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Woodstock Film Festival - October 11-15, 2006

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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
The WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL will present a line-up of 150  ‘fiercely independent’ films, panels, concerts, parties and special events, October 1-5, 2008.
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The arts colony festival has grown at a staggering pace, receiving more than 2000 submissions this year, setting a new record. Screenings include 8 world premieres, 7 U.S. premieres, 15 New York premieres, 9 East Coast premieres and 2 North American premieres.

In 2007, the Honorary Maverick Award, given each year to an individual whose life and work is based on creativity, independent vision and social activism, will be presented to pioneering producer CHRISTINE VACHON of Killer Films, known for courageous films which challenge, provoke and hold true to the independent spirit.
IN 2007, the Honorary Trailblazer Award will be given to TED SARANDOS, Chief Content Officer at Netflix Inc., for his unwavering dedication and innovative approach to industry that opened a window of opportunity for filmmakers and niche production companies, enabling smaller and more alternative projects to be widely distributed.

2007 NARRATIVE FEATURES : 3 Americas directed by Cristina Kotz Cornejos; American Fork directed by Chris Bowman; August Evening directed by Chris Eska (Competition Finalist); The Cake Eaters directed by Mary Stuart Masterson; Chicago 10 directed by Brett Morgen; Choose Connor directed by Luke Eberl (Competition Finalist); Dark Matter directed by Chen Shi-Zheng; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly directed by Julian Schnabel ; Grace is Gone directed by James Strouse; The House is Burning directed by Holger Ernst; I’m Not There directed by Todd Haynes (Closing Night Film); In Search of a Midnight Kiss directed by Alex Holdridge (Competition Finalist); Iska’s Journey directed by Csaba Bollyk; Let Them Chirp Awhile directed by Jonathan Blitstein; Liberty Kid directed by Ilya Chaiken (Competition Finalist); The Living Wake directed by Sol Tryon (Competition Finalist); Married Life directed by Ira Sachs (Centerpiece Film); Neal Cassady directed by Noah Buschel (Competition Finalist); Reservation Road directed by Terry George; Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America directed by Tony Stone; Superheroes directed by Alan Brown; Trigger Man directed by Ti West; Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) directed by Patricia Riggen (Centerpiece Film).

2007 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES : Begging Naked directed by Karen Gehres; Billy the Kid directed by Jennifer Venditti (Competition Finalist); Black, White and Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe directed by James Crump; Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost directed by Todd Kwait; Constantine’s Sword directed by Oren Jacoby (Competition Finalist); The Cool School directed by Morgan Neville (Competition Finalist); For Love of Julian directed by Meira Blaustein; Freeheld directed by Cynthia Wade; Good Ol’ Charles Schulz directed by David Van Taylor; Hippie Masala directed by Ulrich Grossenbacher and Damaris Luthi; How to Cook Your Life (Wie Mann Sein Leben Kocht) directed by Doris Durrie; Iron Ladies of Liberia directed by Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson (Competition Finalist); The Future is Unwritten directed by Julien Temple; Living the Blues directed by Timothy Duffy and Larry Banks; Making Trouble directed by Rachel Talbot (Competition Finalist); Moving Midway directed by Godfrey Cheshire (Competition Finalist); Neither Memory Nor Magic (Work in Progress) directed by Hugo Perez; Nomadak.Tx directed by Raul de la Fuente; Operation Filmmaker directed by Nina Davenport; Oswald’s Ghost directed by Robert Stone; Run Granny Run directed by Marlo Poras (Competition Finalist); Steal A Pencil For Me directed by Michele Ohayon; SUPER HIGH ME directed by Michael Blieden; Surfwise directed by Doug Pray; Terror’s Advocate directed by Barbet Schroeder; The Unforeseen directed by Laura Dunn; War/Dance directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine.

2007 WORLD CLASS SHORTS : Over 70 world-class shorts will be screened in eight different program sets including Animation, Short Docs and Youth Screening. Highlights include Andrew Zuckerman’s High Falls starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, playing the Rosendale Theater near the town of High Falls. Benjamin Gray’s HUNTER starring Larry Fessenden, will screen in the town of Hunter. RED ANGEL starring Fisher Stevens is one of many shorts shot in and around the Hudson Valley. Animation highlights include THE PEARCE SISTERS from Aardman Animations (Wallace & Gromit) and Shuteye Hotel from WFF Animation co-programmer Bill Plympton. Shows include Animation , Short Docs , Youth Screenings, Shorts Program 1 , Shorts Program 2 , Shorts Program 3 , Shorts Program 4 , Shorts Program 5 and Shorts Program 6 .

2007 PANELS & PANELISTS: Panels include Entertainment Law , Where Journalism Ends and Filmmaking Begins, BMI Music for Film, Amazing Women in Film, Film Distribution in the 21st Century, Indie Filmmakers Talk, and the Actors Dialogue , with a virtual who’s who of indie film: Jackie Borock, Ira Schrek, Steven Beer, Robert Seigel, Jonathan Gray, Molly Thompson, Robert Stone, Thelma Adams, Mary Stuart Masterson, Katie Roumel, David D’Arcy, Michele Ohayon, Bill Siegel, Dade Hayes, Bingham Ray, Wendy Lidell, Ben Stambler, Ted Sarandos, Tom Quinn, Doreen Ringer-Ross, Bill Plympton, Moby, Brett Morgen, William Ross, Martha Frankel, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Bowen, Ira Sachs, Ron Mann, Joana Vicente. Presented at Utopia Studio in Bearsville.

2007 CONCERTS: Woodstock is synonymous with music. So each year it is no surprise the Woodstock Film Festival rounds out the festival experience with concerts by fresh, independent musicians. MECHANICAL BULL kicks things off Friday, October 12, at 9:30 PM at the Colony Café in Woodstock. Former wanderer-cum-Woodstock local Chase Pierson’s country heartbreak band grew out of the ashes of his first marriage. The band released its first album in 2006, Songs to Get Divorced To. Their new album, A Million Yesterday drops this October. REVISION follows on Friday, October 12, at 9:30 PM at the Colony Café in Woodstock. Emerging from the thriving college town of Ithaca, NY, Revision has hit the road hard and has shared the stage with bands such as Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, George Clinton, Derek Trucks, and Soulive. THE FELICE BROTHERS perform Saturday, October 13, at 9:30 PM at the Colony Cafe in Woodstock. Since the release of their debut album Through These Reins and Gone in 2006, the brothers Felice have toured the U.K and the States and released two new albums Tonight at the Arizona and The Adventures of the Felice Brothers, Volume 1.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Enthusiastic, and talented emerging filmmakers.
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Music:

Live music at WFF
has included

The Sad Little Stars
The Felice Brothers
The Rosewood Thieves
Dub Trio
Outernational
O.T.I.S
Bernie Worrell
Doug Wimbish
Will Calhoun
Dr. Know (Bad Brains)
Jack DeJonette
The Cassettes
Uncle Funk
Grammy winner Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer
Mike Gordon and Trey Anastasio of Phish
Govt Mule
Kate Pierson (B-52s)
Gail Anne Dorsey
Sarah Lee
Levon Helm
Alexis P. Suter Band
Bradford Reed and his pencilina
Benny Mardones
David Robbins
Tim Moore
Natalie Merchant
Ellis Paul
Eric Weissberg
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
John Herald
Happy Traum
Vanaver Caravan
Duncan Sheik
Studio Stu
Arlo Guthrie
Grammy winner Peter Rowan
Tony Award winner Lilias White
Joshua Pearl
3
Johnny Society
Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn
Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips(Luna)
The Billy Nayer Show
The What
Graham Parker
Marshall Crenshaw
Mark Geary
Chris Rael
Brendan James
Jeremy Gregory
Spooky Ghost
Mieka Pauley
Adriano Schiavo
Pamela Sue Mann
Buddy Merriam & Backroads
Karl Berger and Friends
Tamar Haviv
Little Sammy Davis
Simi
Dominic Chianese
Other favorites:
The Pogues
Tiger Lilies
Blondie
The Sadies
The Decembrists...

Movies:


2006 NARRATIVE FEATURES:

“After the Wedding” directed by Susanne Bier
“The Architect” directed by Matt Tauber
“Black Bruch” directed by Roland Vranik
“Buffalo Dreams” directed by Ani Pandit
“Chalk” directed by Mike Akel
“Come Early Morning” directed by Joey Lauren Adams
“Dance Party, USA” directed by Aaron Katz
" Day Night Day Night “ directed by Julia Loktev
“Days of Glory (Indigenes)” directed by Rachid Bouchard
“Dirt Nap” directed by D.B. Sweeney
“Fierce People” directed by Griffin Dunne
“Flannel Pajamas” directed by Jeff Lipsky
“Forgiveness " directed by Udi Aloni
"Gretchen” directed by Steve Collins
"Heavens Fall” directed by Terry Green
“Infamous” directed by Douglas McGrath
“The Last Winter” directed by Larry Fessenden
“The Limbo Room” directed by Debra Eisenstadt
“Off the Black" directed by James Ponsoldt
“The Orange Thief" directed by Boogie Dean, Vinnie Angel and Artie Wilinski
“Steel Toes” directed by David Gow and Mark Adam
“Stephanie Daley” directed by Hilary Brougher
"Swedish Auto“ directed by Derek Sieg
“Ten Canoes" directed by Rolf De Heer
" “Vertigo" directed by Alfred Hitchcock
2005 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES:
“ The American Ruling Class ” directed by John Kirby
“ Anytown USA directed by Kristian Fraga
“ Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt " directed by Margaret Brown
“The Boys of Baraka” directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“Bruce & Me” directed by Oren Siedler
"The Concert for Bangladesh” directed by Saul Swimmer
"The Devil’s Miner” directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
“Favela Rising” directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary
“Instrumental” directed by Gabriel Shalom
“Learning to Swallow” directed by Danielle Beverly
“Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream” directed by Stuart Samuels
“New York Doll” directed by Greg Whiteley
“Our Brand is Crisis” directed by Rachel Boynton
"The Outsider” directed by Nick Jarecki
“Press On” directed by Gillian Grisman
“Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic” directed by Liam Lynch
“Shakespeare Behind Bars” directed by Hank Rogerson
“State of Fear” directed by Pamela Yates
“Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth” directed by Philip Di Fiore
"TV Party” directed by Danny Vinick
" Troop 1500 “ directed by Ellen Spiro
"Unknown White Male” directed by Rupert Murray
“Zizek” directed by Astra Taylor.
2005 SHORTS PROGRAMS
Animation (programmed by Bill Plympton and Signe Baumane)
Animation for Kids of All Ages
Man
Woman
Together
The Great Idea
Food & Film
Short Docs
Reel NYx10
Youth Forum .

Books:

The Reluctant Adventurer

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