West Kortright Center Film Festival 2025

September 19-21, 2025

Currently seeking submissions for this season’s Festival!

https://filmfreeway.com/TheWestKortrightCenterFilmFestival

Set in the rolling hills at the heart of Upstate New York’s Delaware County, The West Kortright Center Film Festival celebrates films of the arts, music & live performance, and rural & farming culture of the Catskills and around the world.

Dates: September 19-21, 2025. Tickets will go on sale August 11th. Please check back here for updates.

Formats: Short films of all genres under 60 minutes in length. Select features BY INVITATION ONLY.

Subjects: As an arts center serving a rich rural and farming community, The West Kortright Center Film Festival gives special consideration to local films and works that explore and celebrate country life in our communities and around the world. That said, we are also open to all types of filmic expression, narrative, experimental, and documentary from anywhere and everywhere.

Screenings & Talk Backs take place at the historic West Kortright Center in East Meredith, New York, in both the intimate indoor space on the mainstage of the Center and on the lawn at the Center’s outdoor screening area.

Closing night awards ceremony held at the Center.

Filmmaker Talkbacks/Q&As & Panel Discussions – opportunities to hear from filmmakers and panel discussions on craft and the business of filmmaking will take place each day of the festival.

Notifications - All selected films and award nominees will be notified by July 31st 2025, with award recipients revealed at the festival’s closing ceremony.