As many of your know, our department has enjoyed ties with the Woodstock Film Festival and the Hudson Valley Film Commission for a number of years. This year, there was record involvement from faculty and students, as faculty took on meaningful roles in the festival operations and programming, and students appeared in film credits in a variety of responsibilities from Assistant Director to Production Assistant positions.
A big congratulations to Professor Megan Sperry. This summer, Professor Sperry served as the Program Director for the Woodstock Film Festival’s inaugural Youth Summer Filmmaking Lab, a three- week intensive that brought in teens to work with industry professionals and mentors to create short films. Those films screened as part of Woodstock’s Teen Shorts program. Professor Sperry lead the film screening at the Bearsville Theater this weekend, including the post-screening Q and A.
In addition, Professor Sperry moderated the impressive The Power of Youth panel this past Sunday (more here)
Sperry at Festival
It was a deeply insightful and moving panel.
Since 2008, SUNY NP student teams create videos for the festival, featuring filmmaker’s panels, Film Q and A’s, Promotional Interviews, and other press and marketing support. Many of the students’ videos, including this year’s videos, can be found on the festival’s YouTube Channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/woodstockfilmfestiva
Finally congratulations to Professor Joe Vlachos who served as the Photography Coordinator this year. He had the herculean task of finding and securing photographers for all screenings, parties, panels, and other events, oftentimes photographing key events himself.
You can see the photos at the flickr account below
I’ve got a few smart phone photos here (the better quality ones are from Megan Sperry).