Narrative film highlights have included "p.s.," "The Woodsman," "Dear Frankie," "The Chorists," "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.

Feature documentary highlights have included "Guerilla," "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.

Esteemed members of the film world who have participated include Mira  Nair, Laura Linney, Dylan Kidd, Peter Riegert, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Ethan Hawke, Parker Posey, Stanley Tucci, Lili Taylor, Woody Harrelson, Marcia Gay Harden, Ismail Merchant, Annabella Sciorra, Dan Hedaya, Olympia Dukakis, Tim Robbins, Tim Blake Nelson, Aidan Quinn, David Strathairn, Liev Schreiber, Griffin Dunne, Fisher Stevens, Les Blank, Barbara Kopple, Leon Gast, Elmer Bernstein, Haskell Wexler, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Ron Nyswaner, Zachary Sklar, Peter Saraf, Rebecca Miller, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, John Sloss, Bob Berney, James Schamus, and Benjamin Bratt.

A long list of musical participants includes seven time Grammy winner Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer, Mike Gordon and Trey Anastasio of Phish, Gov’t Mule, Kate Pierson of the B-52’s, Arlo Guthrie, Grammy Award winner Peter Rowan, Tony Award winner Lilias White, 3, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn,  Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham of Luna, Graham Parker, Levon Helm, Marshall Crenshaw, Mark Geary, Chris Rael, and many others.

Other Woodstock Film Festival mainstays include industry executives,  television anchors, network and cable executives, magazine and newspaper executives, record label executives, writers,  photographers, 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, Michael Dorf, 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, Lemore Syvan, and honorary chair Elmer Bernstein. (click here for bios)

By presenting year round programs throughout the Mid Hudson Valley and New York City, including screenings, workshops, educational outreach, special events , and film commission work, the festival keeps a high profile.

Major press coverage has included the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, CNN, WNBC-TV, WCBS-TV, New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Time Out, Esquire, Playboy, Hudson Valley Magazine, Indiewire, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, AP, NPR, Bloomberg Radio, and more.

The Woodstock Film Festival is a not-for-profit, 501 (C) 3 organization with a mission to present an annual program and year-round schedule of film, music, and art-related activities that promote artists, culture, inspired learning, diversity, and sustainable economic development by attracting and supporting film, video and media production and exhibition.

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