Woodstock Film Festival
Celebrate the prestigious festival’s 25th anniversary from October 15 – 20. Catch a new film, gawk at celebrity guests or attend a party, panel, or concert.
The Annual Woodstock Film Festival is back this year premiering new and groundbreaking films to the public, along with having special celebrity guests, concerts, panels and parties.
Do not miss out on Oct. 15 – 20 for this momentous week. The festival will take place not just in Woodstock, NY, but screenings of movies will also take place in Rosendale, Kingston and Saugerties. The festival will take place at indoor venues across these Hudson Valley towns. While attending the film festival, you can expect to experience in-person screenings of documentaries, narrative films, shorts, music videos, celebrity appearances and more.
Honorary Award Recipients at Woodstock
This year’s film festival will feature incredible creative work from a variety of talented actors and directors. In the previous year of the festival, the festival showcased Ethan Hawke, who received the Maverick Award for a filmmaker with a unique style that presents well on screen, Awkwafina, who received the Transcendent Talent Award, and Arianna Booco, who received the Trailblazer Award. This year, Paul Schrader will receive the Maverick Award, Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis will receive the Honorary Art of Activism Award, Ira Deutchman will receive the Honorary Trailblazer Award, and many other people in the industry will receive awards as well.
For a full list of film screenings and events, click here!
Films at the Woodstock Film Festival
The Woodstock Film Festival showcases films in three different categories: Feature Narratives, Feature Documentaries and Short Films.
Feature Narratives:
Tons of incredible narratives will be shows at this year’s festival, some of which include:
All We Image as Light: Payal Kapadia
Anna Comes Home: Amber Paulette Suzor
Anora: Sean Baker
Armand: Ullmann Tøndel
Hard Truths: Mike Leigh
Oh, Canada: Paul Schrader
To view the full list of feature narratives, click here.
Feature Documentaries
Documentaries at this year’s festival will cover topics ranging from the election to the drought in Laikipia, Kenya, to Neil Young. Some featured documentaries include:
Ernest Cole: Lost And Found: Raoul Peck
It’s All Gonna Break: Stephen Chung (World Premiere)
Ada – My Mother The Architect: Yael Melamede
The Bibi Files: Alexis Bloom (U.S. Premiere)
Black Box Diaries: Shiori Ito (East Coast Premiere)
Checkpoint Zoo: Joshua Zeman
To view the full list of compelling documentaries, click here.
Short Films
Short films offer the opportunity to present an important story in a small amount of time, something that takes incredible skill, and you’ll want to catch one of these films at this year’s festival:
Death By Numbers: Kim A. Snyder (New York Premiere)
Zooey Zephyr: Kimberly Reed (New York Premiere)
Work Of Art: a collection by Ilie Miter, Laura Colella, and Lamees Almakkawy
View the full list of short films here.
Panels at Woodstock Film Festival
The Woodstock Film Festival is more than just the screening of incredible films. It also serves as an educational opportunity for those within and hoping to be in the film industry.
This year’s panel of industry professionals, Independent Days, celebrates the link between today’s trailblazing filmmakers and the pioneers who inspired them. The series pairs a new generation of filmmakers with their predecessors. There will be nine unique panels, including:
Conversation with Carla Gutiérrez and Roger Ross Williams – Carla Gutiérrz is an Emmy-nominated documentary director/editor whose directorial debut, Frida, premiered at Sundance 2024. Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, Peabody, and NAACP Image award-winning director, producer, and writer – and the first African American director to win an Academy Award.
Conversation with Sheila Nevins and Smriti Mundhra – This talk will also include a screening of Mundhra’s short film I Am Ready, Warren. Sheila Nevins is an Executive Producer for MTV Documentary Films and the former president of HBO Documentary Films and Family Programming for Home Box Office. She has received a number of Primetime Emmy Awards, News and Documentary Emmys, and George Foster Peabody Awards. Smriti Mundhra is a DGA-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-nominated filmmaker.
There will also be a variety of industry-focused talks ranging from topics like LGBTQ+ storytelling in film, how to break into the industry, and more. To view all of the panels, click here.
Passes for the Woodstock Film Festival
Deluxe Fall Festival Pass: $850.00 Includes unlimited access and priority seating to films, panels, parties, hospitality lounge, Maverick Awards Ceremony, and a festival gift bag and commemorative poster.
Weekend Pass: $550.00 Includes unlimited access and priority seating on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th to films, panels, parties, hospitality lounge Maverick Awards Ceremony, and a festival gift bag and a commemorative poster.
Six Pack: $100 Six discounted tickets, excludes special events and panels
Student Pass: Recieve $5 off all regular screenings and panels with the presentation of a valid student ID, excludes special events
Take Amtrak to the Woodstock Film Festival
Experience these movies and events via Amtrak to Rhinecliff-Kingston Station in the Hudson Valley—Don’t forget to use the Amtrak See New York and Save 15% discount!
Get picked up from Rhinecliff-Kingston Station and taken to your reserved NYTRAIN Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Click here to reserve your car or call the Rhinecliff-Kingston office today at 845-336-4700.
