{
  "id": 15472328,
  "title": "Woodstock Film Festival Names Jessica Edwards Executive Director, Announces 2026 Maverick Award Winners — Full List",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/woodstock-film-festival-names-jessica-edwards-executive-director",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T18:50:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/woodstock-film-festival-jessica-edwards-executive-director-1237167150/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 27th Woodstock Film Festival has concluded with the announcement of its Maverick Award winners and a new executive director. On Sunday, the festival named Jessica Edwards as its new executive director, taking over for co-founder Meira Blaustein, as Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s Mouse won Best Narrative Feature during Sunday’s awards brunch. “To call […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}