Woodstock Film Festival virtual print program

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Keanu Reeves', um, acceptance speech at the, eh, Woodstock Film Festival, introduced by, errrr, Vera Farmiga, who's very pregnant

New discoveries:

* Keanu Reeves makes Vera Farmiga have Braxton Hicks contractions.
* Reeves in Hawaiian means "man with four testicles." or "sheriff with no penis," or something like that.
* Vera Farmiga is a very funny lady.

If Keanu Reeves wins an award at the Woodstock Film Festival, will Sad Keanu meme go away?

Oct. 11 UPDATE: YES! 

Crazy journalist's back makes its way into official Woosdtock Film Festival photos

The following is a slideshow of official photos from the Woodstock Film Festival, which took place in Woodstock, Kingston, Rhinebeck and Rosendale over the weekend.

Somehow, yours truly is in a Brian Tobey photo titled, "Filmmakers relax at the Colony Cafe at the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival."

See if you can spot my back. Hint: I'm using a Flip, a Netbook, a Blackberry and a Android phone and I'm talking to Ed Burns.

Massive slideshow follows:

Woodstock Film Festival 2010 videos

What follows after the link is a widget containing curated videos from the Woodstock Film Festival this past weekend, including anecdotes from Keanu Reeves, Edie Falco and Edward Burns.

Enjoy.

Also, please stop clicking on the image at left. The videos are after the link. I'm doing this because Sam Piroton, a reader of this blog who lives in Europe, complained about the blog taking  too long to load because of the many videos I've been posting lately.

So this new look is for you Sam.

And to the rest of you, thanks for not saying anything.

>:P~~

Videos inside.

Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga to attend Rosendale screening

From the Woodstock Film Festival:

Although it's the last day of WFF 2010, there are still plenty of surprises coming, including the latest word that Keanu Reeves and Vera Farmiga will attend todays's Rosendale screening of Henry's Crime at 3pm, for the Q & A following the film.

Those of you who were present at yesterday's Woodstock screening Q & A know that Keanu is very enthusiastic about being at WFF, and that this is Vera's second visit here ( for Up in the Air last year). So we are as delighted as the Rosendale audience will be, that they have chosen to stay a little longer than planned!

Great movies today, great panels and good vibes!

A live interview with 'Inhale' director Baltazar Kormakur at the Woodstock Film Festival

For the purposes of full disclosure, here is the complete and unadulterated interview with "Inhale" director Baltazar Kormakur, which took place at the Colony Cafe on Saturday, part of the Woodstock Film Festival.

Video follows.

A live interview with Edward Burns at the Woodstock Film Festival

This raw video includes a fairly comprehensive live-streamed video interviwe with director, writer and actor Ed Burns.

He reveals he's also a video editor and talks about his latest film; working with Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston; long hair; Woodstock; and, most importantly shooting in places that don't charge a fee.

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooong video follows.

Amazing trailer for the Woodstock Film Festival

Hey, Kingston city council! Laurent Rejto of the Hudson Valley Film Commission will shoot you IN THE FACE!

If you are a vampire, that is.

Rejto, co-founder of the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival, director of the Hudson Valley Film Commission and vocal opponent of stupid Kingston fees for filmmakers, has a small role in "Stakeland," a movie that was shot in the mid-Hudson Valley because THERE ARE NO FEES FOR FILMMAKERS.

Just sayin'

Trailer below:

Ever Wonder Who Makes Those Cool Woodstock Film Festival Awards?

Coming soon to a theater near you: Movies that are not made in Kingston

The city of Kingston has proposed a brilliant idea worth of a movie: Charge filmmakers who shoot in the city a fee for shooting in town, thus making sure they go somewhere else.

To maximize the message, this is being done just before the Woodstock Film Festival, as dozens of filmmakers and movie stars from around the country are about to descend in our area.

Movie genius and city alderman Charles Landi, D-Ward 3, said “these production companies make big money." So much money, in fact, that the Hudson Valley Film Commission, on the very day the proposal was discussed, sent an e-mail asking supporters for all that money it doesn't really have (I don't have any money, by the way).

"WE NEED HELP," wrote film commission director Laurent Rejto, in all-caps, in case you missed the SENSE OF URGENCY.  "Government grants have been slashed by up to forty percent and we need to make up those losses."

Landi told the Freeman that, “taxpayers in the city are inconvenienced” by traffic tie-ups caused by filming and should be reimbursed for those headaches. Such inconveniences also include the "nearly $15 million dollars of economic development to the region," according to the film commission.

Also, is the city going to write checks to its residents any time a movie shoots in town? Because, you know, I'm kind of feeling a bit inconvenience by having movie stars such as Oscar nominated actresses Vera Farmiga pollute my streets with her awesomeness.

OK, so I'm a little biased. I'm biased for having movie stars shoot movies around town and for the dumping of millions of dollars into the region.

Call me crazy.

The city will discuss the issue in October, and I'm tempted to bring a camera.

I'm making a movie about fools.

Woodstock Film Festival unveils 2010 poster

The Woodstock Film Festival has unveiled its official poster, "flower mandala," designed by Hudson Valley-based artist Portia Munson, for the 2010 festival, which will take place Sept. 29 to Oct. 3.

"I am honored to have created this year's Woodstock Film Festival poster," said Munson in a prepared statement. "I created it using flowers from my Catskill garden. The Hudson Valley region has always had a long and vibrant connection with the arts and the film festival (and all the film production that comes with it) has manisfested this heritage."

It also is very trippy and I can't stop looking at it.
As it is my custom, I blame Obamacare for that.

Get yours/