#13: Looking Back

Famed restaurateur Danny Meyer, a seminar on Bollywood, our first-ever Family slot, the closing night salute to Sidney Lumet – just a few highlights of WFF’s 13th season which ran from October 21-29, 2011.

From opening night’s The Lie through documentaries about remarkable people and institutions, from the controversial We Need to Talk About Kevin to 21 shorts including the Christopher and Dana Reeve Award-winning Love & Other Unstable States of Matter, the schedule offered something for everyone. With 32 artists in attendance, audiences had many opportunities to learn about the elusive and fascinating process of what it’s like to conceive, write, finance, cast, shoot, edit, and market an independent film.

“I’m grateful to the sponsors, contributors, artistic partners, the Board, and the talented guest artists who made this season  possible,” notes WFF executive director Steve Lawson. “As always, it was an incredible roller-coaster ride.