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FESTIVAL INFO
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Mission Statement
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Youth Initiative
About Us
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| WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL: |
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival,
please contact us regarding sponsorship opportunities:
contact:
Meira Blaustein or Laurent Rejto
Woodstock Film Festival
Phone: 845.679.4265
sponsorwoodstock@woodstockfilmfestival.com
"I'm just really honored to get to join all of you at this great celebration of film and music and community.....can you imagine this world of ours without events like this one? Without films like the ones that are screened here?..... I want to truly thank Meira, Laurent, Nikki, and all the volunteers here and the sponsors for making this happen."
Ted Hope - Producer and co-founder of This is that
"There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of regional film festivals. Woodstock stands out for its commitment to independent filmmaking and for the fact that it's in Woodstock, which people associate with a particular spirit and attitude."
James Schamus – President, Focus Features
"It was the nicest festival experience I had this year. The festival is well programmed and beautifully run."
Ted Sarandos – Chief Content Officer, Netflix Inc.
“The festival organizers have been able to achieve something 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 seamlessly 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.
Sponsors have included TEANY, Panavision, Markertek, A&E Television, Time Magazine, Time Warner Cable, 120dB Films, Kodak, BMI, Bose, Indiepix, Esquire, Showtime, The Writers Guild of America East, Docurama, and many others...
Be a part of the 11th annual Woodstock Film Festival
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, Ben Foster, Peter Gabriel, Leon Gast, Geoff Gillmore, Marcia Gay Harden, Woody Harrelson, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Dan Hedaya, Ted Hope, Timothy Hutton, Barbara Kopple, Ellen Kuras, Ang Lee, Melissa Leo, Daniel Day-Lewis, Laura Linney, Lucy Liu, 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, John Sayles, James Schamus, Liev Schreiber, David Schwimmer, Annabella Sciorra, Zachary Sklar, John Sloss, Kevin Smith, Fisher Stevens, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Uma Thurman, 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 The Messenger, Up in the Air, Me and Orson Welles, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I'm Not There, 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 REDLIGHT, Neil Young Trunk Show, When You're Strange, 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 includes Pinetop Perkins and the Perfect Age of Rock'n'Roll Blues Bankd, 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.
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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: |
Special events, such as screenings, productions and workshops, take place year-round in NYC, Albany, and across the Hudson Valley. Special screenings have included films like Taking Woodstock, Adam, The Cake Eaters, Against the Current, Body of War, The Painted Veil, Little Miss Sunshine, The Ballad of Jack & Rose, The Illusionist, and Sherrybaby, to name just a few.
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: |
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 Career Day 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: |
The Hudson Valley Film Commission is fully prepared to act as a conduit for preproduction, production, and postproduction for filmmaking in the Hudson Valley and Catskill region. HVFC attracts filmmakers from around the world to the region and provides support throughout the year to studio features, independent features, print, new media, short films, and television shows and ads.
Films that have been shot
locally include Rocksteady, Bitter Feast, Whisper Me a Lullaby, 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.
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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