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January 2005 Newsletter
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CALL FOR ENTRIES - EARLY BIRD ENTRY
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YEAR ROUND EVENTS - COMING UP |
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February in NYC PARALLEL LINES Directed by Nina Davenport Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at 2004 Woodstock Film Festival
"Funny, unabashedly entertaining and
personal." (Indiewire) Two Boots Pioneer Theater is located at 155 East 3rd Street (at Avenue A) in NYC |
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March IFC Films and the Woodstock Film Festival invite you to a special benefit screening of THE BALLAD OF JACK & ROSE Directed by Rebecca Miller Join us on March 19 at 1pm for a benefit screening and a reception for IFC’s production of Rebecca Miller's "The Ballad of Jack & Rose," starring Daniel Day Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Jena Malone, Jason Lee and Beau Bridges. With "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," award-winning filmmaker Rebecca Miller ("Angela," "Personal Velocity") has created a powerful and poetic feature about a man who has cut himself off from the world that refuses to live up to his ideals, and a young girl’s sensual coming–of–age. (see Park City news below for more about The Ballad of Jack and Rose") For reservations, contact us at (845) 679-4265 email or info@woodstockfilmfestival.com |
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PARK CITY NEWS Woodstockers head for Park City WFF executive director Meira Blaustein will be making the rounds in Park City January 15 - 21 (she will be there January 20-26). To contact Meira, call the Park Regency at (435) 645-7531
Live reports from Sundance can be heard
on Monday, January 24 on
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 Daniel Day-Lewis (Jack) in a scene from "The Ballad of Jack & Rose"directed by Rebecca Miller. An IFC Films release. Photo credit: Nicole Rivelli |
THE BALLAD OF JACK
AND ROSE Directed by Rebecca Miller Advisory board members Lemore Syvan (producer) and Sabine Hoffman (editor) will be in Park City to celebrate the world premiere of Rebecca Miller's "Personal Velocity" follow-up, "The Ballad of Jack and Rose." Miller's "Personal Velocity," based on her collection of short stories, won the Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize and the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Ellen Kuras). Kuras returns to lens "Ballad." With "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," Rebecca Miller has created a poetic third feature about a young girl's sensual coming-of-age and a man who has cut himself off from the world that refuses to live up to his ideals. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=5225 for more info and scheduling or visit Elevation Filmworks or IFC Films |
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 Kip Pardue in "Loggerheads" |
LOGGERHEADS Directed by Tim Kirkman Inspired by a true story, "Loggerheads," is a moving NC story of adoption and finding your true family from "Dear Jesse" director Tim Kirkman and starring Kip Pardue, Bonnie Hunt, Chris Sarandon, Michael Kelly and Tess Harper. WFF advisory board members included producer Gill Holland (LaSalle/Holland) and executive producer Stephen Hays, whose newly formed company, 120db Films, offers financial services specializing in gap, finishing and bridge loans to the independent film industry. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=1609 for more info and scheduling or visit LaSalle/Holland or 120db Films |
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 Left to right: Anthony MacGowan, sound recordist, Bill Stitt, line producer |
SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE
2 1/2 Directed by William Greaves Bill Stitt, co-commissioner of the Woodstock Film Commissioner (remove), was line producer for William Greaves' "SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE 2 1/2." The film was executive produced by Steve Soderbergh and Steve Buscemi. Phil Parmet ("Driving to Ground Zero") was involved as one of the cinematographers. In the 1960s cauldron of the Vietnam War and the civil rights and feminist movements, filmmaker/actor William Greaves began a brilliant cinematic experiment that examined the power dynamics of narrative filmmaking in "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One." Thirty years and two wars later, the veteran director has now profoundly advanced this inquiry with "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2," an even more thorough and penetrating examination of race, gender, and the dynamics involved in the filmmaking process. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4784 for more info and scheduling or visit William Greaves Productions |
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REEL PARADISE Directed by Steve James Steve James ("Hoop Dreams," "Stevie") directs this documentary about indie film rep John Pierson and family, and their move from New York States Hudson Valley to Fiji, where they screened free movies for the local population in the world's most remote movie theater. There is no truth to
the rumor that The Meridian Cinema. (named for its proximity to the
international dateline) is built half in today and half in tomorrow.
Talk about scheduling snafus. |
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 David Schwimmer as Duane Hopwood and Chance Kelly as Tommy, Photo: John Clifford |
DUANE HOPWOOD Directed by Matt Mulhern Lemore Syvan will be pulling double duty with "Duane Hopwood," which she co-produced with Marc Turtletaub, and Melissa Marr. Matt Mulhern helms the pic, which features David Schwimmer, and Janeane Garofalo. "Duane Hopwood" is about a divorced father working the night shift at an Atlantic City casino. When his relationship with his young daughters and ex-wife are jeopardized by a run-in with the law, he struggles to get his life - and family - back together. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=1477 for more info and scheduling or visit Elevation Filmworks |
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SAVING FACE
Directed by Alice Wu Sabine Hoffman, WFF advisory board member and founder of WFF's editing award, will also be pulling double duty in Sundance for her editing work on "Saving Grace," which is already slated for release by SONY Picture Classics. The film follows a Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother and their reluctance to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=6506 for more info and scheduling or visit SONY Picture Classics |
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 Tyler and Affleck |
LONESOME JIM Directed by Steve Buscemi Advisory board member John Sloss, Gary Winick ("Sam the Man") and the rest of the InDigEnt team continue their winning filmmaking formula with "Lonesome Jim," which features several part-time upstaters including Steve Buscemi and Liv Tyler. Lenser Phil Parmet was at WFF 2003 with "Driving to Ground Zero." The story follows the return of 28-year-old Jim to his hometown in Indiana, where he is forced, after failing to make it on his own, to move back in with his parents and deal with crippling family obligations. Casey Affleck plays Jim and Liv Tyler plays a woman Jim meets in a local bar, whose young son begins treating him like a father. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=1944 for more info and scheduling or visit InDigEnt |
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 Annette Vait, Laurent Rejto and Melissa Painter at WFF 2004 BMI dinner |
STEAL ME Directed and written by Melissa Painter We've been lucky and thrilled to have had Melissa visit Woodstock with her two prior films "Wildflowers" (WFF 2000) and "Admissions" (WFF 2004) "Steal Me" is about a 15 year old kleptomaniac with a mother fixation, who finds his way into the small town family of his dreams. The cast features Cara Seymour, Danny Alexander, Hunter Parrish, John Terry, Paz de la Huerta and Toby Poser. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4245 for more info and scheduling |
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 Marc Levin at WFF 2003 |
PROTOCOLS OF ZION
Directed by Marc Levin Marc Levin, who attended WFF 2003 with "The Blues: Godfathers and Sons," will be in Sundance with special screenings of his new film "Protocols of Zion." Noting an alarming upsurge of antisemitic sentiment in the U.S. and around the world after 9/11, veteran documentarian Marc Levin takes to the streets to measure the temperature of what Elie Wiesel calls "the oldest collective bigotry in history." Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4189 for more info and scheduling |
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ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM |
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THE RING OF FIRE Directed by Dan Klores and Ron Berger The team that brought you "The Boys of Second Street Park," (WFF 2003) brings you "The Ring of Fire," a story of violence, love, sex, politics and media centered around the life Emile Griffith, a six-time world welterweight champion. Dan Klores also heads up Dan Klores Communications, which did PR for WFF in 2004. Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=5601 for more info and scheduling or contract Liza Burnett at Liza_Burnett@dkcnews.com |
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 From left: Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, Johnny Thunders |
NEW YORK DOLL Directed by Greg Whiteley This doc focuses on Arthur "Killer" Kane, a recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, and his chance at reuniting with the band, The New York Dolls, after a thirty year hiatus. The New York Dolls reunited in 2004 for the UK Meltdown festival and a follow-up CD and DVD. Lead singer and Hudson Valley resident David Johansen was joined by original members Sylvain Sylvain and Arthur "Killer" Kane to perform old favorites like "Lookin' for a Kiss" and "Trash." In addition to his persona as Buster Poindexter, Johansen has become an accomplished actor appearing in the TV show "Oz," and his films include "The Tic Code," "The Deli," and "Married to the Mob." Visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=5688 for more info and scheduling. |
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SHORTS IN SUNDANCE VICTORIA PARA CHINO Directed by Cary Fukunaga In 2003 a refrigerated truck carrying more than eighty undocumented immigrants from the Mexican border drove into the heartland of Texas, where a deadly combination of heat and overcrowding led to tragedy. This is the story about that journey. "WOW!! A masterful short. Fukunaga uses a confined space with broad emotion and suspense." (LR for WFF) For more info, visit http://festival.sundance.org/2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=2148 RYAN
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MAD HOT BALLROOM Speaking of Slamdance, "Mad Hot Ballroom," a feature documentary film co-produced by WFF staffer Brian David Cange with Marilyn Agrelo and Amy Sewell, will screen as this year's Opening Night film. Providing unique insight into the incredible cultural diversity that is New York City, this film profiles several kids from three schools (out of 60) at this dynamic age, when becoming that “cool” teenager vies for position with familiar innocence, while they learn the merengue, rumba, tango, (delete the) foxtrot and swing. For more info and schedule info, visit http://www.slamdance.com/2005/festival/film_detail.asp?film_id=603 |
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IN THEATERS |
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I LIKE KILLING
FLIES at MOMA "I Like Killing Flies" (WFF 2004) will screen at the Museum of Modern Arts premiere series on Friday, January 14 at 5pm. This film portrait of the family-owned restaurant Shopsin's, brims with energy and irreverence, capturing the genuine New York character of a neighborhood landmark. While cooking up a variety of wild dishes, chef Kenny talks bluntly about everything from food and sex to politics and a city in transition, contemplating the future of the thirty-five-year-old institution as it is forced to relocate. |
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CHAIN at MOMA Jem Cohen's "Chain" will screen at the Museum of Modern Art in the Premieres Series on Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, January 15, 2005 at 5:30 pm “Heartbreaking and trance-inducing at once. The characters are very affecting and could not be more real.” Luc Sante Actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers worldwide are joined into one contemporary “superlandscape” which shapes the lives of two women caught within it. One is a corporate businesswoman, the other a young drifter. CHAIN has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. (Turning Leaf/Someone to Watch Award) |
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 Clint Jordan in "Milk & Honey" |
MILK & HONEY Directed by Joe Maggio On Friday, January 21 (delete st), Joe Maggio's "Milk & Honey" (WFF 2003) opens at the Quad Cinema in NYC. Manhattan takes on a life of its own in Maggio's clever, love-lost story. Insecure stockbroker Rick re-proposes to his wife of ten years, only to be rebuked. The ensuing argument spills into the street and they set off into the darkness on separate paths. Features Clint Jordan, Kirsten Russell, Dudley Findlay, Jr., Anthony Howard, Greg Amici, and Eleanor Hutchins. For more info, visit http://www.wellspring.com |
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ON
DVD
We're happy to let you know that Mika Ronkainen's "Screaming Men" (WFF 2004) is now available on DVD. "Screaming Men" is a film about power, nationalism, intransigence and firm belief in your own art. The creative process of conductor Sirviö often leads to conflicts between the choir and the outside world - sometimes also within the choir. The film follows the choir both in Finland and on international concert trips (France, Japan, and Iceland) during a time span of five years. Similarly to the choir, the documentary walks the thin line between the dead serious and the absurd. For more, visit http://klaffi.com/store |
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ON THE TUBE
MTV REALITY SHOW COMES TO WOODSTOCK SCHOOL Dov Rubenstein of Mt. Tremper is taking self-revelation to a new height this week with a nationally televised "tryout" for his Onteora High School wrestling team. This is all with some unusual machinations from the MTV program "Made," which will air Rubenstein's efforts Thursday at 10 p.m. "Made" has been described as a series that is supposed to draw on experts to give youths the skills and advice they need to "make it" in disparate fields. Rubenstein, a 16-year-old Onteora High School
junior, was selected to be part of the MTV program last year after he
agreed to make a wrestling team tryout part of his national television
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SoHo House in New York City will have a special
screening of
Power Trip, Friday Jan 14, 7PM & 9PM, with Q&A by
director Paul Devlin. RSVP
cmissanelli@nyc.rr.com.
The US broadcast premiere of Power Trip is presented by the PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Susan Sarandon, Tuesday January 25 at 10PM. Local PBS schedules may vary, so please Click Here to check local listing in your area.
Please
spread the word about these upcoming screenings. More info at
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AMERICA'S TOP MODEL A belated mention for local acting coach Sande Shurin who appeared late last year on the UPN TV series, "America's Top Model." Sande Shurin, creator of her own acting technique, Transformational Acting, coached the aspiring models for the third season episode of UPN's hot reality show, which is hosted by the show's creator, Tyra Banks. Taye Diggs, currently starring in UPN's "Kevin Hill," appeared as the secret guest celebrity. Sande's partner Bruce Levy appeared as himself (talent agent) in Robert Margolis’ film “The Definition of Insanity.” (WFF 2004) |
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The Woodstock Film Festival is a not-for-profit,
501 (C) 3 organization with a mission to present an annual program and
year-round schedule of film, music, and art-related activities that
promote artists, culture, inspired learning, diversity, and sustainable
economic development through film, video and media
production and exhibition.
The
Woodstock Film Commission
promotes sustainable economic development by attracting and
supporting film, video and media production. |
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