Why Submit to the Woodstock Film Festival?
The Woodstock Film Festival is one of New York state's top regional film festivals. Next year will be 25 years since it was co-founded by Meira Blaustein. We recently launched the Woodstock Film Festival Let’s Talk Film! Podcast where Meira goes into detail about how it all started and why you should submit your film to the Woodstock Film Festival.
LET'S TALK FILM! Podcast episode one with Meira Blaustein, Co-founder of the Woodstock Film Festival
*In 2022 the Woodstock Film Festival became an Academy Awards® qualifying festival in the categories of Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, and Documentary Short Film.
Recently Filmmaker Magazine featured Woodstock Film Festival as one of the “Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee”.
“Spread across Woodstock, one of the country’s most beloved arts colonies, and the Hudson Valley towns of Rosendale, Saugerties, and Kingston, this festival’s rise parallels the region’s significant growth as a location of choice for high-minded projects from A Quiet Place to Severance to The Whale to Poker Face. A little over two hours from New York City, it draws impressive guests who last year included award recipients Ethan Hawke, Awkwafina, Debra Granik, and IFC Films president Arianna Bocco. Its stellar jurors included Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, the Conversations With a Killer series) and Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, U.S.A., Shut Up and Sing.) It also attracted top-tier films like The Banshees of Inisherin and Triangle of Sadness. But don’t assume from its marquee names that it’s impossible to crack: Woodstock offers a reasonable acceptance rate, as well as great press opportunities and exposure to distributors like IFC Films, Magnolia Features, Neon, Apple, and MTV Documentary. “ — Filmmaker Magazine
For the 24th annual festival, we are featuring music videos again, this time as a part of the in-person festival and accompanied by live music. WFF has a rich tradition of music programming to honor and build on the rich and diverse musical legacy of Woodstock and the Hudson Valley.
Submit your film and music videos via Film Freeway and take part in what Ethan Hawke calls “a festival that isn't trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art & craft of filmmaking.”
Local Hudson Valley artists receive 15% off the submission price. Use the code HVWFF when submitting on Film Freeway.
Check out the Submission FAQ if you have questions. Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to get updates on the film festival.
In the Let’s Talk Film! Podcast episode, Meira also expands on why Woodstock is the perfect setting for a film festival.
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