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2nd Serve 419 Any Day Now Apartment in Athens Directed by Tim Kirkman Directed by Ned Thorne Directed by Travis Fine (Appartamento ad Atene) USA / 2012 / 89 minutes USA / 2012 / 90 minutes USA / 2012 / 98 minutes Directed by Ruggero Dipaola Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Italy / 2011 / 95 minutes Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13 • 7:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 9:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 7:00pm In Greek and German with subtitles Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Sun Oct 14 • 6:30pm Sat Oct 13 • 9:30pm Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Sat Oct 13 • 7:00pm Sat Oct 13 • 2:00pm Owen “Game Set” Match (Josh Hopkins) Ned Thorne’s directorial debut is a Set in the 1970s, Travis Fine’s Any Day Upstate Films WOODSTOCK is one of the best tennis pros around. He documentary-style narrative that gives Sun Oct 14 • 7:30pm Now explores the unique struggles of a coasts through life while working at the af- a raw look at what a man will do when Ruggero Dipaulo brings home the pain gay couple as they fight both prejudice fluent Fountain Club, until his bad decisions he feels he has nothing left to lose. of occupation of World War II in his and the law for custody of a a junkie lead to him being fired by his boss and high A struggling American actor (Mike Ivers) feature debut, Apartment in Athens, neighbor’s neglected and abandoned school tennis nemesis Charles (Dash Mihok). invests everything he has in what turns out winner of the Italian Golden Globe for son. Drag performer Rudy and district at- Taking a job at the much less fancy public to be a South African-based Internet scam. First Feature Film. The Helianos family’s torney Paul have only just met, yet are con- club Derby City, Owen is reunited with Taking an untraditional route to help him world is turned upside down as they are given fident in their love for one another as well his former trainer, the relentlessly intense come to terms with the ordeal, his two best the “honor” of hosting a German officer, Captain as their love and ability to care for Marco, Coach Bussey. The club’s manager, Sherry, friends decide to bring him back to Cape Kalter played superbly by Richard Sammel a 14-year old boy with Down Syndrome who (Alexie Gilmore) is wary of her new hire, but Town to pursue the thief. Their journey (Inglorious Basterds), in their home. Forced faces a future of foster care after his moth- comes around when she sees how well Owen leads them into the underworld of the city, to cater to his each of his exacting needs or er’s arrest. Despite Marco’s happiness, the gets along with her misfit son, Jake. Want- where corruption and self-preservation seem face retribution, Nikolas the patriarch of the new family is ripped apart when authorities ing to settle the score with Charles and the to motivate everyone’s decisions. Searching family, quickly realizes he must do what he can find the two gay men as unfit caretakers for rest of his Fountain Club rivals, Owen enters restaurants, bars, townships and Internet to protect his family and swiftly succumbs to the abused teen. a ragtag group of tennis pros from Derby cafés, the trio leaves no stone unturned in the officer’s whims. Family bonds are tested by Any Day Now follows the intimate City into the Combo Cup to decide once and their quest for the truth. The bonds of their their uninvited guest and the subservient role development of not just Rudy and Paul’s for all which club is the best. friendship are tested when those they trust the patriarch is forced to play. As Nikolas begins relationship with one another but the devel- –Heather Olin fall under suspicion, and their personal and to cut through Kalter’s hard exterior, a human opment of their love for a son that is being professional lives start to crumble around side to the officer is briefly glimpsed, offering torn from their grasp. – Chandra L. Knotts them. 419 will keep you on the edge of your the Helianos family a moment of hope. Patiently seat, and have you talking long after the crafted and wonderfully acted Apartment in credits roll. – Heather Olin Athens, based on Glenway Wescott’s stirring 1945 novel, discovers both the horror and the humanity in war. – Michael Burke

New York Premiere with her manic father (played their father’s newest job opportunity and Arcadia brilliantly by Academy Award winner away from their mother, who is said to be Directed by Olivia Silver John Hawkes), a man who hops away visiting her sister. While her siblings USA / 2012 / 90 minutes between overly-enthusiastic ravings seem more interested in boys and seeing of California’s beauty and enraged the Grand Canyon, Greta cannot keep from outbursts towards his children at the thinking of her mysteriously absent mother, ROSENDALE Theatre mention of negativity or, even worse, despite her fathers promises of a united Sat Oct 13 • 7:30pm their mother. First time director Olivia family beneath the California sunshine. Ryan Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Silver takes audiences along with Greta’s Simpkins captivates as Greta in a story of Sun Oct 14 • 2:00pm family on their stressful ride through newfound maturity and the burdens of lost Twelve-year old Greta is less than cheap motels and diners to California in a innocence. – Chandra L. Knotts thrilled to be traveling cross-country beat-up station wagon, heading towards

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New York Premiere World Premiere New York Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST Archaeology of a Woman Art Machine Between Us California Solo Directed by Sharon Greytak Directed by Doug Karr Directed by Dan Mirvish Directed by Marshall Lewy USA / 2012 / 100 minutes USA / 2011 / 88 minutes USA / 2012 / 90 minutes USA / 2012 / 93 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse WOODSTOCK Playhouse WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Sat Oct 13 • 4:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 10:00pm Sat Oct 13 • 9:30pm Thur Oct 11 • 8:15pm ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Archaeology of a Woman rides the edge At age six, child prodigy painter Declan Sun Oct 14 • 8:00pm Sat Oct 13 • 2:00pm between reality and fiction when a Truss was propelled into the art world daughter (Tony winner Victoria Clark) as a rare marvel, but by seventeen, the Some things are better kept private, When you reach the top, is there any- returns home to care for her mother’s tightrope of notoriety is catching up even among the best of friends. This is where to go but down? Former Brit-pop worsening dementia and discovers her with him. Declan seeks inspiration as a lesson that couples Grace and Carlo rock star Lachlan MacAldonich, in a sublime connection to a thirty year-old crime. the immense pressures of an impend- (Julia Stiles, Taye Diggs), and Sharyl performance by Robert Carlyle, finds himself Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner ing coming-of-age exhibition loom. and George (Melissa George, David Har- at this precipice as a once promising music Sally Kirkland is the feisty, guilt-ridden His world expands when he stumbles on a bour) learn the hard way. Taking place career is now awash in booze and self- mother who fights to protect her freedom in commune of rebellious freethinkers. Declan over two evenings set several years apart, loathing. Director Marshall Lewy’s sopho- spite of the dementia she can not control. reaches beyond painting to wild experimen- the couples’ friendship becomes undone more effort is a moving departure from his As the daughter runs between her own tation, quickly spinning out of control. As during two nights of frank conversation feature debut, the comedy Blue State, as aspiring career and the demands of her he becomes consumed by his mania, he be- about sex, money and religion. Confronta- Lachlan, now a farm manager in southern mother, the small surveillance camera she gins to regard his family as part of a system tion erupts as they realize their lives have California, faces deportation after another installed to help monitor mom at home that’s keeping him down, and magnetically moved in irrevocably different directions. ill-fated night of drinking and driving. In an reveals a far more private life of fear, lust rallies the rebels to take part in his progres- As each couple’s fractured relationship is effort to stave off expulsion from the U.S. and longing. Archaeology investigates the sively subversive art exhibition—one that revealed in front of the other, the collateral he must reconnect with his ex-wife and the visceral experience of age-related dementia will ultimately shock and destroy. damage is an old friendship. Based on Joe daughter he barely knows and finally face through the unsettled lives of two very dif- Set against the backdrop of Brook- Hurtua’s award winning play, Dan Mirvish’s the demons he has been avoiding to reclaim ferent generations of women. lyn’s vibrant art and music scene, Art Ma- film features wonderfully emotional and a life teetering on the edge. – Michael Burke chine is a dark comedy about the tenuous complicated performances from all four relationship between art and commerce, accomplished actors who learn why some the fine line between creative genius and things should be kept just Between Us. clinical mania, and the damaging effects of – Michael Burke fame.

East Coast Premiere An ordinary young boy from Mexico’s on his path. As they travel, they learn to journey to the United States turns into work together as they endure the hardships The Compass is Carried an extraordinary odyssey riddled with of the borderlands of Mexico including hun- by the Dead Man adventure, heartache and triumph. Ar- ger, harsh border patrols and loss in order (La Brujula Lleva El turo Pons’ wonderful feature debut follows to obtain their individual aspirations. Muerto) the story of Chencho, a child still holding La Brujula Lleva El Muerto is not only Directed by Arturo Pons a measure of the innocence of youth, as he a brilliant story of unity but also a captivat- Mexico / 2011 / 111 minutes embarks on a quest into the restricted Unit- ing work of art that showcases the rarely In Spanish with subtitles ed States to be reunited with his brother seen viewpoint of Mexican immigrants and Upstate Films II RHINEBECK in the city only known to him as Chicago. their struggles in searching for the land of Fri Oct 12 • 8:30pm Along the way he encounters several unique opportunity. Upstate Films WOODSTOCK and fascinating strangers who leave their – Joe Martindale Sun Oct 14 • 4:30pm mark on him as they assist and follow him

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New York Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST US Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST Dead Dad Electrick Children Exit Elena Faces in the Mirror Directed by Ken J. Adachi Directed by Rebecca Thomas Directed by Nathan Silver Directed by Aaron Farrington USA / 2012 / 81 minutes USA / 2012 / 96 minutes USA / 2012 / 72 minutes USA / 2012 / 78 minutes Utopia Studios BEARSvILLE WOODSTOCK Playhouse Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Thur Oct 11 • 1:00pm Fri Oct 12 • 4:45pm Sat Oct 13 • 2:00pm Sat Oct 13 • 9:00pm Upstate Films I RHINEBECK ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Presented by: SNAg FILMS Sat Oct 13 • 4:15pm Sat Oct 13 • 2:30pm Sun Oct 14 • 2:15pm From musician Boyd Tinsley of Dave Ken J. Adachi’s directorial feature The power of music can be a transfor- Enter Elena, the quiet, fresh-faced Matthews Band comes a film that’s not debut is an emotional roller coaster mative force, but 15-year-old Rachel, newly christened assistant nurse. Under only meant to be seen, it’s meant to be showcasing three outstanding perfor- a young girl from a fundamentalist the impression she’s been prepared for the experienced. It is a film scored to music. mances. Dead Dad is a dynamic portrait of Mormon sect, believes it has the power obstacles of being a live-in aide, she soon It dances with the music and takes you on a family in turmoil learning to find its way. to create life. Sheltered from the outside learns she’s been prepared for everything an emotional roller-coaster ride that never Estranged siblings Russell, Jane and their world, Rachel discovers rock music for the but her employers. Struggling to maintain let’s you go. It’s like a dream. The story is adopted brother, Alex, are reunited when first time and is enraptured by the soulful her professionalism in the face of persistent about Ben Fisher, a young man who returns they return home upon the death of their singing emanating from the speakers. So requests that she become part of the family, home to bury his father. Angry that he had father. As they battle over what to do with enraptured, that upon learning that she is Elena tries to keep her composure. In his been neglected by his workaholic father, his ashes they attempt to come to grips pregnant three months later, she comes to second feature film, Director Nathan Silver Ben had refused to see him for years. On with what their father would have wanted believe the music she heard is the cause of takes viewers on a captivating ride through a the day of his father’s funeral, Ben goes on while trying to heal their own fractured the new life growing inside of her. family in crisis and the stranger who is thrust a dream-like odyssey where he’s led, portal relationships. Escaping the marriage arranged for into their world. Although she manages the by portal, to fantastical places with some- Adachi weaves a spirited tale of her, Rachel heads out in search of the voice best she can, ultimately she knows what what mystifying people who all seem to be wry humor and painful heartache as each on the tape that was responsible for her must be done: Exit Elena. –Alana Davis guiding him somewhere. He’s looking for a sibling must confront their own deep seeded immaculate conception. Up-and-coming star Preceded BY: Aunt Louisa way to be free of his pain and guilt. He’s wounds before they can seal the rift that Julia Garner dazzles as Rachel as she takes a New York Premiere looking for forgiveness. has opened between them. All the while, life-altering road trip to the city of sin and the father who drove them apart in life, discovers the world beyond her previously Directed by Thomas Woodrow now begins to bring them back together in sheltered existence. Rebecca Thomas’ debut USA / 2012 / 15 minutes Aunt Louisa is about a young man liv- death. – Michael Burke feature, Electrick Children is a beautifully ing with his fiancee in Manhattan, told tale of innocence lost and gained. who – Michael Burke is visited out of the blue by a very weird aunt from the country whom he has not seen for many years.

COMPETITION FINALIST ganic cooking absorb their days, safely feature, filmmaker Benjamin Dickinson First Winter tucked away from the stresses of urban explores the fundamental instincts life. But when a blackout of apoca- Directed by Benjamin Dickinson of human nature that arise when lyptic proportions strands them with USA / 2012 / 90 minutes perseverance and beliefs are not only no heat and no electricity during the tested, but taken to their limits. Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK coldest winter on record, their utopian Thur Oct 11 • 6:00pm Nuanced, authentic performances esca- commune is br eached by anxiety as ROSENDALE Theatre late with heightened emotion, while idyllic harmony begins to lose its tune. Fri Oct 12 • 4:00pm As time wears on and the food supply ethereal landscapes intimate that the When Winter begins, life is serene dwindles, power struggles, jealousy poetic world of First Winter exists in for a group of new-age Brook- and desire threaten the group’s ability an undefined time and space, perhaps lynites living in a remote country to work together to survive. not so far apart from our own. farmhouse. Sex, drugs, yoga, and or- In this extraordinary debut – Samantha Yellin

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New York Premiere Showing wiTh: Francine COMPETITION FINALIST MAGICAL MySTERy TOUR REVISITED Directed by I Am Not a Hipster In Our Nature Magical Mystery Tour Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Directed by Brian Savelson Directed by The Beatles USA / 2012 / 74 minutes USA / 2012 / 91 minutes USA / 2012 / 104 minutes UK / 1967 / 53 minutes DOWNING FILM CENTER, NEWBURGH Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Upstate Films WOODSTOCK WOODSTOCK Playhouse pm Wed Oct 10 • 7:30 Fri Oct 12 • 7:00pm Thur Oct 11 • 9:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 7:15pm ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK cOUrTeSY OF: Thurs Oct 11 • 6:30pm Sat Oct 13 • 4:30pm Sun Oct 14 • 8:45pm Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo In September 1967, The Beatles loaded While this film’s title fits with the hu- cOUrTeSY OF: LONg ShOT FACTOrY gives a fierce and restrained perfor- a film crew onto a bus along with morous portrayal of San Diego hipster Nothing seems more likely to ruin Seth’s mance as Francine, a woman struggling friends, family and cast and headed culture, I Am Not a Hipster also serves romantic weekend with his girlfriend to find her place in a downtrodden west on the A30 out of London to make as an engaging and thoughtful charac- Andie than his estranged father and lakeside town after leaving behind a life their third film, this time conceived and ter study. Director Destin Daniel Cretton’s young girlfriend crashing the party. Bri- in prison. Taking a series of jobs working directed by The Beatles themselves. 2012 film tells the story of Brook Hyde, an Savelson’s feature debut, In Our Nature is with animals, Francine turns away others and “Paul said, ‘Look I’ve got this idea’ and we a 20-something up-and-coming musician the story of a troubled relationship between instead seeks intimacy in the most unlikely of said ‘great!’ and all he had was this circle within the San Diego indie underground. a father and his son. Seth (Zach Gilford) at- places. Gritty, elliptical, and voyeuristic, Fran- and a little dot on the top - that’s where Hipster follows a week in Brook’s life as tempts to reconnect with his distant father, cine is a portrait of a near-silent misfit and we started.” (Ringo) he struggles with familial reconciliation, Gil (John Slattery), despite the presence her fragile first steps in an unfamiliar world. In the wake of the extraordinary his purpose as an artist and the loneliness of their respective girlfriends (played by impact of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts that hasn’t left him since the death of his Gabrielle Union and Jena Malone). Mean- Club Band album and the One World satel- mother. while, the women often find themselves lite broadcast of All You Need Is Love, The The film features engaging similarly trapped within the issues surfacing Beatles devised, wrote and directed their performances by actors Dominic Bogart between their partners, creating a dynamic third film, Magical Mystery Tour, a dreamlike as Brook and Alvaro Orlando as his peppy and dramatic setting for the film to play its story of a coach day trip to the seaside. manager/sidekick. The film’s soundtrack, course. Filmed locally in Mt. Tremper, the The film features a fabulous support- written by Joel P West and recorded in film casts a beautiful lens on the Hudson ing cast of character actors and performers, collaboration with Bogart under the name valley while also providing humor and (including Ivor Cutler, victor Spinetti, Jes- Canines, becomes a character unto itself drama. Outside the city and immersed in Gayby sie Robins, Nat Jackley, Derek Royle, and with Bogart belting out tunes in several the natural surroundings of a family country Directed by Jonathan Lisecki the inimitable Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band). emotional live performances. Whether Brook house, In Our Nature is a realistic depiction USA / 2012 / 90 minutes Apple Films have fully restored the Hyde is a hipster or not … that can be of human nature when there is nothing else long out-of-print, classic feature film with Upstate Films WOODSTOCK decided by the audience. – Chandra Knotts to turn to. —Chandra Knotts Thur Oct 11 • 7:00pm a remixed soundtrack. cOUrTeSY OF: WOLFE rELEASINg

Jenn and Matt are best friends from What happens when a born college who are now in their 30s. Single and raised Kansas boy turns moving performance in this crossover film by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot thirty and hits his limit? He as a man inspired by an old Mariachi musi- yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt runs away to Mexico in hopes cian from his local Mexican restaurant to suffers from comic-book writer’s block and can’t of becoming a professional leave his dead-end life under the watch of get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a Mariachi musician, of course! his conservative parents for the excitement youthful promise to have a child together… the Mariachi Gringo Director Tom Gustafson, whose feature and adventure of a new life in Guadalajara, old-fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious Directed by Tom Gustafson debut Were the World Mine was a smash Mexico. Gustafson’s Mariachi Gringo avoids and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt Mexico, USA / 2012 / 107 minutes hit at WFF 2008, captures the beauty of the cliché’s of a runaway story and leaves to get their careers and dating lives back on Mexico and the glory of following one’s audiences with an honest and emotionally Upstate Films WOODSTOCK track in preparation for parenthood? Gayby is dreams despite the cost in his sophomore moving account of what it takes to follow Thur Oct 11 • 4:15pm an irreverent comedy about friendship, growing ROSENDALE Theatre film Mariachi Gringo. Shawn Ashmore, who your heart and achieve your dreams. older, sex, loneliness, and the family you chose. Sun Oct 14 • 5:15pm plays the lead role of Ed Hogan, delivers a – Chandra L. Knotts

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New York Premiere World Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST Nor’easter Putzel Quartet Refuge Directed by Andrew Brotzman Directed by Jason Chaet Directed by Dustin Hoffman Directed by Jessica Goldberg USA / 2012 / 85 minutes USA / 2012 / 88 minutes UK / 2012 / 95 minutes USA / 2012 / 84 minutes Upstate Films WOODSTOCK WOODSTOCK Playhouse WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Fri Oct 12 • 2:00pm Sat Oct 13 • 7:00pm Thur Oct 11 • 9:30pm Thur Oct 11 • 7:30pm Upstate Films II RHINEBECK ROSENDALE Theatre ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13 • 4:30pm Sun Oct 14 • 12:15pm Fri Oct 12 • 1:30pm Sat Oct 13 • 7:00pm For some, life is an adventure filled Erik Angstrom barely appears above cOUrTeSY OF: WEINSTEIN COMPANY “Many people when they fall in love with opportunities to excel and the age of a college student, yet he has look for a little haven of refuge from places to explore. For Walter Him- The directorial debut of Dustin committed to a life as a priest on the the world, where they can be sure melstein, a young man endearingly Hoffman, Quartet is a comedy starring remote island of North Haven. Amidst of being admired when they are not known as Putzel, life literally doesn’t go Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael a snow-covered and sparsely populated admirable, and praised when they are beyond his family’s fish store and his com- Gambon and Pauline Collins. The film landscape, director Andrew Brotzman’s fea- not praiseworthy.” Bertrand Russell might munity on the upper west side of Manhat- tells the story of Reggie (Courtenay), Wilf ture debut Nor’easter introduces audiences have been describing Amy (Krysten Ritter) tan. In this heartwarming comedy, Walter’s (Connolly) and Cissy (Collins) who reside in to a suspenseful and at times torturously and Sam (Brian Geraghty)who meet in bar aspirations of taking over his uncle’s Beecham House, a home for retired opera mysterious community still recovering and fall in love after a night of passion. smoked fish emporium are disrupted by the singers. Each year they stage a concert to from the scandal of their church’s previous However neither may be quite ready for a arrival of Sally, who becomes romantically celebrate verdi’s birthday, which also raises Father. A local family, the Greens, come to commitment as Amy, still reeling from her involved with his about-to-retire and very- funds for the home. Reggie’s ex-wife Jean Angstrom about their son Josh who has parent’s abandonment and forced to raise married uncle. While Walter tries to thwart (Smith) arrives at the home and creates been missing for over five years, in hopes, two younger siblings, falls apart when Sam their romance in order to insure his taking tension, playing the diva part but refusing that despite his inexperience, Angstrom disappears without a word triggering emo- over the business, he finds his circumscribed to sing in the concert. will be able to help them put their torn tions of desertion. Meanwhile when Sam life thrown off kilter, and after years of family back together. The priest is quick to learns about Amy’s past he is tempted to being undermined by his family and friends, encourage the family to move past the loss run. Jessica Goldberg’s directorial debut he finally starts to realize his full potential. of their son until Josh suddenly returns features a stunning dramatic turn by Ritter With Sally’s help, Walter confronts his fears home. Angstrom’s involvement with the (Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) in a and proves he is more than a Putzel. Green family drives him to the brink, lead- story of two lovers searching to find their ing him to not only question his faith in own Refuge from the world. – Michael Burke God but the web of secrets and mysteries that he finds. – Chandra L. Knotts

World Premiere Rhymes with Banana Directed by Joseph Muszynski and Peter Hutchings ing. From emergency preparation drills to people-watching USA / 2011 / 99 minutes on the stoop of their Brooklyn apartment in Slankets, they march to the strum of their own ukulele. When Ted moves Upstate Films WOODSTOCK in next door, his sophistication and connections to celebri- Sat Oct 13 • 11:30am ROSENDALE Theater ties lead Z and G to conclude that he must be a talent Sun Oct 14 • 2:45pm agent. Lacking other professional options, they decide to When two best friends’ dreams of becoming actors in take the only reasonable course of action: Kidnap him, hold NyC seem to be going nowhere, they decide to take him hostage, and demand acting careers as ransom. things to the edge and push them right over. Z and G, Directed by Joseph Muszynski and Peter Hutchings, two wanna-be actresses who can’t catch a break, cope with this satirical take on a buddy comedy defies conventional failure by escaping into an eclectic world of their own mak- standards and takes hilarity to a new level.

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COMPETITION FINALIST East Coast Premiere

The Sessions Sparrows Dance Starlet Strutter Directed by Ben Lewin Directed by Noah Buschel Directed bySean Baker Directed by Allison Anders, Kurt Voss USA / 2012 / 98 minutes USA / 2011 / 81 minutes USA / 2012 / 103 minutes USA / 2012 / 86 minutes ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films WOODSTOCK WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Fri Oct 12 • 9:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 4:45pm Fri Oct 12 • 2:00pm Fri Oct 12 • 4:30pm Upstate Films WOODSTOCK ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13 • 9:30pm Sat Oct 13 • 5:00pm Sun Oct 14 • 3:45pm Sun Oct 14 • 6:45pm cOUrTeSY OF: FOx SEArChLIghT Leaving the apartment is a hard thing Starlet explores the unlikely friend- An aspiring rocker loses his band and to do for the lead lady of Noah Bus- ship between 21-year-old Jane (Dree his girl but gains the friendship of Based on the poignantly optimis- chel’s , a delightfully Hemingway) and 85-year-old Sadie his idol in this sweet and humanistic tic autobiographical writings of Sparrows Dance tender story of an agoraphobic woman (Besedka Johnson), two women whose comedy that completes the trilogy California based journalist and poet who falls in love despite not having worlds collide in California’s San Fer- about Southern California musicians by Mark O’Brien, The Sessions tells the story left her apartment in over a year. Marin nando Valley. Jane spends her time get- longtime collaborators Allison Anders of a man confined to an iron lung who is Ireland delivers a stunning performance as ting high with her dysfunctional roommates, and Kurt Voss. The first film in the series, determined - at age 38 - to lose his virgin- a woman confined to her small New York Melissa (Stella Maeve) and Mikey (James Border Radio, is part of the Criterion Collec- ity. With the help of his therapists and the apartment, struggling with tasks as simple Ransone), while taking care of her Chihua- tion and published on DvD by Janus Films; guidance of his priest, he sets out to make as ordering Chinese take-out and getting hua, Starlet. Sadie, an elderly widow, passes the second, Sugar Town, was the “center- his dream a reality. her plumbing repaired. Wes, played by Paul her days alone tending to her flower garden. piece premiere” at the 1999 edition of the Sparks, provides a comical and compas- After a confrontation between the Sundance Film Festival. sionate backdrop as Ireland’s plumber and two women at Sadie’s yard sale, Jane uncov- romantic interest, balancing the emotional ers a hidden stash of money inside a relic struggle of Ireland’s agoraphobia that she from Sadie’s past. Jane attempts to befriend faces throughout the film. Sparrows Dance the caustic older woman in an effort to is a delicate mixture of quirks, romance and solve her dilemma and secrets emerge as drama, utilizing the physical space of a one- their relationship grows. bedroom apartment to create an intricate world of solitude that extends far beyond its visible limits. —Chandra Knotts

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US Premiere producer and writer Wei Ling Chang. Chang delivers a nuanced drama that keeps viewers guessing from titles The Unlikely Girl to credits. Set in rural France, the film follows sheltered Directed by Wei Ling Chang American exchange student Jamie in a love triangle with USA / 2012 / 95 minutes her host sister Cecile and Cecile’s childhood friend, Luc. In French with subtitles, and English Cecile’s volatile temper and Luc’s long-held crush act as Upstate Films II RHINEBECK both deterrents and catalysts for the trio’s friendship. Fri Oct 12 • 6:00pm Jamie is quickly drawn in to their tangled web of lies and Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK sexual intrigue but soon comes to realize that her host Sat Oct 13 • 11:30am family is not at all what she thought them to be. In order “The sentence below is true. The sentence above is to uncover the truth, Jamie must question everything false.” These are the words that open The Unlikely Girl, that she believes, and everyone that she knows. the exceptional entrance into feature films by director, – Heather Olin

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/mav·er·ick / 1. Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence. 2. One who refuses to abide by the dictates of a group. JONATHAN DEMME During his 40 years of filmmaking, Jonathan Demme has had a profound impact on audiences with works so diverse it is astonishing that the same director envisioned and New York Premiere created them. He is known to some Vamps people for such narrative masterpieces Bad Brains: Directed by Amy Heckerling as Silence of the Lambs, Melvin and Howard, Swing Shift, Something Wild, A Band in D.C. USA / 2012 / minutes Swimming to Cambodia, Philadelphia, and Beloved. But he is equally recognized Directed by WOODSTOCK Playhouse as a documentarian, giving voice to many unsung people and momentous issues Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan Sun Oct 14 • 9:15pm with such films as Cousin Bobby, The Agronomist, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains, USA / 2012 / 104 minutes Werewolves in NyC better watch out; and I’m Carolyn Parker, which chronicled the life of Parker and her family as they Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK there's about to be some new vampires rebuilt their lives after Hurricane Katrina devastated their community and home in Fri Oct 12 • 7:00pm in the city. Today, the first teaser poster the Lower Ninth Ward. His upcoming films, The House at Lovestrand and three New ROSENDALE Theater for Amy Heckerling's twist on the vampire- Orleans portrait documentaries continue Demme’s commitment to champion the Sat Oct 13 • 10:00pm romance genre, vamps, debuted at MTv's unacknowledged. Considered “the Sex Pistols of Ameri- Hollywood Crush. Anyone who follows music undoubtedly knows Demme for his phenomenal can punk,” Bad Brains have consis- vamps marks the first re-teaming of feature-length music films, including Stop Making Sense (which got people up and tently pushed boundaries within the writer/director Heckerling and Alicia Sil- dancing in the aisles of theaters), Storefront Hitchcock, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, U.S. music scene since 1977 with their verstone since 1995's Clueless. The movie The Neil Young Trunk Show, and most recently Enzo Avitabile Music Life, which unique combination of hardcore punk also stars Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, chronicles the career of the incomparable Italian saxophonist, singer-songwriter and Rastafari reggae. Director Benjamin who plays a fusion of world music and jazz that is mesmerizing. and Wallace Shawn The playful image in Logan allows his audience a personal look the first poster, along with the tagline This glimpse at his career, spanning four decades, clearly illuminates what into the past and present of the legendary "Nice Girls Suck," makes it pretty clear makes Demme the Woodstock Film Festival 2012 choice for the Maverick Award. Bad Brains through footage captured behind that these vampires won't be as angst rid- He courageously tackles challenging and controversial subjects; and in doing the scenes with band members as well as so, whether he is portraying Anthony Hopkins as the terrifying Hannibal Lecter den as the bloodsuckers from the Twilight featured interviews with major music con- or Tom Hanks as an early victim of AIDS, his characters emerge with unusual movies, though there is some chance that temporaries of the band like Henry Rollins, it might, like Ren and Stimpy, be "way depth and humanity. What’s more, his stories are not only thoughtful, they are as equally absorbing and entertaining. Dave Grohl and the Beastie Boys. Logan existential." portrays the intense struggle the band has Demme began his film career not behind the lens, but as a film critic, faced over the past four decades, dealing eventually graduating to public relations, until 1970, when he met Roger Corman, with obstacles like stolen equipment, an mentor to many brilliant filmmakers. unpredictable and eccentric vocalist, and Demme has previously participated in the Woodstock Film Festival as a a ban from playing in their home city of panelist and as a filmmaker. It is our great honor this year to have him here to Washington D.C. receive our most prestigious Maverick Award and to acknowledge a dedicated —Chandra Knotts director who has demonstrated an unparalleled passion for art, music and culture, along with a commitment to social awareness and justice.

Join PAUL GREEN’s Band of Monkeys in celebrating JONATHAN DEMME, honored guests and the Woodstock Film Festival 7:00pm: at the 13th Annual Maverick Cocktail party in Gallery Awards Ceremony 8:15pm: Saturday, October 14 Seating for awards begins Backstage Production Studios, 9:00pm: Kingston Award Ceremony

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New York Premiere

Charles Bradley: Casting By Chasing Ice David Bromberg Soul of America Directed by Tom Donahue Directed by Jeff Orlowski Unsung Treasure Directed by Poull Brien USA / 2012 / 89 minutes USA,Greenland, Iceland / 2011 / 75 minutes Directed by Beth Toni Kruvant USA / 2012 / 74 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse Upstate Films I RHINEBECK USA / 2012 / 74 minutes FOLLOWed BY: Sun Oct 14 • 6:45pm Fri Oct 12 • 2:15pm ChArLES BrAdLEY CONCErT - 9:00pm This essential new documentary pays WOODSTOCK Playhouse WOODSTOCK Playhouse Wed Oct 10 • 7:30pm tribute to the legacy of the late, legend- Sun Oct 14 • 1:30pm BEARSvILLE Theater Photographer James Balog has been re- Beth Kruvant’s documentary follows the Fri Oct 12 • 7:00pm ary casting director Marion Dougherty shaping how we see the environment for unique and powerful history of David Charles Bradley: Soul of America charts and shines a light on one of the most over 30 years, shooting for top magazines Bromberg’s career, tracing the roller coast- the incredible late-in-life rise of 62 year overlooked and least understood crafts like National Geographic, Audobon and er of Bromberg’s station as an American old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, in film making. Casting By puts the spot- the Smithsonian Magazine. In 2007, Balog music legend of the 70s to the largest Amer- whose debut album rocketed him from a light on film making's unsung heroes – the became more directly involved with environ- ican violin collector, appraiser and full-time hard life in the projects to Rolling Stone casting director – and takes us on a fast- mental activism, creating the Extreme Ice violin luthier today. David Bromberg: Unsung magazine’s top 50 albums of 2011. paced journey through the last half century Survey (EIS) after years of photographing Treasure contrasts Bromberg’s innovative Abandoned by his mother as a child, of Hollywood history from and entirely new glaciers and witnessing rapidly vanishing ice rise to musical fame with his passion for Bradley faced poverty, homelessness, il- perspective. Pioneers like Marion Dougherty sheets across the globe. In Jeff Orlowski’s the delicate craft of violin-making, showing literacy, violence and tragedy on his path and Lynn Stalmaster were iconoclasts whose feature debut, we see in vivid detail the that truly, few career paths are ever predict- to realizing his life-long dream to make it exquisite taste and gut instincts helped to results of years of photographic research able. Bromberg has combined the musical in the music industry. Beginning with his put the final nail in the coffin of the old the EIS has compiled, dramatically depicting genres of blues, jazz, big band, gospel, 62nd birthday celebration, this film cap- studio system and usher in the New Holly- the effect global warming is having on the rock, bluegrass and country throughout his tures Charles’ unlikely transformation from wood with movies like Midnight Cowboy, The world’s biggest glaciers. The EIS team used musical career, collaborating with major struggling James Brown impersonator to Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance time-lapse cameras to record the changing names like Bob Dylan, George Harrison and international celebrity. Kid and Bonnie and Clyde. Afforded the un- Jerry Garcia. Kruvant chronicles Bromberg’s precedented freedom and power of the new Arctic landscape. Beautiful cinematography rise to fame, his struggle with a twenty-two medium of television, they broke away from of magnificent vistas, along with Balog’s year hiatus, current musical ventures and the traditional typecasting of Hollywood photography, allow viewers to look into the his recent efforts in pioneering the music and brought a new kind of leading man previously unseen world of glacial melting, and arts community in his new hometown of and leading lady to the screen (actors like including the largest ice calving event ever Wilmington, Delaware. James Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Bette Midler, captured on film. Balog’s work showcases -– Chandra L. Knotts Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, et al). the beauty of glacial ice, and how fleeting its life span may really be. – Michael Burke

With the news that Governor Cuomo might “Dear Governor lift the moratorium on fracking in New Under the musical direction of Cuomo...” York any day, the event was assembled Natalie Merchant, the event was filmed by Directed by Jon Bowermaster in less than a month. Two rehearsals in Academy Award-winning documentarian USA / 2012 / 75 minutes twenty-four hours, and it was showtime. Alex Gibney. The film features actors Mark WOODSTOCK Playhouse The goal of the varied participants, Ruffalo and Melissa Leo, environmental Thurs Oct 11 • 6:30pm many of whom had never met before this biologist Sandra Steingraber and musicians night, was to explain in clear terms the ranging from Joan Osborne and Citizen On a rainy night in May of 2012, a threats of fracking and to motivate people Cope to Medeski Martin and Wood and The coalition of musicians, scientists and to rise up against the practice using song. Felice Brothers. activists gathered in Albany on the The cord that bound them all was that Following the screening of the governor’s front doorstep, calling for a they were first and foremost New Yorkers: film, Natalie— and special guests —will ban on hydraulic-fracturing. New Yorkers Against Fracking. pick up where they left off in Albany.

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World Premiere World Premiere World Premiere East Coast Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST Dinner at the No-Go’s Fight to Live Idle Threat Informant Directed by Marco Orsini Directed by Barbara Kopple Directed by George Pakenham Directed by Jamie Meltzer USA / 2012 / 90 minutes USA / 2011 / 82 minutes USA / 2012 / 60 minutes USA / 2012 / 81 minutes WOODSTOCK Playhouse Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Upstate Films WOODSTOCK Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13 • 1:45pm Sun Oct 14 • 2:30pm Thurs Oct 11 • 2:15pm Fri Oct 12 • 2:15pm Everyone knows you’re not supposed to Fight To Live, a documentary by Acad- Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Upstate Films II RHINEBECK discuss politics and religion at a dinner emy Award winner Barbara Kopple, Fri Oct 12 • 1:00pm Sun Oct 14 • 4:45pm party. Marco Orsini’s film starts with an explores the seemingly archaic drug A self-described vigilante, George Pak- This captivating and complex film tells intriguing proposition: forget about that. approval process of the Food and Drug enham walks the streets of New York to the story of Brandon Darby, a charis- Orsini and producer Biala Mekkaoui take Administration. The film follows people stop what many see as a victimless crime: matic grassroots activist turned vilified us on an international tour through the suffering from different forms of debilitat- needless engine idling. What driver’s FBI informant. Beginning in the wreckage State Department’s Travel Advisory list, also ing, incurable diseases and the fights they don’t realize is how they are contributing of post-Katrina New Orleans, where Darby known as the “No-Go list,” where they film are in to gain access to drugs that may to the oil crisis, asthma and air pollution and others founded a radical grassroots dinner parties and discuss only politics and prolong their lives. The drugs they need are through their desire for convenience and organization, director Jamie Meltzer brings religion. Invited to the dinners are provoca- not yet FDA approved, and although there is climate control. In order to raise awareness, us inside the mind of a man who sacrificed tive thinkers, lawyers, investors, artists, evidence that the medicine is helping those Pakenham goes door-to-door, that is, car almost everything to do what he felt was religious leaders, politicians, and activists. who take it, the FDA makes it nearly impos- door-to-car door, explaining to unknowing right. Darby’s work with the FBI is check- The filmmakers engage their guests on sible for people to obtain drugs without ap- drivers that they are breaking the law when ered with tragic turns, including mysteri- vital issues and ideas in search of a deeper proval. Kopple asks the question: Should a they idle for more than three minutes. Re- ous deaths and accusations of entrapment. understanding of the Arab Spring, the 9/11 person who is dying have the option to take sponses vary from thanks to anger, but Pak- Wrapped up in Darby’s collaboration with attacks, two American wars in the Middle whatever medicine they want, as long as enham never wavers. He wants the dangers the FBI were two young men he met in the East and other pressing concerns. What they their physician agrees? Fight To Live shows that idling produces to be recognized as lead-up to the 2008 Republican National find is a series of fascinating conversations that when dealing with life-threatening legitimate, and lobbies for the laws that are Convention in St. Paul, whose interaction steeped in history and rich with emotions, illnesses, gaining access to the best treat- already in place to be enforced. Directed by with Darby led to their arrest and imprison- fears and dreams. Along the way they visit ments available is half the battle. Pakenham himself, Idle Threat follows one ment. Did the FBI take advantage of a con- man’s quest to make the world a healthier, fused and paranoid man? With perspectives Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, before landing at a – Heather Olin truly fascinating dinner in Atlanta, Georgia cleaner and safer place for everyone to live, from both Darby and those he betrayed, for an all too familiar American perspective. and shows that if you try hard enough, one Informant is a complex and heartfelt explo- It is a conversation that will continue long person really can make a difference. ration of political ideologies, government after the credits roll – it’s fair to say the – Heather Olin priorities and human realities in a world future of the world depends on it. where you never know who you can trust. – David Becker –David Becker

Screening wiTh: never been heard. In 1967, in the wake four lovable moptops of Help! and A Hard MAGICAL MySTERy TOUR of the extraordinary impact of Sgt. Pep- Day’s Night? per, The Beatles made a film – a dream- BBC Tv’s multi-award winning Magical Mystery Tour like story of a coach daytrip, a magical Arena tells this greatest of untold Beatles Revisited mystery tour. It was seen by a third of stories exploring how the counter cultural the nation, at 8:35pm on BBC1 on Boxing Directed by Francis Hanly artistic landscape of 1967 created the en- Day and all hell broke loose. UK / 2012 / 58 minutes vironment for a film like Magical Mystery Magical Mystery Tour was greeted WOODSTOCK Playhouse Tour to be made. Contributors include Fri Oct 12 • 7:15pm with outrage and derision by middle England and the establishment media. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Fonda, cOUrTeSY OF AreNA & “How dare they?”, they cried – “They’re Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, Paul Mer- Songs you’ll never forget, the film not film directors, who do they think ton and Neil Innes. you’ve never seen and a story that’s they are?” they howled. Where were the Roll up roll up for The Mystery Tour!

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US Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST East Coast Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST COMPETITION FINALIST Mea Maxima Culpa: The Mechanical Bride Mondays at Racine Oma & Bella Silence in the House of God Directed by Allison de Fren Directed by Cynthia Wade Directed by Alexa Karolinski Directed by Alex Gibney USA / 2012 / 76 minutes USA / 2012 / 39 minutes USA, Germany / 2012 / 75 minutes USA / 2012 / 107 minutes Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK In German with subtitles Thur Oct 11 • 8:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 12:15pm ROSENDALE Theatre Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Fri Oct 12 • 6:30pm Sat Oct 13 • 12:30pm Fri Oct 12 • 9:30pm Sat Oct 13 • 11:45am WOODSTOCK Playhouse Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Allison de Fren’s fascinating feature Mondays at Racine tells the story of pm Sun Oct 14 • 3:45pm Sun Oct 14 • 12:15 In Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the debut The Mechanical Bride provides two sisters who open their salon once-a- Alexa Karolinski’s film is a loving portrait House of God, Oscar-winning filmmaker audiences a look into the clandestine month to women diagnosed with cancer. As of its two leading ladies as they embrace Alex Gibney exposes the abuse of power world of artificial companionship with daughters of a cancer victim, salon owners life in all its extremes, finding joy in in the Catholic Church and a cover-up sexbots and astoundingly realistic Rachel and Cynthia provide their community subtle moments and discovering hidden that winds its way from the row houses of female sex dolls, a world that is slowly with haircuts, manicures and pedicures, as histories in unexpected places. Karolinski Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through the bare gaining a public presence. Citing roots well as a safe haven for growth, healing and introduces us to Oma, her grandmother, and ruined choirs of Ireland’s churches all the as early as Pygmalion, de Fren traces doll discovery of inner strength. Wade not only Bella, her grandmother’s friend, who live way to the highest office of the vatican. culture history through film, television and, focuses on the health and family struggles in Berlin, Germany. We first meet them in By investigating the secret crimes of a more recently, the erotic world of robotic that cancer brings to its victims, but the the kitchen, where they prepare meals they charismatic priest who abused over 200 deaf technology. The Mechanical Bride delves symbolic strength and importance of a learned to cook as children. The filmmaker children in a school under his control The into the intimate and psychological aspects woman’s felt beauty that can be both lost weaves an unforgettable journey with these film shows the face of evil that lurks behind of sex doll manufacturing and ownership, and found. -Chandra L. Knotts women through the stories they tell and the the smiles and denials of authority figures examining companies like RealDoll and Ori- memories they share. and institutions who believe that because ent Doll as well as their influence on sexual Preceded BY: Kings Point In a series of conversations with they stand for good they can do no wrong. culture and moral perspective. The Me- Directed by Sarah Gilman Karolinski and with each other, we learn USA / 2012 / 31 minutes The film documents the first known chanical Bride addresses not only the sexual details of their past. What emerges is a first In the 1970s and 80s, hundreds of public protest against clerical sex abuse in implications of a non-organic erotic world person history of some of humanity’s dark- thousands of senior citizens migrated the US. - long before the crisis in Boston. but also the political and personal implica- est hours. Oma and Bella, both survivors of tions that will define the future of sex and from New York City to Kings Point, a German concentration camps, give voice to technology. – Chandra L. Knotts retirement community in Florida. Through their families’ experiences during the Holo- the experiences of six longtime residents, caust and reveal that their deep friendship Kings Point captures both the allure and was forged in those unimaginable years. the darker complexities of living in a world –David Becker where “nobody gets too close.” –Heather Olin

Once in a Lullaby: Awards ceremony. The story is set into motion by PS22 Chorus’ The PS 22 Chorus Story vibrant performances on their viral YouTube videos. Driven by the vision and passion of an unconventional music teacher Directed by Jonathan Kalafer who encourages students to connect to their own spirit and to USA / 2012 / 86 minutes perform from the inside out, “Once in a Lullaby” captures the Upstate Films Woodstock journey of children whose complex life circumstances need the Fri Oct 12 • 11:30am power of music to elevate and focus them at a time when they Upstate Films I RHINEBECK are making the transition to their middle school years. Sat Oct 13 • 6:30pm Jonathan Kalafer, in his first feature film, wonderfully More than a feel good movie about kids and school, Once captures the inside story behind the PS22 Chorus’ power to in a Lullaby: The PS 22 Chorus Story, goes to the heart of attract its growing internet audience and in the process makes the purpose of education. a compelling case for keeping the arts in schools. The fifth grade PS 22 Chorus from Staten Island is –Maria Marewski preparing for a performance at the 83rd Annual Academy

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New York Premiere New York Premiere North American Premiere

One Track Heart: Only the young Pretty Old Rolan Makes Movies Directed by Directed by Anton Verstakov The Story of Krishna Das Directed by Walter Matteson Directed by Jeremy Frindel Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims Russian Federation / 2012 / 50 minutes USA / 2012 / 85 minutes USA / 2012 / 72 minutes USA / 2012 / 68 minutes Russian with subtitles WOODSTOCK Playhouse Woodstock Playhouse Upstate Films I RHINEBECK Sat Oct 13 • 11:30am Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Thur Oct 11 • 3:00pm Sun Oct 14 • 11:45am Sat Oct 13 • 2:45pm Upstate Films II RHINEBECK In 1970, Jeffrey Kagel was living every Amidst the socioeconomic downturn Sun Oct 14 • 12:00pm Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK teenager’s dream. He was offered the infecting the California Santa Clarita Sun Oct 14 • 5:00pm There is a common misconception that chance to record with a rock band - the Valley, three teenagers are paving their A film about the love of making movies, beauty is something reserved specifi- soon-to-be Blue Oyster Cult. Instead, he dirt road to adulthood. Garrison Saenz, this fun and heartfelt documetary tells cally for the young. However, the ladies sold all of his possessions and moved from Kevin Conway and Skye Elmore are high the story of Rolan, his video camera and of the 30th annual Ms. Senior Sweetheart suburban Long Island halfway across the world school students from the Canyon Country his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Pageant seek to defy the conventions of to India. In Jeremy Frindel’s beautiful feature suburbs that deal with the average coming- Never mind the fact that he’s 10,000 that misguided notion. Pretty Old is an in- film debut, Kagel searches for happiness and of-age obstacles while simultaneously kilometers from Hollywood in the heart of spiring documentary of ladies who refuse to fulfillment. After the death of his mentor, Jef- having to face much more serious issues Siberia. That’s the least of his worries. Any subscribe to the way contemporary society frey turned to music to help get his life back that come with their newfound maturity and filmmaker or movie-lover can relate to Rolan traditionally views beauty. Each year they on track. Emerging as Krishna Das, he became the temporary nature of their teen lives. and the die-hard group of friends who follow travel to Massachusetts and prepare for the a world-renowned chant master and spiritual This documentary follows these Californian his vision no matter how much (fake) blood chance to demonstrate their talents and leader, helping to bring what he had learned Christian skate-punks through the suburban will be spilled. Rolan’s rules of filmmak- beauty in a pageant that exclusively show- to the West. –Heather Olin ruin of foreclosure and graffiti, meanwhile ing include keeping his budget at nothing, cases women in their golden years. Walter navigating their struggles in relationships, unleashing the creative potential of his Matteson’s directorial debut follows these friends, and keeping his profit ratio right Preceded BY: Practice Change: religion and their unsure futures. Recent remarkable women who challenge the odds The Africa yoga Project CalArt graduates Jason Tippet and Eliza- around 100-150 percent. and compete for the chance to show off Directed by Dina Rudick beth Mims’ feature debut is filmed with the Director Anton verstakov’s funny the one thing that they won’t be denied … KENYA / 2011 / 16 minutes poetics and cinematography of a narrative and loving portrait brings out the best in their spirit. As these women bond together Practice Change is the story of how one coupled with the startling fullness and real- its charming subject while paying homage through this unique experience, they must woman’s idea to bring yoga to some of ity of the most compelling documentary. to the art of filmmaking. Saturated with the biggest slums in the world caught come to terms with the fact that there can Hollywood action sequences, Hong Kong – Chandra L. Knotts on like wildfire.Kenyan yoga teachers now be only one Ms. Senior Sweetheart. fight scenes and slapstick humor, Rolan does teach more than 4,000 people each week in –Joe Martindale what it takes to make his movies right, even the slums and beyond in Kenya through the if most of the time his actors only get one Africa Yoga Project. take. – David Becker

best friend Johnny Dark. Since 1963, the two have been US Premiere inseparable- they have nearly half a century of letters, COMPETITION FINALIST photos and videos to prove it. While trying to compile their Shepard & Dark many decades of correspondence into a book, the friends are Directed by Treva Wurmfeld reminded of all that they have gone through over the years. USA / 2012 / 92 minutes Together, they have experienced birth, death, marriage, di- vorce, love and loss. Now in their late 60s, neither man’s life Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK is in the place he thought he would be when their friendship Thur Oct 11 • 3:30pm ROSENDALE Theatre began. The letters force them to look into the past and con- Sat Oct 13 • 12:00pm front the choices that they have made, both good and bad. Treva Wurmfeld’s feature documentary premiere Through all of the instability and chaos that life has thrown Shepard & Dark is the compelling story of playwright, their way, the two men have always had one constant- each director and actor Sam Shepard and his long-time other’s unwavering friendship. – Heather Olin

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New York Premiere World Premiere COMPETITION FINALIST COMPETITION FINALIST Virgin Tales Welcome to the Machine Who Cares About Kelsey? Words of Witness Directed by Mirjam von Arx Directed by Avi Zev Weider Directed by Dan Habib Directed by Mai Iskander Switzerland / 2012 / 87 minutes USA / 2012 / 85 minutes USA / 2012 / 75 minutes USA, Egypt / 2012 / 71 minutes Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK Utopia Studios WOODSTOCK In Arabic with subtitles Sat Oct 13 • 4:45pm Sat Oct 13 • 10:00pm Fri Oct 12 • 4:30pm Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Upstate Films II RHINEBECK Upon becoming the father to triplets, Kelsey Carroll has one goal—to graduate Fri Oct 12 • 3:30pm Sun Oct 14 • 7:00pm Upstate Films WOODSTOCK filmmaker Avi Zev Weider explores the from high school—and plenty of reasons why she shouldn’t. Sun Oct 14 • 12:00pm “you’re Khrystian, you’re beautiful, nature of technology. Woven together She attends a school your name means free spirit, lover of with expert interviews and portraits of with one of the highest dropout rates in Every time 22-year-old Heba Afify heads God,” opens Virgin Tales, a documen- people who have intimate relationships with New Hampshire and has dealt with home- out to cover the historical events shap- tary that takes a fascinating look at a technology, Welcome To The Machine takes lessness, sexual abuse and ADHD. She failed ing her country’s future, her mother is growing counterculture trend affecting the conversation away from the business her freshman year and was suspended for compelled to remind her, “I know you 1 in 8 girls in America. The film follows the of technology or the latest gadgets and dealing drugs. Who Cares About Kelsey? is are a journalist, but you’re still a girl!” evangelical Wilson family of Colorado Springs as leads the audience to ultimately consider the story of Kelsey’s transformation from a Defying cultural norms and family expecta- they adhere to a life of “pure waiting,” a lifestyle questions of life and death, revealing that defiant and disruptive problem student‚ to a tions, Heba takes to the streets to report on in which their children vow to remain completely all discussions about technology are really motivated and self-confident young woman. an Egypt in turmoil, using tweets, texts and unsoiled until their marriage – even so far as about what it means to be human. Along the way, she is helped by a group of Facebook posts. Her coming of age, political saving their first kiss for the altar. Cameras follow educators determined to empower this emo- awakening and the disillusionment that the family through church services, conventions, tionally disabled teen to take control of her follows mirror that of a nation seeking the purity balls and their home life, accompanied all destiny and find the desire to graduate. freedom to shape its own destiny, dignity the while by a video diary kept by Jordyn, the and democracy. oldest unmarried sister who patiently waits for Heba’s words bear witness to the her turn. Director Mirjam von Arx brings us this heady optimism of a country on a path unexpected, two-year long glimpse into the real to self-determination, the toppling of a life of this family and those around them, set dictator, the difficult transition toward against the backdrop of the political tension of democracy, the courageous challenge to the past four years and the war in Afghanistan. the ruling military who cracks down on the –Samantha Yellin opposition and the celebration of a cultural shift where a younger generation inspired a Preceded BY: History of country to “lead themselves.”. Virginity Directed by Sophie Haller

World Premiere director Rasmus Dinesen takes us on the rarified world of high stakes competitive an exhilarating ride into the world of haute cuisine where it takes extraordinary The World’s Finest Chef competitive haute cuisine in The World’s time, passion and self-confidence to compete (Verdens Bedste Kok) Finest Chef (verden’s Beste Kok) where culi- with the best in the world. Directed by Rasmus Dinesen nary competition is experienced on par with Verden’s Beste Kok celebrates the Denmark / 2011 / 45 minutes In Danish professional sports. sheer pleasure of the pursuit of excellence. with subtitles For eight years, master chef Rasmus – Maria Marewski Kofoed has been obsessed with a dream of Upstate Films WOODSTOCK winning the Bocuse d’Or, the individual world Fri Oct 12 • 12:00pm Preceded BY: Free Expression Upstate Films I RHINEBECK championship for chefs in fine gourmet cook- Directed by Martin Lombard & Facundo Lombard Sun Oct 14 • 1:45pm ing. The film follows the 36-year-old master USA / 2011 / 15 minutes Back at the Woodstock Film Festival chef over the six months leading up to the Twin brothers that have lost their "artistic" with his third feature documentary, championship, offering a rare glimpse into identities while searching for self-expression.

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ANIMATED SHORTS Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock (notes on) biology WITH BILL & SIGNE Fri Oct 12 • 10:00pm | Sun Oct 14 • 1:30pm Directed by Danny Madden Programmed by Bill Plympton & Signe Baumane USA / 2011 / 6 minutes Nothing like an avenging robot elephant to start off The 1st Time Cee Història d’Este the weekend. Cee Did Acid (Story of Him) Directed by Joy Vaccese Directed by Pascual Pérez Person Pinball and Noelle Melody Spain / 2011 / 7:13 min- Directed by Aaron Hughes USA / 2011 / 0:49 minutes utes USA / 2011 / 2 minutes The 1st time Cee Cee did An animated tale about alcohol- Passing pedestrians be- acid, there was a road ism. come pinball play. runner, a volcano and a flappy fish. Junkyard Rocks in my Pockets Directed by Hisko Hulsing Directed by Signe Based on a True Denmark / 2012 / 18 Story Baumane minutes USA / 2011 / 5 minutes Directed by Jacob Kafka A man confronting death A funny film about depres- New York University remembers a friendship sion. USA / 2012 / 6 minutes from his youth. A little girl tries to dig to Summer Bummer the moon! The Light That Died Directed by Bill Plympton in My Arms The Girl and the Fox USA / 2012 / 3 minutes Directed by Alan Foreman A man about to go swimming Directed by Tyler J. USA / 2012 / 2:15 minutes imagines what horrors could Kupferer New York is a thousand be lurking deep in in the USA / 2011 / 5:30 minutes miles of wire away... waters of his backyard pool. A young girl must track a mysterious fox through a Made you Cringe Turning a Corner foreboding wilderness. Directed by Andy London Directed by David Levy PREMIERE INFO USA / 2011 / 3 minutes Gum USA / 2011 / 5 minutes Learn how to shave with A poor kid from Brooklyn Directed by Noam Sussman Danny! fights the fates for a chance Sheridan College to change his life. USA / 2011 / 2 minutes My Heart Belongs Side effects of this film to you Tuurngait may include heart palpita- Directed by Lev Polyakov Directed by Paul-Emile tions, pregnancy, and fits From School of Visual Arts Boucher, Remy Dupont, of uncontrollable laughter. USA / 2012 / 3:30 minutes Benjamin Flouw, Mickael A hamster in love with an Riciotti, Alexandre Toufaili elementary school teacher France / 2011 / 6 minutes dreams about rescuing her A young boy is enchanted by from evil demons. a magical snow goose.

A WINTER PASSING Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock Fri Oct 12 • 1:30pm | Sun Oct 14 • 3:45pm |

And Winter Slow Julia Directed by Brian Lannin Directed by Danielle Krudy New York University MFA USA / 2012 / 10 minutes USA / 2011 / It’s Christmas Eve in the San Fer- 16:29 minutes nando valley and a white Christ- A woman goes to extremes to free mas it is not.... herself from having to care for her ailing husband. WORLD PREMIERE Under STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® FINALIST Hatch Directed by Mark Raso STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER Directed by Christoph Kuschnig Columbia University MFA Columbia University MFA Canada / 2011 / 20 minutes Austria, USA / 2012 / 19 minutes Sydney, a city girl with an A newborn is caught in the middle addiction problem, journeys with as two couples from different walks her fiancée through the wilderness of life come to grips with a life far of his youth, with the hope that from their grasp. they can start life together with a clean slate. All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 14 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 SHORTS EyES OF A CHILD Kleinert/James Art Center HICCUPS Sat Oct 13 • 5:00pm | Sun Oct 14 • 11:15am Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock Fri Oct 12 • 3:45pm | Sat Oct 13 • 3:00pm Curfew Lunch Date NEW YORK PREMIERE Directed by Directed by Sasha Collington BFF Shawn Christensen UK / 2011 / 11 minutes Directed by Neil LaBute USA / 2011 / 19 minutes Getting dumped always Richie has hit rock bottom. hurts. Even more so when USA / 2012 / 8 minutes Will his nine-year-old niece your boyfriend sends his Two best friends meet to Sophia snap him out of his fourteen-year-old brother discuss love and loss over malaise? to break the news. a cup of tea. Things do not go as planned. The Glowing Hours The Maiden and the Happy Hour NORTh AMERICAN PREMIERE Directed by Paul Young Princess UK / 2012 / 22 minutes Directed by Ali Scher Directed by Brian Devine A sweet and magical story USC, MFA USA / 2011 / 19:10 about transcending loss and USA / 2011 / 18 minutes minutes finding hope in the darkest A young girl searches for Unemployed and recently of places. her identity. dumped, Jack is forced to crash with his slovenly buddy Max. Threatened Kleinert/James Art Center with eviction, they need to raise cash fast or be put out FOREIGN AFFAIRS on the street. Sat Oct 13 • 7:30pm | Sun Oct 14 • 6:00pm A Chjàna Manila Running EAST COAST PREMIERE The Hiccup NEW YORK PREMIERE (The Plain) Directed by Anuj Gulati Directed by Matt Smukler Directed by Jonas New York University Tisch USA / 2012 / 10:05 Carpignano School of the Arts, Asia minutes New York University MFA Singapore / 2012 / Two friends desperately USA, Italy / 2011 / 14:40 minutes / In Filipino trying to skip town find 20 minutes A comedy about a foreign- that an overheated radia- In French, Italian and Wolof er’s paranoia in the hustle tor is the least of their problems. An African migrant worker seeks to reunite with his best and bustle of Manila. friend in the wake of a race riot. Laundry Day Directed by Thayer Radic NORTh AMERICAN PREMIERE Spaghetti für Zwei An Sooy e Bonbast (Spaghetti for Canada / 2012 / 4:48 (Beyond Dead-end) Two) minutes Directed by Directed by Two strangers exchange Pouria Heidary Oureh Matthias Rosenberger kind words in a local Iran / 2012 / 15 minutes and Betina Dubler laundromat, leading to an unfortunate A homeless vagabond Germany / 2011 / misunderstanding. becomes obsessed with a 18:31 minutes EAST COAST PREMIERE pair of shoes. A routine stroll turns into an imaginary odyssey full of Past Due unscrupulous characters and Spaghetti for Two. Directed by Denise Plumb Detras Del Espejo American Film Institute (Behind The Mirrors) USA / 2011 / 20 minutes Directed by Julio O. Ramos Drowning in debt and Peru / 2011 / 12 minutes / In Spanish harassed by a collection To make ends meet, a worker in a agent, Evelyn finds a pay- fleabag motel resorts to questionable ment plan she can afford. actions.

Screening Prior to... NEW YORK PREMIERE Aunt Louisa NEW YORK PREMIERE Practice Change: The Directed by Thomas Kings Point Africa yoga Project Woodrow Directed by Sari Gilman Directed by Dina Rudick USA / 2012 / 15 minutes USA / 2012 / 31 minutes KENYA / 2011 / 16 minutes A young man living in New In an aging Florida In Swahili with subtitles, and English York is interrupted in the community, paradise has Practice: Change is the story middle of his scattered, begun to exact a high of how one woman’s idea to bring yoga to some of the modern life by a surprise price. biggest slums in the world caught on like wildfire and is visit from his very weird Screens prior to Mondays at Racine transforming lives, communities, and possibly countries. aunt. Screens prior to One Track Heart: The Story of Screens prior to Exit Elena Krishna Das

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 15 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 SHORTS HUDSON VALLEy SHORTS MUSIC VIDEOS Utopia Studios Kleinert/James Art Center Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock Fri Oct 12 • 9:45pm Sat Oct 13 • 10:00pm| Fri Oct 12 • 8:00pm Another Sky - Le Soleil Chante WOODSTOCK Playhouse Jeremy Bernstein (The Sun Sings) Sun Oct 14 • 11:15am Directed by Ignatus Antoine Wagner Directed by Delphine Burrus The following films were all shot USA / 2012 / 3:51 France / 2012 / 3 minutes in New York’s Hudson Valley. A day in the life of psyche- Ignatus tryciles around delic mountain serenity. in a landscape suggest- Blood Country ing a woman’s body while singing “the sun sings, the birds Jason Fournet A House a Home shine, the grass smiles ant life is green...” New York University Alialujah Choir USA / 2012 / 15 minutes Living Directed by Daniel Fickle Arrested A determined twelve USA / 2012 / 6:51 minutes year-old boy seeks his Development A love, a death, another grandfather’s respect as a Directed by Tony Reams death are reconciled in a hunter. USA / 2012 / 4:43 minutes subterranean world. A cornucopia of thoughts Glory Days that have plagued Speech for the last two decades. Directed by WORLD PREMIERE NORTh AMERICAN PREMIERE Benjamin Rutkowski Bird of Flames Miriam New York University MFA Chrysta Bell & David Norah Jones USA / 2012 / Lynch Directed by Philip 11:15 minutes Directed by Chel White Andelman Jack, a recovering alco- USA / 2012 / 5:25 minutes USA / 2012 / 4 minutes holic and divorced father A meditation on the enig- A song about a pal who of two, gets the chance matic nature of love. did wrong. to spend some quality time with his children. WORLD PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE Over and Around Borrando la The Clove My Pain is Worse WORLD PREMIERE Than your Pain Frontera Trummors Directed by Adam Hall (Erasing the Border) Directed by USA / 2012 / 16:30 Directed by Ana Teresa Randy Bell & Justin Rice minutes Fernandez USA / 2012 / 2:44 minutes A small rural community USA / 2011 / 2 minutes A mysterious disappear- of full-timers who fight Artist Ana Teresa Fernandez ance and seance to bring boredom, isolation, erases the Tijuana/San back a lost band member. injury, fate and bad luck, Diego border. all in an attempt to destroy the pain. Based on the short Post-War Blues story by TC Boyle. Breezeblocks Dan Mangan ∆ (alt-j) WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Kevin Persephone Directed by Ellis Bahl Eastwood Directed by Laurent Rejto USA / 2012 / 3:47 minutes Canada / 2012 / 3:45 USA / 2012 / 21 minutes Please don’t go, I love you minutes Two parents cope to so! An homage to the 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic, Dr. Strangelove. control their most beloved Fjögur Píanó daughter, but she has Sigur Rós aspirations and dreams of Untitled her own. Directed by Alma Har’el Killer Mike USA / 2012 / (featuring Scar) 8:33 minutes Directed by Benjamin Screening Prior to... A man and a woman are Dickinson locked in a never-ending USA / 2012 / 3:12 minutes Free Expression cycle of addiction and desire. A video of Chiaroscuros Directed by Martin based on various paintings from the Italian Renaissance: Lombard and Facundo Gaga’s Boy Toy Carravagio, Titian, and Genteleschi in particular, depicting bibli- Lombard Tommy Be cal Renaissance themes mixed with figures from black history. USA / 2011 / 15 minutes Directed by Tommy Be FREE EXPRESSION is the USA / 2012 / 2:57 minutes Zoe story of two dancers, A futuristic cyborg musi- Mammal of Paradise twin brothers that have lost their "artistic" identities cian has an unexpected Directed by Michael Vincent while searching for self-expression. Keeping hope in humanoid fantasy. USA / 2012 / 4:18 minutes what they believe will be the only way for them to get A relationship that began their identities back. in Woodstock and tragically Screens prior to World's Finest Chef ended when a beautiful girl passed away.

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 16 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 SHORTS SHORT DOCS TEEN FILMS Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock Fri Oct 12 • 6:00pm Kleinert/ James Art Center, Woodstock Fri Oct 12 • 11:15am | Sat Oct 13 • 12:45pm| Bookstore The Hidden Among Giants Directed by Alexander Directed by Lucas Directed by Chris Cresci, Haney Handwerker Ben Mullinkosson & Harvard-Westlake, Studio Woodstock Day School Sam Price-Waldman City, CA USA / 2012 / Chapman University USA / 2012 / 16:24 minutes USA / 2011 / 13:40 minutes 10 minutes How much can you remem- Risking injury and incarcera- A teenager is thrust into ber in 11 minutes? tion, an environmental activist disrupts the clear-cutting of managing her school an ancient redwood grove. bookstore for one day...chaos ensues. My License Directed by The Bronzer Code Red Elizabeth Herrick Directed by Peyton Wilson Directed by Zach American Heritage School, USA / 2012 / Prengler Plantation, FL 11:23 minutes Richardson High School, USA / 2011 / 1:28 minutes Dallas, TX The self-proclaimed last A young girl receives her USA / 2011 / 5:16 traveling salesman in new license, much to her minutes America, Stue Larkin, is father’s dismay. Four nerds are prepar- anything but your average ing for their best salesman. The Symbol of purchase ever: Code Red, the hottest game of the year. Peace El Último Hielero Directed by Zev Vel (The Last Ice Getting Through Woodstock Day School Merchant) Directed by Simon USA / 2012 / Directed by Sandy Patch Usdan 12:10 minutes The Ethical Culture Fieldston Ecuador, USA / 2011 / The Symbol of Peace shares the inspiring stories and School, New York, NY 14:10 minutes / In Spanish dreams of the people who love the peace sign. USA / 2012 / 6:13 For fifty-three years Baltazar Ushca has harvested minutes Tyler A young girl copes with glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador. He is the last Directed by Darian Henry the loss of her father on of his kind. YouthFX, Albany, NY 9-11 through her music. USA / 2012 / 10 minutes Meet Kevin Tyler Rhodes of Albany, NY, Hatred to your was stabbed to death in Directed by WORLD PREMIERE Home Maciek Godlewski 2011. This is his story as Directed by told by his family and friends. USA / 2011 / 17 minutes Derek Horton Over coffee, artsist Kevin Downtown Community Tele- Paulsen leads the viewer vision Center, New York, NY through an intimate look at Career Day: USA / 2011 / 5 minutes his reflections, and reveals Derek struggles with grow- yOUTH INITIATIVE the essence of his storytell- ing up in East NY, faced with muggings, violence and people Onteora high School ing. trying to bring him down. He’s scared that his neighborhood . Fri Oct 12• 8:00am - 2:00pm Randy Parsons: might try to hold him back, but he won’t let it. American Luthier NEW YORK PREMIERE Directed by David Aldrich WFF yEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING USA / 2011 / 8:16 minutes See what is happening Year round A film about someone Each year over 150 students from schools throughout who gave up their passion the region gather at Onteora High School in Boiceville for playing guitars and for Career Day, where students discovered that they had a meet with A-list film industry passion for making guitars. professionals in small groups, ask questions and learn about Seamus careers in film and new media. WORLD PREMIERE The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) and the Directed by John Huba hudson Valley Programmers group (hVPg) are Agust Dion photo: In addition to conversations USA / 2012 / 7:30 minutes committed to providing the hudson Valley with with leading authorities on film- Random bursts of creativ- year-round programming, offering screenings making, students are also treated ity define the engaging and events from New York City to the Capital to a film screening, which is fol- world of teenager Seamus region and beyond. lowed by a Q&A session with the Riley. filmmakers.

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 17 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 CONCERTS In addition to the great music-related films and panels, the Woodstock Film Festival has presented some OUTSTANDING LIVE CONCERTS and ShOWCASES over the past decade.

A long list of past musical participants includes Pinetop Perkins and the Perfect Age of Rock’n’Roll Blues Band, David Bromberg Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Bernie Worrell, The Felice Brothers, Duncan Sheik, Mike Gordon & Trey Anastasio of performing a few songs after Phish, Gov’t Mule, Kate Pierson, Arlo Guthrie, Peter Rowan, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Britta Phillips & Dean David Bromberg Unsung Treasure Wareham of Luna, The Good Listeners with Adrian Grenier, Graham Parker, Levon Helm, Marshall Crenshaw and many more. Stay tuned for additional announcements about music events.

Natalie Merchant and Special Guests Performing after “Dear Governor Cuomo…”

Film starts at 6:30pm Performance to Follow Thursday Oct 11 WOOdSTOCK Playhouse The new documentary Dear Governor Cuomo ... recounts the Film starts at 7:30pm unique blend of music, science and Performance to Follow Wednesday Oct 10 activism that took place onstage in Albany on May 15, 2012, in an effort WOOdSTOCK Playhouse to deliver the anti-fracking message He’s played with everyone, he’s toured in a single voice. More than 30 musicians, everywhere, he can lead a raucous big most of whom had never met nor played band or hold an audience silent with a solo together before, joined that night under the acoustic blues. musical direction of Hudson valley resident David Bromberg’s sensitive and versatile approach to Natalie Merchant. Following the screening of the film, Natalie – and special guests – will guitar-playing earned him jobs playing playing on visit: www.www.nataliemerchant.com hundreds of records by artists including Bob Dylan (New pick up where they left off in Albany. Morning, Self Portrait, Dylan), Link Wray, The Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, and Carly Simon. His eponymous 1971 debut not only included the mock-anguished “Suffer to Sing the Blues,” a Bromberg Simi Stone original that became an FM radio staple, but also “The Doors open at 9pm • Thursday October 11 Holdup,” a songwriting collaboration with former Beatle Colony Café, WOOdSTOCK George Harrison. Harrison also played slide guitar on Simi Stone, a native Woodstocker and multi-instru- the track. David also met the Grateful Dead and wound mentalist returns to play the Woodstock Film Festival up with four of their members, including Jerry Garcia, this year. playing on his next two albums. This summer Simi has been touring with Simone Felice and working After taking an extended break from the music with artists , Natalie Merchant, Tracy Bonham and others. Recently recording business and taking time out to become she has been writing and recording with musical partner David Baron the largest violin luthier today, Bromberg is back and and getting ready to lay down her very own solo record. Simi brings recording. He will perform several songs after the her sweet mountain soul pop music to you on October 11th with a full band. documentary “David Bromberg Unsung Treasure.” Come see the legend in person. visit: www.davidbromberg.net With very special guest CLEVLELAND JONES “Clevland Jones writes songs that portray the world through the eyes of a man finding himself through life experiences. With a distinct voice that resonates from his soul, Jones draws from classic songwriters like Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, and Paul Simon putting his own modern twist on a classic sound.“ www.thisisclevelandjones.tumblr.com The Pass www.facebook.com/simi.stone.7 Louisville’s resident psychedelic synth-pop band The Pass plays the Colony on Friday night, October 12 Paul Green’s BAND of Monkeys at 8:00pm for a FREE SHOW. house band at the 2012 maverick awards gala Check out their energetic sound at Doors open at 7pm • Awards begin at 9 • Saturday October 13 www.thepasstheband.bandcamp.com Backstage Studio Productions, KINgSTON The legendary Paul Green, founder of The School of Rock, The Bourne Legacy • In Our Nature subject of the documentary Rock School and inspiration for Directed by Tony Gilroy Directed by Brian Savelson Jack Black in Richard Linklater’s hilarious filmSchool of Rock, • Keep the Lights On • Our Idiot Brother along with a number of his former students from School of Directed by Ira Sachs Directed by Jesse Peretz Rock, will be playing music from the greatest movies ever made • First Winter • Francine (and some mediocre ones too.) Directed by Benjamin Directed by Brian Cassidy & Dickinson Melanie Schatzky Connor Kennedy will join Paul and his Band of Monkeys.

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 18 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 CONCERTS Filmmaker’s Party Charles Bradley sponsored by performance after Saugerites Performing Arts Factory Charles Bradley: Soul of America Doors open at 10pm • Friday October 12 SPAF, 69 Ulster Ave., Saugerties, NY The Brandy Knights The Brandy Knights first set fire to the streets of Santa Barbara, bringing a raunchy LA mean streak, which blasted through the watered- down reggae and bland hip hop and dance of its pot-smoking youth culture. The power chords of the Rolling Stones and the riffs of the velvet Underground can be heard through the songs of the Brandy Knights, founded by LA native Flannery and group of retro-minded, forward thinking musicians from San Francisco and Los Angeles. There was an edge in their tunes that the audiences could relate to. Lunsford as front man is the radioactive hybrid offspring of Jagger, Bowie, Iggy and Andre 3000. The Brandy Knights Wine Teeth performed three songs in the new Rock RIEHL by: JESSICA Photo n’ roll film Strutter (screening at WFF Film starts at 7:00pm co-presentted by 2012), starring Lunsford, and directed by Performance to Follow at 9:30pm Allison Anders and Kurt voss, which also features soundtrack by J. Mascis. They Saturday October 12 are currently working on a new record Bearsville Theater Woodstock in Los Angeles. www.thebrandyknights. com | Wine Teeth Singer/song- writer fronted indie-folk band with violin, Charles Bradley is no stranger to hard times. Born in and guitar combining rockabilly,folk, Gainesville, Florida in 1948 and raised in Brooklyn, New Appalachian,and Americana with original York, Charles spent the better part of his childhood living vocals - Buddy Holly meets Elliott on the streets. Charles Bradley spent most of his life Smith. Wine Teeth was created by Justin dreaming for a better one, and now there is no more time Theodore Young, a singer-songwriter from for dreaming, just time for singing, dancing and loving. the South who combines roots, rockabilly The Brandy Knights and honkytonk rhythms with an indie visit: www.thecharlesbradley.com folk storytelling sensibility. After 3 years of playing out west in Portland and Seattle he relocated to Brooklyn where he teamed up with talented violinist Ford Crull Andrew Williams. They are currently Jeremy Bernstein playing gigs in and around NYC. www. facebook.com/Wineteethmusic | Lindsey Webster At just twenty-three and Friends years, Lindsey Webster has shared the stage with Grammy-award winning musicians and artists. She is singing on a grammy nominated CD for 2012(with the Jimmy Sturr Orchestra) and has recorded with multiple music legends. Lindsey has traveled across the country, playing in famed venues such as Carnegie Hall, Musikfest, Summerfest and many more. www.lindseywebstermusic.com | Special art performance by Ford Crull with music by Sylvie Degiez and Wayne Lopes. In 2010 before a live audience in Shanghai, Mr.Crull created a large painting 10 by 18 feet for the opening of Bund1919, a new art area in Shanghai. The work was completely improvised, and featured two different musicians exemplifying the theme of “East, West.” Now, for the Woodstock film Festival, Mr. Crull will again create a new live improvised work for the filmmakers party, featuring the music of Diegiez and Lopes. Lindsey Webster www.facebook.com/ford.crull • www.cosmiclegends.com

Doors open at 8pm • Show starts at 9pm Sunday October 14 Aaron Freeman Bearsville Theater Woodstock AKA Geen Ween The band will include : David Baron on keys 2 shows door open at 7:30 and 10:00 Sarah Lee on bass Saturday October 13 Adam Widoff on guitar Colony Café, WOOdSTOCK Simi Stone : violin and vocals Tim Bright on guitar and Banjo For the past twenty years, Aaron Freeman has been Robert “Chicken” Burke on drums creating music as the lead singer of the band Ween. He Zach Alford on drums has since moved on and is venturing into new pastures + horn section & more special guests as of this summer. Currently, he has discovered and fallen in love with the music of Rod McKuen. With producer Ben vaughn (who Jeremy Bernstein is currently finishing a new fans may remember from the classic Ween album “12 Golden Country record with producer David Baron . The show will consist of all new songs with the people who recorded the Greats”) he’s recorded an unforgettable set of McKuen covers that’s heartfelt and unpredictable. visit: www.ween.net record with him . visit: www.myspace.com/jbernstein

All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 19 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PANELS Panels take place at Mountain View Studio in Woodstock unless specified otherwise. Programs and panelists are subject to change. Please make sure to visit woodstockfilmfestival.com for the most up-to-date info.

FACEBOOK FOR FROM REEL TO REAL: How Independent Film Impacts Our World FILMMAKERS Mountain View Studios • Saturday Oct 13 • 10:00am AND ARTISTS As more and more independent filmmakers travel the world and delve into global and personal Moderator issues that affect our lives, the question is: can their passionate and hard work bring real change? Robin Bronk is With Reid Rosefelt From environmental issues to political, humanitarian and social ones, filmmakers take on the world CEO of The Creative Coalition—the Mountain View Studios with the hope to explore, expose and improve. Do they succeed, and how would that success be leading national, Friday Oct 12 • 3:00pm measured? We have gathered accomplished independent filmmakers who will share their experience, nonprofit, Almost every filmmaker uses Facebook fan nonpartisan views and visions and will explore how and what it takes to deliver change via film. public advocacy pages to promote their films, but almost organization of the none of them use them effectively. Few entertainment industry. Ms. Bronk is an author and public speaker and most know how to build a fan base; even fewer recently produced Showtime’s Poliwood, know how to get their fans to react to directed by Academy Award-winner or even see their posts. Success with Barry Levinson. She also pens a weekly column for The Hill newspaper. She is Facebook requires creating a certain kind of often featured in The New York Times, “content,” and filmmakers and artists have Wall Street Journal, International Herald Jon Bowermaster Mai Iskander Meera T.Gandhi Todd Wider Heidi Ewing Tribune, The Huffington Post, and more. the skills to create it better than others-- Panelists: but only if they understand what they are Jon Bowermaster, a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council writer/filmmaker/adventure Jon’s most recent documentaries trying to achieve. This lecture teaches how are Terra Antarctica, Rediscovering the Seventh Continent, What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in the Galapagos and the prize-winning SoLa, the Facebook computer algorithm works, Louisiana Water Stories. His first 3D film – Wild Antarctica – is due in Spring 2013 and the anti-fracking doc Dear Governor Cuomo ... will have its and provides the strategies and techniques ‘premiere’ at WFF 2012. | Mai Iskander directorial debut, Garbage Dreams, was nominated for the 2010 Best Documentary by the Director’s Guild of America, and has won 26 international awards. As a cinematographer, Mai has worked on TV shows for A&E, PBS, and LOGO. She has to make it work for you.isi filmed numerous dramatics, commercials and documentaries, including Watchers of the Sky by Academy Award Nominee Edet Belzberg. Mai’s film Film marketer Reid Words of Witness is screening at the 2012 Woodstock Film Festival | Meera Gandhi is a humanitarian, mother, businesswoman and diplomat who Rosefelt has worked was born in Mumbai, India. She created the Giving Back Foundation, whose beneficiaries are carefully selected charities and individuals around the world on hundreds of films, with a special emphasis on women and children in need. The Foundation also exists to act as a platform for debate and discussion of philanthropy. | including Stranger Than Todd Wider with Jedd Wider formed Wider Film Projects several years ago as a film company devoted to developing projects that have social and Paradise, Desperately Seeking Susan, High Art, All political resonance. They have produced numerous critically and commercially successful documentary films including the 2008 academy award winner About My Mother, Crouching for Best Documentary, Taxi To The Dark Side (2007) directed by Alex Gibney and the upcoming Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, screening Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and at the 2012 WFF. | heidi Ewing along with partner Rachel Grady, have been lauded for gaining unprecedented access into unknown worlds The Island President. His and taking an intimate approach to her subject matter. She is the co-director (with Rachel Grady) of Jesus Camp, a provocative documentary on personal clients have the Evangelical right that was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award. Ewing also directed 12th & Delaware, Detropia (currently in theatrical included Errol Morris, Ally Sheedy, Harvey release) and a film for MTv and a film for MTv on Saudi Arabian teens and is part of a consortium of filmmakers that adapted the bestselling Keitel, IFC, and the Sundance Institute. book Freakonomics for the big screen.

FILM & TELEVISION The new crossover paradigms between the silver and the small screen Mountain View Studios ¶• Saturday Oct 13 • 12 noon Moderator: As a growing number of television shows offer new freedom of creative expression and unchartered boundaries as Thelma Adams is the Contributing Editor at Yahoo! Movies. well as higher income and financial stability, more and more actors and filmmakers cross over between film and Her debut novel PLAYDATE, an O magazine pick, was television, while the creative content on the web seems to explode even further. How far would these trends go published by St. Martin’s Press in January 2011, and came out in paperback in March 2012. She was the film critic at Us and what does that all mean to the future of the moving image? We have assembled a cross section of in front and Weekly from 2000 - 2011, following six years at the New York behind the camera talents who will explore the ins and outs, pros and cons of these disappearing borders and what Post. She has twice chaired the New York Film Critics Circle, it will all mean to the future of film as we know it. where she has been a member since 1995 Panelists: Timothy hutton won an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critic’s award for his performance in Ordinary People. He went on to star in numerous films, including Taps, Daniel, Falcon and the Snowman, The Good Shepherd and The Ghost Writer. He is currently starring on the fifth season of the TNT drama Leverage. | Blair Breard is the Executive Producer of the comedy series, Amy Silver Louie. Notable films include John Sayles’ Passion Fish, Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol, Louis CK’s Pootie Tang, Kenneth Lonergan’s, Dion Ogust Margaret and Noah Baumbach’s Margot at the Wedding. | Alexie Gilmore starred as a series regular on the fox drama, New Amsterdam, directed by Lasse Hallestrom (Cider House Rules). Other Tv. credits include, Rescue Me, Law And Order Criminal Intent, Nurse Jackie, a cross over role on Private Practice and Grey’s Anatomy, House M.D., and many more. Timothy Hutton Alexie Gilmore Blair Breard MUSIC IN F ILM ACTORS DIALOGUE SPOnSOR Mountain View Studios Moderator: Woodstock Playhouse Actor Saturday Oct 13 • 2:00pm Doreen Ringer-Ross is Sunday Oct 14 • 10:00am Sally Kirkland, veteran of over 130 film is best known vice President of Film Moderator: and Tv Relations at BMI. for her film Anna for which Join us for BMI’s annual frank and She has worked in the Whether she’s one on one in she was nominated for the lively discussion about the creative and music industry for over an intimate talk, or leading best actressOscar and won the Golden Globe aesthetic aspects of music in film, the two decades and currently a discussion among a variety and the Independent Spirit Award. Highlights composer/director relationship, and the specializes in outreach to of actors, Martha Frankel’s of her career include , The Sting, The Way We unique concerns of music in new media. the film and music communities. entertaining panels are one of Were, Revenge, Edtv, Best Of The Best, Jfk, Bruce the festival highlights. Almighty, The Haunted - A True Story.

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DISTRIBUTION PARADIGMS RAISING FUNDS Mountain View Studios • Saturday Oct 13 • 4:00pm Mountain View Studios • Sunday Oct 14 • 12 noon To DYI or not to DYI; to release first on Moderator If you are about to make your first film or your fifth; whether its low budget or the digital platforms (and if so which?) Scott MaCaulay is the Editor of big budget, anywhere you look at it, if you want to make a film you need to raise or to hold on until the right theatrical Filmmaker Magazine and a producer with his partner Robin O’Hara in money for it. How do you start? Where do you go? Should you look into foreign distributor comes along; these are the New York-based production sales and if so, at what point? Should you start a crowdsourcing campaign? Apply some of the questions our panel of company Forensic Films. He is also the co-editor of Focus Features’ for grants? Work on getting talent attached and package it before taking it to experts will tackle as film distribution FilmInFocus website. Among his producing credits are potential investors? There are many ways to raise funds these days, and none are options continue to ebb and flow in Raising victor vargas, Gummo, julien donkey-boy, the easy. Our panel of experts will sift through the diverse options and shed light on todays ever changing landscape. Sundance Grand-Prize winning What Happened Was..., Idlewild, Saving Face, and Off the Black. which route could work for which project.

David Laub Ron Mann Danielle DiGiacomo Richard Abramowitz Claude dal Farra Robert Seigel Steve Hays Elisabeth Holm Panelists: Panelists: Danielle DiGiacomo is the Manager of video Distribution at The Orchard, a pioneering, 15- Elisabeth holm (Kickstarter) As Kickstarter’s Film Program Director, Elisabeth oversees year old independent music and video distribution company operating in more than 20 global film curation, editorial, events, outreach, and education. She recently served as a markets. She is also an independent film producer and consultant. Previously, she worked as the producer on Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Oscar-nominated Paradise Lost 3 and Community Manager at IFP, and Head of Documentary Acquisitions for IndiePix Films. | David Keith Miller’s Slamdance, Seattle International, and Atlanta Grand Jury Prize-winning Laub is Co-President of the NY-based Oscilloscope Pictures, where he oversees acquisitions, Welcome to Pine Hill. She’s currently producing Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child marketing, and distribution. Oscilloscope is a film production and distribution entity launched starring Jenny Slate. | Stephen hays Stephen Hays is an executive producer and in 2008 by Adam Yauch; recent releases have included Samsara, Shut Up and Play The Hits, managing member of 120dB Films, a finance company specializing in gap and related We Need To Talk About Kevin, The Messenger, Meek’s Cutoff and Wendy and Lucy. Prior to loans to the independent film industry. Recent projects include Battle in Seattle, Sixty Oscilloscope, David did acquisitions for the NY-based distributor THINKFilm. | Ron Mann Six, Motherhood,The Dream of the Romans,Knife Edge, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, makes award-winning feature documentaries that focus on alternative and dissent culture. WFF Good, Savage Grace and the TNT series Leverage, he was co-founder and General Partner has been showing Mann’s films since Go Further, a musical-eco-road movie about activism and of Seneca Capital, a $3.5 billion, New York-based hedge fund, where he remains a sustainable living. His other films include Know Your Mushrooms, Grass, and most recently, In partner and adviser. | Robert L. Seigel is a NYC entertainment attorney with the Wake of the Flood. In 2002, Ron also founded FILMS WE LIKE, a boutique distributor of over twenty years experience who specializes in the representation of clients in film documentary, independent and international films in Canada. Beginning with Sam Green and Bill and television as well as in theatre, publishing, new media and intellectual property Siegel’s The Weather Underground (2002), Films We Like has released over 160 films including, matters on a transactional basis | Claude dal Farra is the president of BCDF and most recently, Miguel Gomes award-winning Tabu (2012). | Richard Abramowitz s at the the producer of Bachelorette, Liberal Arts, Peace Love & Misunderstanding, Why Stop forefront of innovation in the world of distribution and marketing of independent films. His Now, Higher Ground, The Last Keepers and Rhymes with Banana. company, Abramorama, is an industry leader in the personalized, focused form of film marketing/ distribution that bypasses traditional film studios and their methodology, providing invaluable distribution alternatives to current content makers and owners..

co presented by PRODUCING IN A MULTI-SCREEN WORLD the Producers Guild of America East Mountain View Studios • Sunday Oct 14 • 2:00pm As a growing number of television shows offer new freedom of creative expression and unchartered boundaries as well as higher income Moderator: and financial stability, more and more actors and filmmakers cross over between film and television, while the creative content on the web Caitlin Burns is Transmedia Producer with Starlight seems to explode even further. How far would these trends go and what does that all mean to the future of the moving image? We have Runner Entertainment, assembled a cross section of in front and behind the camera talents who will explore the ins and outs, pros and cons of these disappearing Caitlin Burns creates borders and what it will all mean to the future of film as we know it. and influences fictional universes that are familiar Panelists: to millions worldwide. Building on a background of Theatrical and Peter Saraf’s producing credits include, Safety Not Guaranteed, Our Idiot Brother, Event Production she has worked on Pirates Jack Goes Boating, Sunshine Cleaning, Away We Go, Is Anybody There?, Little Miss of the Caribbean, and Tron Legacy for Disney, Sunshine, Everything Is Illuminated, The Truth About Charlie, Adaptation, Ulee’s Gold James Cameron’s Avatar, Halo for Microsoft, and the feature documentaries, Mandela and The Agronomist. He has been nominated The Happiness Factory for Coca-Cola, Men in for Academy and Golden Globe Awards and has won multiple awards including the Black for Sony Pictures and Transformers for Spirit, Gotham and PGA Awards. He is the co-founder of Big Beach, a New York based Hasbro. She has also worked with Showtime, Peter Saraf Blaine Graboyes James Percelay independent film production and financing company. Peter is vice President of the Nickelodeon, Scholastic, Nelvana, and Producers Guild of America and Chair of the PGA East. | Blaine Graboyes is an award- Wieden+Kennedy. She is on the Board of the winning Executive Producer and Game Designer with nearly twenty years’ experience developing digital and multiplatform entertainment. He has been Producer’s Guild of America’s New Media Council a founder of multiple successful startups including ZUMA Digital (the first DvD company in NYC), Worldwide Biggies, Hope Arcade, Sano Agency, Silver and the Advisory Board the Tribeca New Media Platter, and Mister Goldbanks. Blaine is a Member-At-Large of the Executive Committee of the New Media Council of The Producers Guild Of America. Fund. She is currently working on a slate that His most recent project is SneakyTown, a competitive hide-and-seek game currently in stealth Beta on Facebook and iPad. | James Percelay is co- includes major motion pictures, documentary founder of Thinkmodo, recognized as one the top viral video creative agencies in the world. Thinkmodo’s outrageous videos for major motion pictures, feature films and television shows in the United Tv networks, and magazines consistently top the viral video charts. James is a best-selling humor book author, former film producer of the commercial States, Italy, Mexico, Canada and Brazil. parodies at “Saturday Night Live,” and a pioneer of content driven social media.

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All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 23 www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PANELSWed 10/10 FRI CONTINUED 10/12 Sat 10/13 Sun 10/14 Woodstock Playhouse Mountain View Studio Colony Cafe WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK 7:30 David Bromberg: Unsung Treasure 3:00 PANEL: Facebook for Filmmakers 7:00 CONCERT: Aaron Freeman from Ween 9:00 CONCERT: and Artists Jeremy Bernstein and Friends Downing Film Center NeWBuRGH 10:00 CONCERT: Aaron Freeman from Ween 7:30 Francine upstate Films WOODSTOCK Kleinert/James Arts Center Mountain View Studio 12:00 World’s Finest Chef 12:45 SHORTS: Docs 10:00 PANEL: Actor’s Dialogue Thur 10/11 2:00 Nor’easter 3:00 SHORTS: Hiccups 12:00 PANEL: Raising Funds 4:45 Sparrows Dance 5:00 SHORTS: Eyes of a Child Colony Cafe WOODSTOCK 2:00 PANEL: Producing in a Multi-Screen 7:00 Any Day Now 7:30 SHORTS: Foreign Affairs World 9:00 CONCERT: Simi Stone 10:00 SHORTS: Music Videos 9:30 419 Kleinert/James Arts Center upstate Films WOODSTOCK Woodstock Playhouse Mountain View Studio 11:15 SHORTS: Eyes of a Child 2:15 Idle Threat 11:30 Once in a Lullaby 10:00 PANEL: From Reel to Real 1:30 SHORTS: Animated Shorts 4:15 Mariachi Gringo 2:00 Starlet 12:00 PANEL: Film & Television 3:45 SHORTS: A Winter Passing 7:00 Gayby 4:45 Electrick Children 2:00 PANEL: Music in Film with BMI 6:00 SHORTS: Foreign Affairs 9:30 In Our Nature 7:15 Magical Mystery Tour Revisited 4:00 PANEL: Distribution Paradigms upstate Films WOODSTOCK utopia Studios WOODSTOCK & Magical Mystery Tour upstate Films WOODSTOCK 12:00 Words of Witness 1:00 Dead Dad 10:00 Art Machine 11:30 Rhymes with Banana 2:00 Arcadia 3:30 Shepard & Dark utopia Studios WOODSTOCK 2:00 California Solo 4:30 The Compass is Carried by 6:00 First Winter 12:15 Mondays at Racine 4:30 I Am Not a Hipster the Dead Man 8:30 The Mechanical Bride & Kings Point 7:00 Refuge 7:30 Apartment in Athens 2:15 Informant Woodstock Playhouse 9:30 The Sessions 4:30 Who Cares About Kelsey utopia Studios WOODSTOCK 3:00 One Track Heart: utopia Studios WOODSTOCK 7:00 Bad Brains: A Band in D.C. 12:15 Oma & Bella The Story of Krishna Das 11:30 The Unlikely Girl 9:45 SHORTS: Music Videos preceded by Practice Change 2:00 Exit Elena preceded by Aunt Louisa 2:30 Fight to Live 6:30 Dear Governor Cuomo... upstate Films I RHINeBeCK 4:45 virgin Tales 5:00 Rolan Makes Movies 9:30 Quartet 2:15 Chasing Ice 7:30 2nd Serve 6:45 Strutter 10:00 Welcome to the Machine upstate I RHINeBeCK 4:30 Strutter Woodstock Playhouse 7:30 Refuge 7:00 I Am Not a Hipster Woodstock Playhouse 11:15 SHORTS: Hudson Valley Shorts 9:30 The Mechanical Bride 11:30 Pretty Old 1:30 Chasing Ice upstate II RHINeBeCK 1:45 Dinner at the No-Go’s upstate Films II RHINeBeCK 3:45 Mea Maxima Culpa 8:15 California Solo 4:30 Archaeology of a Woman 6:45 Casting By 1:00 Idle Threat 7:00 Putzel Rosendale Theater 9:15 vamps 3:30 Words of Witness Between Us 6:30 Francine 9:30 6:00 The Unlikely Girl upstate Films I RHINeBeCK upstate Films I RHINeBeCK 8:30 The Compass is Carried by the 11:45 Mondays at Racine 11:45 Only the Young Fri 10/12 Dead Man & Kings Point 1:45 World’s Finest Chef Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Rosendale Theater 2:00 Apartment in Athens 3:45 Starlet 7:00 Charles Bradley: Soul of America* 1:30 Quartet 4:15 Dead Dad 6:30 2nd Serve 9:30 Charles Bradley Concert* 4:00 First Winter 6:30 Once in a Lullaby 8:45 In Our Nature Colony Cafe WOODSTOCK 9:00 Faces in the Mirror 6:30 Mea Maxima Culpa upstate Films II RHINeBeCK 7:00 CONCERT: The Pass RHINeBeCK 9:30 The Sessions upstate Films II 12:00 Pretty Old Kleinert/James Arts Center Saugerties Performing 12:30 Oma & Bella 2:15 Exit Elena preceded by Aunt Louisa 11:15 SHORTS: Docs Arts Factory 2:45 Rolan Makes Movies 4:45 Informant Nor’easter 1:30 SHORTS: A Winter Passing 10:00 Filmmakers’ Party 4:30 7:00 virgin Tales 3:45 SHORTS: Hiccups Music by Flannery Lunsford from the 7:00 Any Day Now film Strutter, The Brandy Knights, Wine 9:30 419 Rosendale Theater 5:45 SHORTS: Teen Films Teeth, Lindsey Webster, and Ford Crull 12:15 Putzel 8:00 SHORTS: Hudson Valley Shorts live art and music Rosendale Theater 2:45 Rhymes with Banana 10:00 SHORTS: Animated Shorts 12:00 Shepard & Dark 5:15 Mariachi Gringo 2012 Awards Gala 2:30 Electrick Children Backstage Studio Productions 5:00 Sparrows Dance 8:00 Between Us in Kingston • Saturday OCT 13, 2012 7:30 Arcadia Cocktail party starts at 7pm • Awards starts at 9pm 10:00 Bad Brains: A Band in D.C. For up-to-date info, visit woodstockfilmfestival.com All events are subject to change. For latest updates, visit 242012 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL www.WoodstockFilmFestival.com WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PLATINUM SPONSORS

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