Woodstock Film Festival

Catskills films make it to Sundance

By Julia Reischel
1/27/12 - 2:10 pm
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Catskills locals are makng a splash among the nation's most avid cinemaphiles at the Sundance Film Festival this week.

David France, the owner of Margareville's Galli-Curci building (appropriately, a former movie theater), is a festival darling with his documentary about AIDS in the 1980s, "How to Survive a Plague." Check out the Sundance Channel's interview with him about the flim above. More info in a Sundance Channel article here.

The Hudson Valley's own Oscar-winning Melissa Leo starred in Predisposed, another Sundance pick, which was produced by BCDF, a Hudson-Valley-based film studio. The Woodstock Film Festival has a full list of Sundance films with local connections, including two more films from BCDF and movie called Keep the Lights On, which was shot locally.  Read more

Woodstock Film Festival

By Julia Reischel
9/21/11 - 11:36 am
September 21, 2011 - 7:30pm

Be a part of the 12th Annual Woodstock Film Festival, September 21-25, 2011

Each year film and music lovers from around the world gather at the Woodstock Film Festival for an innovative variety of films, first-class concerts, workshops, celebrity-led panels, an awards ceremony, and fantastic parties.  Read more

http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/
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Oscar Party

By Jwdragon
2/24/11 - 9:06 am
Emerson Resort and Spa
February 27, 2011 - 7:00pm

Oscar Party at The Emerson Resort, Rte 28 Mt. Tremper to benefit the Woodstock Film Festival. Enjoy an elegant screening of the Oscars and raise money for the WFF. More info: http://www.emersonresort.com/hollywood-in-the-hudson-valley-the-catskill...

http://www.emersonresort.com/hollywood-in-the-hudson-valley-the-catskills-oscar-...
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Local talent shines at Sundance

By Lissa Harris
1/25/11 - 4:28 pm

Above: A Sundance "Meet the Artist" feature with Vera Farmiga, who directed and starred in the Hudson Valley-filmed Higher Ground, and who's also a part-time Catskills resident.

Through the 30th, most of the indie-film world is in Utah for the annual Sundance Film Festival, showcasing and celebrating the year's best independent cinema. Woodstock Film Festival cofounder Meira Blaustein is in Sundance this week, and blogging about the festival on the Poughkeepsie Journal's film blog, Peace, Love and Movies. Blaustein points out that there are a lot of films with local connections at Sundance this year:  Read more

Woodstock Film Festival

By Lissa Harris
9/29/10 - 1:16 pm
September 29, 2010 (All day)

 

WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2010 LINE-UP
Challenging the Way We Think About the World...
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29 –SUNDAY OCT. 3
More than 150 Films, Panels, Performances, Special Events  Read more

http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/
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Quick guide to the Woodstock Film Festival

By Julia Reischel
9/28/10 - 3:53 pm

The Woodstock Film Festival, an annual scrum of stars, artists, directors, documentarians, and film-lovers, descends on locations around Ulster County tomorrow to screen more than 150 films, 60 of which will be premieres of one kind (world) or another (New York). Here's a short list of the films that piqued our interest and that aren't yet sold out. Go to the WFF website for a complete schedule of every movie on offer.

Thursday, September 30

Jeff Reichert's documentary "Gerrymandering," a portrayal of the sleight-of-hand practice known as "redistricting" in the style of a thrilling potboiler. (5:45pm on Thursday at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, with another show at 4:45pm on Saturday, October 2, at Upstate Films II in Rhinebeck.)

Friday, October 1

"Don't Go in the Woods," a "slasher-musical" by Law and Order and Full Metal Jacket alum Vincent D'Onofrio. (8pm on Friday at the Emerson Resort in Mt. Tremper)

Also on Friday: "Sounds Like a Revolution," directed by Summer Love and Jane Michener, which explores modern protest music from the Dixie Chicks to Ani Difranco. Afterwards, Justin Sane of the punk band Anti-Flag will play live. (10pm on Friday at the Bearsville Theatre in Woodstock. Another screening of the movie only will be on Saturday, October 3 at 9:30pm at the Rosendale Theatre in Rosendale.)

Sounds Like a Revolution - HD Trailer from Deltatime Productions on Vimeo.

Saturday, October 2

If you haven't seen "Marwencol," about Kingston resident Mark Hogancamp, you should. It's won a slew of awards at various festivals already, and now this documentary is having its premiere in New York state. The film shows how Hogancamp, whose brain was damaged in a vicious attack in a Kingston bar in 2000, healed himself by building a shockingly realistic miniature Belgian village set in World War II. (Hogancamp is becoming a celebrity. Esopus Magazine first published images from Marwencol in 2005, and this year the Wall Street Journal profiled him.) (1pm on Saturday at the Rosendale Theatre in Rosendale. Another screening Friday at 2:15pm at the Bearsville Theatre in Woodstock.)

Also on Saturday:  Read more

Stanley Fish: Tilting at windmills, part II

By Lissa Harris
9/22/10 - 3:26 pm

Screenshot from "Windfall."

This week, Andes part-timer Stanley Fish, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, weighed in (again) on the controversial topic of wind power development in upstate New York. Fish, a die-hard opponent of local wind power, blasts wind developers for pitting neighbors against each other:

Another result is the splitting of the town into two factions; the long-time “locals” and the “downstaters” or “outsiders” or “latecomers” (you’re a latecomer of you’ve lived there 20 years) who more often than not have the numbers but are weak politically because they are registered to vote in another state.

Former friends and once-friendly neighbors no longer talk to each other. Nasty signs and even nastier words pop up everywhere.  Read more

Another arts venue in Woodstock wants your money

By Julia Reischel
8/26/10 - 9:47 am

An article in the Times Herald-Record today reports that the Woodstock Film Festival and Hudson Valley Film Commission are raising $600,000 to buy a home for a full-time film center in Woodstock. On their fundraising page for their new capital campaign, the WFF says that the building will

greatly enhance WFF's ability to continue presenting its annual world-class festival. During the 2010 festival, Wednesday Sept. 29 - Sunday Oct. 3, the new Film Center will be used as a central base for operations, box office, souvenir shop, communications and tech headquarters.

The new digs are spaces that the WFF has rented for years: 11-13 Rock City Rd. pictured above.   Read more

Gasland at Onteora HS w/Josh Fox & Rep. Maurice Hinchey

By Lissa Harris
7/16/10 - 11:43 am
July 17, 2010 - 7:30pm

Come see GASLAND this Saturday, July 17, at 7:30 PM in the Harry Simon Auditorium at Onteora High School, Route 28, Boiceville, NY.  
 
Congressman Maurice Hinchey will join director Josh Fox for a post-screening Q&A session.

Tickets will be available at the door for a suggested donation of $5.  Read more

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Woodstock Film Festival Presents The Dry Land at the Rosendale Theater

By WP Newsroom
7/8/10 - 6:55 pm
Rosendale Theatre
July 10, 2010 - 8:00pm

Woodstock Film Festival Presents The Dry Land at the Rosendale Theater, 8pm
 
Nominated for the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize,The Dry Land delivers a sensitive portrayal of James - an Iraq war veteran who after returning stateside cannot reconcile his traumatic experience abroad with the home life he once cherished.
  
The Woodstock Film Festival will present THE DRY LAND on July 10, 8:00pm at The Rosendale Theater in Rosendale NY. America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) who executive produced and stars in the film will be in attendance to participate in a Q&A following the screening along with director Ryan Piers Williams, Academy Award® nominated actor Melissa Leo (Frozen River) and emerging star Ryan O'Nan . Also in attendance will be film editor, Sabine Hoffman (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) and Academy Award® nominated producer Heather Rae (Frozen River). The Dry Land also features WFF alumni Jason Ritter (The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll) and Wilmer Valderrama.

 
For more information about the film visit http://www.thedrylandmovie.com/  Read more

http://www.rosendaletheatre.org/upcoming_events.html
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