Festival:
The 20th Woodstock Film Festival
Dates:
October 2-6
About:
This Hudson Valley NY event caps off its second decade with just over 50 features, half of them nonfiction.
PARADISE WITHOUT PEOPLE
Among the doc world premieres are: Aengus James’
AFTER THE MURDER OF ALBERT LIMA, which follows a son’s efforts to bring his father’s killer to justice; Cheryl Horner McDonough’s
PARKLAND RISING, which follows survivors and family members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting; Sophie Guerra and Clement Guerra’s
THE CONDOR & THE EAGLE, about four indigenous activists on a mission of climate justice; Francesca Trianni’s
PARADISE WITHOUT PEOPLE, following two Syrian women as they attempt to build new lives after fleeing their homeland; Aaron Weisblatt’s
LAND OF LITTLE RIVERS, on upstate New York dry fly fishermen; and Jason Miller’s
NOT NOT JAZZ, a profile of an avant-jazz-funk band in their 25th year.
BAMBOO STORIES
Other titles at the festival include: Shaheen Dill-Riaz’s
BAMBOO STORIES, which follows a Bangladeshi raft transporting bamboo logs; Kat Alioshin’s
ANIMATION OUTLAWS, about the legendary Spike and Mike animation festival; and Cody Stickels’
A NIGHT AT SWITCH N’ PLAY, on the NYC burlesque collective.
