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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL: |
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“The festival organizers have been able to achieve someting phenomenal.”
Jonathan Sehring– president, Independent Film Channel
Each year film and music lovers gather at the Woodstock Film Festival from around the world for an exhilarating variety of films, first-class concerts, workshops, celebrity-led panels, an awards ceremony, and superlative parties.
The Woodstock Film Festival offers a visible opportunity for promotion and branding through an event that is recognized for creating an independent and artistic atmosphere that seemlessly combines commercial and artistic endeavors.
The Woodstock Film Festival works closely with sponsors to create a package that meets individual company needs. Opportunities include the prominent placement of your business name and logo, advertising impressions including TV spots and national magazines, web integration, and direct participation in selected festival events, tailored individually to fit your marketing goals.
By being a part of the Woodstock Film Festival, sponsors join a select group of companies including Markertek, A&E Television, Time Magazine, Time Warner Cable, 120dB Films, Kodak, BMI, Bose, Indiepix, Esquire, Showtime, The Writers Guild of America East, and Docurama.
Be a part of the 8th annual Woodstock Film Festival,
October 10-14, 2007.
Esteemed members of the film world who have participated include Kevin Bacon, Elmer Bernstein, Bob Berney, Les Blank, Benjamin Bratt, Steve Buscemi, Matt Dillon, Griffin Dunne, Olympia Dukakis, Larry Fessenden, Peter Gabriel, Leon Gast, Marcia Gay Harden, Woody Harrelson, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Dan Hedaya, Ted Hope, Timothy Hutton, Barbara Kopple, Ellen Kuras, Melissa Leo, Daniel Day-Lewis, Laura Linney, Albert Maysles, Ismail Merchant, Rebecca Miller, Mira Nair, Tim Blake Nelson, Ron Nyswaner, Rosie Perez, D.A. Pennebaker, Parker Posey, Aidan Quinn, Bingham Ray, Peter Riegert, Tim Robbins, Sam Rockwell, Peter Saraf, James Schamus, Liev Schreiber, David Schwimmer, Annabella Sciorra, Zachary Sklar, John Sloss, Fisher Stevens, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Stanley Tucci, Christine Vachon, and Haskell Wexler.
At the Woodstock Film Festival, participants and visitors find themselves in a friendly, casual setting, conducive to creativity, exciting opportunities, and a good time, surrounded by some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world. In addition to drawing sold-out audiences from the 20 million people who live within a two-hour drive, the festival has attracted visitors from all parts of the country and the world.
Events, productions, sponsors, and filmmakers are also promoted through the monthly e-newsletter, which has become a staple in the independent film industry, even getting kudos in The Wall Street Journal's Desktop Traveler. Woodstock Film Festival representatives get the word out!
Narrative feature film highlights have included Infamous, Days of Glory, After the Wedding, The Woodsman, Stephanie Daley, Dear Frankie, The Chorists, Down to the Bone, Speak, Pieces of April, Shattered Glass, Personal Velocity, Far From Heaven, Pinero, Casa De Los Babys, Chelsea Walls, The Barbarian Invasions, Swimming, Purgatory House, Piggie, Wendigo, Gerry, The Grey Zone, and many more.
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Feature documentary highlights
have included Shut Up & Sing, Guerilla; The Taking of Patty Hearst,
Parallel Lines, Double Dare, I Like Killing Flies, The
Agronomist, A Boy's Life, Bus 174, Down From the Mountain,
Amandla, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Go Further, A
Voice from Heaven, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised My
Generation, Spellbound, Girlhood, Horns & Halos, & more.
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A long list of musical participants
The Sad Little Stars, Dub Trio, Outernational, The Rosewood Thieves, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Bernie Worrell, Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish, Duncan Sheik, Mike Gordon and Trey Anastasio of Phish, Gov’t Mule, Kate Pierson, Arlo Guthrie, Peter Rowan, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham of Luna, Graham Parker, Levon Helm, Marshall Crenshaw, and many more.
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Festival mainstays include industry executives, television anchors, network and cable executives, magazine and newspaper editors, record label executives, writers, painters, models, entertainment lawyers, producers, critics, and publishers.
The
advisory board is made up of top industry reps
including
Judy Arthur, Eamon Bowles, Ellen Chenoweth, Griffin
Dunne, Martha Frankel, Leon Gast, Ethan Hawke, Stephen Hays, Sabine Hoffman, Gill
Holland, Michael Lang, Jeremiah Newton, Annie Nocenti, Ron Nyswaner, Sarah Plant, Bill Plympton, Aidan Quinn, Bingham Ray, Peter Saraf,
Steve Savage, Zachary Sklar, John Sloss, Fisher Stevens, David
Strathairn, and Lemore Syvan. (Click
here for advisory board
bios)
Major press coverage has included Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Daily News, Time Out, New York Magazine, Esquire, Playboy, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Moviemaker Magazine, indiewire, Associated Press, NPR, Bloomberg Radio, CNN, WNBC-TV, WCBS-TV, and more.. (For more info, visit
press)
Events, productions, sponsors and
filmmakers are also promoted through
the monthly
e-newsletters, which has become a staple in the independent film industry, even getting
kudos in the Wall Street Journal's desktop traveler. When going to other
festivals, including Sundance, Miami, Austin, Woodstock Film Festival
representatives judiciously get the word out through word of mouth,
literature and advertising. (Visit
e-newsletters)
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YEAR ROUND EVENTS: |
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Year-round work keeps the focus on the film festival. Events include special screenings of films like The Painted Veil, Little Miss Sunshine, The Ballad of Jack & Rose, The Illusionist, Sherrybaby, to name just a few. For more info, visit year round events.
The Hudson Valley Film Commission work has spurred local economic development with productions featuring luminaries including Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Robin Williams, David Strathairn, Melissa Leo, Mary Stuart Masterson, Timothy Hutton, Debbie Harry, Tilda Swinton and others.
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EDUCATION: |
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Since its inception, the Woodstock Film
Festival has been committed to youth and education as a means
to positive development, conflict resolution and growth opportunity.
In addition to
providing classes and internships for local schools, the Woodstock
Film Festival has presented special workshops and seminars designed
to stimulate and to provide resources not readily available in the
local area. Additionally, local film production opportunities, made
available through the Woodstock Film Commission have provided career
opportunities.
WFF also presents
A
Day at the Roundtables at the annual festival. This career day style event
allows middle and high school students from the region to learn about
filmmaking in one-on-one open exchanges with leading industry members.
Past participants have included United Artists president, producer Bingham
Ray; Academy Award winners cinematographer Haskell Wexler (One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest), composer Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird),
documentary filmmaker Leon Gast (When We Were Kings), filmmaker Brett
Morgen (On the Ropes), screenwriter Zachary Sklar (JFK); and Ron Nyswaner
(Philadelphia); and other representatives from diverse fields including
casting, editing, producing, and more.
In addition to providing these outstanding
opportunities for students interested in film and media, the WFF screens films by high
school students as part of the festival's Youth
Initiative. For additional info, visit the
Youth Initiative.
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HUDSON VALLEY FILM COMMISSION WORK: |
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The
Hudson Valley Film Commission,
working under the auspices of the festival, has consistently developed
sustainable economic initiatives in the Hudson Valley/Catskill region by
attracting, supporting and promoting regional film, video, and media
production including feature films, television shoots, print media, short
films, and TV ads. To facilitate local production, the commission provides
and constantly updates its online location info and free production
services directory to service the film, fashion and media industries.
Recent films that have been shot
locally include The Cake Eaters, Stephanie Daley, Racing Daylight, The Northern Kingdom, The Thing About My Folks (starring Paul
Reiser and Peter Falk), Down to the Bone (2004Sundance Award Winner, 2004
Woodstock Film Festival Winner), Patch (starring Melissa Leo and Deborah
Harry), Personal Velocity(2002 Sundance Award winner), Wendigo, Pagans,
and many more.
This fall, local projects include
Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise (shooting in
Athens, NY). Other directors and stars working in the Hudson Valley in the
fall of 2004 include Robert DeNiro, Philip Kaufman, Gus Van Sant, Jim
Jarmusch, Olympia Dukakis, and many others. In addition to big budget
films, the film Commission works to bring fashion shoots, independent
films and student work to the area.
For more info, visit
www.hudsonvalleyfilmcommission.com
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If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact us at (845)
679-4265 or
by email at sponsor@woodstockfilmfestival.com |
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