WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
AIDAN PETERSON
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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
AIDAN PETERSON
From Left Front Media comes The Woodster, written and directed by Aidan Peterson and starring Casey Peterson, Elijah Olachea, Mae Jewell, Adya Mohanty and Jack Coltrane.
Grieving the passing of his father, Charlie volunteers to drive his girlfriend’s estranged dad to a wedding on what should be a 10 hour drive. Woody, compensating for a wasted life of big dreams and bigger failures, agrees to go on one (of many) conditions. He drives.
The two embark on a perilous journey of ever-increasing misjudgments, pitfalls, and other self-induced predicaments in search of themselves in the testing desert.
Director Aidan Peterson wrote the script for The Woodster at just 19. Laura Cobas produces.
The film was crewed exclusively by current students and recent graduates of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The beautiful score was composed specially for the film, and the cinematography solidifies The Woodster as a neo-Western.
CHARACTERS
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
The Woodster is a film about waiting a moment. The beauty of sitting through the sunset as the bugs become unbearable. The tragedy of not visiting a friend one final time. The film contends with the nerves of getting it wrong. What if you waited too long? What if you rushed through it?
I set out to make a film that captured how long one more hour can feel on the wrong road. To make us question the times we’ve shunned our parents’ conversation in a car. Perhaps to make you consider that silence is an appropriate conversation.
We aimed to create a patient camera that feels like you’re sitting in the backseat. We stayed wide to emphasize the vastness of the world and the relative size our problems can have. Most of all, we set out to craft a film that would make you want to text your parents, and I hope that text is to plan a hike.
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
AIDAN PETERSON
SEP. 2025
The Woodster was created by 19-22 year old film students and recent graduates of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
We are excited to present their debut film.