Meira Blaustein, Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Head Programmer of The Woodstock Film Festival Stepping Down After 26 Years

Meira Blaustein, Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Head Programmer of The Woodstock Film Festival Stepping Down After 26 Years

Meira Blaustein, the co-founder, executive director, and head programmer of The Woodstock Film Festival, announced Wednesday that she has chosen to step down from her leadership role at the end of 2026. She intends to remain involved with the festival in an advisory role. Since co-founding the festival in 2000, Blaustein has helped shape the Woodstock Film Festival into one of North America’s leading independent film festivals. Under her leaders…