s The Missing Girl it is hard to find anything, well... missing. The Missing Girl follows quintessential comic book store owner, Morty, who has a hard time letting go of the past. His humdrum existence is dramatically changed when he hires the too-beautiful-to-be-working-as-a-clerk Ellen, a burgeoning artist and satirist with an appreciation of his meticulous yet grumpy nature. Integrating illustrations and split scenes in classic graphic novel layout, details of the characters desires are symbolically displayed in dream sequences or drawings by Ellen, who uses her art and her new day job to try and escape her former life as an erotic dancer. When Ellen seemingly disappears, our emotionally stunted hero transforms into a detective. The Missing Girl cleverly balances tension and suspense, fantasy and intrigue, as we search for a girl who perhaps isn’t missing at all. – Benjamin Scott Q&A Attendee: A.D. Calvo

Directed by Johnny O’Reilly Ireland / 2014 / 100 minutes In Russian with English subtitles

USA / 2015 / 87 minutes

ROSENDALE Theatre

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Moscow Never Sleeps is a multi-narrative drama that dives headlong into the volatile intersections of Moscow itself and the intimate lives of five Muscovites from diverse backgrounds. The

Courtesy of atlantic pictures

Sat Oct 3 • 11:00am Sun Oct 4 • 3:00pm

film tracks an oligarch forced to leave Russia, a young man conflicted about sending his grandmother to a nursing home, a famous comedian on his death bed, a woman powerless in her marriage, and an aspiring singer. The characters are connected by past relations, as well as chance, and while they don’t always physically cross paths, all experience a certain element of Moscow at the same time. The city, in fact, is one of the main characters. Opening with stunning panoramas of Moscow at dawn, the calm gives way to the hustle and bustle of Moscow City Day, an annual festival celebrating the biggest metropolis in Europe, which is the backdrop for the 24-hour rollercoaster encounter. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendee: Johnny O’Reilly

Thur Oct 1 • 7:30pm Fri Oct 2 • 7:30pm

Set against a backdrop of international finance and intrigue in New York and Peru, Oliver’s Deal weaves a tapestry of exploits, corruption, familial bonds, and human redemption. Oliver Campbell, an American businessman, finds himself torn between the icy corporate CEO and the poverty stricken Peruvian boy who tends the family’s sheep and llamas while dreaming of a new life. Though cold greed propels the story, the suffering that eventually seeps in alters the trajectory and softens the hearts of some of the more hardcore characters. In this intense drama that keeps you speculating throughout the interwoven stories, we see people from vastly different walks of life facing situations no one has prepared them for. With a gifted international and American cast and outstanding cinematography, director Barney Elliot tells a story that is unpredictable, emotional and ultimately questioning whether the end can justify the means. – Svetlana Krotek

Sat Oct 3 • 12:30pm Sun Oct 4 • 5:00pm

Outliving Emily is the poignant story of the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty, from the night they meet in a bar to their twilight years half a century later. The Hanrattys are cleverly

portrayed by six diverse pairs of actors in six acts, with real-life husband and wife Louis Zorich and Olympia Dukakis playing the couple in the final stage of their life together. Tim and Emily wrestle with the extraordinary push and pull of a long-term relationship – the feelings of attraction and antagonism, the desire to please and the desire to dominate. Unfolding in a series of shape-shifting roles between race, gender, sexual orientation, and age, the Hanratty marriage skillfully demonstrates that no matter who we are - man, woman, black, white, gay, straight - we all love the same. A unique and daring approach to one of life’s most universal subjects. Q&A attendees: Eric Weber, Sean Devaney, Josh Sugarman

Q&A Attendees: Barney Elliott, Darren Goldberg

Remember Directed by Atom Egoyan CANADA / 2015 / 95 minutes Courtesy of A24

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Peru, USA / 2014 / 97 minutes

with Olympia Dukakis, Andre Braugher and Zosia Mamet Directed by Eric Weber

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

OPENING NIGHT FILM

US Premiere

with Stephen Dorff and David Strathairn Directed by Barney Elliott

Remember tells the story of Zev Guttman (Academy Award®-winner Christopher Plummer), a 90-year-old struggling with memory loss who is living out his final years in a bucolic retirement home.

A week following the death of his beloved wife Ruth, he suddenly gets a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award®-winner Martin Landau), containing a stack of money, a gun, and a letter detailing a shocking plan. Both Zev and Max were prisoners in Auschwitz, and the same sadistic guard was responsible for the death of both their families—a guard who, immediately after the war, escaped Germany and

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has been living in the U.S. ever since under an assumed identity. Max is wheelchair-bound but in full command of his mental faculties; with his guidance, Zev will embark on a cross-continental road-trip to bring justice once and for all to the man who destroyed both their lives. Q&A Attendee: Atom Egoyan

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East Coast Premiere

Us Premiere

New York Premiere

Rendez-vous

Scout

Silver Skies

Summer (Zomer)

Directed by Antoinette Beumer The Netherlands / 2015 / 100 minutes In Dutch & French with English subtitles

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 7:15pm

with Ellen Burstyn and Nikki Reed Directed by Laurie Weltz USA / 2015 / 92 minutes Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 10:00pm

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Sat Oct 3 • 3:30pm

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Sun Oct 4 • 1:00pm

Simone needs a change. Together with her husband Eric and their two children, she buys a decrepit mansion in the south of France to turn it into a home and B&B. While the chaos of the renovation grows, Simone flees into a thrilling affair with one of the French construction workers, the gorgeous twenty-yearold Michel. She slowly loses control of her life and the French dream turns into her worst nightmare. Exquisitely shot and acted, this whirlwind tale of forbidden and dangerous passion is one you will not be able to keep your eyes off. Q&A Attendee: Antoinette Beumer

Despite a disregard for convention and lax parenting, rebellious 15-year-old Scout is willing to risk everything for her little sister. When this charming con-artist enlists a wealthy mental patient to help her find Lulu, we embark on a road trip across Texas in search of their estranged carnie father who has kidnapped his young daughter. The characters in this film are as unpredictable as the story. Twenty-one-year-old India Ennenga as Scout and child star Onata Aprile as Lulu are supported by a stellar cast: James Frecheville as the convincing suicidal side-kick, Jane Seymour as his overbearing mother, Danny Glover as the misleadingly menacing Red, Tim Guinee as the malevolent dad, Nikki Reed as his religious zealot wife, and Ellen Burstyn as sympathetic but erratic Gram. In spite of its wit and dysfunction, at its heart, Scout is a touching tale of deep sisterly bonds and two misfits who come together to create a new kind of family. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Laurie Weltz

with George Hamilton Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez USA / 2015 / 96 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Sat Oct 3 • 4:00pm

Silver Skies chronicles a group of seniors whose lives turn upside down when their Los Angeles apartment complex threatens to be sold out from under them. Director Rosemary Rodriguez has assembled a high-profile cast to play some very complicated roles. With humor and compassion, she brings these old-timers to a place of fear, a little romance and deep caring for each others’ well-being. Long term pals Phil and Nick (George Hamilton and Jack McGee) tenderly face Phil’s descent into Alzheimer’s. Ethel (the sexy Valerie Perrine) finds friendship trumps love. Mariette Hartley’s Harriet discovers life is good when you let down your guard. And with incredible moxie, Eve (Barbara Bain) demonstrates that age is no impediment when it comes to defending what’s right. The story is easily relatable, as our aging population confronts a downturn in health, money and self-esteem. Now in their twilight years, facing the unknown, these underdogs will have you rooting for them all the way. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Rosemary & Nestor Rodriguez

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Directed by Colette Bothof The Netherlands / 2014 / 89 minutes Dutch with English Subtitles Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 10:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Sun Oct 4 • 5:00pm

Zomer (Summer) is sweltering in a Dutch village where everyday life is dominated by the continually droning power plant. Sixteen-year-old Anne, her brother and their friends spend the days biking through winding roads that lead nowhere and everywhere. It is a time of adventure and youthful awakening. Anne, however, a quiet girl who longs to escape the confines of her small town, often feels like an outsider — until she meets Lena, a new girl in town who rides a motorbike, wears leather and is different from everybody else. With the awkward tenderness of youth and innocence, the two girls quickly form a bond and the audience gets to watch as young love unfolds. Authentic performances and cinematography that captures the languor and heat of summertime create a beautiful story of sexual awakening and a girl daring to be different. For those who have traveled beyond the teenage years, it is a reminder of the possibilities life holds. – Woodstock Film Festival Q&A Attendees: Colette Bothof

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East Coast Premiere

East Coast Premiere

East Coast Premiere

There Should Be Rules

Touched With Fire

Waffle Street

The Walk

USA / 2015 / 101 minutes

with James Lafferty and Danny Glover Directed by Eshom and Ian Nelms

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

USA / 2015 / 90 minutes

USA / 2015 / 100 minutes

ROSENDALE Theatre

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Directed by Linda-Maria Birbeck Sweden / 2015 / 89 minutes

In Swedish with English subtitles Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 4:30pm

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Sat Oct 3 • 12:00pm

Mia and Mirjam, two passionate, free-spirited 14-year-olds, along with Karl, who is inventive and wise beyond his years, are a close knit threesome in a small town in Sweden where nothing ever happens. Although the young friends spend nearly every waking hour together, each attempts to discover a unique path to coming of age. In the center is Mia, torn between youth and adulthood, family and friends. Mia wishes there were no rules and tempts life again and again. Mirjam, seeking love, finds her road to adulthood in a steamy romance with an older man who claims he loves her. Karl, supporting Mia’s sense of loss as her best friend is pulled away by new love, helps concoct ways to bring Mirjam back to them. While friendship and family bonds are tested and facades eventually crumble, the teens declare, ‘we are never becoming ordinary.’ And they don’t. Beautifully shot and acted, and superbly written, There Should Be Rules exemplifies fine Swedish cinema, where nuances are everything and delicate stories unfold in their own tempo and style. – Svetlana Krotek

with Katie Holmes Directed by Paul Dalio

Thur Oct 1 • 7:00pm

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Sat Oct 3 • 1:30pm

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Dedicated to a long list of bi-polar artists, Touched With Fire propels us into the roller coaster lives of Marco and Carla, two young poets drawn to each other’s mania. Is it a gift? An illness to be cured? An entry into fierce creativity? Does mania inspire fierce genius, and if so, is it worth the price of the crushing depression that inevitably follows the high? Writer-director Paul Dalio tells his story from the inside-out, using Van Gogh’s Starry Night as the backdrop to an alternate reality. Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby strike just the right note as the manic young lovers, and Christine Lahti’s Sara is perfect as Carla’s mother navigating the difficult terrain between protecting and alienating her daughter. Lighting is used to great effect in this harrowing story of lovers spinning in and out of control and a cameo by Kay Jamison, author of Touched with Fire, the definitive work on creativity and madness, lends even more authenticity. – Barbara Pokras, ACE Q&A Attendees: Paul Dalio, Kristina Nikolova

Fri Oct 2 • 6:30pm

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Sun Oct 4 • 12:30pm

Directors Eshom and Ian Nelms (Lost On Purpose, 2013) return to Woodstock with their second feature, Waffle Street, based on the memoir of James Adams, former VP of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and unexpectedly winds up in the world of the unemployed. In this genuine riches-to-rags story, Jimmy, played by a charming James Lafferty, finally finds work waiting tables at a chicken & waffles chain, where the hectic pace and general mayhem become both comedic and endearing. Under the tutelage of master grill man Edward (Danny Glover in a stunningly earnest performance), Jimmy learns some hard lessons about life, finance and making grits. But the foremost thing he discovers is carpe diem, as he begins to enjoy the pleasures of the moment and realize that the measure of a man is far more than luxury homes and expensive cars. Fundamentally, Waffle Street is an authentic account of what it means to rediscover yourself. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Eshom and Ian Nelms

Q&A Attendee: Linda-Maria Birbeck

Carpe Diem award recipient

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with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ben Kingsley Directed by Robert Zemeckis

Sat Oct 3 • 6:30pm Courtesy of sony pictures

Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), is aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, who overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the master director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and wizardry, The Walk is genuine big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. It is also one of the rare live-action films that is a PG-rated, all-audience entertainment for moviegoers 8 to 80 — and a true story to boot. It is unlike anything audiences have seen before, a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center. – Woodstock Film Festival 

WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2015

documentaries

US Premiere

East Coast Premiere

1 Giant Leap II: What about me?

3 Still Standing

A Woman Like Me

After the Spill

Directed by Robert Campos and Donna LoCiera

Directed by Alex Sichel and Elizabeth Giamatti

Directed by Jon Bowermaster

USA / 2014 / 90 minutes

USA / 2015 / 84 minutes

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Directed by Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Cato USA / 2015 / 85 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Fri Oct 2 • 5:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Sat Oct 3 • 5:00pm

1 Giant Leap: What About Me? is a unique music, TV and film project, the culmination of 4 years of directors Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto visiting 50 locations around the world, collecting wisdom and musical jewels. It’s an inspiring and alarming look at our collective insanity: how we are ego-driven, needy in relationships, insatiable in desire, addicted to status, wounded by childhood, and unable to stop thinking, but still manage to be inspired and creative. At its core is the music, starting with pre-composed backing tracks and seamlessly layering on international stars like Alanis Morissette, KD Lang, Michael Franti, Michael Stipe, Khrisna Das, and Stewart Copeland, Bedouin musicians, Chinese rappers, Gabonese pygmies, Tuvan throat singers, Egyptian folk musicians, Japanese taiko drummers, and more. Along with Noam Chomsky, Eckhart Tolle, Stephen Fry and other renowned thinkers, writers, and entertainers, everyday folks speak out — gravediggers, taxi drivers, brain surgeons, street kids. These unscripted conversations reveal how we are connected by not only creativity and beliefs, but primarily through our madness! An unforgettable and completely unconventional musical and cinematic journey that will leave you stunned and inspired.  – Woodstock Film Festival

Thur Oct 1 • 8:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Fri Oct 2 • 1:00pm

Courtesy of Cargo Films and

Releasing

3 Still Standing follows three veteran stand-up comics as they struggle to survive the downfall of comedy in a changing world. Contemporaries of Robin Williams, Dana Carvey and others in the hotbed of San Francisco during the heady 1980s, success seems to be just one great set away for Will Durst, Larry “Bubbles” Brown and Johnny Steele. Now that the heyday is over and comedy seems to have taken a hiatus, the skilled live performers must seek new ways to reinvent their acts in an unfamiliar landscape of social media and online celebrity. With surprisingly serious intent — after all these men are comedians — the “3” pursue creative ways to make their comebacks. 3 Still Standing is a 30-year roller-coaster ride through comedy’s boom and bust, with recollections from contemporaries and close colleagues Rob Schneider and Paula Poundstone. And on a poignant note, we get to hear one of Robin Williams last recorded interviews. – Woodstock Film Festival Q&A Attendees: Robert Campos, Donna Lokiero, Will Durst, Johnny Steele

World Premiere

Sat Oct 3 • 6:30pm

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Sun Oct 4 • 2:15pm When filmmaker Alex Sichel learns she has metastatic breast cancer, she decides to persevere by making a movie about a woman facing the same diagnosis, displaying as much optimism as she can, while simultaneously documenting her own experience. The result is two movies unfolding sideby-side, with behind-the-scenes footage of both. A Woman Like Me proceeds with unflinching honesty, humor and an enormous dose of personal strength. A majority of the film is diary-style, with Alex speaking into her handheld camera. Enlisted to play Anna, Alex’s upbeat fictional alter-ego, Lili Taylor is directed on screen in scenes that meander between pure fantasy and reenactments of real-life moments, playing them not always as Alexis behaved, but in the way she wishes she had. In a brave effort, that is at times painful, yet always touching, the legacy Alex leaves is raw and real. – Ben F. Fischer

Q&A Attendee: Elizabeth Giamatti

USA / 2015 / 60 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Sun Oct 4 • 3:00pm

Evocatively titled, After The Spill takes us five years out, after BP’s Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank in April 2010. Has life returned to normal along Louisiana’s coastline? Or has it been changed forever? Filmmaker and adventurer Jon Bowermaster was putting the finishing touches on SoLa, Louisiana Water Stories, which he began filming in 2008, when the well exploded. The film gorgeously captured a place and a way of life that many believe will never return. Bowermaser and his camera have revisited the area many times, interviewing fishermen, scientists, politicians, environmentalists, and oil-rig workers to investigate how the Louisiana coast has been altered. What really happened to that oil? What about the dispersant used to push it beneath the surface? How has the spill impacted local economies, human health and the health of marine life and the Gulf itself? Has Louisiana’s coastline been tainted forever? With skill and determination, filmmaker Jon Bowermaster probes and uncovers the truth beneath the spill. – Woodstock Film Festival Q&A Attendee: Jon Bowermaster

SCREENING Followed by Aa Rare Live Performance WITH COMEDIANS

Will Durst & Johnny SteelE

Q&A Attendees: Duncan Bridgeman, Krishna Das, Stewart Copeland

2015 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

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East Coast Premiere

World Premiere

East Coast Premiere

NEW YORK Premiere

the Babushkas of Chernobyl

Buried Above Ground

Deep Run

DRAWING THE TIGER

Directed by Hillevi Loven

Directed by Ben Selkow USA / 2015 / 85 minutes

USA / 2015 / 75 minutes

Directed by Amy Benson, Scott Squire & Ramyata Limbu USA / 2015 / 97 minutes

Directed by Holly Morris, Anne Bogart (Co-Director) USA / 2015 / 72 minutes

English and Ukranian with subtitles

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 12:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Sat Oct 3 • 12:00pm

Here in the exclusion zone life never stopped, nature just took over. So says Valentyna Ivanivna, one of a remarkable group of elderly babushkas living in the shadows of Chernobyl in a scattering of small villages on some of the most toxic land on earth. Ironically, this contaminated earth produces herbs, fruits and vegetables that seem to sustain the babushkas. How is it possible that these ancient women continue to thrive? Is the deep and enduring friendship they share part of the answer? Do we need to rethink everything we’ve been taught about nuclear contamination? What about the thrill-seeking young men who tempt fate in acts of bravado that may someday claim their lives? Evacuees were told they could never return, but motherland is everything. Each person should live where their soul desires, says one. This is a fascinating and powerful film, with indelible images and a near perfect score. Brilliant and courageous filmmaking. A must see. – Barbara Pokras, ACE Q&A Attendee: Holly Morris

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Fri Oct 2 • 1:00pm Sun Oct 4 • 5:15pm

Buried Above Ground brings to light the global health condition we now recognize as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by sharing the courageous journeys of three Americans wrestling with the aftermath of devastating events. The film broadens the scope of PTSD beyond combat veterans to include other forms of debilitating trauma that currently impact 450 million people worldwide. Struggle along with U.S. Army captain Luis Montalvan, back from the Iraq War, as he learns to cope with his inner war wounds and resurface via the bond he forms with his service dog, Tuesday. Relive Hurricane Katrina with evacuee Ashley as she pledges to rebuild her home while she rebuilds herself. Empathize with Eurndina, fighting to stay sober and go back to school after surviving child abuse and domestic violence. Filmed over six years, with intimate access to these survivors as they unburden themselves of the past, Buried Above Ground pays tribute to the human spirit and the skill of the filmmaker. – Woodstock Film Festival Q&A Attendees: Ben Selkow

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 11:45am

In Nepali with Subtitles

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Growing up is difficult. But when you are a boy living in the body of a girl in rural North Carolina, life can be extremely complicated. Meet 17-year-old Spazz, exiled by her family, rejected by her ex, with no one to lean on for support. When Spazz falls in love again, she finds the courage to transition to Cole Ray Davis, a gutsy trans young man. Directed by social justice activist Hillevi Loven and executive produced by LGBTQ supporter Susan Sarandon, Deep Run is Cole’s coming-of-age and comingout story. It is also an intimate exploration of young outsiders in an insular Christian community, whose candid humor and steadfast beliefs help them face the harsh, gritty reality of their daily lives. With a small group of supportive friends, relatives, and his girlfriend, Ashley, Cole’s search for love and belonging leads him to a radical revision of what faith and church can be. – Ben F. Fischer

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Sun Oct 4 • 6:00pm

Q&A Attendees: Hillevi Loven, Samara Levenstein, Chris Talbott, Cole Ray Davis

preceded by

All About Amy Directed By Samuel Centore USA / 2014 / 7:33 Minutes An intimate portrayal that follows a widowed transgender taxi driver in the catskills. amy recounts her late wife’s support as she works the night shift and returns at sunrise to her unfinished, decaying home in the woods.

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com

Thu Oct 1 • 1:30pm Sat Oct 3 • 2:30pm

In rural Nepal, where each day is a work-filled struggle to survive, young Shanta Darnal is her family’s hope for something better. When Shanta is awarded a scholarship to attend school in the city, they envision circumstances changing. And so they do, but in a way neither the family nor the filmmakers, who spent seven years filming, could have anticipated. Drawing the Tiger is an unflinchingly real and almost unbearably touching portrait of an impoverished family and a young girl faced with an enormous responsibility. In their first featurelength production, Amy Benson and Scott Squire exhibit an amazing commitment to telling the story of a family and a culture, even when, as can happen with a documentary, happenstance takes the story in a unplanned direction. The exquisite cinematography, whether in the majestic yet desolate village or the chaotic, bleak city, perceptively complements this compelling and poignant story of an impossible situation that goes from bad to worse when it was only supposed to get better. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Amy Benson

WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2015

documentaries

EAST COAST Premiere

East Coast Premiere

Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation

I Will Not Be Silenced

Incorruptible

Directed by Barbara Kopple

Directed by Judy Rymer

SUSA / 2014 / 93 minutes

USA / 2015 / 92 minutes

Australia / 2014 / 84 minutes

North American Premiere

Family Matters Directed by Noa Roth Israel / 2015 / 67 minutes Hebrew with Subtitles

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Thu Oct 1 • 7:30pm

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 2:30pm

Courtesy of Go2films

Deep family secrets and heartfelt attempts to heal broken relationships are the crux of this moving documentary about the little known world of the extreme orthodox Jewish population. Directed by Noa Roth, Family Matters is her unflinching journey of selfdiscovery as she tells the story of how, 30 years ago, the divorce of her parents shook the religious Israeli city of Bney Barak and affected the lives of their seven children. Her father was an esteemed rabbi; after she left with the children, her mother became a renowned author. The film follows a family divided between the conflicting worlds of the ultra-orthodox and the secular. Roth bravely travels among the ghosts of her childhood in an attempt to reunite her fractured family and, finally, start one of her own. Told with respect and love for both worlds, Family Matters is a testament to selfempowerment and the deep-seated force of religious life. – Svetlana Krotek

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 2:30pm

When a renowned filmmaker makes a film about a renowned magazine, the outcome is sure to be captivating. Barbara Kopple is well known to Woodstock, and around the globe, for such break-through films as Harlan County USA, Woodstock My Generation, Shut Up and Sing, Running from Crazy, and more. Her latest, Hot Type; 150 Years of The Nation, is a vivid look at America’s oldest continuously published weekly magazine. With editor Katrina vanden Heuvel (who will be in attendance) at the helm, as well as an impressive array of brilliant and passionate writers, the film takes us on a journey into the soul of American Journalism. With unfettered access and unfiltered honesty, Hot Type captures the day-to-day pressures and challenges of publishing a weekly magazine, as well as illuminating how the past continuously ripples through and shapes current events. It is the story of The Nation — and the nation — evolving into the future, as it is guided by its remarkable past.

Screening will be followed by a

conversation

between director Barbara Kopple and The Nation’s Editor and Publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel Hosted by Robin Bronk

2015 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

English and Swahili with subtitles Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Fri Oct 2 • 2:00pm

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Sun Oct 4 • 3:30pm

Charlotte Campbell got more than she bargained for when she left her home in Australia to volunteer in Africa to help orphans and vulnerable kids and experience the Kenyan way of life. She became the victim of a violent daytime rape by a gang of young thugs. Assuming the police and the court system would mete out justice, Charlotte reported the attack and landed at the intersection of law and culture. While rape has become a pandemic in Kenya, especially in the slums, women are afraid to report it out of embarrassment and fear of reprisal from the police. Is justice delayed, justice denied? Certainly in this case, but Charlotte, determined to find justice, set out to empower other rape victims, many of whom were sexualized at a young age through poverty, poor living conditions and gender bias. Mobilizing women to stand up to the rapists, Charlotte’s journey is a story of courage in the face of enormous obstacles. An inspirational and unforgettable film. – Barbara Pokras, ACE Q&A Attendee: Judy Rymer

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Directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi French,Wolof with English subtitles Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 5:15pm

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Sun Oct 4 • 5:30pm

In the spring of 2011, Senegal was pitched into crisis when President Abdoulaye Wade decided to change the constitution to allow for a third term. An artist-led youth movement — the Y’en a Marre (Enough is Enough) — erupted to protect one of Africa’s oldest and most stable democracies. Fourteen candidates ran for president. Incorruptible follows the main players: incumbent President Wade, opposition candidate Macky Sall and music superstar Youssou Ndour, along with the Y’en a Marre movement. Displaying passion, exuberance, corruption, religious ploys, a call for accountability, collaboration, and the registration of 300,000 new voters, the results were stunning. More people voted than ever before in the history of independent Senegal. Macky Sall, running on a platform of reform and anti-corruption, won. The film explores this transition and asks: after you unite against something, what do you then unite for? With democracies around the world under siege, Incorruptible offers hope, while honestly examining the sustainability of a peoples’ movement and the role youth are taking to shape the future. Inspiring! Q&A Attendee: E. Chai Vasarhelyi

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WORLD Premiere

New York Premiere

New York Premiere

Lee’s 88 Keys

Left on Purpose Directed by Justin Schein Co-director David Mehlman

Look At Us Now, Mother!

Mavis!

Directed by Susan Robbins

Directed by Gayle Kirschenbaum

USA / 2015 / 81 minutes

USA / 2015 / 104 minutes Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES

Fri Oct 2 • 8:30pm

You may not know her name, but 88-year-old jazz pianist Lee Shaw is a legend among musicians. She was coveted by Lionel Hampton (but declined an invitation to join him), tutored by Oscar Peterson, and her current trio boasts Hudson Valley homeboys Rich Syracuse on bass and Jeff Siegel on drums. Shaw fell in love with the piano at age 5, and director Susan Robbins’ bio-pic, Lee’s 88 Keys, comes alive with recollections of Shaw first hearing music and learning to play, on to becoming a bona-fide musician. The story is rich with music, history and a multitude of anecdotes and accolades from fellow musicians, former students (including local luminary John Medeski), and friends. Shaw has struggled with being a woman in a male dominated field, the financial challenges of pursuing a musical dream, and the conflict of her ever-sharp mind residing in an aging vessel. Indomitable, she is driven by her love of music and passion for jazz. Experience that passion in Lee’s 88 Keys. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendee: Susan Robbins

The Lee Shaw Trio will be performing before the screening, at Love Bites in Saugerties from 5pm to 9pm

USA / 2014 / 85 minutes Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Thur Oct 1 • 5:30pm

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Sat Oct 3 • 6:00pm

When director Justin Schein set out to film the life story of Mayer Vishner, an aging hippy and former political activist living alone in NYC in a tiny, overly crowded apartment, it is unlikely he anticipated the turn the story would take. Loneliness is one of the hardest maladies to live with, and Mayer, after years of coping with solitude, and six months into filming, announces that his last political act will be the taking of his own life. An ethical struggle ensues as the filmmaker can’t help but put himself inside the story, trying to help his subject create a different ending. As Schein’s own young child becomes a part of the film in a tender moment that restores hope that Vishner’s life can be preserved, the viewer is inadvertently pulled into the unfolding tragic drama in a rare and deeply affective experience of self-questioning. Left on Purpose is a cinematic journey that poses ethical questions not easily answered, yet oh so important to be asked. – Svetlana Krotek Q&A Attendees: Justin Schein, David Mehlman, Eden Wurmfeld, Yael Bridge

USA / 2014 / 84 minutes Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Thur Oct 1 • 3:00pm

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Sat Oct 3 • 9:00pm ‘Mother knows best’ hardly applies to Mildred Abramowitz Kirschernbaum, the ascerbic, hypercritical and sometimes downright nasty mother of documentarian Gayle Kirschernbaum. With wit, humor and compassion, Gayle, a bulldog of a daughter, is determined to understand, forgive and cherish her mother before it’s too late. But how? Forgiveness is easy to roll off the lips, but what if you’d been criticized and made to feel deficient all your life by the one person who means the most? What if the only safe love is the four-legged kind? Gayle and Mildred travel the road to forgiveness with alternately hilarious and poignant stops along the way. Gayle’s journals, starting at age eight, reveal an acutely sensitive child who can’t understand what she’s done wrong. Was she born into the wrong family? Should she have been a boy? Gerald, Gayle’s downtrodden father, seems to think so. So does her therapist. You won’t want to miss this delightful, searingly honest and intimate mother-daughter story. – Barbara Pokras, A.C.E

Directed by Jessica Edwards Levon Helm Studios Fri Oct 2 • 9:30pm

Calling singer/civil rights activist Mavis Staples a living legend is no overstatement. With roots in gospel and a visionary father who molded his family into the Staple Singers, we watch the group go from gospel performances at local churches during the 1960s and ‘70s to chart-topping mainstream hits. Skillfully combining archival material, new interviews and live performances, filmmaker Jessica Edwards hits all the high notes of the Staple Singer’s tenure. The movie continues to track the rollercoaster of the artist’s solo career, including such tender moments as Mavis’ visit to the late Levon Helm at his Barn. Julian Bond, Bonnie Raitt, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, and Bob Dylan are prominent among the friends, fellow musicians and civil rights veterans who pay homage to the documentary’s star. But it is Mavis herself who performs most eloquently, especially after winning a 2011 Grammy for her album You Are Not Alone. Mavis! — both the woman and the film — richly deserve the exclamation point in the title. – Woodstock Film Festival “







Q&A Attendee: Jessica Edwards

Q&A Attendees: Gayle Kirschenbaum, Jessica Philliips

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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2015

documentaries

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

world Premiere

New York Premiere

WORLD Premiere

Paradise Is There

the Poet of Havana Directed by Ron Chapman

Reconquest of the Useless

Canada / 2015 / 97 minutes

Directed by Sam Pressman

UK / 2014 / 92 minutes

A Memoir by Natalie Merchant, The New Tigerlily Recordings

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

USA/2015/90 minutes

Ulster Performing Arts Center

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES (film only)

ROSENDALE Theatre

Directed by Roger Graef & James Rogan

Sat Oct 3 • 9:00pm

ROSENDALE Theatre

Thur Oct 1 • 9:15pm

Sun Oct 4 • 12:00pm

In 1969, six men joined forces to create an absurd surrealist comedy group that would one day become one of the most notable icons of the comedy world. Now, nearly 35 years later, these illustrious Monty Python players have reunited to bring their unique brand of silliness back to their massive fan base. Focusing on their sold-out, ten-night run at The O2 Arena in London, Monty Python: The Meaning of Live presents a behind-the-scenes look at Monty Python’s largest show ever. Filled with heartfelt interviews and insights, as well as a nostalgic look back at old sketches, this historic documentary shows the always hilarious, always hard-working Pythons in a brand new light. Artfully balancing stage performance, personal memories, and a view of who these men are today, this film is sure to have you laughing in your seat. A treat for any fan of this brilliant, one-of-a-kind comedy group and an education for anyone who missed them back in the day. – Sam Robotham

Twenty years after it was first released, singer/songwriter Natalie Merchant has re-recorded her 5 million-selling album Tigerlily. Paradise Is There, A Memoir by Natalie Merchant, directed by Merchant, is a personal account of the beloved singer’s journey. Told through her voice and the voices of her fans, the bio-pic illustrates how powerfully the songs from the record — Carnival, River, Wonder, The Letter, and more — have impacted her audience. At the same time, it is a first-hand telling of how the music and her avid admirers have significantly influenced Merchant’s own life. We have all enjoyed her music and with this film we get to know Merchant in a new way and appreciate the humanity of the woman that is reflected in her songs. Filled with archival footage from her early days fronting 10,000 Maniacs, this is the first documentary about herself that Natalie Merchant has participated in. Q&A Attendees: Natalie Merchant, Jon Bowermaster

English and Spanish with Subtitles Wed Sept 30 • 7:30pm Sat Oct 3 • 10:00pm

The Poet of Havana explores the cultural, political and social significance Carlos Varela has had in his 30 years as a singer-songwriter. A veteran of censorship battles with the Cuban government, his emotionally charged songs—raw, metaphoric chronicles of contemporary Cuban life— have drawn comparisons to Bob Dylan’s work. Jackson Browne’s translation of Varela’s Muros y Puertas (Walls and Doors), talks about how polarized we are as a society, evident in the song’s refrain, “There can be freedom only when nobody owns it.” Shot in Havana with unique access, the audience enjoys stunning concert and insider backstage moments, along with exclusive interviews with such international stars as Ivan Lins, Luis Enrique, Juan and Samuel Formel, Diana Fuentes, X Alfonso, Alexander Abreu, in addition to Jackson Browne and actor Benicio Del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Traffic, Guardians of the Galaxy). – Woodstock Film Festival

USA / 2015 / 79 minutes Thur Oct 1 • 12:30pm

Sat Oct 3 • 8:00pm Reconquest Of The Useless is a documentary film that follows the travails of three young men as they journey nearly 5,000 miles through the Peruvian Amazon searching for inspiration, adventure and the legacy of Werner Herzog’s classic film Fitzcarraldo thirty years after it was made. Like Fitzcarraldo, who dreamed of building an opera house in the jungle, and Herzog himself, with his transcendent vision of cinema, the creators of Reconquest Of The Useless also pursue quixotic dreams: to travel without being tourists and to have transformative experiences by exploring what is rarely sought after. Imbued with the spirit of Fitzcarraldo, the ultimate film for impossible dreamers, Reconquest Of The Useless is about the quest for the ineffable and unknown, and where that path can take you. A true journey for the audience to embark upon. Q&A Attendees: Sam Pressman, Walter Saxer

Wednesday’s Screening will be followed by a performance featuring

Cuba’s Carlos Varela and band with special guest Jackson Browne  Tickets for this event are available at BARDAVON.ORG or UPAC. A limited amount of tickets are available via WFF

2015 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

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East Coast Premiere

East Coast Premiere

World Festival Premiere

World Festival Premiere

She’s The Best Thing In It

The Student Body

Shelter

Sporting Dreams

Directed by Barbara Kopple

Directed by Leon Gast

Directed by Ron Nyswaner

Directed by Bailey Webber, Michael Webber

USA / 2015 / 52 minutes

USA / 2015 / 52 minutes

USA / 2014 / 80 minutes

USA / 2015 / 85 minutes

screening with Sporting

screening with Shelter

Upstate Films WOODSTOCK

Upstate Films II RHINEBECK

Sat Oct 3 • 7:45pm

Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Sun Oct 4 • 3:00pm

Oscar-nominated writer/producer Ron Nywaner’s first documentary feature is an examination of the actor’s craft and the sacrifices demanded by a lifelong career. Watch the feisty and and at times hilarious veteran character actor and Tony Award winner, Mary Louise Wilson, age 79, teach her first acting class to skeptical members of the YouTube generation, smashing their red carpet illusions and challenging them to bring emotional honesty into their acting. Featuring interviews with Frances McDormand, Melissa Leo, Tyne Daly, Estelle Parsons, Valerie Harper, and playwright Doug Wright, She’s The Best Thing in It discusses what it means to be a character actor, whether acting can be taught, what constitutes ‘talent,’ and whether the profession is harder for women. Nyswaner, known for such features as Philadelphia, The Painted Veil and the popular TV series Ray Donovan, handles this film and its real life subject with the same sympatico and style that he brings to his perceptively portrayed fictional characters. – Woodstock Film Festival Q&A Attendees: Ron Nyswaner, Mary Louise Wilson

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Sat Oct 3 • 1:00pm

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sun Oct 4 • 2:30pm

10th grade filmmaker Bailey Webber is on a mission. The investigation begins when her school district implements a controversial mandate forcing schools to perform Body Mass Index tests in a misguided attempt to address childhood obesity. After a sixth grader voices her protest against the “fat letters,” Webber recognizes the injustice of telling children they are fat if they don’t fall within a narrowly accepted range. Believing they are being unfairly profiled and bullied, her keen inquiry includes a relentless chase after the bureaucrat who sponsored the law. Whether she is staging a vigil at the state house, or interviewing health experts for their input, Bailey never loses her cool. Her dogged pursuit is always done with poise and immense charm. Despite the filmmaker’s youth, The Student Body is a sophisticated, smart, steadfast, sensitive, and often humorous chronicle of two brave girls who expose the hypocrisy of grownups who think they are safeguarding the nation’s young. – Ben F. Fischer Q&A Attendees: Bailey Webber, Michael Webber

Dreams

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 11:45am

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sat Oct 3 • 11:45am Courtesy of Al Jazeera

During the final year of an unprecedented national effort to end military veteran homelessness, two-time Academy Award winning director Barbara Kopple intimately documents the on-the-ground work of the veteran-founded community-based service organization, Veterans Resource Center, in Northern California. Sharing the struggles of those they seek to pull out of a life lived on the streets, Shelter tells a story of vets saving vets, delving into the psychological trauma created by military service, the effects that remain long after active duty, and the difficult road back to a normal life for these women and men. – Woodstock Film Festival

Courtesy of Al Jazeera

Through the intimate stories of three American families, we grasp that childhood and high school sports are still the bridge to attaining the American Dream.... for the child as well as the parent. Is it worth it? Sports play an enormous part in the American social fabric. More children than ever are participating in competitive sports. Sports can help achieve their athletic dreams, help with their academics, teach how to deal with adversity and failure, learn to succeed through hard work and dedication and, of course, how to have fun. Academy Award® winner Leon Gast looks at several different individual and team sports in America: from boxing and hockey, to the girls AAU basketball. The film examines family relationships between mothers and fathers and sons and daughters. We look at their joys and struggles by exploring how sports play a part in their American dream.

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documentaries

SOUVENIRS EAST COAST Premiere

The Three Hikers Directed by Natalie Avital USA / 2015 / 96 minutes Upstate Films I RHINEBECK

Sat Oct 3 • 3:00pm

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK

Sun Oct 4 • 12:00pm

Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, human rights activists and educators, got more than they bargained for when, in 2009, they inadvertently stepped out of Kurdistan and stumbled into Iran. Caught in the turmoil of strained diplomatic relations following the notorious 1979 hostagetaking episode and more recent student uprisings protesting rigged elections, the three were thrown into prison and charged with crimes punishable by death. Sarah was held in solitary confinement, while Shane and Josh shared a cell. With limited access to diplomatic intervention — the Swiss Ambassador, the Sultan of Oman, and behind-the-scenes American efforts played a role — the plight of the three, through family and friends, sparked a grassroots movement that eventually caught the attention of Desmond Tutu, Sean Penn and Cesar Chavez. Far more than a story of wrongful imprisonment, The Three Hikers is a testament to courage, endurance and the power of love. Electrifying filmmaking. – Barbara Pokras, ACE

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Alchemist’s Letter

Directed by Carlos Andre Stevens USA, UK / 2015 / 5:17 minutes A late alchemist exposes his estranged son to the truth surrounding his tumultuous life and the dark magic used to power a gold making machine.

Aubade

Directed by Mauro Carraro

Switzerland / 2014 / 5 minutes In a surrealist backlit scene, swimmers and birds witness the spectacle of the dawn, hypnotized by the music of a cellist.

Ayn Rand on Love

Directed by Patrick Smith USA / 2015 / 5 minutes Ayn Rand talks about love and other things in this animated interview.

New York Premiere

Driving

The Night of the Naporitan

Directed by Nate Theis

USA / 2015 / 3:51 minutes Driving is a satirical look at people in their cars. With explosions.

Directed by Ysuke Sakamoto

Japan / 2015 / 6:19 minutes A tragic story of spaghetti, who never learned to love others.

Eggplant

Directed by Yangzi She

USA / 2015 / 7:40 minutes Made at UCLA Durian was born with his facial expressions opposite to everyone else’s.

The Five Minute Museum

The Panty Fairy

Directed by Juanwei Chen

East Coast Premiere

Directed by Paul Bush

USA / 2015 / 5 minutes

The Five Minute Museum is an experimental animation in which thousands of artifacts from museums are brought to life in a history of human endeavor.

Haircut

Directed by David Chai

USA / 2014 / 4 minutes A disheartened Earnest Knapp learns that the things he holds most dear are often just a butt cheek away.

Birthday

Directed by Nick Tustin

USA / 2015 / 3 minutes School of Visual Arts An alien bug is born into a dangerous jungle. As he enters this strange new world, he realizes things are not what they appear.

Chase Me

Directed by Gilles-alexandre Deschaud

France / 2015 / 3 minutes This short film follows a ukelele-playing girl who is chased through a dark forest by the monster that emerges from her own shadow.

New York Premiere

France, Italy / 2015 / 8 minutes A teacher and her pupil linger in an empty classroom. Through their looks and gestures, a strange confrontation begins.

Loneliest Stoplight

Directed by Bill Plympton USA / 2015 / 6 minutes The life and times of a neglected stoplight.

New York Premiere

Directed by Jaime Giraldo

Toro

Directed by Lynn Kim

USA / 2015 / 3:30 minutes A closer look into the bullfight. Hand drawn and stop motion animation.

Mojo Thunder

Directed by Benjy Brooke, Vikkal Parrikh, Kris Merc

Wandering Eye

Directed by Edwin Chavez

USA / 2015 / 3 minutes The story of a man trying to escape the pain of his past, only to see himself sinking deeper into the grim realities of life.

Music Jail

Directed by Jeremy Galante, David Cowles

Religatio

Canada / 2014 / 3:23 minutes Made at Vancouver Film School Beings who exist in a world hanging from ropes are all engaged in a struggle to stop themselves from falling into the void below.

Directed by Virginia Mori

Behind My Behind

USA / 2014 / 2 minutes The School of Visual Arts One day, a young teenage girl suddenly lost her panties as she was taking them out to dry. Billy, the panty fairy, happens to come across her lost panty and decided to return it to her.

North American Premiere

USA / 2015 / 1 minute Hostos Community College A parasitic eye wanders around and consumes everything in its path.

New York Premiere

USA / 2015 / 3 minutes Where you going buddy? Won’t you come with me to music jail? The “Week 4” video of They Might Be Giants’ 2015 Dial-A-Song project.

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Shorts

Based On

Fever Dream

Woodstock Community Center  Fri Oct 2 • 8:30Pm  Sun Oct 4 • 6:00Pm How I Didn’t East Coast Premiere Become A Piano Player

Woodstock Community Center  Fri Oct 2 • 6:30Pm  Sun Oct 4 • 4:00Pm Against Night

Directed by Tommaso Pitta

UK / 2014 / 17:40 Minutes 9-Year-Old Ted Is Desperately Searching For Something He Is Good At. On The Day His Father Comes Home With An Old Monstrous Piano, Ted Has A Revelation: He Will Become The Next Mozart. Based On The Short Story Every Good Boy By David Nicholls.

The Lady Of Larkspur Lotion

World Premiere

Directed by Sergio Rico

USA / 2014 / 22 Minutes In A Beat-Up Old Boarding House In New Orleans, A Frustrated Landlady Decides To Confront One Of Her Troublesome Tenants For The Rent. As Their Arguing Ensues, An Aspiring Drunken Writer Decides To Finally Speak His Truth. Based On The Play By Tennessee Williams.

Peacock Killer

East Coast Premiere Directed by Boyd Holbrook USA / 2015 / 14:39 Minutes A Man And His Dog Go On An Unlikely Journey Of Reconciliation. Adapted From A Short Story By Sam Shepard.

Sure Thing

Directed by Deborah Reinisch

USA / 2014 / 13 Minutes Bill Takes The Only Available Seat In A Cafe–At Betty’s Table. Could She Be The “One”? Could He? Are There Any Guarantees When We Open Our Hearts? Sure Thing. Based On The Play By David Ives.

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Directed by Stefan Kubicki

USA / 2014 / 28:18 Minutes In Russian With English Subtitles Made At American Film Institute (AFI) Set In The 1960S, A Cosmonaut Confronts The Death Of His Wife And Daughter Years Earlier After His Space Capsule Crash Lands In The Frozen Steppes Of Mongolia.

Devil’s Work

Directed by Miguel Silveira

East Coast Premiere

USA / 2014 / 19 Minutes Made At Columbia University A Troubled 14-Year-Old Boy Grows Increasingly Isolated As He Obsesses Over The Circumstances Surrounding His Father’s Death. His Descent Puts Him On A Dismal And Potentially Violent Course That Will Lead To Major Truths And Even Greater Questions.

Through The Breaking Glass

Directed by Ivan Mena-Tinoco

Spain / 2014 / 15 Minutes In Spanish With English Subtitles After Waking Up In A Foreign Land, Alice Does Not Remember Her Name Or How She Got There. With Evil Forces At Work, She Will Have To Fight To Survive Wonderland And Get Back To Her Daughter.

Exposure Programming at the WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL encourages those who use film as a way to explore social, environmental and political themes, while challenging their inherent boundaries. Some of this year’s exposure program films include Incorruptible, Buried Above Ground, After The Spill. The Hudson Valley and Catskills have been a hotbed of creative energy and artistic vibrancy for over a century. In addition to attracting production talent from all over the world, many established and emerging filmmakers have now made the hudson valley their home. The 2015 WFF schedule has programmed several locally produced films including the feature narratives I Dream Too Much, Good Ol’ Boy, How He Fell In Love, and the short Mountain Low. Focus on Music showcases films about music and musicians, while exploring the role that music plays in film. Many of the films emphasize how music can be an important and powerful tool for expression and conflict resolution. The BMI music panel and concerts play a critical role in focus on music programming. 2015 Focus on Music films include The Poet Of Havana, 1 Giant Leap II, Paradise Is There, Lee’s 88 Keys, Mavis! As technology makes our world seem smaller and increasingly a­ ccessible, we are given the rare opportunity to expand our global consciousness. Wff is proud to present the world cinema program to further our commitment to sharing experiences across continents. 2015 highlights include Moscow Never Sleeps, There Should Be Rules, I Will Not Be Silenced, Family Matters. As a part of this year’s world cinema program, the WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL presents a Focus On Dutch Cinema sponsored by the Netherlands Consulate and the Department of Dutch Culture USA. The program features three outstanding selections from top dutch filmmakers: Summer by Colette Bothof, Rendez-vous by Antoinette Beumer and Eddy Terstall’s Meet Me in Venice. Since its inception, the WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL has explored and celebrated LGBTQ voices with an exciting slate of films, concerts and special guests. Some of 2015 highlights include Deep Run, Summer, and All About Amy.

LGBTQ FO C U S

Shorts Screening Prior To... All About Amy

World Premiere

Directed by Samuel Centore USA / 2014 / 7:33 Minutes An Intimate Portrayal That Follows A Widscreens prior to owed Transgender Taxi Deep Run Driver In The Catskills. Amy Recounts Her Late Wife’s Support As She Works The Night Shift And Returns At Sunrise To Her Unfinished, Decaying Home In The Woods.

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The WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL’S Spotlight on Women in Film & Media initiative highlights exciting new works by some of today’s most talented, established and up-and-coming female directors. The initiative includes a panel presented by New York Women in Film and Media and a special event presented by film fatale. In addition the Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award will be presented for best female director. 2015 highlights are Scout, The Adderall Diaries, It Had To Be You, Silver Skies.

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GROWING UP Breatharians

East Coast Premiere

Directed by Marc Turtletaub

USA / 2014 / 27 minutes August is a twelveyear-old boy growing up on his family’s dairy farm. Dealing with his parents separation and navigating the distance between his parents’ homes, August must grapple with whether he can complete a grisly job his father has assigned him.

Share

Directed by Pippa Bianco

New York Premiere

USA / 2014 / 12:17 minutes A 15-year-old girl returns to school after someone shares an explicit video of her.

NO TRESPASSING The Cut Through

East Coast Premiere

Directed by Weldon Powers

USA / 2015 / 5 minutes A bored suburban husband follows the neighborhood kids and discovers a mysterious portal in the woods leading to a better, more exciting life.

Mountain Low

Directed by Andrew J. Bruntel

World Premiere

USA / 2015 / 19 minutes A solitary Game Warden spends one last day with his estranged daughter before she moves to Florida. When he sidetracks their day to investigate a strange sound heard deep in the woods, he risks their safety and jeopardizes his deep desire to reconnect.

SPANISH SPOTLIGHT The English Teacher Directed by Alan Gonzalez

North American Premiere

Cuba / 2015 / 15 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles Tired of her husband’s terminal illness, Sonia decidehs to resume giving English classes at home.

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Woodstock Community Center  Fri Oct 2 • 12:00pm  Sat Oct 3 • 6:30pm Stanhope Directed by Solvan “Slick” Naim

USA / 2014 / 17 minutes Stanhope, a young teenager from a single parent home in Brooklyn, spends a great deal of time with his Grandmother. When she agrees to buy him his first skateboard, a series of events is put into motion that will change the course of Stanhope’s life.

The Vow

Directed by Lina Roessler Canada / 2014 / 6 minutes Two 7-year-old girls go on a magical trip in an attempt to execute a master plan.

New York Premiere

New York Premiere

Directed by Jessica dela Merced

USA / 2015 / 11 minutes Four kids turn their innocence to ashes on a hot summer day in Detroit.

Winter Light

Woodstock Community Center  Fri Oct 2 • 4:30pm Upstate Films I RHINEBECK  Sat Oct 3 • 8:30pm East Coast Premiere Greco Roman Directed by Theo Sena

USA / 2015 / 5 minutes Two old friends take an awkward walk into their past.

Pick Up

New York Premiere

Directed by Joshua Alan Rogers

Woodstock Community Center  Sat Oct 3 • 4:15pm Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES  Sun Oct 4 • 5:30pm

Wait ‘til the Wolves Make Nice

LET’S TALK

New York Premiere

Directed by Julian Higgins

USA / 2015 / 28:30 minutes When an aging college professor confronts two hunters trespassing on his property, he begins an escalating battle of wills that will test his faith in everything he holds dear. Adapted from a short story by acclaimed author James Lee Burke.

USA / 2015 / 20 minutes Jesse Ritter has been living with a secret. What begins as a quiet evening driving for Pick Up (the latest car service to share the road with Uber and Lyft), soon finds Jesse falling for one of his passengers and forced to confess the truth.

Spit

East Coast Premiere

Directed by Mtume Gant USA / 2015 / 16:15 minutes Jeremiah “MonkOne” Sinclair, an NYC Hip Hop artist has reached a crossroads of trying to understand what success is. Filmed POV style, we enter the body of Monk One, seeing through his eyes the loss of passion, love for the music, and city he once knew.

The Way Of Tea (Les Fremissements du Thé )

East Coast Premiere

Directed by Marc Fouchard

France / 2014 / 20:39 minutes In a French with English subtitles A small town in northern France, Alex, a young skinhead, enters Malik’s grocery store. As religious tensions build, Malik makes an offer hard for Alex to turn down, so long as he stays for tea.

Woodstock Community Center  Fri Oct 2 • 2:15pm  Sat Oct 3 • 2:00pm

Welcome (Bienvenidos)

New York Premiere

Directed by Javier Fesser

Spain / 2014 / 27:39 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles An amazing innovation reaches a tiny school lost in the heart of the Peruvian Andes and revolutionizes the lives of the whole community: the internet.

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San Cristobal Directed by Omar Zuniga Hidalgo

USA / 2015 / 28:45 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles Lucas is visiting his sister on a remote island in southern Chile before moving abroad. An unlikely romance grows when he meets Antonio, a struggling young fisherman.

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shorts

quirks By Any Means A-Veilable

Woodstock Community Center  Sat Oct 3 • 8:45pm  Sun Oct 4 • 2:00pm North American Premiere

France, Denmark / 2014 / 17 minutes In French & Danish with English subtitles A naive but driven Danish woman looking for an apartment in Paris embarks on an absurd mission fueled by her fear of getting short changed. New York Premiere

Directed by Alexander Engel

USA / 2015/ 7:30 minutes After losing the last two digits of a girl’s number, a socially awkward fish enthusiast tries every combination to seek her out.

First World Problems

WOODSTOCK Playhouse  Thur Oct 1 • 1:00pm Woodstock Community Center  Sat Oct 3 • 11:30am

Chimes For Autism: Tyler’s Story

New York Premiere

Directed by Hanna Maylett

Finland / 2015 / 6:34 minutes In Finnish with English subtitles After a trip to the grocery store, a tired housewife loses her car in a shopping mall parking, which sends her whole world tumbling down.

Hardbat

Directed by Zack Schamberg

Directed by Ivan Cash

New York Premiere

USA / 2014 / 6:13 minutes A gentle portrait of an 86-year old farmer who is still active. Cancer, fractured vertebrae, old hips - nothing has stopped Howard from tending his farm.

My Paralympic Directed by Yeshy Namgyal

Dream

Bhutan / 2014 / 10 minutes In Dzongkha with English subtitles Abandoned by his parents and struggling with a physical disability, Pema Tshering fights through all the odds to live the life he wants and achieve his dream of competing in the paralympic games.

Naneek

Directed by Neal Steeno

New York Premiere

USA / 2015 / 35 minutes A documentary film that follows veteran Tim Keenan. He’s dealt with PTSD for over four decades. He’s finally ready to face his demons, and return to Vietnam.

USA / 2014 / 13 minutes New York University

Origins

An obsession with ping-pong disrupts an otherwise pleasant evening.

USA / 2014 / 9:30 minutes Wavy Gravy, Ram Dass, Jackson Browne, Larry Brilliant and others explore the origins of the Seva Foundation and its inspiring work in preventing blindness.

Seth

Directed by Zach Lasry

Directed by Will Parrinello

East Coast Premiere

USA / 2015 / 15 minutes For Seth, impressing his father is his only goal. Today is the day.

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To Be Daydreamers

WOODSTOCK Playhouse  Fri Oct 2 • 11:45am Woodstock Community Center  Sun Oct 4 • 11:30am

Directed by Alfredo Alcantara Merentes & Josh Chertoff

USA / 2014 / 8:17 minutes Tyler Doi is an 8-year old with autism with an exceptional talent- he can identify individual Woodstock Chimes from their sounds alone.

Howard’s Farm

SHORT DOCS II El Porvenir

Directed by Stephen Panaggio

Directed by Charlotte Schiøler

Digits

SHORT DOCS I

World Premiere

Directed by Jack Tumen

USA / 2014 / 8:21 minutes Twin brothers Aaron and Wyatt Mones, Woodstock locals, reflect on their journey as a two-man band while keeping their sights set on the prospects of a successful musical career. All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com

East Coast Premiere

2015 / 15 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles A third-generation cockfighter struggles to hold on to his family’s way of life in the face of a movement to ban the sport across Mexico.

Enjoy Your Intermission

Directed by Adam Carboni & Tansy Michaud

USA / 2015 / 12:32 minutes An intimate look at a drive-in movie theater in its last summer of projecting 35mm film.

The House is Innocent Directed by Nicholas Coles USA / 2015 / 12:15 minutes

Tom and Barbara’s new home has a notorious past. It’s going to take more than a fresh coat of paint to whitewash its macabre history.

Lenny Bee

World Premiere

Directed by John Huba

USA / 2015 / 12:30 minutes

People know me as Lenny Bee...but my real name is Leonardo Franscesco Busciligio!

Spearhunter

Directed by Adam Roffman & Luke Poling

New York Premiere

USA / 2014 / 13:42 minutes Deep in the woods of rural Alabama, a spear-hunter proclaims himself the world’s greatest and erects a museum dedicated to his own obsession.

We Live This

East Coast Premiere

Directed by James Burns

USA / 2015 / 10 minutes The story of four boys from the projects who have come together to pursue their dreams. Most New Yorkers who ride the MTA have opinions about them, but what lies beneath these young performers is more than what meets the eye.

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Teen FILMS Below The Surface

New York Premiere

University High School (Irvine, CA) A girl reflects on the precious moments she had with her sister as she slowly comes to terms with her guilt and reaches her absolution. New york premiere

Directed by Cal Etcheverry

USA / 2014 / 7 minutes Episcopal School of Dallas A man’s endless cycle of work takes its toll on his relationship with daughter.

Evidence

Falling

Directed by Maya Suchak USA / 2014 / 10 minutes

LGBTQ FOCUS

World Premiere

USA / 2015 / 3:56 minutes Woodstock Day School Famed naturalist goes on an expedition for the rarest animal of all.

USA / 2015 / 1 minute Woodstock Day School Dinner for One.

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Directed by Theodore M. Buckwald

USA / 2014 / 7 minutes A naive burglar is surprised to find that his seemingly helpless, elderly target, whom he has detained, is miraculously able to break free from his restraints. World Premiere

Directed by Bushra Al Masri

In addition to conversations with leading authorities on filmmaking, students are also treated to a film screening, which is followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers.

No tickets available.

Videos are viewable online only

USA / 2015 / 13 minutes Ethical Culture Fieldston School (Bronx, NY) A serio-comedy about a NYC boy struggling with the death of his parents.

The Silence of Nature

photopgraphy: David Rosenberg

Each year over 150 students from schools throughout the region gather at Onteora High School in Boiceville for Career Day, where students meet with A-list film industry professionals in small groups, ask questions and learn about careers in film and new media.

SHORTS: Music Videos ONLINE

Directed by Ethan Hoffman-Sadka

The Hunt For Sasquatch

Directed by Harrison O’ Clair and Emma Pittleman

Old Tricks

Salad

Arabic with English subtitles A 16-year-old girl recounts her harrowing experiences from her last days before escaping war torn Syria

Leftovers

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USA / 2015 / 9:45 minutes A young boy torments his uptight babysitter.

Directed by Walaa Al Alawi Jordan / 2015 / 5 minutes

Directed by Emmet Luciano

USA / 2014 / 4 minutes Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV A year-by-year account of Alyssa’s life.

Directed by Jack Fessenden

Youth FX (Albany, NY) Love and the choices we have to make for love.

The Girl Whose Shadow Reflects the Moon

Lifeline

Pranks

Directed by Jonah Martindale

USA / 2015 / 1 minutes Woodstock Day School A casual conversation takes an unexpected turn.

Youth Initiative

Onteora High School: Fri Oct 2 | 8:00am - 2:00pm

Directed by Alyssa Dyal

Directed by Rona Ahdout USA / 2014 / 4 minutes

Everyday

Career Day:

Bearsville Theater  Fri Oct 2 • 5:00pm

Days Gone By Music by Burnell Pines

Directed by Heidi Sjursen and Jeffrey Abell USA / 2015 / 3:41 minutes World Premiere

Jordan / 2015 / 3 minutes Arabic with English subtitles An 18-year-old Syrian refugee recounts her life in Syria before the revolution tore her family apart.

www.ido-movies.com/burnellpines.html Fingerprints Music by Kita Klane Directed by Nic Harcourt USA / 2015 / 3 minutes

https://youtu.be/OnTmZ6c9l64

Good Friend Music by Simi Stone

Directed by Samuel Centore & Gene Fischer USA / 2015 / 3:36 minutes

This Is New York: Gary

https://youtu.be/uA-qIpO1VWM

USA / 2014 / 5:35 minutes A short portrait on the life of a New York City cab driver.

Killing Machine Music by Sarah Fimm

We All Go the Same

My Yellow Heart Music by Sandra Kolstad

Directed by Benjamin Ades

Directed by Morgana McKenzie

Canada / 2015 / 3:45 minutes In the timeless world of fairy tales, villains and victims are visited by a vengeful fairy who offers to shift the balance of power. All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com

Directed by Heyrick Chassé USA / 2015 / 3:43 minutes

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Directed by Dan Huiting USA / 2015 / 3:24

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Sunshine’s on the Way Music by The Soulution

Directed by Justin Henny Henderson & Tony Reames USA / 2015 / 7 minutes

https://youtu.be/Hutoz8F4V08

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panels SOCIAL IMPACT IN MEDIA

How do we define it? How do we measure it? Why does it matter? Kleinert/James Center Sat Oct 3 • 10:00am “Social Impact” is a term and a goal that many filmmakers strive to achieve. Yet it can seem overwhelming in the face of the many challenges, from getting any project funded, made and out there, to achieving and showing the results of the “impact.” Our panelists, for whom impact is a vital part, will lead us through personal case studies to explore and define what has worked for them. Here are some common questions they will try to answer:  What’s behind all the buzz about impact measurement?  How do we measure impact when it’s not always clearly definable?  Is it fair to expect to require filmmakers to be held accountable for this type of work?  What are some best practices from the field?

Cynthia Kane

Dan Cogan

Andrew Catauro

Paco de Onís

Mike Webber

Todd Wider

 Is the impact producer an essential hire for any project today?  When, how and why some films can be a tool for real change? Moderator Cynthia Kane serves as Senior Commissioning Producer for documentaries at Al Jazeera America. Prior: ITVS (Independent Television Service), managing the International Initiative for Funding, Sundance Channel, where she co-created DocDay.

Panelists: Dan Cogan is the executive director and co-founder of Impact Partners, a fund and advisory service for investors and philanthropists who seek to promote social change through film. Since its inception in 2007, Impact Partners has been involved in the financing of more than 60 films, including The Cove, which won the 2010 Academy Award® for Documentary Feature and How to Survive A Plague, which was nominated for the Academy Award® for Documentary Feature in 2013. Cogan co-founded Gamechanger Films, which launched in September 2013. Gamechanger Films is the first for-profit film fund dedicated exclusively to financing narrative features directed by women. Andrew Catauro is the manager of JustFilms, the Ford Foundation’s social justice documentary and digital storytelling initiative. JustFilms provides support to filmmakers, artists and organizations who seek to drive social change by using creative visual approaches to highlight issues of justice, rights and equity. JustFilms works to expand networks and resources for this community of independent filmmakers around the world, to elevate their artistry, and to maximize filmmakers’ impact of their stories. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2013, Andrew was coordinating producer of the primetime PBS documentary showcase POV, supervising programming and production workflows for the series.

Paco de Onís grew up in several Latin American countries during a time of dictatorships. He is the executive director and executive producer of Skylight, a human rights media organization dedicated to creating documentary films and innovative media tools for long-term strategies to advance social and economic justice. One of these long-term strategies is Skylight Labs, a program developed to disseminate Skylight’s model for developing human rights media ecosystems in conjunction with committed media makers, technologists and movement organizations. The Labs have a regional focus, but with the ultimate goal of creating a global network of practitioners. Todd Wider (with his brother, Jedd), has produced numerous critically and commercially successful documentary films, including Academy Award®-nominated King’s Point, multiple primetime Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Emmy Award-nominated Semper Fi: Always Faithful, multiple Emmy Award-nominated Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, and Academy Award® and multiple Emmy Award-winning Taxi to the Dark Side. He was nominated by the Producers Guild of America for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures. Mike Webber is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer/co-director of The Student Body. His career began with fiction films, producing numerous theatrical films for studios such as 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate. Applying his storytelling skills to non-fiction filmmaking, Webber went on to direct his “passion project,” the critically-acclaimed hit The Elephant in the Living Room.

MUSIC IN FILM

sponsored by

Kleinert/James Center Sat Oct 3 • 12:00pm One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? explores complexities of human nature, spirit and the universal language of music. The filmmakers traveled around the world for years collecting spoken word wisdom and musical “jewels.” They started with pre-composed backing tracks in a laptop and added layers of music, mixing international stars like Michael Stipe, KD Lang and Stewart Copeland with a diverse array of world music artists that included Bedouin musicians, Chinese rappers, Gabonese Pygmies, Tuvan throat singers, Egyptian folk musicians, and Japanese Taiko drummers. Join BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross as she chats with composer/musician Stewart Copeland (drummer for The Police), spiritual musician Krishna Das and filmmaker/recording artist Duncan Bridgewater about their dynamic collaboration on this project.

Panelists: Layering traditional Hindu kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das – known to friends, family and fans as simply KD – has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling chant artist of all time. His album Live Ananda (released January 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category. Stewart Copeland has spent more than three decades in the forefront of contemporary music as rock star,

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Moderator: Doreen Ringer-Ross is Vice President of Film and TV Relations at BMI. She has worked in the music industry for over two decades and currently specializes in outreach to the film and music communities.

acclaimed film composer and documentary filmmaker, while concurrently moving between the disparate worlds of opera, ballet, world and chamber music. As the polyrhythmic drumming founder of The Police, Stewart introduced Sting and Andy Summers to the worlds of reggae and punk music, and with Sting’s songs and Summers’ complex guitar harmonies, the band became an iconic force in rock music from the ‘80s through the present day. Stewart spent twenty years as a successful film and TV composer, working for Francis Ford Coppola on Rumblefish , Oliver Stone on Wall Street and on TV shows like the Equalizer. Duncan Bridgeman has composed and produced music for 30 years. His first break into filmmaking came from Palm Pictures owner Chris Blackwell, making All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com

Krishna Das

Stewart Copeland

Duncan Bridgeman

the Grammy nominated cult hit 1 Giant Leap. In 2004, Simon Fuller produced the second 1 Giant Leap project What About Me? Bridgeman followed with the award-winning film Hecho en Mexico (2012). He most recently directed Mystical Journey (2013) for The Smithsonian Institution, about the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela, with Dominic West (The Wire, 300, The Affair) as presenter. Bridgeman is currently in production with The Magic Plant, a documentary about the religion Bwiti in Gabon.

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WOMEN IN FILM AND MEDIA

Enough, Already! Changing the Status of Women in Film and Television Kleinert/James Center Sat Oct 3 • 2:00pm Followed by a reception sponsored by NYWIFT, Tangerine Entertainment & UPWIFT

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A panel of industry veterans will discuss the lack of opportunities for women directors in film and television and some of the steps that are being taken to address this situation, including the ACLU’s recent letter to the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other agencies demanding an investigation of the entertainment industry for its systematic discrimination against women directors. Other projects and ideas for interventions will be discussed.

Alexis Alexanian, president of production at Locomotive, is an independent producer with over 20 years experience in the motion picture industry. Her credits include Richard Linklater’s Tape, Ethan Hawke’s Chelsea Walls, Rebecca Miller’s Independent Spirit Awardwinner Personal Velocity, Gary Winick’s Tadpole, Peter Hedges’ Pieces of April, and Ethan Hawke’s The Hottest State. Alexis also produced the international television series Long Way Round (BRAVO, SKY), starring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. She is currently in production on the new feature film Look Away, starring Aidan Turner, Chloe Sevigny and Matthew Broderick.

Leah Meyerhoff is an award-winning filmmaker whose debut narrative feature I Believe in Unicorns was released theatrically in 2015, after premiering at SXSW, winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival and additional awards from Woodstock Film Festival and more. Meyerhoff’s previous work has screened in over Leah Meyerhoff Anne Hubbell Rose McGowan 200 film festivals and aired on IFC, PBS, LOGO, and MTV. Meyerhoff is also the founder of Film Panelists: Fatales, a female filmmaker collective based in New York with over a dozen local chapters around the A representative from the ACLU who will discuss world. their letters to two federal and one state agency demanding an investigation of the film industry Anne Hubbell is a 20-year industry veteran and for their systematic discrimination against women currently serves on the boards of New York Women in directors Film & Television, the New York Production Alliance, and Rooftop Films, and is a member of the Producer’s

Guild of America. She is also Kodak’s North American Account Manager for Motion Picture Film. As a freelance producer and consultant, Hubbell worked on film and TV productions and not-for-profit media and arts events. This year via Tangerine Entertainment, which she co-founded along with Amy Hobby, Hubbell produced three features to be released in 2016. After many years in front of the camera acting for the likes of Brian DePalma, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Craven, Robert Rodriquez, among many others, Rose McGowan has turned her eye to directing. She premiered her directorial debut, the short film Dawn, at the Sundance Film Festival. It garnered not only critical praise, but a Grand Jury Prize nomination and qualified for the Academy Awards®. McGowan is now preparing for her feature length debut.

ACTOR-DIRECTORS TALK Kleinert/James Center Sun Oct 4 • 10:00am

Moderator:

Just because you are an accomplished actor, does it mean you will be a good director? Does working as an actor help prepare you for the complicated task of directing a film? Are actors more sensitive to other actors’ needs and wants in a film production? And setting out first as a director, what skills are gained that might make you a good actor? Many illustrious actors and directors have tried their hand at both roles. Some have had remarkable success in the two careers; some find they are far better at one, then the other. For the Actors and Directors panel, we have assembled a stellar ensemble of working actor/directors, who will discuss the intersection between the two disciplines and explore how sometimes having worked on both sides of the fence is a plus, while other times not so much.

Martha Frankel is the author of the memoir Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling, the executive director of the Woodstock Writers Festival and the host of the weekly show, Woodstock Writers Radio on Radio Woodstock 100.1. Find out more at woodstockwriters.com

PANELIST:

Mary Stuart Masterson’s

Four-decade film, TV and theater career includes roles in At Close Range, Some Kind of Wonderful, Fried Green Tomatoes, Benny and Joon, and the Broadway musical, Nine. Mary Stuart directed the award-winning The Cake Eaters starring Kristen Stewart, released in 2009. Mary Stuart produced the microbudget feature, Tickling Leo, written and directed by her husband, Jeremy Davidson. After a long hiatus to begin her family, Mary Stuart is currently developing her next directing project Stupid Fast, to be shot in the Hudson Valley.

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Michael Cristofer’s

screenplays include Falling in Love, with Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro, The Witches of Eastwick, with Jack Nicholson, and The Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma. His directing credits include Gia, starring Angelina Jolie. As a stage actor he appeared in Body of Water with Christine Lahti, and A View from the Bridge with Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson. Film roles include The Other Woman, with Natalie Portman, and Chronic, with Tim Roth. He is currently appearing in the TV series Mr. Robot as the head of Evil Corp.

Ross Partridge is the

writer, director and lead actor in the feature film Lamb. Ross co-produced the Duplass Bros’ The Do-DecaPentathlon and was also a producer of the HBO documentary, Uncle Frank. He directed the feature film Interstate 84, starring Kevin Dillon and Clifton James, and most recently directed the critically acclaimed web-series Wedlock, with Mark Duplass, Rob Corddry and Jennifer Lafleur. As an actor, he has appeared on numerous TV shows and independent films such as The Midnight Swim, The Off Hours, The Freebie, and Baghead.

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Griffin Dunne is an

accomplished actor, director and producer. Dunne’s feature film credits include Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, Last Night, starring Sam Worthington and Keira Knightley, and Allen Hughes’ Broken City, starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe. At the 2015 Woodstock Film Festival, he can be seen in Touched By Fire with Katie Holmes. Dunne’s feature film directorial debut was 1997’s Addicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick. He followed up with Practical Magic, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.

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FILM AS MEMOIR

Kleinert/James Center Sun Oct 4 • 12:00pm We read so many memoirs in print, but what about memoirs in film format? What is it that differentiates a film as a memoir, and what is it in its craftsmanship, thought process and production that turns it into a unique work of art? The Film as Memoir panel is comprised of some of the most influential and talented filmmakers who specialize in films in the first person and have taken the concept to its highest level. Find out what motivates them, what it takes to make an impactful and successful memoir film, and how their cohorts feel about being on screen and exposed.

Moderator Simon Kilmurry is the executive director of the International Documentary Association (IDA), where he oversees all IDA programs and operations, including filmmaker services, educational programs, the IDA Awards, and advocacy. Prior to IDA, he served for nine years as executive producer of POV, the PBS documentary series where he received 13 Emmy Awards, more than 60 Emmy nominations, five Peabody Awards, and four Du Pont Columbia Awards. He also served as chief executive of American Documentary (AmDoc), POV’s non-profit parent organization. Prior, to becoming executive producer and CEO, he was AmDoc’s chief operating officer from 1999-2006.

Panelists: Alan Berliner’s uncanny ability to combine experimental cinema, artistic purpose and popular appeal in compelling film essays has made him one of America’s most acclaimed independent filmmakers. The New Alan Berliner York Times has described Berliner’s work as “powerful, compelling and bittersweet... full of juicy conflict and contradiction, innovative in their cinematic technique, unpredictable in their structures… Berliner illustrates the power of fine art to transform life.” Berliner’s films are part of the core curriculum for documentary filmmaking and film history classes and are in the permanent collections of many colleges and museums.

Doug Block is an internationally acclaimed documentary director, producer and cameraman. His credits as director/producer include: 112 Weddings, The Kids Grow Up, 51 Birch Street, Home Page, and The Doug Block Heck With Hollywood! Producing credits include Silverlake Life, Jupiter’s Wife, Paternal Instinct, A Walk Into the Sea, The Edge of Dreaming, and Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. Block is also the founder and co-host of The D-Word (www.d-word.com), the leading online community and discussion forum for documentary professionals worldwide.

Gayle Kirschenbaum is an Emmy-winning filmmaker/TV producer/ blogger and personality. Called “the Nora Ephron of documentaries,” Gayle Gayle Kirschenbaum has turned the camera on herself in her recent feature documentary, Look At Us Now, Mother! is about the transformation of a highly charged mother/ daughter relationship from Mommie Dearest to Dear Mom. This is the “larger version” of her short film, My Nose, in which we follow her mother’s relentless campaign to get her to have a nose job. Prior, Kirschenbaum made A Dog’s Life: A Dogamentary, about the human/canine bond.

ANIMATION: WHAT MAKES ANIMATION SO … ANIMATED?

Kleinert/James Center Sun Oct 4 • 2:00pm

What is it about an animated story that can make us laugh, or shiver with fear, or well up with tears in a uniquely profound way? From hand drawn animation by independent filmmaker, Academy Award-nominee Bill Plympton, to computer animation and studio production by two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mark Osborne, this panel will delve into the thought process behind the artistry and the intense labor that goes into creating the final pieces. The audience will be treated to special clips from the panelists’ works, including clips from The Little Prince, Osborne’s upcoming, highly anticipated animated film.

Moderator: Signe Baumane Signe Baumane was born in Latvia and received a BA degree in philosophy at Moscow University. After graduating she delved into several projects including animation, film, and illustration. Then in 1995 she decided to come to New York where she continued in the film industry and has since produced several animated shorts, which have been accepted into numerous film festivals including but not limited to Sundance, Berlin, Annecy, Venice and Tribeca. She recently released her first feature film Rocks in My Pocket.

Panelists: Bill Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation, and is the first person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Bill began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times and National Lampoon. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, for his short Guard Dog. After producing many shorts, Bill turned his talent to feature films, making ten feature films. Seven of them, including The Tune, Hair High, and Cheatin’, are animated.

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Two-time Academy Award®-nominated director Linda Beck is a producer and development scout with a passion for connecting artists and executives. She has produced content for children (Nickelodeon, Disney) and grown ups (History Channel, A&E, PBS) and is equally at home in both animation boutiques and major networks. Linda is Co-President of ASIFAEast, the east coast chapter of the International Animated Film Association. If you are an up-andcoming animator, Linda is your biggest cheerleader. If you are looking for an up-and-coming animator, Linda has someone for you. Linda also illustrates, sews, builds props, makes art, writes, directs, animates, and is a SAG-AFTRA voiceover artist. Mark Osborne has been telling stories with animation for more than twenty-five years. In addition to directing the first animated feature film adaptation of the classic French novella released in 2015 worldwide, he was one of the directors of the critically acclaimed animated summer 2008 blockbuster . This film broke box office records worldwide and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Osborne teaches and lectures on the subject of animation worldwide and all over the US. All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com

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conversations with... Keynote Speech Josh Fox Filmmaking, Human Rights and the Climate Kleinert/James Center Sept 30 • 4:00pm Activist writer/director Josh Fox opens the 2015 Woodstock Film Festival with a dialogue about the intersection between human rights and climate change, and how film can illustrate and transform our approach to this complex political problem. His two Gasland films had a symbiotic relationship to the worldwide anti-fracking movement. What can we learn from the way these films and the movement helped spur each other on? How can we better connect narrative, emotion, art, and reporting to the environmental and climate movement? What do we have to do next as a movement?

Josh Fox is best known as the writer/director of Gasland Parts I and II. He is internationally recognized as a spokesperson and leader on the issue of fracking and extreme energy development. He is currently working on a new documentary about climate change. Gasland premiered at the Sundance film festival 2010, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Documentary. The film premiered on HBO, was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for best documentary, and Josh won the 2011 Emmy for best non-fiction director. Gasland Part II premiered on HBO in 2013. It was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy, won the 2013 Environmental Media Association award for Best Documentary, the Best Film at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, and was given the Hell Yeah Prize from Cinema Eye Honors. Josh is the recipient of the 2011 Ono/Lennon Grant for Peace.

A CONVERSATION WITH MAVERICK AWARD RECIPIENT ATOM EGOYAN and Fiercely Independent Award recipient Guy

Maddin

Kleinert/James Center Oct 3 • 4:00pm With fifteen feature films and related projects, Atom Egoyan has won numerous prizes at international film festivals, including the Grand Prix and International Critics Awards from the Cannes Film Festival, two Academy Award® nominations, and numerous other honors. His body of work – which includes theatre, music, and art installations – delves into issues of memory, displacement, and the impact of technology and media in modern life. Among his films are the groundbreaking Exotica, the multi award-winning The Sweet Hereafter, Felicia’s Journey (starring Bob Hoskins), Where the Truth Lies (with Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth), Devil’s Knot (with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth), and the forthcoming Remember (starring Christopher Plummer), which makes its U.S Premiere as the Opening Night Film at the 2015 Woodstock Film Festival. Guy Maddin is one of Canada’s most celebrated filmmakers. He has directed numerous shorts and eleven featurelength movies, including The Saddest Music in the World (2003), My Winnipeg (2007), and recently, The Forbidden Room (2015), which will be the Closing Night Film at the 2015 Woodstock Film Festival. (see page 23) His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early-sound-era films. Maddin drew inspiration from the films of John Paizs, experimental shorts by Stephen Snyder, Luis Buñuel’s L’Age d’or, and David Lynch’s Eraserhead. He has stated in numerous interviews that these were movies that were primitive in many respects. They were low budget, they used nonactors or nonstars, they used atmospheres and ideas, and were unbelievably honest, frank, and, therefore, exciting to me. They made moviemaking seem possible to me.’ He has held to these ideals ever since.

PARADISE IS THERE - SCREENING AND TALK

Natalie Merchant & Jon Bowermaster Woodstock Playhouse Thur Oct 1 • 9:15pm

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SCREENING AND TALK WITH THE SHOWRUNNER OF THE AMERICANS JOE WEISBERG hosted by indiewire’s eric kohn

Upstate Films Woodstock Sat Oct 3 • 2:15pm

See page 2 for details

HOT TYPE - SCREENING AND TALK with director Barbara Kopple and The Nation’s Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel Bearsville Theater Woodstock Sat Oct 3 • 2:30pm Hosted by Robin Bronk See page10 for details

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PERFORMANCES A

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CARLOS VARELA AND BAND with special guest Jackson Browne follows the screening of

WEDNESDAY September 30 

THE POET OF HAVANA

7:30pm

The Ulster Performing Arts Center Kingston

CARLOS VARELA Cuban singer/songwriter Carlos Varela started playing music literally ‘in the dark.’ Growing up in Havana, whenever a power failure killed the lights, Varela and friends would play rock music blowing across the sea via a homemade radio antenna. In 1977, at a concert of Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés -- standard-bearers for Nueva Trova, homegrown folk music that reflected the unrest of many Cubans — Varela realized music could be more than just a fun way to pass the time. Although he insists poetics took precedence over politics, Varela has struggled with the restrictions of censorship. But while other artists might have sought refuge elsewhere, Cuba is his inspiration and has always been home. He has recorded eight albums and performs worldwide.

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Jackson Browne is one of Carlos Varela's biggest champions. "He's from a generation that's really impatient, that wants something to happen, something to change. He's the voice of Cuban youth.” Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2007. His debut album came out on David Geffen's Asylum Records in 1972. Since then, he has released fourteen studio albums and four collections of live performances. His most recent album is Standing in the Breach.

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JOHNNY STEELE and WILL DURST

Thursday October 1  8:00

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Bearsville Theater  Woodstock

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3 Still Standing JOHNNY STEELE began performing comedy in 1984 after quitting graduate school in a move his parents named, Operation $40K Down The Drain. But Johnny quickly got the hang of the craft and was soon performing, and drinking for free, at the nation's top clubs. Over the next decade he went on to perform at comedy festivals, win comedy competitions, log over 20 national TV appearances, and did we mention drink for free? Johnny is currently performing comedy as well as working on a number of web, radio and TV projects, one of which is bound to take off due to, if nothing else, pure dumb luck. He is also working on a humorous solo show about his journey to find peace in a WalMart America gone mad with mindless consumption, endless sprawl and bone-jarring stupidity. And really, aren’t we all?

WILL DURST is acknowledged by peers and press alike as one of the premier political satirists in the country, Will Durst’s stand-up comedy is a hilarious blast of outrageous common sense. His abiding motto is: ‘You can’t make stuff up like this.’

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The New York Times calls him ‘possibly the best political comic in the country.’ He is a five-time Emmy nominee; has been fired by PBS three times; told jokes in 14 countries; racked up seven nominations for Stand-Up of the Year; and his 800+ television appearances include Letterman, HBO, Showtime, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, the BBC, and many more. Will's hobbies range from pinball to the never-ending quest for the perfect cheeseburger. His heroes remain the same as when he was 12: Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny. Not necessarily in that order. Durst’s performances are made possible by the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

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tickets

Pass & ticket holders MUST arrive 15 minutes prior to screenings or panels to guarantee admission. Empty seats will be made available to standby line.

prices

PURCHASING & PICKING UP TICKETS Internet Orders www.woodstockfilmfestival. com

Box Office Location 13 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY 12498

(Across from the Chamber of Commerce booth) phone 845.810.0131

Box Office Hours September 9 to September 27 Wednesday-Sunday 12-6pm Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

September 28 to October 3 9am-7pm Open everyday

October 4 9am-6pm Please note that all events are subject to change. Check the website to:  Confirm venues and times  Find out what is SOLD OUT  Read updated information about screenings, events and panels For the most up-to-date information, please visit www.woodstockfilmfestival.com

 Tickets range in price from $5$100. PLEASE NOTE: Online and phone orders will be charged a $4.50 shipping & handling fee for all sales handled by WFF.  Student and senior discounts are available with ID at the Box Office.  There are NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES on tickets without exception.  The best way to order tickets and to see updated schedules, film descriptions and other festival information is online at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com  PLEASE NOTE: Tickets ordered online or phone prior to Sept 26, WILL BE SHIPPED by USPS mail to the address provided when ordering.  All online and telephone orders placed after September 26 must be picked up at the BOX OFFICE at 13 Rock City Road in Woodstock.

Tickets for UPAC screening available at the WFF Box Office or online at BARDAVON.ORG

Walk-Up Orders

VEN U ES

 Tickets for all venues will be available for purchase at the BOX OFFICE on September 9.

WOODSTOCK BEARSVILLE THEATER (films)

 The Rosendale Theatre and Upstate Films Rhinebeck may have a select number of tickets available for pre-sale. Please contact them directly.

261 Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.4406 www.bearsvilletheater.com

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum (filmmaker lounge) 28 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.2940 www.woodstockart.org

Telephone Orders

 The BOX OFFICE is manned by dedicated VOLUNTEERS who are simultaneously filling out Internet and walk-up sales. The phones can get very chaotic and they tend to be busy. If you are calling for tickets, please leave a message on our machine and someone will get back to you.  The last day for telephone and online orders is September 26

UPSTATE FILMS WOODSTOCK (films) 132 Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.6608 www.upstatefilms.org

Woodstock Playhouse (films) 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.69008 www.woodstockplayhouse.org

KLEINERT/JAMES ART CENTER (panels)

Day of Event

 Tickets are available at the BOX OFFICE until four hours prior to the event. All unsold tickets are then available on the STANDBY line at the screening venue on a CASH ONLY basis.

34 Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 www.woodstockguild.org

Levon Helm Studios (film) 3160 Plochmann Lane, Woodstock NY, 12498 845.679.2744 www.levonhelm.com

Woodstock Community Center (shorts)

56 Rock City Rd Woodstock, NY 12498 (845) 679-7420 www.woodstockcommunitycenter.org

full festival PASSES  Full Festival Passes offer the ultimate Woodstock Film Festival experience. A limited number of these passes are offered.  Full Festival Passes include guaranteed admission for the passholder to all screenings and panels, with priority seating up until 15 minutes prior to the event, entry to all parties, plus souvenirs including a commemorative T-shirt, cap and poster.

 Full Festival Passes entitle entry to the Filmmakers’ Lounge.  Full Festival Passes are $750 and can be purchased online or at the BOX OFFICE.  Full Festival Passes are nontransferable and include a picture ID.  Passes must be picked up at Festival Registration at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum(WAAM). Badge pick-up instructions will be sent after purchase.

ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL (career day)

4166 Route 28 ,Boiceville, NY 12412

KINGSTON

BACKSTAGE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS (Maverick Awards Gala)

323 Wall Street, Kingston, NY 12401

UPAC (Kickoff)

601 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 www.bardavon.org

RHINEBECK

UPSTATE FILMS RHINEBECK (films) 6415 Montgomery Street Rhinebeck, NY 12572 866.FILM.NUT www.upstatefilms.org

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 A STANDBY line will form for all shows that have tickets available. Five minutes prior to show time, available tickets will be sold on a CASH ONLY basis. Standby queues form no earlier than one hour prior to any event.

 PLEASE leave plenty of time to pick up pre-ordered tickets at the BOX OFFICE order online by September 26 to receive your tickets by mail.  When planning your festival schedule, please bear in mind that the driving distances from Woodstock to Rosendale and Rhinebeck are 35 minutes; Woodstock to Saugerties is 25 minutes.

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com

ROSENDALE Rosendale Theatre COLLECTIVE (films) 408 Main Street Rosendale, NY 12472 845.658.8989 www.rosendaletheatre.org

SAUGERTIES ORPHEUM THEATER (films) designed by

 Pass and ticket holders MUST arrive 15 minutes prior to screenings or panels to guarantee seating. Empty seats will be sold to those in the standby queue.  NOTE: Tickets ordered online or by phone after September 26 must be picked up at the BOX OFFICE at 13 Rock City Road in Woodstock. These tickets will NOT be sent to the venue.

156 Main Street Saugerties, NY 12477 845.246-6561

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Maverick Awards Ceremony OCTOBER

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BACKSTAGE PRODUCTIONS, KINGSTON, NY 7:00pm: Cocktail party in Gallery  8:15pm: Seating for awards begins  9:00pm: Awards Ceremony Ma v e r i c k A w a r d

ATOM EGOYAN

With fifteen feature films and related projects, Atom Egoyan has won numerous prizes at international film festivals, including the Grand Prix and International Critics Awards from the Cannes Film Festival, two Academy Award® nominations, and numerous other honors.

awards presented

Gigantic Pictures

FEATURE NARRATIVE AWARD Films We Like

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD ULTRA INDIE AWARD

Sponsored by Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers LLP & Black Magic Design

world cinema AWARD The Markertek

BEST SHORT Narrative Fiercely Independent Award

The Markertek

Guy Maddin is one of Canada’s most celebrated filmmakers. He has directed numerous shorts and eleven featurelength movies, including The Saddest Music in the World (2003), My Winnipeg (2007), and recently, The Forbidden Room (2015), which will be the Closing Night Film at the 2015 Woodstock Film Festival.

The Markertek

GUY MADDIN

BEST SHORT documentary BEST STUDENT SHORT BEST ANIMATED SHORT

presented by Signe Baumane Haskell Wexler Award for

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY sponsored by Panavision

Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award for

BEST FEMALE FEATURE DIRECTOR The James Lyons

Paul Green and

The Internet Trolls

Editing Award for doc FEATURE sponsored by Technicolor Postworks NY

Maverick Awards Ceremony Band

The James Lyons

The legendary Paul Green and The Internet Trolls (Michael Bernier, Jason Bowman, David Jarrett) will be playing music from the greatest movies ever made (and some mediocre ones too.)

sponsored by Technicolor Postworks NY

Editing Award for NARRATIVE FEATURE The Carpe Diem Andretta Award

Wed 9/30

Fri 10/2

Kleinert James Art Center WOODSTOCK 4:00 Keynote Speech with Josh Fox

UPAC KINGSTON 7:30 Poet of Havana

Followed by a performance of CARLOS VARELA with special guest Jackson Browne

Thur 10/1 Bearsville Theater 12:30 Reconquest of the Useless 3:00 Look At Us Now, Mother! 5:30 Left on Purpose 8:00 3 Still Standing

1:30 4:00 6:30 9:00

1:00 3:30 6:30

Bearsville Theater 11:45am Deep Run

(Preceded by All About Amy)

2:00 5:00 7:15 10:00

I Will Not Be Silenced Shorts: Teen Films Rendez-vous Scout



Levon Helm Studios WOODSTOCK 9:30 Mavis! Upstate Films WOODSTOCK 12:00 The Babushkas of Chernobyl 2:30 Family Matters 4:30 There Should Be Rules 7:00 Band of Robbers 9:30 Blunt Force Trauma

WOODSTOCK Community Center Upstate Films WOODSTOCK 12:00 Shorts: Growing Up 2:15 Shorts: Spanish Spotlight Drawing The Tiger 4:30 Shorts: Let’s Talk Meet Me in Venice 6:30 Shorts: Fever Dream It Had To Be You 8:30 Shorts: Based On The Automatic Hate WOODSTOCK Playhouse WOODSTOCK Playhouse 1 1:45 am Short Docs II Short Docs I 2:00 Good Ol’ Boy I Dream Too Much 5:00 1 Giant Leap II: Remember What About Me? OPENING NIGHT FILM 7:30 Oliver’s Deal Paradise Is There, A Memoir 10:00 The Adderall Diaries by Natalie Merchant

Bearsville Theater 11:45am Al Jazeera Presents:

Sporting Dreams and Shelter 2:30 Hot Type:

150 Years of The Nation

5:00 The Grace of Jake 7:30 The Missing Girl 10:00 Summer

10:00am 12:00 2:00 4:00

11:30am 2:00 4:15 6:30 8:45



11:00am 1:30 4:00 6:30 9:00

Kleinert James Art center WOODSTOCK  PANELS PANEL: Social Impact PANEL: Music in Film PANEL: Women in Film & Media PANEL: Conversation with Atom Egoyan & Guy Maddin

Sun 10/4 Bearsville Theater 12:00 The Three Hikers 2:30 The Student Body 5:15 Buried Above Ground 7:45 Love & Taxes

Kleinert James Art center WOODSTOCK  PANELS 10:00am PANEL: Actor-Director’s Talk 12:00 PANEL: Film as Memoir 2:00 PANEL: Animation Upstate Films WOODSTOCK 11:30am Bob and The Trees 2:15 A Woman Like Me 4:45 Homeless 7:15 Lamb

WOODSTOCK Community Center Short Docs I Shorts: Spanish Spotlight Shorts: No Trespassing Shorts: Growing Up Shorts: Quirks

WOODSTOCK Community Center 11:30am Short Docs II 2:00 Shorts: Quirks 4:00 Shorts: Fever Dream 6:00 Shorts: Based On

WOODSTOCK Playhouse Moscow Never Sleeps Touched With Fire Silver Skies The Walk Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

12:30 3:00 5:00 7:30



WOODSTOCK Playhouse Waffle Street After the Spill Outliving Emily The Forbidden Room CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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Sat 10/3

Orpheum Theater SAUGERTIES Upstate Films WOODSTOCK 12:30 Blunt Force Trauma Orpheum Theater 3:00 Moscow Never Sleeps ROSENDALE Theatre 12:00 Shorts: Animation SAUGERTIES 5:30 Shorts: No Trespassing 7:30 Oliver’s Deal 2:15 The Americans 6:00 I Dream Too Much 5:15 Incorruptible ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films RHINEBECK I 8:30 Lee’s 88 Keys 7:45 She’s The Best Thing In It 12:00 Monty Python: 7:00 Touched With Fire 10:00 How He Fell In Love ROSENDALE Theatre The Meaning of Live Upstate Films RHINEBECK II 1:00 3 Still Standing 2:30 Good Ol’ Boy Orpheum Theater 3:30 Bob and The Trees 5:00 Summer 7:30 Family Matters SAUGERTIES 6:30 Waffle Street 12:00 There Should Be Rules Upstate Films RHINEBECK I 9:00 Missing Girl 2:30 Drawing The Tiger 12:30 The Grace of Jake Upstate Films RHINEBECK I 5:00 The Adderall Diaries 3:00 She’s The Best Thing In It 7:30 The Automatic Hate 3:00 Homeless 5:30 Incorruptible 10:00 The Poet of Havana 6:00 How He Fell In Love Upstate Films RHINEBECK II 9:00 It Had To Be You ROSENDALE Theatre 1:00 Rendez-vous Upstate Films RHINEBECK II 12:00 The Babushkas of Chernobyl 3:30 I Will Not Be Silenced 2:15 Band of Robbers 1:00 Buried Above Ground 6:00 Deep Run 5:00 1 Giant Leap II: 3:30 Love & Taxes (Preceded by All About Amy) What About Me? 6:30 Meet Me in Venice 8:00 Reconquest of the Useless 9:30 Lamb Upstate Films RHINEBECK I 12:30 Outliving Emily 3:00 The Three Hikers Cuba’s Carlos VarelA 6:00 Left on Purpose 8:30 Shorts: Let’s Talk with special guest 9:15

Jackson Browne Wednesday September 30 at UPAC Kingston

Following 7:30pm screening of

Poet of Havana

a Rare Live Performance

JOHNNY STEELE and Will Durst Thursday October 1

at Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Following 8:00pm screening of

3 Still Standing

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Maverick Awards Ceremony saturday October 3 at Backstage Studio Productions

in KINGSTON 7:00pm: Cocktail party in Gallery 8:15pm: Seating for awards begins 9:00pm: Award Ceremony



Upstate Films RHINEBECK II The Student Body Scout A Woman Like Me Look At Us Now, Mother!

1:00 3:30 6:30 9:00

BSP KINGSTON 7:00 Maverick Awards Cocktail Party 9:00 Maverick Awards

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