2024 Woodstock Film Festival Panel Highlights
Missed the 2024 Woodstock Film Festival panels? You can now catch the inspiring discussions and insights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify—listen anytime, anywhere! WFF panels are renowned for their depth, creativity, and insight, consistently ranking among the best panels offered by film festivals worldwide.
ACTORS DIALOGUE: A CONVERSATION WITH AMANDA SEYFRIED AND AYA CASH
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A frank and in-depth conversation with actors Amanda Seyfried and Aya Cash, focusing on their storied careers and their acting craftsmanship. As successful actors, the two discuss teamwork (actors with actors, actors with directors), and share anecdotes from some of their more well known films. A not-to-be-missed glimpse into the behind the scenes of the career trajectory of award-winning actors.
Amanda Seyfried is an award-winning actress known for her roles in MANK and THE DROPOUT, as well as the beloved MAMMA MIA! Her career spans film, television, and stage, with diverse upcoming projects highlighting her versatility.
Aya Cash can currently be seen starring in Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes’ HBO comedy series, THE FRANCHISE and next year, she will star in, and executive produce the much-anticipated THE BOYS prequel series, VOUGHT RISING for Amazon Prime.
AI AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS
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With Runway AI Creative Team member Nicolas Neubert, Philip Shane, Kris Lefcoe, and Eunice Lau moderated by Filmmaker Magazine Co-Founder / Editor in Chief Scott Macauley
AI has been making its way into many areas of society over the last two years including the creative arts and filmmaking. As a versatile tool, AI is being embraced by many artists, filmmakers, and studios to explore new ideas and bring their visions to life. These tools are already streamlining production processes and lowering budgets, while simultaneously sparking discussions about their impact on the creative industry at large. This panel of filmmakers, artists, and AI tool builders will discuss these new tools and their impact on creativity.
CONVERSATION WITH CARLA GUTIÉRREZ AND ROGER ROSS WILLIAMS | Independents Days
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Carla Gutiérrez is an Emmy-nominated documentary director/editor. Her directorial debut, Frida, premiered at Sundance 2024 and she edited the Oscar-nominated films RBG and La Corona. Carla is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and the American Cinema Editors.
Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, Peabody, and NAACP Image award-winning director, producer, and writer – and the first African American director to win an Academy Award, with his film Music By Prudence.
CONVERSATION WITH HONOREE PAUL SCHRADER + RAMIN BAHRANI | Independents Days
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Academy Award-nominated director and screenwriter Paul Schrader’s acclaimed films include AMERICAN GIGOLO, MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS, AFFLICTION, FIRST REFORMED, THE CARD COUNTER and MASTER GARDENER. He also collaborated with Martin Scorsese, writing TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL, and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST.
Academy Award, BAFTA, WGA, and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani is the writer, director and producer of such films as MAN PUSH CART, CHOP SHOP, 99 HOMES, and THE WHITE TIGER.
THE FUTURE OF DOCUMENTARY
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Sponsored by Netflix
With Sandi DuBowski, Yance Ford, and Benjamin Ree moderated by Jessica Edwards.
Amidst the softest distribution market in decades, at the peak of its popularity, documentary filmmaking has reached an inflection point. In this wide-ranging conversation with some of the most prolific filmmakers in the industry, we take a “bird's-eye” view of the challenges and opportunities. Addressing audience engagement and career sustainability while contextualizing our current climate in broader documentary history, the panel addresses how docs will survive and thrive into the future.
THE WOMEN IN THE DRIVER SEAT
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Co-presented by NYWIFT
With Yvonne Russo, Heidi Ewing, Ondi Timoner, Rebecca Miller and Christine La Monte moderated by NYWIFT’s Executive Director Cynthia Lopez
Today’s women filmmakers are calling the shots, whether with a movie camera on their shoulder, a pen in their hand, an idea in their head, or a computer and a desk at their feet. In this conversation co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television, meet some of today’s most inspiring filmmakers, all current participating filmmakers or alumni of the Woodstock Film Festival, as they discuss the trajectory of their careers.
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Past guests have included Joy Buran, Noelle Melody, Amanda Naseem, Susan Seidelman, Phil Bertelsen, Lise Yasui, Djaka Souaré, Anthony Lalor, Julie Sharbutt, Oliver English, Set Hernandez, Chelsea Bo, Ava Acres, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson, Larry Fessenden, Yoruba Richen, Stephen Gerard Kelly, Kim Jackson, Thomas Sadoski, Tsanavi Spoonhunter, Alex Smith, Rick Rowley, Chris Hegedus, Lindsay Keys, James Schamus, Jack Youngelson, Sian Edwards-Beal, Harris Doran, Nancy Buirski, and Meira Blaustein.