Of the East Coast festivals I've attended in autumns past, these five are my favorites.

This year's Woodstock Film Festival runs from this coming Wednesday through Sunday, October 1-5, in Woodstock, New York. The lineup includes four films which I highly recommend. Explicit Ills was one of my Top Picks from this year's SXSW Film Festival. Explicit Ills also won that festival's awards for Best Cinematography and Best Narrative Feature. Let The Right One In was one of my Top Picks from the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best Narrative Feature. I also saw Secret of the Grain at Tribeca, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno brought down the house at Toronto last month. Both are certainly worth seeing.

The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival takes place from October 13-November 12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year's lineup includes Newcastle, another one of my Top Picks from this year's Tribeca Film Festival. This Australian film is winning raves at every festival it plays and will be opening in theaters downunder shortly.

Always bringing out the New York area film lovers community, the Hamptons International Film Festival takes place from October 15-19 on Long Island, New York.

The New Hampshire Film Festival also occupies the weekend of October 16-19 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Finally, the quaint Williamstown Film Festival takes place from October 17-26 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. This year's lineup includes Bart Got A Room, another audience-pleaser which I saw at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.

If you're a film lover and are looking for a sure thing this fall, try to take in any of the above festivals. And bring a camera. Nothing beats the breathtaking colors of autumn as the leaves turn in the Northeast.