The Woods

The Woods Information

The Woods is a 2011 film written and directed by Matthew Lessner. The script was written by Matthew Lessner with contributing writer Adam Mortemore, and additional dialogue by Toby David and Justin Phillips.

The film was co-produced by Matthew Lessner, Jett Steiger and Max Knies, and made history as the first film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival that used Kickstarter for production financing. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The Woods premiered in New York at the BAMcinemaFest held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music . The Woods premiered internationally at the Cologne Conference in Cologne, Germany.

Plot

The Woods follows a group of young Americans who, disillusioned by the world's many problems, move to the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with hopes of creating their own utopian society. Despite their idealistic goals of revolution, the group comes ill prepared for their new life, bringing a wide assortment of consumer electronics, recreational vehicles and snack foods. After catastrophic events in the outside world sever their electricity and Wi-Fi, and their leader's once-inspiring rhetoric fails to hold them together, the group is forced to find a way to live in harmony with the natural world.

Cast

Toby David as Daniel
Justin Phillips as Dean
Nicola Persky as Maggie
Adam Mortemore as Lucas
Brian Woods as Tanner
Anne-Sophie as Nadia
Lauran Hammersmith as Genevieve
Amanda Furches as Annakate
Chris Edley as Bryce

Production

The film was filmed over 30 days in Oregon. To make the film, the director and cast lived in a tent-city in the forest.

Music

The film features songs by

Dirty Projectors
Sun Araw
Lucky Dragons
Ananda Shankar
Indian Jewelry
Lydia Ainsworth

Film Festival/ Film Conference Screenings

Date	Venue	Location	Premiere Status
20 January, 2011	Sundance Film Festival	Park City, Utah USA	World Premiere
24 February, 2011	Portland International Film Festival	Portland, Oregon USA
26 June, 2011	BAMcinemaFest	Brooklyn, New York USA	New York Premiere
16 July, 2011	Maine International Film Festival	Waterville, Maine USA
26 August, 2011	White Sands International Film Festival	Las Cruces, New Mexico USA
26 September, 2011	Cologne Conference	Cologne, Germany	International Premiere
07 October, 2011	Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10 November, 2011	Stockholm International Film Festival	Stockholm, Sweden
10 November, 2011	Napa Valley Film Festival	Napa, California USA
15 November, 2011	American Film Festival	Wroc"?aw, Poland
26 October, 2012	Impakt Festival	Utrecht, The Netherlands

University/ College Screenings

Date	Institution	Location
01 April, 2011	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
31 May, 2011	University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois USA

Miscellaneous Screenings

Date	Location	Event
01 October, 2011	Vienna, Austria	WALDflimmern, die 1. Filmschau zum Wald
08 October, 2011	Linz, Austria	WALDflimmern, die 1. Filmschau zum Wald
15 October, 2011	Salzburg, Austria	WALDflimmern, die 1. Filmschau zum Wald
03 November, 2011	Los Angeles, California USA	Downtown Independent, Film Finds
02-08 March, 2012	Brooklyn, New York USA	reRun Theater, 1 Week New York Theatrical Release

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