New Year, New Alumni News
From the Golden Globes nominations and Oscars shortlist announcement, to an exciting Sundance Film Festival lineup and a highly-anticipated upcoming Hulu series, Woodstock Film Festival filmmaking alumni and friends continue to shine. Check out the latest in Alumni news and join us in rooting for and supporting these talented filmmakers in the New Year and beyond.
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NOW STREAMING & COMING SOON
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EMPIRE OF LIGHT, now in theaters
I LOVE MY DAD, now streaming on Hulu
AS FAR AS THEY CAN RUN, winner of the Best Short Doc at the 23rd Annual Maverick Awards Ceremony that took place at the 2022 Woodstock Film Festival, is now streaming on Paramount+
Hulu Original Docuseries THE 1619 PROJECT, executive produced by WFF Board Member Roger Ross Williams and Oprah Winfrey, will premiere on January 26th. The six-part docu-series is an expansion of “The 1619 Project,” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine, and seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. The episodes are adapted from essays from The New York Times No. 1 bestselling “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” and examine how the legacy of slavery shapes different aspects of contemporary American life
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SHORTLISTS FOR 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS
Documentary Feature Film: ALL THAT BREATHES, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, THE JANES, LAST FLIGHT HOME, MOONAGE DAYDREAM, and RETROGRADE
Documentary Short Film: THE FLAGMAKERS, AS FAR AS THEY CAN RUN, AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL: PEOPLE V. NEWTON, ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON, and SHUT UP AND PAINT
Makeup and Hairstyling: THE WHALE
Music (Original Score): THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Sound: MOONAGE DAYDREAM
Animated Short Film: MORE THAN I WANT TO REMEMBER
Oscar nominations will be announced on January 24th.
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2023 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
Amanda Seyfried received a nod for her performance at THE DROPOUT, on Hulu
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, nominated in seven categories, including Best Original Score, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Motion Picture (Comedy), Best Performance by an Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS received nominations in both Best Motion Picture (Comedy) and Best Supporting Actress
EMPIRE OF LIGHT’s star Olivia Colman was recognized in the Best Performance by an Actress category
Brendan Fraser received a nod for his outstanding Performance by an Actor in THE WHALE
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2023 SUNDANCE LINEUP
Many films in connection to the Woodstock Film Festival will be screening at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, taking place in Park City, Utah, Thursday, January 19 through Sunday, January 29:
A THOUSAND AND ONE, edited by advisory board member Sabine Hoffman
CASSANDRO, directed by board member Roger Ross Williams (making his fiction directorial debut), edited by advisory board member Sabine Hoffman, and produced by advisory board members Ted Hope and alum Julie Goldman, with production counsel by board member Jonathan Gray
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI, executive produced by alum Geralyn White Dreyfus
ITS ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL, executive produced by alum Geralyn White Dreyfus
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING, directed by alum Lisa Cortes
INVISIBLE BEAUTY, produced by alum Lisa Cortes, with production counsel by board member Jonathan Gray
VICTIM/SUSPECT, produced by alum Julie Goldman, with production counsel by board member Jonathan Gray
DEEP RISING, executive produced by alum and sponsor Shari Sant
EILEEN, executive produced by alum Jamin O’Brien
JUDY BLUME FOREVER, executive produced by alum Sara Bernstein
PASSAGES, directed by alum Ira Sachs
WFF Executive Director Meira Blaustein, Shorts Programmer Amanda Naseem, and Board Member Sarah Johnson will be attending Sundance together, looking for films to showcase at WFF23 and meeting with filmmakers. Don’t hesitate to reach out to them!
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NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERS
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN won the award for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Colin Farrell)
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED won the award for Best Non-Fiction Feature
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NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW WINNERS
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN made the “Top Films” list; Colin Farrel took Best Actor, Brendan Gleeson won for Best Supporting Actor, and Martin McDonagh won for Best Original Screenplay
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED and ALL THAT BREATHES both made the list of “Top 5 Documentaries”; ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED also won the NBR Freedom of Expression Award
TO LESLIE made the list of “Top 10 Independent Films”
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38TH IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARD WINNERS
ALL THAT BREATHES wins Best Feature Documentary, Best Editing, Best Director (Shaunak Sen), and the Pare Lorentz Award
LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES wins Best Music Documentary
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARD WINNERS & NOMINATIONS
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE, from festival friend and alum Signe Baumane, is nominated for Best Animated Feature
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS wins for European Film, European Director and European Screenwriter (Ruben Östlund), European Actor (Zlatko Burić)
Congratulations to all!!!