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2015 CURTAIN RAISER

Woodstock Film Festival thanks our 2015 sponsors for all of their support! 

 

WFF 2015 BOX OFFICE Is OPEN! 

Online sales are live at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com
The WFF Box Office (13 Rock City Rd. Woodstock, NY) will be open:
Sept 9-Sept 27: Wednesday through Sunday, 12pm-6pm (closed Mondays and Tuesdays)
Sept 28-Oct 3: 7 days a week, 9am-7pm
Oct 4: 9am-6pm


WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2015 OFFICIAL LINEUP FEATURES SUPERB SELECTION OF FILMS, PANELS, AND EVENTS

WFF is celebrating its Sweet Sixteen in style with a stellar lineup of films to be shown in the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Rhinebeck, Rosendale, Saugerties, and Kingston. Kicking off Sept 30 and continuing through Oct 4, the program includes films, panels, performances, and other special events.

This year boasts a cutting edge variety of many genres, styles, and subject matter. Selected from over 2,000 entries spanning the globe, from countries including the Netherlands, UK, Mexico, Turkey, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden, France, and Australia, as well as all across the United States, first-time and veteran filmmakers alike will be making their way to the Woodstock Film Festival this fall.

VIEW WFF 2015 FULL LINEUP HERE.

ONLINE AND PHONE SALES LIVE at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com
The WFF Box Office (13 Rock City Rd. Woodstock, NY) is open:
Through Sept 27, Wednesday through Sunday, 12pm-6pm *closed Mondays and Tuesdays
Sept 28-Oct 3, 7 days a week, 9am-7pm
 
Oct 4, 9am-6pm


STAFF PICKS: HIDDEN GEMS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

Every year, the Woodstock Film Festival dedicates itself to showcasing the best independent films for cinephiles near and far. Below are a few viewing suggestions from WFF's staff.

 

SPECIAL EVENTS/SCREENINGS:

PANELS:


ATOM EGOYAN & GUY MADDIN TO RECEIVE HONORARY MAVERICK AWARDS

EGOYAN AND MADDIN'S NEW FEATURES BOOKEND AS OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT FILMS

The Woodstock Film Festival is proud to announce visionary Canadian filmmakers ATOM EGOYAN and GUY MADDIN will receive the Honorary Maverick Award and the second annual Fiercely Independent Award, respectively. The awards will be presented to Egoyan and Maddin on Oct. 3 during the annual Maverick Awards Gala at BSP Kingston, NY. Tickets are available online by CLICKING HERE.

Egoyan's newest feature REMEMBER will make its US Premiere as the festival's OPENING NIGHT FILM:  

Christopher Plummer stars in Remember (2015)

REMEMBER tells the story of Zev Guttman (Academy Award® Winner Christopher Plummer), a 90-year-old struggling with memory loss who is living out his final years in a bucolic retirement home. A week following the death of his beloved wife Ruth, he suddenly gets a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award® Winner Martin Landau), containing a stack of money, a gun, and a letter detailing a shocking plan. Both Zev and Max were prisoners in Auschwitz, and the same sadistic guard was responsible for the death of both their families—a guard who, immediately after the war, escaped Germany and has been living in the U.S. ever since under an assumed identity. Max is wheelchair-bound but in full command of his mental faculties; with his guidance, Zev will embark on a cross-continental road-trip to bring justice once and for all to the man who destroyed both their lives. 

REMEMBER will screen at the Woodstock Playhouse, 10/1 @ 6:30PM. Tickets available HERE. Courtesy A24

Maddin's newest feature THE FORBIDDEN ROOM will screen as the festival's CLOSING NIGHT FILM: 

The Forbidden Room (2015)

THE FORBIDDEN ROOM is Maddin's ultimate epic phantasmagoria. Honoring classic cinema while electrifying it with energy, this Russian nesting doll of a film begins with the crew of a doomed submarine chewing flapjacks in a desperate attempt to breathe the oxygen within. Suddenly, impossibly, a lost woodsman wanders into their company and tells his tale of escaping from a fearsome clan of cave dwellers. From here, Maddin and co-director Evan Johnson take us high into the air, around the world, and into dreamscapes, spinning tales of amnesia, captivity, deception and murder, skeleton women and vampire bananas. Playing like some glorious meeting between Italo Calvino, Sergei Eisenstein and a perverted six year-old child, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM is Maddin's grand ode to lost cinema. 

THE FORBIDDEN ROOM will screen at the Woodstock Playhouse, 10/4 @ 7:30PM. Tickets available HERE. Courtesy Kino Lorber

Tickets to these screenings are now available at the Box Office and online.

For more about this year's Maverick Award Winners and their films visit HERE.


WFF 2015 WEEKEND PLANNER

Interested in attending WFF 2015 but don't know where to start? Let our viewing guides help you plan your weekend with suggested films, events, and local activities! 

2015 wff box office hours

Online sales and phone calls are live at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com
The WFF Box Office (13 Rock City Rd. Woodstock, NY) will be open:
Sept 9-Sept 27: Wednesday through Sunday, 12pm-6pm (closed Mondays and Tuesdays)
Sept 28-Oct 3: 7 days a week, 9am-7pm
Oct 4: 9am-6pm

The Box Office is now selling tickets for EVERYTHING

FULL FESTIVAL PASSES are available in limited quantity! Get your pass now and gain access to all the amazing screenings, panels, concerts, and parties Woodstock has to offer in 2015! CLICK HERE.