Press Releases & Press Coverage
2026
Press Releases
2025
Woodstock Film Festival Announces 2026 Maverick Award Winners
Woodstock Film Festival Announces Shorts Lineup
WFF Announces Feature Narrative & Documentary Lineup for the 27th Edition
Meira Blaustein, WFF Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Head Programmer, To Step Down from Leadership Role
WFF Shines the Spotlight on the Hudson Valley for 27th Edition
Woodstock Film Festival Unveils First-ever Rebrand After 26 Years
FERRIS 40 Brings the Hudson Valley Together for a Night of Nostalgia, Film, Music, and Celebration
Woodstock Film Festival Announces 6th Annual Filmmakers Residency/Incubator
Submissions Open for the 27th Annual Woodstock Film Festival – Earlybird Deadline Approaching March 13th
Press Coverage
Indiewire
Woodstock Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup Featuring ‘The Debut,’ ‘I Play Rocky,’ ‘Club Kid,’ and More
Meira Blaustein, Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Head Programmer of The Woodstock Film Festival Stepping Down After 26 Years
Gold Derby
Alan Cumming, Maura Tierney, and Jemima Kirke headline Woodstock Film Festival’s 2026 shorts program
Chronogram
Corbin Bernsen’s “Woodstockers” Screens at Woodstock Film Festival
Destination Film Guide
Top North American Film Festivals 2026/27
2024
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By Matthew Carey, October 20, 2024
‘My Dead Friend Zoe,’ ‘Porcelain War,’ ‘Brooklyn, Minnesota’ Among Big Winners At 25th Woodstock Film FestivalDeadline
By Matthew Carey, October 21, 2024
MTV Documentary Films’ Oscar-Contending Short ‘I Am Ready, Warden’ Ready For Paramount+ PremiereVariety
By Jack Dunn, September 16, 2024
‘Anora,’ ‘Nightbitch’ and ‘Oh, Canada’ to Screen at Woodstock Film Festival – Film News in BriefIndieWire
By Samantha Bergeson, September 16, 2024
Woodstock Film Festival 2024 to Honor Paul Schrader with Maverick AwardDeadline
By Matthew Carey, September 16, 2024
25th Woodstock Film Festival Announces Lineup Featuring ‘Anora,’ ‘Blitz,’ Paul Shrader Tribute, ‘The Bibi Files,’ World, U.S. Premieres & More
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VARIETY
By Addie Morfoot, October 2, 2023
CINETIC MEDIA CEO JOHN SLOSS TALKS DIRE NEED FOR INDIE FILMS’ THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTIONVARIETY
By Addie Morfoot, September 20, 2023
Woodstock Film Festival Adds Robert De Niro-Led ‘Ezra’ to Its Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)DEADLINE
By Matthew Carey, September 5, 2023
MTV Documentary Films Sets October Release Date For ‘A Song Film By Kishi Bashi: Omoiyari,’ About Musical Journey Of Composer Kaoru IshibashiTHE FILM STAGE
By Jordan Raup, August 30, 2023
Exclusive Trailer for Chelsea Bo’s Directorial Debut No Right Way Explores Family Bonds and Childhood WoundsVARIETY
By Addie Morfoot, September 30, 2023
Oscar Hopeful ‘Beyond Utopia’ Takes Top Honors at Woodstock Film Festival 2023DEADLINE
By Patrick Hipes, September 5, 2023
Film Festival Calendar for 2023VARIETY
By Addie Morfoot, September 29, 2023
Ted Hope Talks the Future of Documentary Distribution: ‘We Need a Slow Food Movement for Film’VARIETY
By Addie Morfoot, August 29, 2023
Woodstock Film Festival Kicks Off with 'Fair Play,' Will Honor James Ivory (EXCLUSIVE)
2023
2016
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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS SPECIAL SCREENING OF JACK OF THE RED HEARTS
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS A SPECIAL FREE SCREENING OF JOSH FOX'S HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS SPECIAL SCREENING OF TEAM FOXCATCHER
23 Restaurants & hosts to offer culinary diversity and delicacies at 4th Annual TASTE OF WOODSTOCK
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS SPIRIT OF WOODSTOCK
HASKELL WEXLER CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD CONTINUES ITS LEGACY AT WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP OF ELLEN KURAS
PLYMPTON AND BAUMANE HAND OFF BATON FOR WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL'S ANNUAL ANIMATION SPECTACULAR
23 RESTAURANTS & HOSTS OFFERED CULINARY DELICACIES TO DELIGHTED GUESTS OF THE 4TH ANNUAL TASTE OF WOODSTOCk WINNERS ANNOUNCED
17TH ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANT MEDIA'S DAVID LINDE AS RECIPIENT OF THE 2016 TRAILBLAZER AWARD17TH ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS 2016 POSTER BY MARY FRANK
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS SPECIAL SCREENING OF NEWTOWN
17TH ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL 2016 LINEUP
WOMEN FILMMAKERS BREAK NEW GROUND AT WOODSTOCK
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL FILM LINEUP
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL’S COMPETITIONS AND PREMIERES ANNOUNCED
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL’S HUDSON VALLEY FILMS ANNOUNCED
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL’S YOUTH FILMS ANNOUNCED
17TH ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL POLITICS, PANELS, SPECIAL APPEARANCES, & THE CLOSING NIGHT FILM!
FIERCELY INDEPENDENT! 2016 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL MAVERICK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS CLOSE OUT WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL'S 17th ANNUAL CELEBRATION
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Woodstock Film Festival Announces New World Cinema Award Category
Woodstock Film Festival Announces Canadian Directors ATOM EGOYAN & GUY MADDIN as 2015 Honorary Award Recipients
2015 Films a-z
Woodstock Film Fest 16th Anniversary Showcases Collection of Panels and Special Events
16th ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2015 FILMS IN COMPETITIONWoodstock Film Fest UNVEILS 2015 OFFICIAL LINEUP
16th Annual Woodstock Film Fest Brings Highest Percentage of Female Directors in History of the Festival
FIERCELY INDEPENDENT! 2015 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL MAVERICK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS CLOSE OUT WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL'S SWEET 16 CELEBRATION
2015
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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
FIERCELY INDEPENDENT!
WFF 2014 MAVERICK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCEDTHE WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL PROMOTES WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES TWO MEN IN TOWN AS OPENING NIGHT FILM
PANELS AT 2014 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CLOSING NIGHT FILM
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2014 FULL LINEUP OF FIERCELY INDEPENDENT FILMS
THE 15TH ANNUAL REVEAL OF WFF'S FILMS IN COMPETITION
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL EXPANDS TO ADD 3D FILM TO ITS 2014 LINEUP AT REGAL CINEMAS IN KINGSTONHUGH MASEKELA TO JOIN IN SPECIAL EVENTS AT 15TH WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES DARREN ARONOFSKY AS RECIPIENT OF 2014 HONORARY MAVERICK AWARD
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS OFFICIAL 2014 POSTER BY ARTIST MIKE DUBOIS
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NY PREMIERE OF 'LITTLE WHITE LIE' FOR 15th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL TO UNVEIL 2014 POSTER AND ARTIST
LANDAU GRILL TAKES TOP PRIZE AT 2ND ANNUAL TASTE OF WOODSTOCK
THE 2ND ANNUAL TASTE OF WOODSTOCK
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 3RD SPIRIT OF WOODSTOCK AWARD RECIPIENTS