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18th Annual Woodstock Film Festival (Oct.

12,13,14)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12

THE LAST PIG
10/12/2017, 1:00PM
Directed by Allison Argo
USA / 2017 / 54 minutes
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Allison Argo, Joseph Brunette
SYNOPSIS:
The Last Pig is a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power to kill. Immersive,
experiential and self-reflective, the film follows a pig farmer through his final season.
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TO THE EDGE OF THE SKY
10/12/2017, 3:00PM
Directed by Todd Wider and Jedd Wider
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Jedd Wider, Todd Wider, Brian Ariotti
SYNOPSIS:
To the Edge of the Sky is about the heroic and inspirational battle of four American mothers whose sons are
diagnosed with the degenerative Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a fatal disease and the number one genetic
killer of boys, as they fight the FDA to gain access to a potentially life-saving drug. The film intimately records
the transformation of these four mothers into the country's leading political activists pushing the government to
allow access to a drug that may help save their sons' lives and the children of hundreds of other parents.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
MY NAME IS PEDRO
10/13/2017, 2:15PM
Directed by Lillian LaSalle
World Premiere
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Lillian LaSalle, Jonathan Clasberry, Mark Demolar, Monica Cohen, Jillian Sczesnak, Mary
Manhardt
SYNOPSIS:
Who was your most inspirational teacher? For thousands of students in the Bronx and elsewhere, that teacher
is a man named Pedro Santana. Yes, we've seen inspiring documentaries about the failings of our public
education system before. Yes, we've seen stories of inspirational educators who bravely try to change the
system. But if you don't know Pedro.....well, you don't know jack! Pedro may just be the definition of an
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iconoclast. In a story as uplifting as it is troubling, he is a man who throws a very wide shadow.
SHORTS: TEEN FILMS
10/13/2017 5:00 PM
Candidate, The
Directed by Parvati Santos
USA / 2016 / 13:23 minutes
Miami SHS
SYNOPSIS:
The intricacies of a student government election.
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Fishing
Directed by Zenona Darrow
USA / 2017 / minutes
Woodstock Day School
SYNOPSIS:
Two friends go fishing. After a successful catch, they cook their meal and try to eat it, but soon, they realize their
fish is not actually a fish.
It Takes A Village
Directed by AJ Opuiyo
USA / 2017 / 9:56 minutes
Spark Media Project
SYNOPSIS:
When the air and water of a village are threatened by a mining company, how can everyone pull together for the
greater good, even when jobs are at stake?
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Lyric
Directed by Alex DeRosa
Millburn High School
SYNOPSIS:
A hand-drawn animated film about a girl's struggle with depression. The film taps into her mind to show her
battle with the monster that torments her. At first, it seems as if there is no escape, but she soon finds the
strength she needs to face her inner demon through music.
Metamorphosis
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Directed by Hudson Perrin
Woodstock Day School
SYNOPSIS:
After freeing himself from his cocoon like state, a man goes on to live a life of work and heartbreak.
Pigeonhood
Directed by Partho Gupte
India / 2016 / 5 minutes
Oberoi International
SYNOPSIS:
A film about the life cycle of a little pigeon. The film traces his coming of age and examines his role in shaping a
teenagers development. His fear of flying was no different from her fear of exams and somehow, they both
crossed those difficult times together.
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Santa Woman
Directed by Ari Williams
Spark Media Project
SYNOPSIS:
Santa Claus is coming to town and this young woman who just wants to be Santa.
Sister
Directed by Benny Rendell
USA / 2017 / 15:43 minutes
Home Schooled
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SYNOPSIS:
A tween alien on the run finds sisterhood in a small town in upstate New York; but her outer-space captors are
closing in.
In our current moment when immigrants are increasingly feared and shunned, Sister tells the tale of a
persecuted girl from another planet whose reception on earth is both surprising and inspiring. Thirteen-year old
Benny Rendell’s new short film shows the power of sisterhood and how "others: aren’t so different after all.
The Raven
Directed by Zack Gibson
Palo Alto High School
SYNOPSIS:
A boy is haunted by the memories of his ex-girlfriend and his best friend.
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HAPPENING: A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION
Directed by James Redford
New York Premiere
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: James Redford
SYNOPSIS:
CAN we make enough renewable energy to supply the world's needs and replace fossil fuels? HOW will we do
that? And, WILL we? In his convivial and earnest drive to understand the issues and solutions, James Redford,
co-founder of The Redford Center with his father, Robert Redford, takes us on a country-crossing, three-year
odyssey to get real, comprehensible answers to complex questions and technologies. Happening explores the
current state of engagement of corporations, governmental departments, communities, entrepreneurs, and
activists, with an enlightening look at what is being done to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
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MARY JANES: THE WOMEN OF WEED
10/13/2017, 9:15PM
Directed by Windy Borman
East Coast Premiere
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Windy Borman
SYNOPSIS:
Women are changing the face of today's fastest growing industry, cannabis. Join filmmaker Windy Borman as
she explores the movement to end marijuana prohibition, her own relationship to the plant, and the stereotypes
surrounding it. Through a series of empowering and educational interviews with a broad diversity of women
leading the industry today, Windy's own assumptions are transformed as she discovers that cannabis liberation
intersects with some of the most urgent social justice issues of our time including environmental sustainability,
ending the War on Drugs and the prison-industrial complex, and the destructive domination of Big Pharma.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
BEAN
10/14/2017, 11:15AM
Directed by Emilie Bunnell
East Coast Premiere
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Emilie Bunnell, Cheryl Horner, Molly McEwan, Lori Interlicchio, Alana Duran
SYNOPSIS:
Lori and Alana matched on Tinder and quickly became best friends and lovers. Soon after, Lori discovered that
Alana, a bright and endearing young woman suffering from Lupus, was in kidney failure and facing an uncertain
but abbreviated lifetime of nightly dialysis and a myriad of related health issues. When Lori learns she's the
perfect kidney donor match, she doesn't hesitate to offer her healthy "bean." If the transplant succeeds, Alana's
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life expectancy could be doubled or tripled.
ROLL WITH ME
10/14/2017, 1:30PM
Directed by Lisa France
World Premiere
In English and Arabic with subtitles
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Lisa France, Gabriel Cordell
SYNOPSIS:
When director Lisa France received a call from Gabriel Cordell, a paraplegic man looking for someone to
document the challenge of his life, she had no idea how much this would change her own life and that of many
others. France and her quickly assembled ragtag crew - all with their own issues - filmed Gabriel's attempt to be
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the first person to roll unassisted on his human-powered wheelchair from Santa Monica, CA to Long Island, NY
in 100 days, aiming to set a world record. The undertaking was physically and emotionally arduous, not just for
Gabriel, but the entire team, herded in cramped quarters throughout the trip.
TO A MORE PERFECT UNION: U.S. v. WINDSOR
10/14/2017, 4:00PM
Directed by Donna Zaccaro
World Premiere
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Donna Zaccaro
SYNOPSIS:
To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor tells a story of love, marriage and a fight for equality. The film
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chronicles unlikely heroes — octogenarian Edie Windsor and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, on their quest for
justice: Upon the death of her spouse, Edie had been forced to pay a huge estate tax because the federal
government denied federal benefits to same-sex couples — and Edie's spouse was a woman. Deeply offended
by this disregard for her more than forty-year relationship with the love of her life, Edie decided to sue the
United States government — and won.
BECOMING WHO I WAS
10/14/2017, 8:30PM
Directed by Moon Chang-Yong and Jin Jeon
South Korea / 2017 / 95 minutes
East Coast Premiere
In Hindi, Ladkahi, and Tibetan with subtitles
SYNOPSIS:
In a sweeping story of a young Buddhist boy who discovers he is the reincarnation of a Tibetan spiritual master,
Becoming Who I Was, follows his momentous trek across Asia to rejoin his monastic order. Accompanied by his
aging godfather, the documentary captures Padma and Urgyan on their epic journey over eight difficult years,
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surmounting all odds to pursue his spiritual destiny.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
SHORTS: Animation with Joy and Noelle
10/15/2017 11:30 AM
An Exquisite Task
Directed by Beck Underwood
SYNOPSIS:
Set in an old barn slated for teardown, a vintage doll, a mysterious barn spirit and some mischievous farm
critters, come together in this stopmotion short about motherhood, creativity and letting go.
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Cee Cee and the Ex-Calibahhh
Directed by Joy Buran and Noelle Melody
SYNOPSIS:
Cee Cee and the Ex-Calibahhh is part of the growing collection of very short bedtime stories for adults, called
Cee Cee's Bedtime Stories. Recorded at a bar, Cee Cee candidly recalls the days of her wild youth.
Cop Dog
Directed by Bill Plympton
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SYNOPSIS:
The sixth film in Bill Plympton's Oscar-nominated Guard Dogseries, in which our plucky hero has a new
occupation: patrolling our airports sniffing for illegal drugs. You know that's not going to end well.
Delicatessen
Directed by Fenglin Chen
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SYNOPSIS:
A romantic relationship blossoms between a man and a woman when they first meet in a delicatessen. Their
desires get projected onto the foods, turning them alive, into uncanny mutated human limbs and organs. It's a
supermarket love story that plays with food as a metaphor of sensual desires.
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First Bloom
Directed by Tingting Liu
China,USA / 2017 / 4:38 minutes
SYNOPSIS:
First Bloom is an original chinoiserie animated short film that tells the story of the budding love between a
eunuch servant and a princess in ancient China. Consisting of more than 4000 frames that took more than 3500
hours, First Bloombrings traditional Asian-styled watercolor painting to life.
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Hi Stranger
Directed by Kirsten Lepore
SYNOPSIS:
This short breaks the fourth wall in an uncomfortable yet hilarious way.
How to have a Romantic Date - Cartoon Box #4
Directed by Joost Lieuwma
The Netherlands / 2017 / 0:22 minutes
SYNOPSIS:
A woman and a man are having a date. This will be a night that they remember for a very long time.
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In Winter
Directed by Joy Buran and Noelle Melody
SYNOPSIS:
In Winter is an animated music video for the Kingston, NY-based band Matt Pond PA. Based on the Norse
mythology of Skadi, a giantess from Thyrmheim, where the snow never melts, and Njord, a god from Noatun, a
bright, warm place by the sea.
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KCLOC
Directed by Ninaad Kulkarni
School of Visual Arts
SYNOPSIS:
KCLOC is a 3D animated documentary on the perception of time. A selection of brief interviews, provide the
voices for ten meticulously designed CGI clock characters, in a variety of real-world settings, as they respond to
a single question: "What does time mean to you?"
Outside Hearing In
Directed by Dylan Reitz and Savannah Winchester
SYNOPSIS:
Previously content to be on his own, Calvin discovers his ability to hear the soundtracks of lives far beyond his
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own doorstep. The cacophony of life's sounds is at first unbearable, but when Calvin finds a way to tune into
them individually, he begins to find the noises, stories, conversations, and rambling, comforting and familiar. To
share his gift, Calvin sets out to build his own radio tower in order to transmit the intangible, with those that need
reminders that they are not alone.
Pittari
Directed by Patrick Smith
SYNOPSIS:
Satan's boulder busting destruction is halted by a stubborn foe, testing his shape shifting abilities. Scored to an
old phonographic gospel recording, Pittari uses hand drawn imagery to illustrate the relentless resistance to
Satan's gritty penetration.
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Portlandia: Squirrels
Directed by Rob Shaw
SYNOPSIS:
The Portlandia Rats are back! Once more featuring the voices of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, and
brilliantly directed by BENT's one and only Rob Shaw.
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Realm of Deepest Knowing, The
Directed by SeungHee Kim
South Korea / 2017 / 3:30 minutes
SYNOPSIS:
During a struggle. one digs beneath the surface of the other to reach the deepest place of his heart. It lightens
up the darkness as they fulfill each other in a sense of oneness.
The Talk: True Stories About the Birds and the Bees
Directed by Alain Delannoy
Canada / 2016 / 8:50 minutes
SYNOPSIS:
There are things in life you never forget. One of them, like it or not, is "The Talk".
Adults share memories of when their parents first tried to explain sex to them. Using actual recordings of these
recollections and a mix of hand drawn images, photographs, computer generated images, as well as stop frame
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animated toys and props. The memories of several individuals have been thoughtfully recreated in order to best
present the awkwardness of one of life's strangest occurrences.

Wednesday with Goddard
Directed by Nicolas Ménard
UK / 2016 / 4:30 minutes
SYNOPSIS:
A personal quest for spiritual enlightenment leads to romance and despair.

CYCLE, THE (AMERICA DIVIDED)
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10/15/2017, 1:45PM
Directed by Solly Granatstein, Lucian Read and Richard Rowley
New York Premiere
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Richard Rowley
SYNOPSIS:
"This is our America. And it isn't what we promised." For generations, the daily life of minority citizens has been
in a state of crisis. Adapted from the EPIX docu-series and guided by such high-profile correspondents as
Norman Lear, Jesse Williams, Common, and Zack Galifianakis, The Cycle examines the pervasive and
longstanding structures of racial discrimination in America, reinforced by a political system that disenfranchises
poor people and people of color.

LA CHANA
10/15/2017, 4:00PM
Directed by Lucija Stojevic
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Spain / 2016 / 83 minutes
New York Premiere
In Spanish with subtitles
Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir, Deirdre Towers
SYNOPSIS:
La Chana was one of the greatest stars in the flamenco world, captivating audiences worldwide with her
innovative style and breathtaking use of rhythm in the 1960s and 70s. Peter Sellers, with whom she is featured
in The Bobo, invited her to Hollywood. Instead, at the peak of her career, she disappeared from the scene.

40 YEARS IN THE MAKING: THE MAGIC MUSIC MOVIE
10/15/2017, 6:30PM
Directed by Lee Aronsohn
United States / 2017 / 100 minutes
World Premiere
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Q&A Attendees
*subject to change: Lee Aronsohn
SYNOPSIS:
Boulder, Colorado, much like Woodstock, NY, was a mecca for peace, love and music in the 60s and 70s. Fresh
out of the Woodstock Concert era, a band of hippies, with a sound reminiscent of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
and the Grateful Dead, was roaming around Boulder, playing wherever they could and winning a dedicated
following. Among those fans was university student Lee Aronsohn, who was deeply affected by the band,
tracking them everywhere and memorizing their songs.

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18th Annual Woodstock Film Festival (Oct.

Directed by Allison Argo

USA / 2017 / 54 minutes

*subject to change: Allison Argo, Joseph Brunette

TO THE EDGE OF THE SKY

Directed by Todd Wider and Jedd Wider

USA / 2017 / 121 minutes

*subject to change: Jedd Wider, Todd Wider, Brian Ariotti

Directed by Lillian LaSalle

USA / 2017 / 97 minutes

SHORTS: TEEN FILMS

Directed by Parvati Santos

USA / 2016 / 13:23 minutes

The intricacies of a student government election.

Directed by Zenona Darrow

USA / 2017 / minutes

Woodstock Day School

fish is not actually a fish.

USA / 2017 / 9:56 minutes

Spark Media Project

greater good, even when jobs are at stake?

Directed by Alex DeRosa

USA / 2017 / 4:10 minutes

Millburn High School

strength she needs to face her inner demon through music.

Directed by Hudson Perrin

USA / 2017 / 2:48 minutes

Woodstock Day School

Directed by Partho Gupte

India / 2016 / 5 minutes

crossed those difficult times together.

Directed by Ari Williams

USA / 2017 / 5:33 minutes

Spark Media Project

Directed by Benny Rendell

USA / 2017 / 15:43 minutes

Directed by Zack Gibson

USA / 2016 / 5 minutes

Palo Alto High School

HAPPENING: A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION

Directed by James Redford

USA / 2017 / 71 minutes

New York Premiere

*subject to change: James Redford

current state of engagement of corporations, governmental departments, communities, entrepreneurs, and

MARY JANES: THE WOMEN OF WEED

Directed by Windy Borman

USA / 2017 / 85 minutes

East Coast Premiere

*subject to change: Windy Borman

Directed by Emilie Bunnell

USA / 2017 / 66 minutes

East Coast Premiere

life expectancy could be doubled or tripled.

Directed by Lisa France

USA / 2017 / 90 minutes

In English and Arabic with subtitles

*subject to change: Lisa France, Gabriel Cordell

TO A MORE PERFECT UNION: U.S. v. WINDSOR

Directed by Donna Zaccaro

USA / 2017 / 63 minutes

*subject to change: Donna Zaccaro

United States government — and won.