FEATURING MORE THAN 120 FILMS, PANELS & EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
WOODSTOCK, NY (September 12, 2017) - The 2017 Woodstock Film Festival will showcase 4 World Premieres, 5 North American Premieres, 1 US Premiere, 20 East Coast Premieres and 10 New York Premieres. *Detailed information can be found below.
Select highlights of this year's festival include:
- CLOSING NIGHT FILM: Arthur Miller: Writer, directed by Rebecca Miller
- CENTERPIECE FILMS: Last Flying Flag, directed by Richard Linklater and The Square,directed by Ruben Östlund
- MAVERICK AWARD recipient Susan Sarandon
- EXCELLENCE IN ACTING AWARD recipient Bill Pullman
- TRAILBLAZER AWARD recipient Shep Gordon
- SELECT ATTENDEES: Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman, Shep Gordon, Giancarlo Esposito, Rory Culkin, Griffin Dunne, Michael Cristofer, Rebecca Miller, William Horberg, Peter Saraf, Lee Aronsohn, Pamela Koffler, Anne Carey, Richard Rowley, Bob Herbert, Jamie Redford, Sam Pollard, Barbara Kopple, Philippe Petit, and many more.
- SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN IN FILM AND MEDIA will feature 18 female directors who will present their work (a third of the festival’s offerings!) including the World Premiere of Lisa France's Roll With Me.
- LGBTQ FOCUS will highlight 6 beautiful films, including the East Coast Premiere of Becks, a film directed by Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and Daniel Powell.
- WORLD CINEMA with a special focus on Dutch Cinema, presenting 10 international feature films, including the US Premiere of Waterboys, directed by Robert Jan Westdijk.
- FOCUS ON MUSIC will spotlight films featuring music of diverse genres, including the New York Premiere of Michael Berry's subway musical, Stuck, featuring performances by Giancarlo Esposito, Ashanti and others.
- EXPOSURE programming focuses on films that explore and challenge social, political and environmental themes, such as the New York Premiere Jamie Redford's Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution.
- FILMS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY highlight local ties via locations, filmmakers, and/or actors from this creative hub, including The Strange Ones, directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein.
The fiercely independent 18th Annual Woodstock Film Festival presents an outstanding lineup of films to be shown in Woodstock, Rhinebeck, Rosendale, Saugerties, and Kingston.
To kick off the 18th Annual Woodstock Film Festival, there will be a live performance by operatic soprano Sarah Joy Miller, star of the short film A Hand of Bridge followed by the East Coast premiere of Stuck, a musical narrative about a group of six strangers trapped together on a stalled New York City subway car. The characters confront their assumptions of one another under the scrutinizing eye of a mysterious homeless man played by Giancarlo Esposito. This kickoff event will begin at 7PM October 11 at the Woodstock Playhouse.
The remainder of the films can be found under the corresponding sections below of NARRATIVE FEATURES, DOCUMENTARY FEATURES and SHORTS.
“This year’s lineup is one that challenges our creative and intellectual boundaries and brings important social issues into focus, both locally and globally" said Woodstock Film Festival’s co-founder and executive director Meira Blaustein. "In today's political climate it is particularly important to celebrate our differences and find our commonalities. This year's participating filmmakers have gone above and beyond in capturing diverse moments of humanity that personify fierce independence.”
This year the festival presents films selected from over 2,000 entries from around the globe. Countries represented include France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the USA. A majority of the films in the lineup will be screened with the filmmakers and cast/subjects in attendance.
The iconic Woodstock Film Festival was created in the year 2000. Since then, it has become one of the foremost regional independent film festivals. Establishing itself as a ground-breaking festival that offers a unique platform for filmmakers around the globe, the Woodstock Film Festival has been named among the top 50 film festivals worldwide.
The WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE (13 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY) will be open:
September 20 to October 8 • Wednesday through Sunday, from Noon-6PM (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays)
October 9-14 • Daily from 9AM to 7PM
October 15 • 9AM to 6PM
NARRATIVE FEATURES
