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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
The WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL will present a line-up of 150  ‘fiercely independent’ films, panels, concerts, parties and special events, September 30-October 4, 2009.

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The arts colony festival has grown at a staggering pace, receiving more than 2000 submissions this year, setting a new record. Screenings include 8 world premieres, 7 U.S. premieres, 15 New York premieres, 9 East Coast premieres and 2 North American premieres.

In 2008, the Honorary Maverick Award, given each year to an individual whose life and work is based on creativity, independent vision and social activism, was presented to the director/screenwriter/actor/editor/comic book writer KEVIN SMITH. Widely known for his inteligent comedies, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma and Clerks II, Smith received the Honorary Maverick Award at the WFF Awards Ceremony on October 4th.

In 2008, the Honorary Trailblazer Award was given to writer/producerJames Schamus. Mr. Schamus is chief executive officer (CEO) of Focus Features and Professor in Columbia University’s School of the Arts, where he teaches film history and theory. An integral contributor to the American independent film business for over two decades, he has the unique distinction of being an award-winning screenwriter and producer who is also a film executive

2008 NARRATIVE FEATURES: 32 A directed by Marian Quinn, Eden directed by Declan Recks, Explicit Ills directed by Mark Webber, Flash of Genius directed by Marc Abraham, Gospel Hill directed by Giancarlo Esposito, Great Buck Howard. The directed by Sean McGinly, Happy Birthday Harris Malden directed by Sweaty Robot, Happy-Go-Lucky directed by Mike Leigh, I'll Come Running directed by Spencer Parsons, Idiots and Angels directed by Bill Plympton, Julia directed by Erick Zonca, Let the Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson, Medicine For Melancholy directed by Barry Jenkins, Natural Causes directed by Alex Cannon, Paul Cannon and Michael Lerman, The New Year Parade directed by Tom Quinn, Nights and Weekends directed by Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig, Paper Covers Rock directed by Joe Maggio, Point Blank directed by John Boorman, Pride and Glory directed by Gavin O'Connor, The Pride directed by Gerard Hurley, Prince of Broadway directed by Sean Baker, Ride with the Devil directed by Ang Lee, The Secret of Roan Inish directed by John Sayles, The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le Mulet) directed by Abdel Kechiche,Tokyo! directed by Bong Joon-Ho, Leos Carax and Michel Gondry, Visioneers directed by Jared Drake, Wendy and Lucy directed by Kelly Reichardt, Were the World Mine directed by Tom Gustafson, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno directed by Kevin Smith.

2008 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES: All Together Now directed by Adrian Wills, American Swing directed by Matthew Kaufman and Jon Hart, At the Edge of the World directed by Dan Stone and Patrick Gambuti Jr., The Betrayal (Narakhoon) directed by Ellen Kuras, and Thavisouk Phrasavath, Blind Spot directed by Adolfo Doring, Bulletproof Salesman directed by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker, Captured directed by Ben Solomon and Dan Levin, Diplomacy-The Responsibility to Protect directed Rasmus Dinesen and Boris B. Bertram, Examined Life directed by Astra Taylor, Flying On One Engine directed by Joshua Z Weinstein, Garrison Keillor:The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes directed by Peter Rosen, Guest of Cindy Sherman directed by Paul H-O and Tom Donahue, Hi, My Name Is Ryan directed by Paul Eagleston and Stephen Rose, In A Dream directed by Jeremiah Zagar, Johnny Cash's America directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon, Kassim The Dream directed by Kief Davidson, Know Your Mushrooms directed by Ron Mann, Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight directed by Wendy Key, Of All The Things directed by Jody Lambert, Playing for Change: Peace Through Music directed by Jonathan Walls and Mark Johnson, Pressure Cooker directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker, Religulous directed by Larry Charles, Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan directed by Hannes Rossacher, Thing With No Name directed by Sarah Friedland, Throw Down Your Heart directed by Sascha Paladino, Trinidad directed by PJ Raval and Jay Hodges, Under Our Skin directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson, and Upstream Battle directed by Ben Kampas

2008 WORLD CLASS SHORTS: Over 70 world-class shorts were screened in eight different program sets including Animation, Short Docs and Youth Screening. Highlights included Animation, Short Docs, Youth Screenings, Killer Shorts, Predisposed Shorts, Comedy Shorts, Epic Shorts,Latin American Short Documentaries and Superhero Shorts.

2008 PANELS & PANELISTS: Panels included Music In Film-Conversation With Donovan, Show Me The Money From Dream To Reality:How To Finance Your Independent Film, Career Day Youth Initiative , Amazing Women In Film, Contemporary Trends In Independent Filmmaking and Actors Dialogue, with  a virtual who’s who of indie film: Donovan, Maggie Renzi, James Schamus, John Sloss, Larry Fessenden, John Sayles, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Morgan Spurlock,

2008 CONCERTS: Woodstock is synonymous with music. So each year it is no surprise the Woodstock Film Festival rounds out the festival experience with concerts by fresh, independent musicians. ABIGAIL WASHBURN AND THE SPARROW QUARTER FEATURING BELA FLEC WITH CASEY DRIESSEN AND BEN SOLLEE Eight-time Grammy award winner Bela Fleck will opened the 9TH Woodstock Film Festival, in concert with Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet featuring Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee.The Sparrow Quartet features the borderless sounds of two banjos, fiddle and cello, fronted by Abigail Washburn who has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as "a daring, definite talent, whose feel for the folk idiom results in moving material. Soulful is the word." The LA Times described her music saying, "Abigail Washburn stomped and skipped through fiery Appalachian takes on the local songs of SichuanŸ She nails the dips and peaks of pitch while leading her band in scorching variations on simple, repetitive traditional melodies." EARL SLICK AND SAPHIN ARE THE EONS Friday October 3 the band described as, "guitar-driven masterpieces encompassing a musical spectrum from Retro to Future," played at the Colony Cafe. Rock legend Earl Slick is a guitarist and producer best known for his collaboration with David Bowie over the past three decades (Diamond Dogs Tour, David Live, Young Americans, Station to Station, more recently, Bowie's Heathen and Reality) OUTERNATIONAL played for the 2008 Woodstock Film Festival on Saturday October 4th."These boys are the next big thing..." says BBC Radio. "They are an incredible mix of hip-hop, hard-rock, and world music. They mix politics and dance music in the best way, much like The Clash did." MTV News said "Outernational uncompromisingly tells the truth, and they paint a picture of the world the way they see it and a way that we don't hear on the radio and television as much as people need to. They're very political, but super exciting.".

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