“Oh no, the festival hasn’t changed at all in 20 years,” Judy Laster, founder and director of the Woods Hole Film Festival, says with a devilish twinkle in her eyes.
Twenty years ago the first Woods Hole Film Festival was one-hour long with five short films. Today it’s eight-days long and over 100 films with panel discussions and workshops and some of the best social events on the festival circuit. “We could be much larger,” Judy adds, “if we wanted to be. But we don’t. You don’t have to be Sundance to have impact.”
Small yet prestigious, community-anchored with national outreach, in twenty years the Woods Hole Film Festival has grown significantly in size yet remained steadfast in mission. No red carpets here. The festival’s backbone remains an intensely loyal local audience. When screening only five shorts over an hour at one venue, the inaugural Woods Hole...
Twenty years ago the first Woods Hole Film Festival was one-hour long with five short films. Today it’s eight-days long and over 100 films with panel discussions and workshops and some of the best social events on the festival circuit. “We could be much larger,” Judy adds, “if we wanted to be. But we don’t. You don’t have to be Sundance to have impact.”
Small yet prestigious, community-anchored with national outreach, in twenty years the Woods Hole Film Festival has grown significantly in size yet remained steadfast in mission. No red carpets here. The festival’s backbone remains an intensely loyal local audience. When screening only five shorts over an hour at one venue, the inaugural Woods Hole...
- 8/10/2011
- by Stewart Nusbaumer
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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