Woodstock Film Festival Names Jessica Edwards Executive Director, Crowns 'Mouse'
Edwards succeeds co-founder Meira Blaustein, who received a special Honorary Maverick Award as the festival's 27th edition closed.
The 27th Woodstock Film Festival closed with its Maverick Award winners announced at a Sunday awards brunch, where Jessica Edwards was named the festival's new executive director, according to Deadline.
Edwards succeeds co-founder Meira Blaustein, who received a special Honorary Maverick Award. The festival was co-founded in 2000, and Blaustein had served as executive director since then.
In the top feature categories, Mouse, directed by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, won Best Narrative Feature, taking the Gigantic Pictures Award. Rehearsals for a Revolution, directed by Pegah Ahangarani, won Best Documentary Feature and the Leon Gast Award.
Washed Up, directed by Isabel Moncloa Daly, received the Gray Schwartz Ultra Indie Award. In the short film categories, They're Here, directed by Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller, won Best Short Documentary, while Dongmei, directed by Rubing Zhang, took Best Short Narrative and Saba, directed by Liron Topaz, won Best Animation.
Rain Reign, directed by Erika Burke Rossa, won both the Laurent Rejto Made in the Hudson Valley Award and the NYWIFT Award for Excellence in Directing a Narrative Film.
Quick answers
Who is the new executive director of the Woodstock Film Festival?
Jessica Edwards was named executive director, succeeding co-founder Meira Blaustein.
Which film won Best Narrative Feature at the Woodstock Film Festival?
Mouse, directed by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, won Best Narrative Feature and the Gigantic Pictures Award.
Who received the Honorary Maverick Award?
Co-founder and outgoing executive director Meira Blaustein received a special Honorary Maverick Award.