(2004) Featured at the Sundance Film Festival, The Woodsman is a poignant and controversial exploration into one man’s struggle to escape his past and forge a new future. Kevin Bacon brings a quiet, understated intensity to the titular pedophile who, after twelve years in prison, returns to his hometown and attempts to balance a new life with old demons. Bacon’s magnificent performance, widely touted for an Oscar nomination, is ably supported by Kyra Sedgwick, Eve, and Mos Def. Native Charlottesville writer/director Nicole Kassell’s first feature was a sensation at Sundance, and was acquired by Newmarket Films for release this December. It was shown at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville on October 28, 2004

Nichole Kassell also directed The Green Hour in 2002 and has announced the production of The Ride Down to Mt. Morgan (2005).