Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Woodstock Film Festival will kick off on opening night with Men of War by Billy Corben and Jen Gatien, Blitz directed by Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen will screen as centerpiece film, and A Real Pain directed by Jesse Eisenberg as closing night film.
Running from October 15–20, 2024, the festival will take place across Hudson Valley towns including Woodstock, Rosendale, Kingston, and Saugerties.
This year’s Honorary Maverick Award will be awarded to acclaimed writer and director Paul Schrader. The award will be presented by acclaimed actor Amanda Seyfried who worked with Schrader on First Reformed.
The Honorary Trailblazer Award will be awarded to renowned producer Ira Deutchman. Deutchman’s latest projects include feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff, Nickel & Dimed and Radio Girls.
Filmmakers and human rights activists Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís will be honored with the inaugural Art of Activism Award. Yates and de Onís are renowned for their Guatemala trilogy, which includes When The Mountains Tremble, Granito: How To Nail A Dictator and 500 Years. The documentary, BORDERLAND | The Line Within, directed by Yates and produced by de Onis, is screening at this year’s festival and investigates the costly border industrial complex that targets immigrants.
Additional lineup highlights include Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross, No Other Land by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor, September 5 by Tim Fehlbaum, Rumours by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin, Of Dogs and Men by Dani Rosenberg, Sean Baker’s Anora, Emilia Pérez directed by Jacques Audiard, Oh, Canada by Honorary Maverick recipient Paul Schrader, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck, The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof, The End directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Cannes prize-winner All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, Sabbath Queen directed by Sandi DuBowski, Nightbitch directed by Marielle Heller, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin directed by Benjamin Ree, The Uninvited directed by Nadia Conners, The Piano Lesson directed by Malcolm Washington, and The Battle for Laikipia directed by Daphne Matziaraki and Pete Murimi.
Here’s the full lineup for the 25th Woodstock Film Festival.
Narrative Features
All We Imagine As Light, by Payal Kapadia, France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, 2024
Anna Comes Home, by Amber Paulette Suzor, U.S., 2024
Anora, by Sean Baker, U.S., 2024
Armand, by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Norway, 2024
Blitz, by Steve McQueen, U.K., 2024
Bob Trevino Likes It, by Tracie Laymon, U.S., 2024
Boundary Waters, by Tessa Blake, U.S., 2024 – U.S. Premiere
Brooklyn, Minnesota, by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Emilia Pérez, by Jacques Audiard, France, U.S., 2024
The End, by Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Italy, U.K., U.S., Sweden, 2024
Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, France, Belgium, 2024
Gazer, by Ryan J. Sloan, U.S., 2024
Hardcore Never Dies, by Jim Taihuttu, Netherlands, 2023 – North American Premiere
Hard Truths, by Mike Leigh, U.K., Spain, 2024
Hazard, by Edward Russel Mensore, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
If You See Something, by Oday Rasheed, U.S., Jordan, 2024 – World Premiere
I’m Still Here, by Walter Salles, Brazil, France, Spain, 2024
Jippie No More, by Margien Rogaar, Netherlands, 2023 – North American Premiere
Los Frikis, by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, U.S., 2024
My Dead Friend Zoe, by Kyle Hausmann Stokes, U.S., 2023
Nickel Boys, by RaMell Ross, U.S., 2024
Nightbitch, by Marielle Heller, U.S., 2024
Of Dogs and Men, by Dani Rosenberg, Italy, Israel, 2024 – North American Premiere
Oh, Canada, by Paul Schrader, U.S., 2024
Out of My Mind, by Amber Sealey, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
The Piano Lesson, by Malcolm Washington, U.S., 2024
A Real Pain, by Jesse Eisenberg, U.S., 2024
Rumours, by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin, Canada, Germany, U.S., 2024
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, by Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran, Germany, France, 2024
Seeds, by Kaniehtiio Horn, Canada, 2024 – U.S. Premiere
September 5, by Tim Fehlbaum, Germany, 2024
Small Things Like These, by Tim Mielants, Ireland, Belgium, U.S., 2024
The Strangers’ Case, by Brandt Andersen, Jordan, 2024
Torch Song, by Jeroen Houben, Netherlands, 2024 – North American Premiere
Turning, by Marco Baratta, U.S., 2024 – NY Premiere
Twig, by Marian Quinn, Ireland, 2024 – North American Premiere
The Uninvited, by Nadia Conners, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
Unstoppable, by William Goldenberg, U.S., 2024
The Wake, by Brian Brightly, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Documentary Features
64 Days, by Nick Quested, U.S., 2024
ADA – My Mother the Architect, by Yael Melamede, Israel, U.S., 2024
The Battle for Laikipia, by Daphne Matziaraki and Pete Murimi, Kenya, U.S., 2024
Behind the Lines, by John Benitz, U.S., Poland, Germany, Ukraine, 2024 – World Premiere
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue, by Jill Campbell, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
The Bibi Files, by Alexis Bloom, U.S., 2024 – U.S. Premiere (work in progress)
Black Box Diaries, by Shiori Ito, Japan, U.S., U.K., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
Borderland | The Line Within, by Pamela Yates, U.S., 2024
Checkpoint Zoo, by Joshua Zeman, U.K., U.S., 2024
Coastal, by Daryl Hannah, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, by Raoul Peck, France, 2024
The Inn Between, by Ondi Timoner, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
It’s All Gonna Break, by Stephen Chung, Canada, 2024 – World Premiere
The Jungle, by Matt Wechsler, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Left Behind, by Anna Toomey, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
A Life In Rhythm: The Ray Conniff Story, by John McHugh, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Men of War, by Billy Corben and Jen Gatien, U.S., 2024 – U.S. Premiere
A New Kind of Wilderness, by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Norway, 2024
No Other Land, by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Palestine, Norway, 2024
Oceania: Journey to the Center, by Natalie Zimmerman, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Fiji, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
Paul Anka: His Way, by John Maggio, U.S., 2024 – U.S. Premiere
A Photographic Memory, by Rachel Elizabeth Seed, U.S., 2024 – NY Premiere
Porcelain War, by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, Australia, Ukraine, U.S., 2024
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, by Benjamin Ree, Norway, 2024
Sabbath Queen, by Sandi DuBowski, U.S., 2024
Secret Mall Apartment, by Jeremy Workman, U.S., 2024
Something Better Change, by Scott Crawford, U.S., 2024 – U.S. Premiere
Troll Storm, by Eunice Lau, U.S., 2024 – NY Premiere
VIVA VERDI!, by Yvonne Russo, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Union, by Stephen Maing and Brett Story, U.S., 2024
Walk With Me, by Heidi Levitt, U.S., 2024
We Can Be Heroes, by Carina Mia Wong and Alex Simmons, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
Wisdom of Happiness, by Philip Delaquis and Barbara Miller, U.S., Switzerland, 2024 – North American Premiere
Highlights From the Shorts Program
Death By Numbers, by Kim A. Snyder, U.S., 2024
Alok, by Alex Hedison, U.S., 2024
Good Enough Ancestor, by Cynthia Wade, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
I Am Ready, Warden, by Smriti Mundhra, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
Dancing Palestine, by Lamees Almakkawy, Palestine, U.K., 2024 – NY Premiere
And Still, It Remains, by Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah, Algeria, U.K., 2023 – NY Premiere
The Yellow, by Maika Monroe and Simone Faoro, U.S., 2024 – East Coast Premiere
Duckville, by Bill Plympton, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Market Of Hate, by Candy Kugel, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
The Brown Dog, by Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina, U.S., 2024
Don’t Be Late, Myra, by Afia Serena Nathaniel, Pakistan, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere
Ya Hanouni, by Sofian Chouaib and Lyna Tadount, France, 2024 – NY Premiere
Mashed Potatoes, by Suha Araj, U.S., 2024 – World Premiere