The Film Panel Notetaker

Hilarity in a Handbag:
Actors Dialogue with Edie Falco
Woodstock Film Festival
Utopia Studios
Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 10am
Notes by Brian Geldin
Moderator:
Martha Frankel – Celebrity interviewer, author (Hats & Eyeglasses, Brazilian Sexy), Woodstock Writers Festival Founder, funny lady, Facebook friend, mensch.
Panelist:
Edie Falco – Emmy-winner as Carmela on The Sopranos and Jackie on Nurse Jackie.
My Take:
Martha Frankel’s Actors Dialogue [...]

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Environmentally Speaking – Improving Our Planet with the Power of Film
Woodstock Film Festival
Utopia Studios
Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 2pm
Notes by Brian Geldin

Conceived and Co-Programmed by:
Brian Geldin – The Film Panel Notetaker
Panel Synopsis:
Can film make an impact on how we take care of our planet? Do we need to be more environmentally responsible in how we [...]

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The  Woodstock Film Festival, one of my very favorites, announced today their full lineup of nearly 150 fiercely independent films, panels, performances and special events, kicking-off Wednesday, September 29 through Sunday, October 3.
I am particularly honored to have worked with Woodstock Film Festival Co-Founder and Executive Director Meira Blaustein in co-programming what we hope will [...]

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WFF Woodstock in the City Series Presents
FutureStates
92Y Tribeca
June 30, 2010
By Brian Geldin
A co-production of the Independent Television Service (ITVS), FutureStates is a compilation of science fiction short films by acclaimed filmmakers that poses the theoretical question: What could possibly happen in America within the near future that might reshape humanity, the environment, the economy and [...]

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L-R: Jim Healy, Bob Byington, and Kevin Corrigan
Harmony & MeDecember 4, 2009 at 8:00pmDryden Theatre, Rochester, New York
Featuring:Jim Healy, Assistant Curator, Dryden TheatreBob Byington, Director, Harmony & MeKevin Corrigan, co-star, Harmony & Me

Following the screening of Harmony & Me at the Woodstock Film Festival, producer and co-star Kristen Tucker mentioned that Bob Byington was inspired [...]

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Music in FilmOctober 3rd, 2009, @ 2pmUtopia Studios, Bearsville, New York

L-R: T. Griffin, Jonathan Demme, Doreen Ringer-Ross, Tom DiCillo, and Tze Chun
Moderator:Doreen Ringer-Ross, VP, Film-TV Relations, BMIPanelists:T. Griffin, Score Composer, Children of InventionJonathan Demme, Director, Neil Young Trunk ShowTom DiCillo, Director, When You’re StrangeTze Chun, Director, Children of Invention

Late in the Music in Film Panel, [...]

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The Changing Face of Independent Film at The Woodstock Film FestivalOctober 3rd, 2009, @ NoonUtopia Studios, Bearsville, New York

L-R: Peter Saraf, Scott Macaulay, John Sloss, Ira Sachs, and Richard Linklater
Moderator:Scott Macaulay, Editor, Filmmaker Magazine
Panelists:Richard Linklater, Director, Me & Orson WellesJohn Sloss, Founder, Cinetic MediaIra Sachs, Director, Married LifePeter Saraf, Producer, Little Miss Sunshine

“I don’t think [...]

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The Actor’s DialogueWoodstock Film FestivalSunday, October 4, 2008
Of Lucy Liu, John Ventimiglia and Vera Farmiga, which actor:a) Received goat semen via Fedex to inseminate into his or her own goat with a straw…and also speaks Ukrainian?b) Plays the ukulele with his or her child…and also speaks Sicilian?c) Is unsure if his or her parents understand [...]

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Film Criticism & JournalismWoodstock Film FestivalSaturday, October 3, 2009
Is the issue of where film criticism and journalism going still an important and relevant topic? Absolutely. Should it be constantly beat over the head with a stick? Not necessarily, as there are lots of other interesting topics that could be explored on a panel discussion. Some [...]

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“Eyes Wide Open”Q&A with Director Haim TabakmanWoodstock Film FestivalOctober 3, 2009

“Eyes Wide Open” is a beautiful and sensitive film set and made in Israel about a ultra-Orthodox man, married with children, who inherits his father’s butcher shop. His life becomes complicated when he meets a drifter, a young man who was kicked out of the [...]

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