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Welcome Year-Round Programs Feature Narrative Feature Documentary Shorts Panels

Poster art by renowned artist Joan Snyder.

Prelude/Yellow Field (detail), 2015.

Poster design by Joshua Bryant.

Awards In Memoriam Sponsors Souvenirs Ticket Information Schedule at a Glance

“It was the first painting in a series of paintings that I made that spoke of life anddeath … dried flower stalks and yellow fields then growth signified by bright paint strokes. I’m thrilled and honored to have my work chosen for the 2022 Woodstock Film Festival poster. The painting was a fresh start for me and hopefully will signify an exciting year for the festival.”

- Joan Snyder

STAFF FESTIVAL FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Meira Blaustein

FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDER

Laurent Rejto

OPERATIONS

Operations & Admin Director Office & Community Relations Manager Digital Content Manager Deputy Operations Volunteer Coordinator Tech Director Art Director Pipe & Drape Board President/Special Events Executive Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications Manager Press Coordinator National PR Videographer Photo Editor Print Trafficker Graphic Design Printed Program Proofreader

PROGRAMMERS

Sage Higgins Teressa DelCampo Trevor Roberts Charlee Liebeskind Celia Baruchin Jeff Kantor Stacey Anderson Devin Cabrera Lauri Andretta Hannah Hackett

Features Programmer Shorts Programmer Animation Programers Youth Film Lab Program Director Filmmakers Residency Artistic Director Top Screener & Programming Advisor Additional Programming

FESTIVAL

Casey O’Connell Abby Shaffer Roger & Cowan PMK Megan Sperry & SUNY New Paltz Students Jason Vasquez Mark Tureski Naomi Graphics Leslie Snow

Maverick Awards Producers Guest Relations Director Panel Coordinator Food Coordinator Production Lead Registration

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager

Meira Blaustein Amanda Naseem Joy Buran & Noelle Melody Megan Sperry Alex Smith Nikki Goldbeck Amir Bogen Valen Golden & Tomas Serrano Kayt Marcos Sam Light Beth Troxell Phillip Levine Tracy Kamien Mia Barbuto

Founded in 2000, the Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that nurtures and supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities and economic growth.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT & TREASURER

Lauri Andretta

BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

Claude dal Farra

BOARD SECRETARY

Dave Baldwin

Vicki Chesler Lacey Schwartz Delgado Claude Del Farra Jonathan Gray Kevin Greene Ilene Marder Hinchey

Sarah Johnson Jeff Morris Nicole Quinn Peter Saraf Roger Ross Williams

ADVISORY BOARD Richard Abramowitz Judy Arthur Signe Baumane Joe Berlinger Blair Breard Robin Bronk Vincent D’Onofrio Griffin Dunne

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Jessica Edwards Heidi Ewing Rachel Grady Ethan Hawke Sabine Hoffman Gill Holland Ted Hope Bill Horberg

Barbara Kopple Melissa Leo Marian Koltai-Levine Mary Stuart Masterson Stephen Nemeth Ron Nyswaner Bill Plympton Aidan Quinn

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Yoruba Richen Emily Rothschild Liev Schreiber Lori Singer John Sloss Fisher Stevens David Strathairn Christine Vachon

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WELCOME TO THE 23RD ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

Dion Ogust

As I sit and write this, I am overcome by anticipation knowing we are about to welcome thousands of creatives and film lovers to a full-blown film festival. With many attending filmmakers, and exciting screenings, panels, and events, filmmakers and audiences will once again come together in a friendly, intimate, nurturing, and inspiring setting.

Jennifer Connelly, Darren Aronofksy, Natalie Portman

2022 has brought a new awareness to this country and has been a wake-up call that we can and must all have a voice in our destiny. As we reach the fall and enter the 23rd year of the Woodstock Film Festival, I pause to reflect upon the years that have gone by, the changes in our world, and the distance we as people and as filmmakers have traveled during that time. In that frame of mind, the Woodstock Film Festival welcomes everyone to the place where ideas are born, nurtured and shared, and where the visions of innovative thinkers, artists, and explorers abound.

Karen Allen

Uma Thurman

Joseph Vlachos

Auden Thornton, Meira Blaustein, Harris Doran, Catherine Curtin

I invite you all to come to the movies, panels, and parties, visit the local galleries, shops, restaurants, artists’ studios, and recording studios, enjoy the creeks and lakes, mountains, and fields. Get inspired and uplifted. Get enraged and compassionate. Get motivated to take charge of your world — or simply sit back and enjoy a few hours of Woodstock energy. I encourage you to be adventurous and attend an eclectic mix of films. As you delve into the wide-ranging selection, you will witness the exciting talent of directors, screenwriters, and actors who are not afraid to reach for the undiscovered and challenge the norms. And you will have a chance to interact with many of them, which is what makes going to a film festival so special.

We are thrilled to bring you all of this and so much more, not only in the colony of the arts of Woodstock, but also in the neighboring towns of Rosendale, Kingston, and Saugerties. This is a region-wide celebration and event.

Peter Bogdanovich, Mira Nair

John Mazlish

Laura Revercomb

William Fichtner, Steve Buscemi

Jacob Hutchings

As the festival begins, please join me in welcoming the hundreds of filmmakers and artists who have traveled here from near and far for five inspiring days of cinema celebration. Join me also in welcoming the thousands of audience members who make it possible for the independent film industry to thrive and shine a light on our world.

Dion Ogust

Simon Russell

Matt Dillon & Jonathan Gray, Meira Blaustein

A film festival is a curated world, lived for just a few days, where ideas are developed and exchanged, careers are born, and new relationships sprout, all of which last into the future. The past two years have challenged our mission but we persevered by taking advantage of local drive-ins and online opportunities (2020), and when social distancing permitted (2021), using a few indoor venues, a makeshift drive-in, and online streaming. But this year the festival will rise up at numerous indoor venues throughout the Hudson Valley, along with a limited online program. And so today it gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone back. It’s time to celebrate together the art and craft of film with all its diversity and glory once again!

Roger Ross Williams

Laura Revercomb

Before I sign off and wish you all a happy festival, I want to thank the countless volunteers, our board of directors and our advisory board, the filmmaking community, as well as the local towns, businesses, individuals and communities, our filmmakers’ hosts, our sponsors and individual contributors, and, of course, our staff. There would not be a Woodstock Film Festival without all of you. Thank you!

Meira Blaustein Paul Starkman, Joshua Boone, Arnstar

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YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that nurtures and supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities and economic growth.

WFF provides innovative mentoring and inspired educational programs benefitting filmmakers, students and diverse audiences, while serving as a powerful cultural and economic engine for New York’s Hudson Valley and beyond.

The Festival is centered in the historic arts colony of Woodstock, with additional events held in nearby towns including Kingston, Saugerties and Rosendale. It celebrates the art and craft of filmmaking with screenings, panels, and events throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley.

EDUCATION

PROGRAMS

The 2nd Annual Filmmakers Residency/ Incubator took place this year during the month of MAY. In collaboration with Theoria Foundation and White Feather Farm with additional support from Gigantic Pictures, four emerging filmmakers of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds came together to develop their individual full-length narrative and documentary films, each addressing social justice themes. With guidance from the program’s artistic director, artistic consultant at large, four mentors, and numerous guest mentors, the residents focused on developing their film projects throughout the month.

By the end of the Residency, the filmmakers had developed a cohesive foundation for their projects, and left ready to embark on the actual making and/or completion of their films. Following the Residency, participating filmmakers will return to the festival where they will sit on a panel and showcase some of their work.

The 5th annual Woodstock Film Festival Youth Film Lab successfully came to completion in JULY of 2022. Underwritten by an anonymous donor, the annual Summer Youth Film Lab has grown in 2022 from a three-week summer intensive filmmaking bootcamp for Hudson Valley teens to a year-round program for the teens that culminates in the summer intensive.

Lab students are guided through every stage of the filmmaking process, from inception, to production and post-production, in a series of individual courses taught by film industry professionals and program instructors. This year, following months of students workshops and mentorship during the school year, the summer filmmaking intensive concluded with two films produced by this year’s cohort. Both films are documentaries that focus on socially relevant topics that impact the city of Kingston’s community.

The public can catch the films at the 2022 Woodstock Film Festival during the Teen Screening block.

In MARCH, the Woodstock Film Festival held a sold-out Virtual Masterclass on Producing, hosted by indie super producer, film professor and former Amazon Studios executive Ted Hope (American Splendor, The Wedding Banquet, The Tender Bar).

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DECEMBER 2021 In December, the Woodstock Film Festival presented a special screening of Megan Mylan’s Simple as Water, courtesy of HBO Documentary Films, followed by Q&A with the film’s producer.

Also in December, WFF collaborated with the beloved Hudson Valley theater group Actors & Writers for a staged screenplay reading of Sebastian Stuart’s J­ anet’s Planet.

Two additional film screenings also took place in December: The First Wave, courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films that was followed by Q&A with the film’s director, subjects and crew. WFF also proudly presented an intimate screening of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s critically acclaimed drama Drive My Car, courtesy of Janus Films.

FEBRUARY 2022 In February, WFF presented a special evening with Mary Stuart Masterson, screening her 2007 feature directorial debut The Cake Eaters at the beautifully scenic Hutton Brickyards Winter Pavilion in Kingston, NY. A moderated conversation and Q&A with the awardwinning actress and director closed out the evening.

MARCH 2022 In March, WFF hosted an Oscars Viewing Party at White Feather Farm with support from Jane Street Art Center and William Gottlieb Real Estate.

Also in March, the Woodstock Film Festival hosted a sold-out screening and Q&A event with actor/ director Matt Dillon and his 2002 thriller and directorial debut, City of Ghosts.

MAY 2022 In May, the Woodstock Film Festival held a special fundraiser for Ukraine with the screening of the 2021 documentary National ­Museum, directed by award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker Andrei Zagdansky. Proceeds were donated to the filmmaker’s charity of choice, Cash for Refugees.

SUMMER 2022 Throughout the summer, WFF set up their merch booth and mingled with the Hudson Valley community at various festivals and farmers markets.

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YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS JULY 2022 In July, the Woodstock Film Festival returned to the beautiful Greenville Drive-In for a special preview screening of multiple awards winner I Love My Dad, written, directed, and starring James Morosini, courtesy of Magnolia Features.

AUGUST 2022 In August, WFF collaborated with Chronogram magazine for a special networking panel to discuss The State of Film/TV Production in the Hudson Valley and Beyond, sponsored by Ulster County Economic Development.

Also in August, in collaboration with Upstate Films, WFF screened the HBO documentary film, Endangered, directed and produced by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing.

Also in September, in collaboration with Upstate Films, WFF screened Moonage Daydream, a colorful and artful documentary that effectively pulls you into the world of David Bowie and his influential music, directed by Brett Morgan and released by Neon. in September, WFF held its first Youth Film Lab Showcase, screening short films by the Lab students from the past five years.

HEADQUARTERS RENOVATIONS

In 2022, the Woodstock Film Festival embarked on major renovations of its headquarters, restructuring and redesigning its main first floor offices, making them sustainable, handicapped accessible, modern and user friendly.

With phase one complete, additional phases, turning the adjacent four-bay garage into a public event space, redoing the building’s exterior, and more will come once the necessary funding is in place. Come visit!

SEPTEMBER 2022 In September, the Woodstock Film Festival co-hosted an exciting gallery opening and photo exhibit at the Renzy Gallery in Kingston, NY to celebrate the upcoming world premiere of The Picture Taker, showing this year’s Woodstock Film Festival.

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FEATURE NARRATIVE EAST COAST PREMIERE

NEW YORK PREMIERE

AMERIKATSI

[THE] BANSHEES OF INISHERI

BROKER

Directed by Michael Goorjian Armenia / 2022 / 118 minutes

Directed by Martin McDonagh UK, Ireland, USA / 2022 / 114 minutes Set in a remote island in Ireland, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationships, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu South Korea / 2021 /129 minutes A two-man team of self-described “benevolent” brokers sells babies on the black market. When a young mother who has abandoned her infant has a change of heart, she joins them on a road trip in search of a buyer, forming a compassionate improvised family, each touched in a different way by the specter of abandonment.

- Peter Wortmann

Armenian, Russian, English with English subtitles

Michael Goorjian plays an Armenian ex-patriot who returns home after World War II, only to be incarcerated under Stalin’s regime. When he discovers a window high in his cell through which he can peer into an Armenian couple’s apartment, he comes to be saved by living vicariously, at times magically, through their complicated, spirited life.

- Peter Wortmann Screenwriter: Michael Goorjian Producers: Patrick Malkassian, Sol Tryon, Arman Nshanian Executive Producers: Patrick Malkassian, Serj Tankian, Vartan Barsoumian Cast: Michael Goorjian, Hovik Keuchkerian, Nelli Uvarova, Mikhail Trukhin, Narine Gigoryan Cinematographer: Ghasem Ebrahimian Editors: Michael Goorjian, Mike Selemon Composer: Andranik Berberyan

Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh Executive Producers: Diarmuid McKeown, Ben Knight, Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden Co-Producer: Jo Homewood Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan Cinematographer: Ben Davis Editor: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Composer: Carter Burwell

Screenwriter: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Producer: Lee Eugene Executive Producer: Miky Lee Cast: Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Doona Bae, Lee Ji Eun, Lee Joo Young Cinematographer: Hong Kyung Pyo Editor: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Composer: Jung Jae Il

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CINE-SYMPHONY PLANET EARTH Directed by Jed Parker USA / 2022 / 51 minutes This emotional, yet uplifting film was created to sync with an existing symphony. Hence, the contemporary-classical score is a star, along with a Gaia character. The story, told without dialogue, tracks our planet’s history from creation to when humans came around and messed it up. Luckily, Gaia saves the day.

Screenwriter: Dyan Machan Co-Producers: Tracy Christian, Sandgrain Productions, Robert Lewis Webbe, Emanuele Michetti Cast: Mikayla Scaife Cinematographers: Brandon Ziegenfuss, Zigado Productions Editor: Jed Parker

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CONFESSION

DEAD FOR A DOLLAR

Directed by Dayna Hanson USA / 2021 /90 minutes In this disquieting story, a woman accuses three men of sexual assault. But is she an unreliable narrator? Is there something more sinister at work here? When her case is dismissed for lack of evidence, an up-and-coming attorney fights to uncover the truth, with an explosive ending guaranteed to stun.

- Sierra Slaughter

Directed by Walter Hill USA / 2022 / 114 minutes A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico.

Screenwriter: Gregory Mulligan Co-Producers: Sarah Hay, Michael J. Rothstein, Jordan Beckerman Executive Producers: Anne Clements, Gregory Mulligan, Roseanne Mulligan, William Mulligan, Russ Posternak Cast: Sarah Hay, Sterling Beaumon, Nolan Gerard Funk, Clark Backo, Michael Ironside Cinematographer: Benjamin Goodman Editor: Marc Fusco Composer: Dana Wachs

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FEATURE NARRATIVE

NEW YORK PREMIERE

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

NEW YORK PREMIERE

EMPIRE OF LIGHT

FOLLOW HER

GOD’S CREATURES

Directed by Sam Mendes UK, USA / 2022 / 119m minutes Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman who gives a powerful performance, along with Micheal Ward and Colin Firth, is a love story, at times gentle, other times intense, that revolves around a beautiful old cinema house. Set in a picturesque seaside town on the south coast of England in the early 1980s, the film is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema.

Directed by Sylvia Caminer USA / 2021 /95 minutes Balanced between the worlds of kinky social media stardom and the real-life pressures on a struggling actress, this psychological thriller cleverly pulls us into the dangers versus rewards Jess faces to help an all-too-charming screenwriter find just the right ending for the female lead of his movie, leaving us to contemplate where fiction becomes real.

- Charles Blender

Directed by Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer Ireland / 2022 / 100 minutes Set in a hardscrabble Irish fishing village, and anchored by the intense performances of Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) and Paul Mescal (Normal People), God’s Creatures traverses the dangerous and intimate territory of family ties that run so deep as to threaten the ordinary boundaries of right and wrong. - Peter Wortmann

Screenwriter: Sam Mendes Co-Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris Executive Producers: Michael Lerman, Julie Pastor Co-Producers: Celia Duval, Lola Oliyide Cast: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth Cinematographer: Roger Deakins Editor: Lee Smith Production Design: Mark Tildesley Composers: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Screenwriter: Dani Barker Producers: Michael Indjeian, Sylvia Caminer, Dani Barker Executive Producers: Michael Hassan, Rich Hassan, Chris Gaunt, Cindy Joy Goggins, Fenner Osmond Friedman Cast: Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones, Mark Moses Cinematographer: Luke Geissbuhler Editor: Alex Gans Composer: Alexander Arntzen

Screenwriter: Shane Crowley Producer: Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly Cast: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi Cinematographer: Chayse Irvin Editors: Jeanne Applegate, Julia Bloch Composers: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans COURTESY OF: A24

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NEW YORK PREMIERE

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HANNAH HA HA

JUNIPER

LINOLEUM

Directed by Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky USA / 2021 / 75 minutes Meet Hannah, one of the most likable protagonists in recent memory. She is a kind-hearted person living a contented life with her aging father in a small town in Massachusetts. Hannah Lee Thompson, who plays the titular Hannah, breathes life into this deeply human character as she wrestles against the influences of the world.

- Sierra Slaughter

Directed by Matthew J. Saville New Zealand / 2021 / 94 minutes Charlotte Rampling plays an ailing matriarch who unexpectedly returns to her family in New Zealand. Centered around her teenage grandson, who must care for her while grieving the recent loss of his mother, Juniper explores the unlikely connection between these two troubled souls who discover how much they need each other.

- Kate Sanford

Directed by Colin West USA / 2021 / 102 minutes Linoleum tells the tale of Cameron (Jim Gaffigan), the host of a failing children’s science show, who experiences a series of strange, scientifically inexplicable events that lead him to question his dayto-day reality, as well as his life’s history, past and future, as both a father and a son.

- Peter Wortman

Screenwriters: Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky Producer: Roger Mancusi Cast: Hannah Lee Thompson, Roger Mancusi, Avram Tetewsky, Betsey Brown, Charlie Robinson Cinematographer: Jordan Tetewsky Editors: Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky Composer: Arden Yonkers

Screenwriter: Matthew J. Saville Producers: Desray Armstrong, Angela Littlejohn Executive Producers: Thierry Wase-Bailey, Mark Chamberlain, Andrew Mackie Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas Cinematographer: Martyn Williams Editor: Peter Roberts Composers: Mark Perkins, Marlon Williams

Screenwriter: Colin West Producers: Chad Simpson, Dennis Masel, Chadd Harbold Executive Producer: Gabrielle Nadig Cast: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Tony Shalhoub Cinematographer: Ed Wu Editor: Keara Burton Composer: Mark Hadley

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FEATURE NARRATIVE WORLD PREMIERE

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

OPENING NIGHT FILM

MAN

[THE] LOST KING

MENDING THE LINE

Directed by Tzvi Friedman USA / 2022 / 70 minutes A subtle allegory about isolated, hidden people, mankind’s search for emotion and empathy in an increasingly cold, apathetic world, and perhaps a glimmer of hope that no matter how low we’ve WRITTEN, PRODUCED, AND DIRECTED BY sunk, there is always aTZVI chance at redemption. ExFRIEDMAN quisitely stylized cinematography, an atmospheric score, very little dialog, and an intensity that is visceral.

- Adam Schartoff

Directed by Stephen Frears UK / 2022 / 108 minutes Sally Hawkins stars as a lonely introvert whose fascination with Richard III becomes a passionate quest to redeem his character and restore his rightful legacy.

Co-starring Steve Coogan as her estranged husband, and sensitively directed by Stephen Frears, this historical treasure hunt is a brilliant character study in obsession and perseverance.

-Kate Sanford

Directed by Joshua Caldwell USA / 2022 / 122 minutes A young, wounded Marine receiving trauma care forms a bond with a man twice his age, who sees the mysteries of fly-fishing as holding the true healing power. While ostensibly a film about PTSD, Mending the Line is really a story about finding something to make living worthwhile .

– Ben F. Fischer

Screenwriters: Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan Producers: Steve Coogan, Wendy Griffin, Christine Langan, Dan Winch Executive Producers: Jenny Borgars, Rose Garnett, Philippa Langley, Cameron McCracken, Jeff Pope, Andrea Scarso Co-Producer: Wendy Griffin Cast: Sally Hawkins, Harry Lloyd, Steve Coogan, James Fleet Cinematographer: Zac Nicholson Editor: Pia Di Ciaula Production Design: Andy Harris Composer: Alexandre Desplat

Screenwriter: Stephen Camelio Producers: Kelly McKendry, Carl Effenson, Scott MacLeod Executive Producers: Mark Comora, Arlene Comora, Adam Comora, David Comora Cast: Sinqua Walls, Brian Cox, Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton, Wes Studi Cinematographer: Eve M. Cohen Editor: Will Torbett Composer: Bill Brown

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MAN

Screenwriter: Tzvi Friedman Producer: Tzvi Friedman Executive Producers: Cary Woods, Jonathan Gray, Seth Kanegis, Robert Amsel, Jonathan Tulkoff Cast: Jon Peterson, Stacie Brown, Noah Forrest, Paquito G. Myers, Joseph Doody Cinematographer: Mkhial Knaizev Editor: Kristian Otero Composers: Ethan Startzman

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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE Directed by Signe Baumane Latvia, USA, Luxembourg / 2022 / 108 minutes Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage is the personal story of Zelma, taught from an early age she must conform to societal expectations in order to find love. In Baumane’s enchanting, signature style of hand-drawn animation over papier-mâché backgrounds, we follow Zelma on this semi-autobiographical and educational journey towards self acceptance. - Joy Buran, Noelle Melody Screenwriter: Signe Baumane Producers: Roberts Vinovskis, Sturgis Warner, Signe Baumane Executive Producers: Matthew Modine, Adam Rackoff, John Jencks Cast: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Ieva Katkovska, Kristine Pastare, Iluta Alsberga Cinematographer: Signe Baumane Editors: Signe Baumane, Sturgis Warner Composer: Kristian Sensini

MY POLICEMAN

RAYMOND & RAY

Directed by Michael Grandage UK / 2021 / 113 minutes Harry Styles (Dunkirk) and Emma Corrin (The Crown) bring both heat and heart-breaking restraint to this story of a tragic love triangle, set in 1950s England, with David Dawson (The Last Kingdom) at the tipping point of all the unrequited desire and impossible temptations — impossible because, at the time, homosexuality itself was a criminal offense.

- Peter Wortmann

Directed by Rodrigio Garcia USA / 2022 /100 minutes Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke star as half-brothers who have been estranged from each other and their abusive father, whose last wish is they attend his funeral and dig his grave.

At the gravesite gathering, they uncover a man they never knew, and discover opportunities for self-reflection and healing.

- Kate Sanford

Screenwriter: Ron Nyswaner Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers Executive Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers, Cora Palfrey, Philip Herd Cast: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, Rupert Everett Cinematographer: Ben Davis Editor: Chris Dickens Composers: Steven Price COURTESY OF: AMAZON STUDIOS

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Screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia Producers: Alphonso Cuarón, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Executive Producers: Shea Kammer, Gabriela Rodriguez Cast: Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Maribel Verdú, Sophie Okonedo, Vondie Curtis Halll Cinematographer: Igor Jadue-Lillo Editor: Michael Ruscio Composer: Jeff Beal COURTESY OF: APPLE TV+

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FEATURE NARRATIVE

EAST COAST PREMIERE

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

REMEMBER THIS

ROOST

SIXTY MILES NORTH

Directed by Jeff Hutchens, Derek Goldman USA / 2022 / 95 minutes Alone on the screen, David Strathairn’s gripping 90-minute performance tells the moving story of Jan Karski, a Polish Holocaust witness and hero who, despite mental anguish and physical torture, endured to tell the story so that we will forever Remember This.

- Sabina Barach

Directed by Amy Redford USA / 2022 / 85 minutes Amy Redford’s masterfully directed tale begins with a high school girl’s growing online connection with a charming older man. A cautious ­romance steadily unravels into a deepening mystery as Anna’s heart is caught with a stranger’s, and her family must reckon with secrets from the past that bring mother and daughter into perilous territory. - Kate Sanford

Directed by Edward Crawford, Jack Mulcahy USA / 2022 /82 minutes When a bitter and frustrated actor loses the gig of a lifetime, he is forced to move back into his childhood home. He then has to choose between continuing to pursue his dream or working a job he doesn’t want. He is empowered when he meets Wild Fall, an agoraphobic now living in his old bedroom.

Screenwriters: Clark Young, Derek Goldman Producer: Eva Anisko Executive Producers: Eva Anisko, Michael Anisko, Dan Logan Cast: David Strathairn Cinematographer: Jeff Hutchens Editor: Brandon Bray Composer: Roc Lee

Screenwriter: Scott Organ Producers: Eden Wurmfeld, Amy Redford, Lynda Weinman Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Katy Bettner, Scott Organ, Jeff Hays, Jamie Wolf, Charlie Pigott, Diane Stewart Cast: Summer Phoenix, Grace Van Dien, Jesse Garcia, and Kyle Gallner Cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski Editor: Emelie Mahdavian Composer: Craig Wedren

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Screenwriter: Edward Crawford Producers: Vince Roe, Gil O’Brien, Jack Mulcahy Executive Producers: Edward Crawford, Claude Dal Farra, Debra Granik, Jack Mulcahy, Peter Joseph Rabasco Cast: Edward Crawford, Danny Doherty, Audrey Kovár, Jack Mulcahy, Marsha Dietlein Cinematographer: Patrick Greene Editors: Gil O’Brien, Karl Morton IV Composer: Spencer Hutchings

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WOODSTOCK Playhouse ROSENDALE Theater

Fri Sept 305:45pm Sun Oct 22:00pm

Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 292:15pm ROSENDALE Theater Fri Sept 307:30pm

NEW YORK PREMIERE

[A] STAGE OF TWILIGHT

STAY AWAKE

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT

Directed by Sarah T. Schwab USA / 2022 / 106 minutes Barry (William Sadler) and Cora (Karen Allen) struggle with his impending death in the final chapter of their marriage in a touching story that ultimately speaks to the question: whose right is it to make life’s inevitable impossible decisions when the impact will be felt by the people we love most?

- Sabina Barach

Directed by Jamie Sisley USA / 2022 / 94 minutes Two brothers sidetrack their futures to help their drug-addicted single mother, who must choose between losing her sons or going to rehab. Superbly acted and based on the filmmaker’s adolescence, Stay Awake is a personal exploration of the roller coaster families ride while trying to help their loved ones battle opioid addiction.

- Adam Schartoff

Directed by Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum USA / 2022 / 88 minutes Kristen Abate, who also directed, gives a brave raw performance as a young woman with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a rare inflammatory disease that has left her permanently bent over, a question-mark on the streets of New York, a maybe poet and sometimes dog walker who leads a powerful and spirited life.

- Peter Wortmann

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Screenwriters: Sarah T. Schwab Producers: Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Megan Smith-Harris Executive Producer: Karen Allen, William Sadler, Emily Kratter, Mia Salvaterra, Scott Dougherty Cast: Karen Allen, William Sadler, Marlon Quijije, Alfredo Narciso, Alexander Flores Cinematographer: Richard Sands Editor: Ben Rossen Composer: Greg Simon

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2022

NEW YORK PREMIERE

Fri Sept 302:30pm Sun Oct 24:00pm

Screenwriter: Jamie Sisley Producers: Shrihari Sathe p.g.a., Eric Schultz p.g.a., Kelly Thomas, David Ariniello Co-Producers: Rob Cristiano, Amy Lippens, Sarah Dorman Sveen, Alvaro R. Valente Cast: Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus, Chrissy Metz, Cree Cicchino, Quinn McColgan, Albert Jones, Lorrie Odom

Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK ROSENDALE Theater

Sat Oct 112:45pm Sun Oct 24:45pm

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Screenwriters: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum Producers: Armando Croda, Lindsey Cordero, Rodrigo Diaz Vogel Executive Producers: Steven Tanenbaum, Brian Devine Cast: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum, AJ Cedeño, Marianna McClellan, Mehret Marsh Cinematographer: Armando Croda Editor: Armando Croda Composer: Marco Buccelli

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English, French, Swedish with English Subtitles Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Models Carl and Yaya are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passengers. At first, all appears Instagrammable, but the cruise ends in catastrophe, marooning the group on a desert island.

Screenwriters: Ruben Östlund Producers: Philippe Bober, Erik Hemmendorff Executive Producers: Jim Stark, Bradley Thomas, Lizzie Francke, Dan Wechsler, Andreas Roald, Rose Garnett, Daniel Steinman, Ryan Friedkin, Dan Friedkin, Micah Green, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Mike Goodridge, Alessandro Del Vigna, Brina Elizabeta Blaz Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić Cinematographer: Fredrik Wenzel Editors: Ruben Östlund, Mikel Cee Karlsson Production Design: Josefin Åsberg COURTESY OF: NEON

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2ND CHANCE Directed by Ramin Bahrani USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Richard Davis, inventor of the bullet-proof vest, is ego driven and fearless. He shoots himself through his vest hundreds of times and films these horrific moments for everyone to see. This rags to riches story leaves us wondering why Davis finds joy in shooting and exploding everything and everyone around him.

- Sabina Barach

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TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Directed by Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, UK, Turkey, Germany / 2022 / 149 minutes

DOCUMENTARY

FEATURE NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY

Screenwriters: Ramin Bahrani Producers: Charles Dorfman, Ramin Bahrani, Jacob Grodnik, Daniel Turcan, Johnny Galvin Executive Producers: Marlon Vogelgesang, Bahareh Azimi, Myles Estey, Joshua Oppenheimer Cast: Richard Davis Cinematographer: Adam Stone Editor: Aaron Wickenden, ACE Composer: T. Griffin

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US PREMIERE

WORLDPREMIERE

BATTLEGROUND

[THE] BALLAD OF CLEM SNIDE

Directed by Cynthia Lowen USA / 2022 /104 minutes Now more than ever, radical artists are needed to fight against oppressive governments and corporate greed. Ron English is a shining example of one such artist. This wide-ranging documentary uncovers the portrait of a man dedicated to getting people to rethink the images and ideas that they have been indoctrinated with since birth.

Directed by Sacha Jenkins USA / 2022 / 53 minutes The film chronicles the pursuit of an artistic life; and all the trials, the tribulations, the ups and downs, the luck and serendipity, the disappointments and frustrations that come along with it.

Clem Snide’s story embodies a “lower-case-s” spirituality in a universal way.

Screenwriters: Cynthia Lowen, Nancy Novack Producers: Nicole Shipley, Ryan Harrington, Ruth Ann Harnisch Executive Producers: Jill Mazursky, Jason Blum, Sarah CavanaughRebecca Stern, Cynthia Lowen, Steffie Van Rhee, Jeff Sobrato, Dexter Braff Cast: Marjorie Dannenfelser, Kristan Hawkins, Terrisa Bukovinac, Alexis McGill Johnson, Nancy Northup, Jenna King, Samantha Blakely Cinematographers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Barbie Leung Editor: Nancy Novack Composer: Gil Talmi

Screenwriter: John Burkett Producers: John Burkett, Matt Kelley Executive Producers: JEd Gerrard, Peter Himberger , Drew Frankel Cast: Eef Barzelay , Scott Avett Cinematographers: John Burkett Editor: John Burkett Composer: Eef Barzelay

A special musical performance by Clem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers will follow the screening

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WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thu Sept 2910:45am

Levon Helm Studios WOODSTOCK  Thur Sept 299:00pm

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

US PREMIERE

AFGHAN DREAMERS Directed by David Greenwald Afghanistan, Dubai (UAE), USA / 2022 / 72 minutes Dari, Farsi with English subtitles

In a heart wrenching testimony to the strength of will and a sad, troubling commentary on world politics, the Afghan Girls Robotics Team narrates their own story, starting in 2017 when Afghan girls could still dream of careers in science and technology – a dream that is thwarted when the Taliban returns to power.

- Sabina Barach Producers: David Cowan, Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ellen Goosenberg, Brad Feld, Alexander Slusky Co-Producer: Beth Murphy Cast: Fatemah Qaderyan, Lida Azizi, Somaya Faruqi, Kawsar Roshan, Saghar Salehi Cinematographers: Elizabeth Mirzaei, Beth Murphy Editor: Edmund Carson Composer: Anton Sanko

NEW YORK PREMIERE

30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

BONNIE BLUE —

James Cotton’s Life in the Blues Directed by Bestor Cram USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Bestor Cram’s Bonnie Blue: James Cotton’s Life in the Blues is the story of Chicago legend James Cotton, blues harmonica player extraordinaire.

With Cotton as its focus, the film traces the larger story of the American blues genre and, due to the wealth of great archival footage, we have the man himself to tell it.

- Adam Schartoff Screenwriter: Michael Majoros Producer: Bestor Cram Executive Producers: Judith Laster, James Montgomery, Sam Pollard Cast: James Cotton, Steve Miller, Keb’Mo, Bobby Rush, Jimmie Vaughan Cinematographer: Bestor Cram, Jesse Beecher Editor: Michael Majoros Composer: Dana Wachs

COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 11:00pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 210:30am

BROTHER’S KEEPER

Directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky USA / 1992 /104 minutes Thirty years ago, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky made this brilliant documentary about a smalltown murder case using what was, at the time, a revolutionary approach: shoot a true-life story, unfolding in real time, and allow it to tell its own tale — an approach that became the touchstone for decades of true-crime podcasts and series to come.

- Peter Wortmann Producers: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Executive Producers: Joe Berlinger, Lindsay Law Cast: Delbert Ward, Roscoe Ward, Lyman Ward Cinematographer: James D. Cooper Editor: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Composer: Molly Mason, Jay Ungar

American roots music duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason will perform a short set before the film.

Director Joe Berlinger will be present for the intro and Q&A.

w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 2911:30am

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Sat Oct 14:45pm

US PREMIERE

EXPOSURE

[THE] FIRE THAT TOOK HER

FREE RENTY: Lanier v. Harvard

Directed by Holly Morris USA / 2022 / 88 minutes Why do we crave high-risk adventure? A European-Arabian team of 13 women spend two years preparing for a skiing trek to the north pole, the first all-female team to do so. “Let’s go into the madness,” one of them declares. And so they do.

And because of this equally brave filmmaker, we get to experience it all.

- Sabina Barach

Directed by Patricia Gillespie USA / 2022 / 95 minutes The Fire That Took Her tells the true story of Judy Malinowski’s terrifying encounter with domestic violence — she was set aflame by her boyfriend — and with grace and sober optimism, navigates to a startling, unprecedented event: a woman testifying at the landmark trial of her own murder.

- Peter Wortman

Screenwriter: Holly Morris Producers: Holly Morris, Eleanor Wilson, Michael Kovnat Executive Producers: Jill Mazursky, Jason Blum, Sarah Cavanaugh, Susan Capitelli, Rebecca Cleary Cast: Felicity Aston, Asma Al Thani, Misba Khan, Susan Gallon, Anisa Al Raissi Cinematographers: Ingeborg Jakobsen, Kathryn Barrows Editor: Penelope Falk Composer: Alex Weston

Producers: Patricia Gillespie, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Kristi Jacobson, Tracy Elizabeth Jarrett Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Gretchen McGowan, Nick Quested Cast: Judy Malinowski Cinematographers: Martina Radwan, Tom Hurwitz (ASC), Lisa Rinzler Editor: Emiliano Battista Composer: Katy Jarzebowski

Directed by David Grubin USA / 2021 / 95 minutes Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard tells the fascinating story of Tamara Lanier’s determined effort to force Harvard University to cede ownership of a set of invaluable daguerrotypes that are known to be the earliest photographic depictions of American slaves — and of one slave in particular, Renty, who was Lanier’s great-great-great-grandfather.

- Peter Wortmann

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Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 26:30pm

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3012:45pm

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 24:45pm

2022

COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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Producer: David Grubin Cast: Tamara Lanier, Benjamin Crump, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Tina Campt Cinematographer: Sam Russell Editor: Deborah Peretz Animator: Polymode Composers: Michael Bacon, Xavier Muzik Presented in colloboration with The Center for Photography at Woodstock

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F E A T U RNORTH E AMERICAN D OPREMIERE CUMENTARY

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

[THE] GOOD SOLDIER

HUNTING IN PACKS

IMMEDIATE FAMILY

Directed by Silvina Landsmann Israel, France, Germany / 2021 / 88 minutes Silvina Landesman’s documentary, The Good Soldier, provides a candid look into Breaking the Silence, an organization run by former Israeli soldiers who speak out about their witnessed abuses of Palestinians, sometimes at their own hand, raising questions about Israel’s dynamic mainstream and the challenges of confronting it.

- Adam Schartoff

Directed by Chloe Sosa-Sims Canada / 2022 / 82 minutes Delving into the high-stakes and absurd institutions of western politics, Hunting in Packs follows politicians Michelle Rempel Garner (Canada), Jess Philips (UK) and Pramila Jayapal (USA) through elections, leadership campaigns and their efforts to enact bold new policies.

Directed by Denny Tedesco USA / 2022 / 102 minutes Immediate Family, a new documentary from Denny Tedesco, chronicles the rise and tenure of four legendary studio musicians as they tore through the singer-songwriter scene of the 1970s. The film details their musical collaborations as well as their rambunctious friendship, which has endured through several decades and eras of rock and roll history.

- Leo Lasdon

Producers: Silvina Landsmann, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Christoph Menardi Cinematographer: Silvina Landsmann Editor: Tal Shefi

Screenwriter: Chloe Sosa-Sims Producer: Hannah Donegan Executive Producer: Ann Shin Cast: Michelle Rempel Garner, Jess Philips, Pramila Jayapal Cinematographer: Lulu Wei Editor: Caitlin Durlak Composer: Laura Barrett COURTESY OF: FATHOM FILM GROUP

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Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 2911:00am Orpheum SAUGERTIES Fri Sept 304:15pm

EAST COAST PREMIERE

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NEW YORK PREMIERE

LAST FLIGHT HOME

LIVING IN DELUSIONVILLE

Directed by Ondi Timoner USA / 2022 / 106 minutes With never-before-seen archival footage, Awardwinning documentarian Ondi Timoner turns the camera on herself and her family, chronicling the final weeks with her father as he prepares for assisted suicide. This intimate family portrait is heartrending yet inspiring, as we witness the compassion of spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren – an almost idyllic ending we might all wish for when the time comes. - Peter Wortmann

Directed by Constant van Hoeven USA / 2022 / 68 minutes Now more than ever, radical artists are needed to fight against oppressive governments and corporate greed. Ron English is a shining example of one such artist. This wide-ranging documentary uncovers the portrait of a man dedicated to getting people to rethink the images and ideas that they have been indoctrinated with since birth.

- Max Wexler.

Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner, Jenny Hochberg [Co-Producer] Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ondi Timoner, Ori Eisen, Mirit Eisen Cast: Eli Timoner, Lisa Timoner, David Timoner, Rachel Timoner Cinematographer: Ondi Timoner Editor: Ondi Timoner Composer: Morgan Doctor

Producers: Greg Richling, Jack Piatt, Jonathan Sheldon, Denny Tedesco Executive Producers: Brian McCafferty, Cliff Burnstein, Kelly Mi Li, Lisa Roy Cast: Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Linda Rondstadt, Keith Richards, Billy Bob Thornton, Phil Collins, David Crosby, Don Henley, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Peter Asher, Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Steve Postell, Russ Kunkel Editors: Justin Williams, Chris Peterson (ASC), Ryan Nunnerley

Producers: Constant van Hoeven, Andrew Porter Cast: Ron English, Futura, Shepard Fairey, Lee, Alex Grey Cinematographer: Andrew Porter Editor: Kevin Chapados Composer: Peter Schwartz

NEW YORK PREMIERE

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES Directed by Sacha Jenkins USA / 2022 / 104 minutes In Sasha Jenkin’s Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong over a trove of rich archival footage we get the best possible narrator to walk us through the life of the musical legend Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, the man himself.

- Adam Schartoff Producers: Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Sacha Jenkins, Julie Anderson Executive Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michele Anthony, David Blackman Cinematographer: Ed Lachman Editors: Jason Pollard, Alma Herrera-Pazmiño Animator: Hectah Arias Composer: Terence Blanchard COURTESY OF: APPLE TV+

COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WORLD PREMIERE

US PREMIERE

MAMA IRENE, HEALER OF THE ANDES

MY SO-CALLED HIGH SCHOOL RANK

Directed by Elisabeth Möhlmann, Bettina Ehrhardt USA, Germany / 2022 / 71 minutes

Directed by Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg USA / 2022 / 101 minutes

Quechua, English, Spanish with English Subtitles Healer of the Andes: In a film that is both a story about women’s empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth, 84-yearold Peruvian shaman and healer Mama Irene compassionately treats both the emotional and physical wounds of the women and children who come to her for guidance.

- Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Bettina Ehrhardt, Elisabeth Möhlmann Producer: Elisabeth Möhlmann Co-Producer: Torsten Bönnhoff Cast: Mama Irene (Juana Irene Contreras Pumayalli), Puma Fredy Quispe Singona, Natividad M. Pañiuhuara Contreras, Uma Ladiwala Cinematographers: Franz Zavala, Tenmy Johan Carrasco Monzón Editor: Monika Abspacher Composer: Jim Papoulis

English, Spanish with English Subtitles

Through the lens of a high-school musical inspired by its own students’ experiences, and with a remarkable intimacy, My So-Called High School Rank explores the overwhelming anxiety so many high school students face in their pressured journey through the college admissions process and, ultimately the resilience and triumph of these students, in art and in life.

- Peter Wortman Producers: Tina Nguyen, Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg Executive Producers: Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller Cast: Kyle Holmes, David Taylor Gomes, Arcadia Conrad, Linda Key, Hayley Wright Cinematographer: Michelle McCabe Editor: Hannah Vanderlan Composer: Paul Brill

Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 295:00pm

Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 303:45pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat ,Oct 19:15pm

WORLD PREMIERE

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NEW YORK PREMIERE

NEW YORK PREMIERE

[THE] PICTURE TAKER

[THE] QUIET EPIDEMIC

RELATIVE

Directed by Phil Bertelsen USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Photographer Ernest Withers was a renowned chronicler of the African-American experience during Jim Crow, and became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement. But he was also, secretly, an FBI informant. The Picture Taker keenly explores this disturbing contradiction that straddles the borderline between art and the emotion-laden politics of race.

- Peter Wortmann

Directed by Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch USA / 2022 / 101 minutes A girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with Chronic Lyme disease, a condition said not to exist. Their quest for answers leads to a paper trail of suppressed scientific research and buried documents that reveal why tick-borne diseases have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe.

- Sabina Barach

Directed by Tracey Arcabasso Smith USA / 2022 / 72 minutes Using a remarkable collection of home movies, family interviews, and personal therapy sessions, Relative is the shocking story of physical abuse, over generations of women in one family.

Enmeshed in loyalties, most instances are never spoken of at all, leaving us to wonder if keeping secrets is a path worth taking. - Sabina Barach

Producer: Lise Yasui Cinematographers: Jerry Henry, Keith Walker, Aaron Baggett Cast: Julia Bruzzese, Enrico Bruzzese, Neil Spector, Mary Beth Pfieffer Editors: Paula Heredia, Bryan Gunnar Cole Presented in colloboration with The Center for Photography at Woodstock

Producers: Daria Lombroso, Chris Hegedus, Lindsay Keys Executive Producers: Phyllis, Scott Bedford, Alex Cohen, Laure Woods, Linda Giampa Cast: Julia Bruzzese, Enrico Bruzzese, Neil Spector, Mary Beth Pfieffer Cinematographers: Winslow Crane-Murdoch, Lindsay Keys Editors: Mark Harrison, Winslow Crane-Murdoch Composer: Alex Ebert

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Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 110:00am Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 23:30pm

Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 303:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 12:30pm

2022

Producer: Robin Honan Executive Producers: Sean Parker, Pam Williams, Lessing Stern, Regina K. Scully, Geralyn White Dreyfous Cast: Carl June, Tom Whitehead, Kari Whitehead, Emily Whitehead Cinematographers: Ross Kauffman, Henry Roosevelt Editor: Hypatia Porter Composer: Amie Doherty

COURTESY OF: HBO DOCUMENTARIES

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OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES Directed by Ross Kauffman USA / 2022 / 96 minutes Six-year-old Emily Whitehead’s battle with leukemia compassionately weaves the hope and desperation of Whitehead’s family together with the humility and perseverance of one committed doctor on the vanguard of cancer research.

- Leo Lasdun

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Producers: Laura Poitras, Jenya James Hamidi, Tracey Arcabasso Smith Executive Producer: Charlotte Cook Cinematographer: Topaz Adizes Editors: Jeremy Stulberg, Ian Olds, Natasha Mottola Composer: Garth Stevenson

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY EAST COAST PREMIERE

[THE] RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER - Featuring Brandi Carlile Directed by Kathlyn Horan USA / 2020 / 108 minutes Tanya Tucker is brought out of retirement by Brandi Carlisle to make an album, and we are lucky to be in the room where this happens. A powerful film, adding rare archival footage to the mix, weaving together the past and the present. A beautiful story, full of music and heart.

- Sabina Barach.

Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn Executive Producers: Lynn Hubbard, David Zapolsky Cast: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings Cinematographer: Jessica Young Editor: Brady Hammes Music by: Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth

NEW YORK PREMIERE

SKATE DREAMS Directed by Jessica Edwards USA, Japan, Cambodia / 2022 / 83 minutes

English and Khmer with English subtitles

This is the first feature-length documentary about the often overlooked revolutionary subculture of female skateboarding. Featuring pioneer skateboarders Nora Vasconcellos and Cara-Beth Burnside, among many others, this story is filled with heart, grit, and determination, and makes us all want to skate like a girl.

- Sierra Slaughter Producers: Erin Owens, Jessica Edwards Executive Producers: Gary Hustwit, Bowie Barnett-Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Zunino, Molly Gochman, Michael Armilio Cast: Nora Vasconcellos, Nicole Hause, Mimi Knoop, Kouv “Tin” Chansangva Cinematographer: Jenni Morello Editor: Maya Tippett Composers: Arianna Gil, Sarah Snider, BRUJAS

COURTESY OF: SONY PICTURE CLASSICS

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WONDERFULLY MADE LGBTQ+R(ELIGION) Directed by Yuval David USA / 2022 / 95 minutes The film criticizes Church teaching, but it is respectful of those of faith. It features interviews with leading advocates of LGBTQ+ Catholics, including a pioneering nun, two prominent priests (one of whom is openly gay), and a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

Screenwriters:Yuval David, Mark McDermott Producers: Mark McDermott, Yuval David, Lance Bass, Mitchell Gold, Bishop Gene Robinson, Andrew Tobias, Reverend Mel White Executive Producers: Mark McDermott, Yuval David Cast: Father James Martin, S.J., Father Bryan Massingale, Sister Jeannine Grammick, SL, JR Zerkowski, Marianne Duddy-Burke, Cathy Renna, Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee, Miguel Diaz, Xorje Olivares Cinematographer: Nicco Quinto Editors: Hugo Perez Composer: Ariel Blumenthal

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Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 309:30pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 28:00pm

POUR GAMES

ALICE

Directed by Patrick Smith

Directed by Liz Van Verth

Diabolical wine glasses participate in a sadistic game of power dynamics, playfully terrorizing a smaller species until a self-sacrificial rebellion shatters the cycle of abuse ... momentarily.

Alice enjoys taking baths but ends up taking an unexpected trip instead. Where will Alice end up next?

USA / 2021 / 4:00 minutes

LITTLE HURTS

USA / 2021 / 1:10 minutes

THE GRAVE OF SAINT ORAN

Directed by Jim Batt

USA, Australia / 2019 / 9:30 minutes

Directed by Debra Solomon USA / 2022 / 10:30 minutes

A routine errand at the dry cleaners unleashes a freefor-all of fat-shaming, body image demons and family dieting obsessions.

POSTED NO HUNTNG

Neil Gaiman narrates this twisted philosophical tale of two saints, a murder, and the dark history behind the chapel on the island of Iona.

DON’T BE SCARED

Directed by Richard O’Connor USA / 2022 / 2:30 minutes

Directed by Alisa Stern

A family of birds looks for safety in a storm.

USA / 2021 / 2:36 minutes

When a trail cam captures a frightening encounter in the woods, the scariest part is what you don’t see. A twist on found footage horror.

BETWEEN LINES

Directed by Sarah Beth Morgan USA / 2022 / 2:52 minutes

Out of trauma blooms a sense of healing and connection. A film speaking to the scarring experience of schoolgirl bullying and the recovery that follows.

THE SAUSAGE RUN

Directed by Thomas Stellmach

Germany, Belgium / 2021 / 9:45 minutes

The tragic story of a little lamb told with the help of multiple Zoetropes, loosely based on the Grimm’s fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.

BUZZKILL

Directed by Peter Ahern

MORE THAN I WANT TO REMEMBER

Directed by Amy Bench

USA, Chile / 2022 / 14:30 minutes

Mugeni sets out on a remarkable solo journey across the globe, determined to reunite with her lost loved ones and lift up the Banyamulenge people.

HAPTIC MEMORY

Directed by Mike Enright USA / 2021 / 1:30 minutes

Paint on glass with monotype animation. This piece is research into the tension between hand made and digital animation.

FIVE CENTS

Directed by Aaron Hughes USA / 2022 / 5:07 minutes

A consumer finds himself in over his head after a string of purchases goes out of control.

LIPSTICK OF THE BRAVE

USA / 2022 / 5:20 minutes

Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky (who has something in her eye … and her closet).

THERE’S A BISON ON THE PRAIRIE

Directed by Morgan Miller USA / 2022 / 7:00 minutes

Directed by Bill Plympton USA / 2021 / 6:06 minutes

The animated journey of Madstone Rowan as they find inspiration in the rock and pop music which inspired them to embrace their non-binary self.

A short film about existence and sentience. Satirical in tone, the film chronicles evolution and the development of the carnivore.

WOODSTOCK Community Center  Sun Oct 2  10:00am

[80 MINUTES]

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MOVEME: Livia Vanaver

DOCUMENTARY

HUDSY

Directed by Jesse Brown USA / 2022 / 14:22 minutes

The story of artist Livia Vanaver of the Vanaver Caravan, which performs original, world-infused choreography and music, locally and internationally.

THIS ORGANIC LIFE: Gopal Farm

Directed by Joey Carey

USA / 2022 / 25:51 minutes

A journey to Gopal Farm that grows heirloom Indian foods, where we learn the relationship between cows and the land, soil health and sustainable practices.

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TRANSITION

Directed by Angel Gates Fonseca USA / 2022 / 39:56 minutes

A rare condition, no legs and expected to only live two years - and now, at 21 - transitioning. Will the family accept her?

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NARRATIVE

SHORTS

FIGHT OR FLIGHT

[99 MINUTES] Shriek-inducing thrillers, some that may hit too close to home.

THE DEEP END

MY SUMMER VACATION

Directed by Jack Fessenden

Directed by Kelly O’Sullivan

A piano tuner gets caught up in a botched home invasion.

Elementary student, Cass, gives an unorthodox presentation on her summer vacation to Pompeii.

USA / 2022 / 13:00 minutes

BATON TOUCH

USA / 2022 / 8:51 minutes

TRIGGERED

Directed by Jeong se-eum

Directed by Tara Westwood

A celebration party for Eugene who was cast in the movie. The secret of the three friends is revealed there.

A US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.

South Korea / 2021 / 20:15 minutes

SKIN & BONE

USA / 2021 / 18:00 minutes

MOSHARI

Directed by Eli Powers

Directed by Nuhash Humayun

USA / 2021 / 17:20 minutes

After taking a job on a secluded farm, a drifter begins suffering from horrifying visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals. Starring Amanda Seyfried.

NARRATIVE

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Bangladesh / 2022 / 21:53 minutes / w subtitles

The end of the world forces two sisters together, inside a mosquito net (moshari), just to survive—but first they must survive each other.

THE UNCONSCIOUS CONSCIOUS

[91 MINUTES] WOODSTOCK Community Center  Sun Oct 2  4:15pm Off-beat narrative stories of self-examination and admitting our truths.

MIRRA

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HI, IT’S ME

Directed by Sam Evoy

Directed by Dana Turken

When a young woman navigates a bad breakup, she develops a destructive relationship with her taboo smart device.

A woman finds a magical phone and reveals an unexpected truth.

WEDNESDAYS AT 5

Directed by Megan Chumbley

USA / 2022 / 18:18 minutes

Did I just sexually assault someone?

INTIMACY WORKSHOP

Directed by Alex Lill

USA / 2022 / 10:36 minutes

USA / 2021 / 8:54 minutes

THE CURRENT

USA / 2022 / 6:33 minutes

Directed by Elizabeth Taufield A therapist overwhelmed by an environmental crisis starts to resent one of her patients linked to the very scandal.

MICHELLE REMEMBERS

USA / 2022 / 14:18 minutes

Directed by Eddie Prunoske USA / 2022 / 9:50 minutes

In a stark church basement, a group of dour men gather for a symposium on the elusive art of human connection.

FRACTAL

USA / 2022 / 12:00 minutes

Directed by Kiarra Goldberg USA / 2021 / 10:21 minutes

DOCUMENTARY

Fractal follows the story of a miscarriage across three different realities; memory, present-day, and a dream of what could have been.

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Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl have baggage. Lead/Follow takes us through the archetypal stages of a new relationship — shot in one take and told through dance.

D I S L O C AT I O N

WOODSTOCK Community Center  Fri Sept 30  12:45pm [91 MINUTES] Well-crafted, authentic documentaries which share stories of those who are displaced, in limbo, or are motivated against the odds to help their families thrive.

NEVER AGAIN PARA NADIE

ANGEL OF GAZA

Directed by Ahmed Mansour

In the poorest city in Rhode Island, peaceful demonstrators tried to shut down a for-profit prison housing ICE detainees, only to be met with violence.

8-year-old Malak narrates her family’s arduous journey of romance, endless love, sacrifice and reunification with her father in the U.S. after 7-years of forced separation.

THE GIRL WITH THE ACCENT

USA, Palestine / 2021 / 23:34 minutes / w subtitles

THE FLAGMAKERS

Directed by Nadia Durry

Directed by Cynthia Wade, Sharon Liese

An Ethiopian woman’s embrace of her identity through the color of her skin.

American dreams collide with identity and belonging as refugees, immigrants and locals sew five million American flags a year in a Wisconsin factory.

United Arab Emirates / 2021 / 10:00 minutes

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Directed by Anna Feder, Dan Frank, Justin Reifert USA / 2022 / 20:47 minutes / w subtitles

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LEAD/FOLLOW

Directed by Colby Day

USA / 2022 / 33:00 minutes / w subtitles

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SHITS & GIGGLES

[94 MINUTES]

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Original and hilarious bite-sized films.

THE F-WORD

THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT

Directed by Alex Cannon, Paul Cannon USA / 2022 / 6:30 minutes

Directed by Fawzia Mirza

A father explains to his young daughter what the f-word means.

USA / 2021 / 11:00 minutes

All cards are on the table when a queer Pakistani Muslim woman brings her Puerto Rican partner home for the first time on the family’s annual game night.

F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K

Directed by Harris Doran USA / 2022 / 12:28 minutes

A queer, Black, aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.

ANNIVERSARY

Directed by Lain Kienzle USA / 2022 / 14:44 minutes

A middle-aged woman and her best friend race to make her over for the anniversary dinner she’s sure her husband is surprising her with.

IN THE FLESH

Directed by Daphne Gardner USA / 2022 / 12:45 minutes

Jerking off with her bathtub faucet, Tracey’s desires, fears and anger reach a new climax.

CAROL & JANET

Directed by Andrea Rosen USA / 2022 / 10:00 minutes

Hard truths are revealed when Carol and Janet each receive a package containing pieces of their shared ex-boyfriend. Also featuring socks, singing, and a cute dog.

HARDBOILED

Directed by Peter Sluszka USA / 2022 / 27:38 minutes

Detectives Harry and Callaham don’t play by the rules, resulting in suspensions and beatings at the hands of their boss, the explosive Knishoner. Undaunted by departmental politics, the ham and egg detectives set off in pursuit of a killer targeting eggs.

direct url: rb.gy/podnp4 [107 MINUTES] WOODSTOCK Community Center  Sat Oct 1  3:45pm Innovative narrative and documentary shorts that showcase a diverse group of musicians and artists as they challenge systems, build power and reflect on an artistic life as we age.

TUNING RENÉ MARIE

[DOC]

USA / 2022 / 13:38 minutes

A short mixed-media documentary about twice Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist René Marie’s extraordinary and often difficult path in life, and the saving grace of music at every turn.

THE VOICE ACTRESS

Directed by Anna J. Takayama

[NAR]

Japan / 2022 / 15:06 minutes / w subtitles

The Tokyo voice acting world is changing and Kingyo must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry.

MADELYNN VON RITZ IS ALMOST FAMOUS

Directed by Naz Riahi, Silas Howard

[DOC]

ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? Voices From A Plantation Prison Directed by Cinque Northern USA / 2022 / 26:56 minutes

The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson’s shutdown 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s largest prison-plantation.

COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS

SWERVE

Directed by Lynne Sachs

At 83, Madelynn Von Ritz, a radical rocker who never stops trying, hasn’t given up her dream of musical recognition.

[DOC]

USA / 2022 / 8:00 minutes

Five New Yorkers search for a meal in a Queens market while speaking in verse.

DON’T YOU GO NOWHERE

Directed by Bryan Poyser

USA / 2022 / 18:30 minutes

[DOC]

NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY

KEEP SHOWING UP

Directed by Rachel Kessler

NARRATIVE

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[NAR]

USA / 2022 / 8:01 minutes

A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with a fan.

SHUT UP AND PAINT

Directed by Titus Kaphar, Alex Mallis

[DOC]

USA / 2022 / 20:00 minutes

Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.

2022

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DOCUMENTARY

SHORTS

ONE’S OWN POWER

DOWN HOME

LYDIA EMILY’S LAST MURAL

Directed by Riley Engemoen, Liz Moskowitz

Directed by Christoph Johannes Superstar Green

USA / 2022 / 12:07 minutes

USA / 2021 / 21:00 minutes

A sleep away camp in Elgin, Texas gives adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to escape societal barriers and have a good ol’ time dancing, loving, and feeling free.

Lydia Emily, an artist living with progressive MS, paints her last mural in downtown LA with the help of a truly diverse group of friends and family.

IN THE WAKE OF MOURNING

Directed by John Gallen

USA / 2022 / 6:10 minutes

Iron Sharpens Iron profiles the rivalry between two of the best wheelchair basketball players in the world. Highlighting the capabilities of adaptive sports athletes, the film challenges perceptions about what someone with a disability can do.

IRON SHARPENS IRON

USA / 2022 / 11:31 minutes

Directed by Adetoro Makinde

Isolated in quarantine, a disabled Black youth celebrates his 21st birthday. Experiencing the unrest of racial protests, he finds his voice.

AS FAR AS THEY CAN RUN

HELLO TO JULIA

Directed by Tanaz Eshaghian

Pakistan / 2022 / 38:45 minutes / w subtitles

A fascinating look at those who are struggling to find acceptance and worth in a society that had relegated them to the margins.

DOCUMENTARY

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WOODSTOCK Community Center  Sun Oct 2 1:00pm [118 MINUTES] Powerful documentaries that celebrate the full identities of characters with disabilities.

Directed by Jenna A. Bush

USA / 2021 / 29:05 minutes

When Julia was born, her parents were told to “take her off the ventilator and let her go.” At two, she still could not move, eat, or speak, until the miraculous combination of horses and therapy brought her to life.

FA M I LY M AT T E R S

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WOODSTOCK Community Center  Sat Oct 1  12:45pm [96 MINUTES] Artful documentaries that share intimate portraits of diverse generational families in moments of honor and remembrance.

ANSHAN DIARIES

JUNGLE X

Directed by Charles Xiuzhi Dong

Directed by Jose Fernando Rodriguez

A documentary film investigates the director’s family saga spanning three decades of post-Chinese cultural revolution history.

A father reflects on his strict upbringing in early 1960’s Puerto Rico, as Hi8 videos – filmed by his son – reveal his son’s fascination with violence during his carefree, playful youth.

China, USA / 2022 / 27:50 minutes / w subtitles

ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught) Directed by Brit Hensel

USA / 2022 / 9:05 minutes

Expressions of reciprocity in the Cherokee world as conveyed in a story told by an elder and a first language speaker.

Puerto Rico, USA / 2022 / 20:51 minutes / w subtitles

PILI KA MO‘O

Directed by Justyn Ah Chong USA / 2021 / 13:46 minutes

A Native Hawaiian family is drawn into a complex quest to preserve their ancestral land.

PONY BOYS

Directed by Eric Stange

USA / 2022 / 24:48 minutes

DOCUMENTARY

A delightful true story about two Massachusetts boys – 9 and 11 – who set off on an improbable 350-mile journey with their family pet, a Shetland pony named King.

SOCIAL DIALOGUES

WOODSTOCK Community Center  Fri Sept 30  10:00am [87 MINUTES] The personal is political in these short documentaries that address historical and local challenges to how it goes.

AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL

Directed by Jared Peraglia

Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton is accused of murdering a white policeman after a late night car stop in 1968 Oakland. A landmark trial ensues and Newton’s defense team redefines “a jury of one’s peers.” With the death penalty looming, a verdict is delivered that still reverberates today.

A 23-year-old, first generation, Mexican-American woman runs for office in one of the most dangerous cities in America.

USA / 2022 / 39:55 minutes

BLUE ROOM

USA / 2022 / 11:55 minutes

Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers, and forests on loop, prompting them to reflect on isolation and wilderness. = streaming

HERE TO STAY

Directed by Andrew Abrahams, Herb Ferrette

Directed by Merete Mueller

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USA / 2022 / 30:05 minutes

BEHIND THESE WALLS

USA / 2021 / 5:47 minutes

While incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Sean “Dino” Johnson discovered the prison’s theater program: “We are in a maximum security facility and you want me to run around in tights talking about to be or not to be?”

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WE OUT HERE

[100 MINUTES] WOODSTOCK Community Center  Fri Sept 30  3:30pm A collection of bold, transformative narrative and documentary shorts from across the LGBTQIA+ community.

Joy and Noelle pr

PORTAL

Taiwan, USA / 2021 / 9:31 minutes / w subtitles

In spite of the lack of touch, two single queer BIPOC friends find moments of joy and resilience in unexpected ways.

WHEN WE ARRIVE AS FLOWERS

Once upon a time, the magical Tank Fairy delivered tanks of gas (with plenty of sass) to the home of young Jojo, a lonely dreamer in need of a glittery godmother.

NORTHSTAR

[DOC]

[NAR]

Directed by P.J. Palmer

USA / 2022 / 4:55 minutes

USA / 2022 /30:00 minutes

Diovanna, a dancer, realizes her transfemme identity through a choreographic journey of self-discovery, celebration, and the poetic metaphor of a flower coming to bloom.

SO WE MOVED: A Portrait of Jack Halberstam Directed by Adam Pendleton

A rural rancher and his ailing husband, are forced to make a heartbreaking decision to preserve the dignity of their marriage. Starring Colman Domingo and featuring a cameo from Kevin Bacon.

LOVE, BARBARA

[DOC]

USA / 2021 / 15:06 minutes

A short documentary on the iconic legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker, Barbara Hammer, told through the lens and love of her partner of over 30 years.

An intimate portrait of the writer and queer theorist Jack Halberstam.

WOODSTOCK Community Center  Sat Oct 1  10:00am [9 1 M I NUT E S] Finely-crafted narrative and documentary student shorts that exemplify daring and distinctive storytelling.

WUSS

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AN ISLAND DRIFTS

[NAR]

[NAR]

Directed by Vivian Ip

China / 2021 / 12:21 minutes / w subtitles Mandarin with English subtitles

Singapore / 2021 / 18:32 minutes / w subtitles

Nine-year-old tomboy Xiaoyu must choose between the neighborhood boys and the intriguing local shop girl…

Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, as the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them.

CALL ANYTIME, I’M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE [DOC]

Directed by Christian Jones

I WAS ALWAYS COMING BACK

Directed by Sanjna Selva

USA / 2022 / 15:47 minutes

Andre, on his first day home from prison, is unsure of how he will be received as he returns to his small town wanting to rewrite his wrongs.

USA / 2022 / 12:45 minutes

Two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Brooklyn artist Lesya Verba gets through to her older sister in Odessa via FaceTime. This film is about love, memory, and the (im)permanence of home, as the sisters cling to a call that could be their last.

EL CARRITO

THESE MEMORIES ARE NOT MY OWN

Directed by Kim Su Labby USA / 2021 / 12:33 minutes

[NAR]

Directed by Zahida Pirani

[NAR]

NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY

FILM SCHOOL SHORTS

Directed by Rubing Zhang

[DOC]

Directed by Brydie O’Connor

USA / 2021 /31:54 minutes

[DOC]

An experimental documentary exploring adoption from China during the One Child Rule.

USA / 2021 / 15:20 minutes / w subtitles Spanish with English subtitles

VALENTINE

Directed by Sinead Keirans

After a harrowing event, an untrusting and isolated street vendor discovers the embrace of community.

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[NAR]

Directed by Erich Rettstadt

USA / 2022 / 11:31 minutes

Directed by Susan O’Brien

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TANK FAIRY

[DOC]

Directed by Rodney Evans

SHORTS

NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY

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[DOC]

USA / 2022 / 6:49 minutes

A short, animated documentary that explores an OnlyFans creator’s first year on the platform, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

YOUTH FILM LAB

Screened as part of Teen Shorts - see page 28 Generously underwritten by an anonymous donor, the Woodstock Film Festival’s annual Summer Youth Film Lab was a free, three-week intensive filmmaking bootcamp for Hudson Valley teens that provides participants with the equipment and expertise to create their own original films.

2019 Summer Youth Film Lab students in production for Epilogue To A Friendship.

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Lab students are guided through every stage of the filmmaking process, from inception, to production and post-production, in a series of individual courses taught by film industry professionals and program instructors. At the end of their three weeks, the students completed their projects.

Film Lab students presenting their films at the 2018 Woodstock Film Festival.

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SHORTS TEEN

WOODSTOCK Community Center  Fri Sept 30  6:30pm

[69 MINUTES]

AFTER AUGUST

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PHO

Directed by Olivia Siegel

Directed by Ethan Chu

Luna is haunted by the memories of her past relationship with August. Will she learn how to move past it?

A “successful” man must come to terms with his detachment from his Vietnamese culture and grandmother.

USA / 2022 / 7:32 minutes

ART SAVES THE SOUL: Bowl

USA / 2021 / 11:51 minutes

THE AUDITION

Directed by Madeleine Birnbaum

Directed by Eli Berliner

Bowl is a personal story about the writer’s eating disorder and how art helped her cope.

A young pianist makes a startling discovery while painting, that changes his relationship to music.

USA / 2022 / 2:53 minutes

BENTO LOVE

USA / 2022 / 9:15 minutes

PAPERBACK

Directed by Elisa Taylor

Directed by Ollie Weidemann, Grace Woodcock

After being teased for her Japanese lunch at school, Rina rediscovers the importance of her cultural traditions.

Local booksellers and the community give insight on bookstores and the history of banned books.

USA / 2022 / 4:51 minutes

USA / 2022 / 6:51 minutes YOUTH FILM LAB

HUNGER IN THE HUDSON

FUEL FOR THE FEEDING END

Directed by Sam Baumslag, Milo Barrett USA / 2022 / 7:43 minutes

A man wakes up to chop wood everyday until he sees he will be stuck in the forest forever.

HUNTER

Directed by Michelle Tang

Directed by Wallace Wallace USA / 2022 / 6:52 minutes YOUTH FILM LAB

An intimate portrait exposing food apartheid in Kingston and the community efforts dedicated to combating it.

USA / 2021 / 11:30 minutes

MUSIC

A lonely boy wants to save his mother from his abusive father, but feels powerless, at first.

MUSIC VIDEOS WORLDWIDE - ONLINE ONLY BANG BUS

THE SKY BELONGS TO NO ONE

Directed by Shin Heewon

Directed by Manuel Del Valle

After being caught in flagrante delicto, a man starts running for his life.

After the tragic death of her son, an astrologer steals the Sun, adopting it as her own child.

South Korea / 2021 / 4:24 minutes

DOLLAR 2 THE RICH

SOFA

Directed by Chen Lu

A young LaRussell sees his adult family and friends engaging in actions that plague his community.

A break-up story of a couple that unfolds in a dreamy visual way.

DRAMAS - BLOODBATH

China / 2021 / 4:11 minutes

SONHO

Directed by Rupert Höller

Directed by Douglas Ratzlaff Bernardt

A surreal performance and cat and mouse game through a blood-red world.

The oppressive penitentiary system takes away children’s right to dream, but talent and imagination break free.

Austria / 2020 / 3:37 minutes

EVERY STEP IS A PRAYER

Brazil / 2021 / 14:05 minutes

TWIN ROCK: Zero to Eleven Mix

Directed by Cara Stricker

USA / 2021 / 8:33 minutes

An invitation to dream of freedom together.

FROZEN HEART

Directed by Antony Flackett USA / 2021 / 8:08 minutes

This hip-hop inspired video-music symphony covers 11 years in the aural life of twins.

YOU AGAIN

Directed by Nina Guseva

Directed by Mercedes Arturo

Russia / 2021 / 3:40 minutes

Gerda learns that her beloved lives a secret life as a drag queen. To better understand him …

KOJAQUE - TOWN’S DEAD

USA, Argentina, Germany / 2022 / 4:23 minutes

Music video for Ananda Luna’s debut song.

VACANT SPACES

Directed by Sam McGrath, Kojaque

Directed by Joe Baughman

Ireland / 2021 / 3:18 minutes

A butler struggles to reconnect with his severed head.

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Directed by Lewis T. Powell USA / 2022 / 3:21 minutes

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Innovative and stylish, this music video lineup showcase a scope of global music, dance, and dreams.

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Trapped in a cave with a kappa, Joe longs for a wonderful world long lost.

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IS PROUD TO SUPPORT

AND CONGRATULATES OUR SELECTIONS

AFGHAN DREAMERS A film by David Greenwald

ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON

A film by Cinque Northern

LAST FLIGHT HOME A film by Ondi Timoner

THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER

A film by Patricia E. Gillespie

PANELS

Intimate conversations with actors, directors and members of the film industry delving deep into the creative process.

WOMEN IN FILM: Then and Now

DIRECTORS ON DIRECTING Broken Wing Barn at White Feather Farm  Fri Sept 30  12:00pm Meet some

MODERATOR

of today’s

Geralyn White Dreyfous has a wide, most prolific distinguished background in the arts, extensive experience in consulting in filmmakers as the philanthropic sector, and is the they discuss Founder and Board Chair of the Utah in depth their Film Center.

When festival founder

MODERATOR

Meira Blaustein and

directorial

in Film” panel for the

Thelma Adams Film critic and bestselling novelist Thelma Adams has spent three decades in entertainment journalism and was twice chair of the New York Film Critics Circle.

choices and process, both in the documentary and narrative

noted critic Thelma Adams programmed their “Amazing Women

PANELISTS

first time in 2004,

Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy nominee

Ramin Bahrani is the Iranian-American writer, director of such films as

the morning events

Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, 99 Homes and The White Tiger.

male-heavy producer’s

were the B-side of the panel that followed.

Roger Ross Williams Oscar and Emmy Award-winning director, producer and writer, and the first African American director to win an Academy Award®, with his film Music By Prudence.

space.

The audience was all women. And they were curious and engaged.

Over the years, the panel gathered notable

Ondi Timoner’s work focuses on “impossible visionaries.” She’s won the Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize twice - for Dig! and We Live in Public, both which MoMA-NY acquired. Other films: direct url: rb.gy/ybzo34

high-profile women directors, producers, and actors. And we began a dialogue

Join Us, Cool It, Brand, Jungletown, Coming Clean, and Mapplethorpe starring

that started in that

Matt Smith.

quiet corner at Utopia

CHAT with this year’s Fiercely Independent Award recipient

DEBRA GRANIK

Studios, and then blossomed with each new year, becoming

Broken Wing Barn at White Feather Farm  Sat Oct 1  10:00am

part of a wave of

CHAT with this year’s

MODERATOR

advocacy for the

Fiercely Independent

Film critic and bestsell-

women’s gaze in the

Award recipient

ing novelist Thelma Adams has spent three decades in entertainment journalism and was twice chair of the New York Film Critics Circle.

media. Where did we

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come from, how far have we gotten, and

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PANELISTS Karen Allen is a theatre and film actor and director. She has made over 50 films as an actor starting with Animal House, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman and Scrooged and most recently A Year By the Sea, Colewell and A Stage of Twilight. She has directed in the theatre for the past 12 years and directed her first film in 2017, A Tree.

A Rock. A Cloud based on a Carson McCullers short story.

Julie Goldman is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer and executive producer of documentary features and series, including The Mole Agent, In The Same Breath, The Velvet Underground, A Thousand Cuts, One Child Nation, Life, Animated, to name a few.

what can we manifest for the future? That’s

Since Debra Granik’s Down to the Bone played WFF in 2004, she’s defined fiercely independent. She later directed Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace and Stray Dog. We’ll discuss career choices, contemporary filmmaking, and what’s currently obsessing a filmmaker known for her storytelling chops, humanism and a keen eye for talent.

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the goal of this now popular panel that began in relative obscurity and fought to be heard.

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PANELS

CHAT with this year’s Trailblazer Award recipient

CHAT with this year’s Maverick Award recipient

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ARIANNA BOCCO

CHAT with this year’s Trailblazer Award recipient and IFC Film’s President ARIANNA BOCCO moderated by Marianne Koltai-Levine direct url: rb.gy/stciv2

ETHAN HAWKE

MODERATOR

Marianne Koltai -

Levine President of Marketing and Communications at AGBO, with an esteemed track record of representing highly regarded directors, producers and production company including the Russo Brothers and AGBO.

Ethan Hawke in a talk

MODERATOR

with John Sloss about

John Sloss is an entertainment lawyer, film producer, talent manager, sales agent, and founder of Cinetic Media, whose credits include The Velvet Underground, Green Book, Boyhood, I’m Not There, Before Sunset, and Far from Heaven, among others.

his unparalleled career and what’s in store going forward.

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Arianna Bocco is the President of IFC

Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award® nominated artist and one of Hollywood’s most multi-faceted stars: actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and best-selling novelist. This year’s Maverick Award honoree.

Films. Previously, she has spent over a decade overseeing acquisitions for IFC Films and IFC Midnight, the multiplatform film distribution labels owned and operated by AMC Networks, Inc. [See pg 35 for full bio]

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FILMMAKERS RESIDENCY / INCUBATOR SHOWCASE

First Annual Woodstock Filmmakers Residency Showcase Broken Wing Barn at White Feather Farm  Sun Oct 2  4:00pm

Meet several extraordinary

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PANELISTS

emerging filmmakers and

Alex Smith, is a screenwriter, filmmaker, fiction writer and educator.

He and his twin brother Andrew wrote and directed the feature films

Natalie Zimmerman, whose work has been exhibited worldwide, is a Bay Area-based filmmaker and educator, with a focus on social issues and climate change activism.

preview their diverse slate of work-in-progress feature films — projects that live in that provocative space between dramatic and documentary; between social justice and fine storytelling; between timely and timeless.

The residents spent a month living together at the Theoria Foundation in Woodstock, developing their projects with

Erica Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American raised in California, belongs to the modern diaspora that seeks to transform generational trauma into a reclaimed sense of belonging, using film as her medium to explore other cultures.

Walking Out, Winter In The Blood, and The Slaughter Rule. Alex is

an Associate Professor of Fiction Film at the University of Utah and the Artistic Director of The Woodst ock Film Festival Filmmakers Residency / Incubator.

Nirav Bhakta, whose zero-budget short films focus on the immigrant experience, is an award-winning director, actor, and writer who grew up as an undocumented immigrant living in motels.

Adewale Olukayode is a writer, director, educator, and comedian, born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in New York, whose films address themes of justice, transformation and healing.

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ANNUAL MAVERICK AWARDS CEREMONY SAT OCT 1 UPAC

HONORARY MAVERICK AWARD RECIPIENT

ETHAN HAWKE

* Purchasing a ticket to the Awards Ceremony also

MAV-ER-ICK, adj. 1. Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence. 2. One who refuses to abide by the dictates of a group.

grants you access to the Francois Berthier

He recently directed the critically-acclaimed six-part documentary, The Last Movie Stars, about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Hawke’s recent onscreen roles were in the TV series Moon Knight, the horror film The Black Phone, and The Northman. He can soon be seen in Raymond and Ray and Leave the World Behind.

9:00 pm

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The Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Award takes its name from the original Woodstock arts colony of the early 1900s, which valued independence and social responsibility expressed through the arts.

Four-time Academy Award®-nominated artist and one of Hollywood’s most multi-faceted stars, Ethan Hawke is an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and best-selling novelist.

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In 2020, Hawke received a Peabody Award for the Showtime series The Good Lord Bird, which he starred in, executive produced, and co-wrote. His prolific acting career includes Dead Poets Society; Reality Bites; Gattaca; Training Day; Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead; Boyhood; Born to Be Blue; Maudie; Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight; and First Reformed. He made his directorial debut with Seymour: An Introduction (2014), Amanda Seyfried and recently directed, co-wrote, and produced the music biopic, will present the Blaze. award to Ethan Hawke.

Hawke has starred on Broadway five times, including the revival Amanda starred of Sam Shepard’s True West; Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia; opposite Ethan Hawke Macbeth; Henry IV; and The Seagull. A best-selling author, in 2021 in First Reformed. he released A Bright Ray of Darkness, his first novel in 20 years, and the graphic novel Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story.

Written works also include the novels The Hottest State and Ash Wednesday, and the children’s book Rules for a Knight.

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AWARDS FOR BEST:

Best Editing, Narrative Best Editing, Documentary The Leon Gast Award for Best

Documentary The Mark Braunstein Award

for Best Short Narrative The Haskell Wexler Award for

Best Cinematography Best Short Documentary Best Student Short Best Short Animation The Gigantic Pictures Award

for Best Feature Narrative The Gray Schwartz

Ultra Indie Award The World of Ha Change

Maker Award NYWIFT Excellence Award in

Best Documentary

HONORARY TRANSCENDENT TALENT AWARD RECIPIENT

AWKWAFINA

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Presented to a creative who breaks through the boundaries of their artistic field, be it in acting, writing, directing, or more.

NYWIFT Excellence Award in

Best Narrative

AWKWAFINA is an award-winning actress, writer and producer transplanted to LA from Queens, New York. Nee Nora Lum, her trademark comedic style and signature flair led her to become a breakout talent.

Most recently, she appeared in Universal’s The Bad Guys, two seasons of her Comedy Central Show, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, which she created and stars in, and Disney’s Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings. On deck is Universal’s Renfield, to be released April 2023.

Lum appeared in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon and Jumanji: The Next Level, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her starring role in the 2019 indie darling The Farewell. She brings an impressive range of talent to everything she does, most famously to Warner Bros’ 2018 smash hit Crazy Rich Asians, in which she starred as Peik Lin. That year, Lum hosted Saturday Night Live. Other starring roles include Ocean’s 8, and the indie comedy, Dude.

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AWARDS HONORARY TRAILBLAZER AWARD RECIPIENT

ARIANNA BOCCO

This award is given to a leader in the film and media arts industry who has carved innovative paths for all to follow, establishing an independent vision, and creating a strong and widespread appreciation for quality, substantive filmmaking.

Arianna Bocco is the President of IFC Films. Previously, she has spent over a decade overseeing acquisitions for IFC Films and IFC Midnight, the multi-platform film distribution labels owned and operated by AMC Networks, Inc. Throughout her tenure, she has acquired 800+ films for the company, including some of the most revered independent films of the last decade. Prior to IFC Films, Arianna was head of the independent feature packaging division of the Gersh Agency, and previously, she worked at Miramax Films as SVP of Acquisitions. Before Miramax, Arianna was VP of Acquisitions and Co-Production at New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features. Arianna began her career at ICM and The Marina Zenovich Steve Tisch Company after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah will present the award Lawrence College. She is a member of AMPAS and BAFTA NY, currently serving to Arianna Bocco. as the Board Vice Chair. She currently resides in New Jersey with her dog Henry.

HONORARY FIERCELY INDEPENDENT AWARD RECIPIENT

DEBRA GRANIK

This award is given to a singular filmmaker whose unique vision has furthered the field of independent filmmaking by following their own path, serving as a role model for other filmmakers, and advancing the highest quality of independent filmmaking.

Debra Granik is the director and co-writer of Winter’s Bone, which premiered and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2010. The film was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Granik and co-writer Anne Rosellini were also Oscar nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her first film, Down To The Bone won Granik the Best Director prize at the 2004 Sundance. In 2015, Vera Farmiga Granik completed Stray Dog, a feature documentary, which was will present the award to nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Her most recent Debra Granik. film, Leave No Trace, premiered at Sundance 2018 and was included in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2018. She is currently editing a longitudinal documentary shot over the past five years about the experiences of people reentering NYC after incarceration. Her next project is an adaptation of the non-fiction book, Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Vera starred in Debra’s multiple award-winning feature directorial debut Down To The Bone.

John Mazlish

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S

EVOLUTIONARY FILMMAKERS!

IN MEMORIAM MICHAEL LANG 1944-2022

MARK BRAUNSTEIN 1950-2021

Michael Lang’s contribution to the Woodstock Film Festival was profound. His connections in the music, art, and film world were deep and far-reaching (his friend Peter Max did our poster back in 2007).

When the Woodstock Film Festival launched in early 2000, Mark Braunstein gave us our first check, presented in person at a volunteer recruitment gathering by the late Victoria Langling, then head of customer care and charitable giving at Markertek.

Michael’s fame made him easily recognizable, and he was equally charming to everyone he met. His “Peter Pan” glow, coupled with his gentle spirit and sense of humor, were treasured by everyone. Being with Michael was always a joy.

When we launched the Spirit of Woodstock Award in 2011, Michael was the obvious choice as our first recipient. And true to Michael’s spirit, the event was magical. We held the gala at a stunning former piano factory on the Hudson River, catered by Mary Giuliani, with live music by John Sebastian and a presentation by Academy Awardwinner Barbara Kopple, all close friends.

Although gone from our community, in our hearts Michael will be forever young, with his youthful grin, white sneakers, light gait, and ability to make everything seem easy and joyous. A deeply loving father and husband, as well as a friend to many near and far, Michael was a beacon of light. Rock on, dear friend.

Generous, innovative, brilliant, and kind, Mark was larger than life. Founder of Markertek, a leading broadcast supply company, his impact on the Hudson Valley was immense, being one of the top economic developers, with well over 100 employees at any given time.

In 2014, the Woodstock Film Festival honored Mark with our Spirit of Woodstock Award, a celebration filled with family, colleagues, and friends at the Emerson Resort and Spa. For many years, Mark was our leading benefactor, however the Woodstock Film Festival was just one of the many organizations, schools, food banks, events, projects, and people that he supported.

Not to mention that at just about any art event in Woodstock and the Hudson Valley, you were sure to see the name Markertek or Mark Braunstein and wife Katharine L. McKenna as sponsors.

Mark was truly a great friend and one of the foremost pillars of our community. His contribution will be felt for a very long time.

In Memory of

Mark Braunstein

1950 - 2021

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SPONSORS GOLD SPONSOR

ACCOMMODATIONS SPONSOR

FOUNDATIONS WHITE FEATHER FARM FOUNDATION NOVO FOUNDATION THE LOZEN FOUNDATION CODE BLUE FOUNDATION ULSTER SAVINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION THE KLOCK KINGSTON FOUNDATION TRUST ETTINGER FOUNDATION INC.

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COPPER SPONSOR

TRAILER SPONSOR

PRIVATE SUPPORT SUSAN ALEXANDER LAURI ANDRETTA DAVID BALDWIN VICKI CHESLER & MATT KOVNER NIKOLA DURAVCEVIC & DANA BEN ARI KEVIN GREENE MIKE HASSAN

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SOUVENIRS WFF Caps

2022 WFF POSTER 24” x 18” $15

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PRICES

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets go on sale starting on Thursday, September 1st, 2022

 There will be limited seating capacity at all venues, purchasing tickets ahead of time is highly encouraged.  There are NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES on tickets, without exception.  The best way to order tickets, and see updated schedules, film descriptions, and other festival information is online at woodstockfilmfestival.org/tickets  Passholders must arrive 15 minutes prior to events to guarantee seating.

Driving from Woodstock to: ROSENDALE takes ± 35 minutes.

SAUGERTIES takes ± 20 minutes.

KINGSTON takes ± 20 minutes.

WHITE FEATHER FARM takes ± 10 minutes.

Leave more time, there is going to be traffic.

Online Orders  All tickets can be purchased at woodstockfilmfestival.org/tickets  Tickets are to be printed at home, or presented digitally at the door.  Online ticket orders can be purchased up until the time the event starts.

Box Office  The Box Office is open with limited hours, for your convenience, to browse the schedule and order tickets.

Masks are encouraged but not mandated.

Hand sanitizers and masks will be available at every venue.

Staff and volunteers are required to be vaccinated.

These are set in place for the safety of all participants. Thank you for your cooperation.

PURCHASING TICKETS

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Box Office Location

13 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY 12498 phone: 845.810.0131

Box Office Hours Sept. 1st - 25th Sept 26-27 Sept. 28 - Oct 1 Oct 2

 We will offer printed tickets for those unable to print their tickets or present them digitally.  Student and senior discounts are available with ID, at the Box Office.  Tickets are available at the Box Office until two hours prior to the event.

WEEKEND & FULL PASSES

Wed - Sun: 11am - 6pm 9am - 6pm 9am - 7pm 9am - 6pm

Please note that all events are subject to change. Check the website to:

 Confirm venues and times  Read updated information about screenings, special events & panels.

*Passholders must arrive 15 minutes prior to events to guarantee seating.

WEEKEND PASS: $450 Unlimited access to and priority seating* to all of the following on Saturday October 1st & Sunday October 2nd: films, panels, parties, hospitality lounge, and Maverick Awards ceremony. Includes festival gift bag.

DELUXE FULL FESTIVAL PASS: $750 Unlimited access to and priority seating* to all films, virtual screenings, panels, parties, hospitality lounge, and Maverick awards ceremony. Includes festival gift bag.

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE WED 9/28 FRI 9/30 SAT 10/1

WOODSTOCK: Bearsville WOODSTOCK: Bearsville Theater Theater 10:00am Skate Dreams [Q&A] 7:00 Of Medicine and Miracles [Q&A]

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

6:30 Remember This

[Q&A]

THUR 9/29

[Q&A] [Q&A]

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Mending The Line 8:45 God’s Creatures

[Q&A]

[Q&A]

WOODSTOCK: Tinker Street Cinema

11:30am Bonnie Blue: James Cotton Life in the Blues [Q&A] 2:15 Sixty Miles North [Q&A] 5:00 Mama Irene, Healer of the

Andes

7:45 Amerikatsi

[Q&A] [Q&A]

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

11:00am Hunting In Packs [Q&A] 1:45 Cine-Symphony [Q&A]

10:45am Battleground 1:45 Broker 5:30 OPENING NIGHT FILM

High School Rank

6:45 Immediate Family 9:45 Louis Armstrong’s

Black & Blues

WOODSTOCK: Bearsville Theater

Planet Earth 4:00 2nd Chance 7:00 Wonderfully Made - LGBTQ+R(eligion)

12:45 The Fire That Took Her [Q&A] 3:45 My So-Called [Q&A]

[Q&A] [Q&A]

WOODSTOCK: Levon Helm Studios

9:00 The Ballad of Clem Snide

VENUES Bearsville Theater

291 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498

Tinker Street Cinema

132 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498

Woodstock Community Center [shorts] 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498

Woodstock Playhouse

103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498

Orpheum Theatre

156 Main St, Saugerties, NY 12477

White Feather Farm [PANELS] Broken Wing Barn

1389 NY-212, Saugerties, NY 12477

UPAC [AWARDS]

601 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401

WAAM [FILMAKERS LOUNGE]

11:00am My Love Affair with

[Q&A]

2:30 A Stage of Twilight 5:45 Roost 8:45 My Policeman

[Q&A]

Marriage

[Q&A]

[Q&A]

and Fly Right 3:45 The Quiet Epidemic 7:00 Man 9:30 Animation Shorts

10:00am 12:45 3:30 6:30 8:45

WOODSTOCK Community Center

[Q&A] [Q&A] [Q&A] [Q&A]

[All have Q&A]

SHORTS: Social Dialogues SHORTS: Dislocation SHORTS: We Out Here SHORTS: Teen Films SHORTS: Fight or Flight

SAUGERTIES: White Feather Farm PANELS

12:00pm PANEL: Directors On

Directing

10:00am 12:45 3:45 6:45

WOODSTOCK Community Center

Clem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers A special musical performance

by Clem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers will follow the screening of The Ballard of Clem Snide.

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[Q&A] [Q&A]

[Q&A] [Q&A]

Lanier V. Harvard

[Q&A]

[All have Q&A]

11:00am 1:45 5:00 8:45

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Juniper The Banshees of Inisherin Triangle of Sadness CLOSING NIGHT FILM Empire of Light

WOODSTOCK Community Center

Residency /Incubator Showcase

SAUGERTIES: Orpheum Theatre

Debra Granik

10:30am Afghan Dreamers 1:00 Last Flight Home 4:00 A Stage of Twilight 7:00 Man 9:15 The Lost King

Ethan Hawke

SAUGERTIES: Orpheum Theatre

[Q&A]

[Q&A]

11:00am 2:00 4:45 7:45

ROSENDALE Theatre

The Return of Tanya Tucker Roost Stay Awake Linoleum

ROSENDALE Theatre

MAVERICK AWARDS

Marriage

UPAC, KINGSTON SAT, OCT 1 @ 9:00pm

11:00am My Love Affair with 2:30 The Quiet Epidemic 5:30 Straighten Up

and Fly Right 8:15 My Policeman

KINGSTON: UPAC

9:00 Maverick Awards

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[All have Q&A]

10:00am SHORTS: HUDSY 1:00 SHORTS: One’s Own Power 4:15 SHORTS: The Unconcious Concious 6:45 SHORTS: Shits and Giggles 4:00pm PANEL: Filmmakers

12:00 PANEL: Women In Film:

Black & Blues

[30 min Q&A]

10:00am Raymond & Ray 1:00 Living In Dellusionville [Q&A] 3:30 The Picture Taker [Q&A] 6:30 Exposure [Q&A]

10:00am PANEL: Chat With

4:00 Hannah Ha Ha 6:30 Skate Dreams

[Q&A]

SAUGERTIES: White Feather Farm PANELS

SAUGERTIES: White Feather Farm PANELS

1:00pm Louis Armstrong’s

[Q&A]

8:00 Animation Shorts

[Q&A]

SHORTS: Film School Shorts SHORTS: Family Matters SHORTS: Keep Showing Up SHORTS: Shits and Giggles

[Q&A] [Q&A]

11:00am Relative 1:45 The Good Soldier 4:45 Free Renty:

WOODSTOCK: Tinker Street Cinema

Planet Earth 9:00 Dead for a Dollar

Awards for Best:

Best Editing, Narrative Best Editing, Documentary The Leon Gast Award for Best

Documentary

The Mark Braunstein Award for Best

Short Narrative

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The Haskell Wexler Award for Best

WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE SAT OCT 1 @ 4:45pm

Best Short Documentary Best Student Short Best Short Animation The Gigantic Pictures Award for Best

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A SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES LEVON HELM STUDIOS THURS SEPT 29 @ 9:00pm

[Q&A]

10:00am Confession 12:45 Stay Awake 3:45 Follow Her 6:45 Cine-Symphony

[Q&A]

Road, Woodstock, NY 12498

408 Main St, Rosendale, NY 12472

[Q&A]

Arianna Bocco

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Rosendale Theatre

WOODSTOCK Playhouse

Linoleum Raymond + Ray Brother’s Keeper The Lost King

4:00 PANEL Chat With

Ticket Holders must arrive 15 minutes prior to screenings or panels, in order to guarantee seating.

28 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498

10:30am 1:30 4:45 8:00

WOODSTOCK: Bearsville Theater

[Q&A]

Then and Now

ROSENDALE Theatre

1:00 Mending the Line 4:30 Follow Her 7:30 Sixty Miles North

Tanya Tucker 9:15 My So-Called High School Rank

2:00 PANEL: Chat With

SAUGERTIES: Orpheum Theatre

1:00 Broker 4:15 Hunting In Packs 7:15 Amerikatsi

10:00am The Picture Taker [20 min Q&A] 1:00 Afghan Dreamers [Q&A] 3:30 Last Flight Home [Q&A] 6:30 The Return of [Q&A]

WOODSTOCK: Tinker Street Cinema

WOODSTOCK: Tinker Street Cinema

10:00am Hannah Ha Ha 12:30 Straighten Up

SUN 10/2

WOODSTOCK: Bearsville Theater

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

American roots music duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason will perform a short set before the 30th anniversary screening of Brother’s Keeper. The duo provided the musical score for the film.

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Cinematography

Feature Narrative

The Gray Schwartz Ultra Indie Award The World of Ha Change Maker Award

Fiercely Independent Award [pg 35] Honorary Trailblazer [pg 35] Honorary Maverick [pg 34] Honorary Transcendent Talent [pg 34]

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