20th Annual Woodstock Film Festival

October 2, 2019 to October 6, 2019
Phone: 845-679-4265
Email: info@woodstockfilmfestival.org
More Information: woodstockfilmfestival.org

Widely acknowledged as one of the premiere independent film festivals in the U.S, its special 20th Anniversary festival will be celebrated Wednesday through Sunday, October 2-6, 2019, in Woodstock, Saugerties, Rosendale, Kingston, and Rhinebeck, NY.

For more than two decades, the festival has brought together thousands of filmmakers, film lovers, artists, and musicians through the annual festival and outstanding year-round programming, which includes premiere screenings, panels, screenwriting workshops, youth film lab, and outstanding special events in New York's Hudson River Valley region. This year’s festival will showcase more than 50 features from around the world, as well as many short films, and will include panels, live performances, and other special events.

Kicking off the Festival will be the World Premiere of Tarik Benbrahim’s Simon Shaheen: A Musical Journey, taking us on a fascinating adventure through the world of classical Arabic music with the world renowned oud and violin virtuoso. A live performance by Shaheen and fellow musicians will follow the screening on Wednesday, Oct. 2nd. Other program highlights include award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy, from a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta.

Special guests include this year’s honorary Trailblazer Award recipient Abigail Disney; actors Matt Dillon, Rosie Perez, and Karen Allen; filmmakers Julie Taymor, Rebecca Miller, Barbara Kopple, Pamela Yates, Alex Smith, Robert Stone, Marshall Curry, Ellen Kuras, Ron Nyswaner, Bill Plympton, Signe Baumane, and Joe Berlinger; Palestinian oud and violin artist Shimon Shaheen; folk music icon Janis Ian; musicians Robert Burke Warren and Billy Martin, and climate change and gun reform activists, including March for Our Lives co-founder Cameron Kasky; and more.

The Festival will also present 70 films in ten short film programs, including music videos, short docs, animation and more, all by diverse filmmakers from across the globe, from emerging to award winning, including Bill Plympton, James Franco, Marshall Curry and more.

Full Lineup: https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2019-lineup-announcement
Tickets: https://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/festival2019/films_all.php

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