West Kortright Center Film Festival Aug 23-25

EAST MEREDITH — The inaugural West Kortright Center Film Festival will take place August 23-August 25. The Festival includes 26 short films and 4 features from 7 different countries.

On Friday August 23, 2024 the WKC Film Festival will open with a reception at 5pm followed by a showing of 8 short films.

Saturday August 24 starts with a FREE family matinee screening of two animated short films followed by feature film The Inventor, a stop motion puppet and 2-D hand drawn animated film, directed by Academy Award nominee Jim Capobianco. 

Saturday afternoon and evening will include Experimental Films, Shorts, International Films, and a marquee feature of Common Ground (sequel to the acclaimed documentary Kiss the Ground), a film about regenerative agriculture directed by Josh & Rebecca Tickell.

Sunday starts with a special feature of Ain’t Got Time to Die Directed by Martin Krafft, followed by six shorts by Students and Young filmmakers. At 1:30pm a screening of special feature Here Lived: The Stolpersteine Story, about the largest decentralized Holocaust memorial in the world, directed by Jane Wells. From 4-5:15pm a talkback with filmmakers will take place. We close the festival with an awards ceremony starting at 5:15pm.

All screenings will take place inside our auditorium. Drinks and snacks will be for sale during the breaks. Tickets can be purchased online in advance. A $40 festival pass will give access to all screenings, each section is $10/person. Kids 12 and under are free. Parental guidance suggested as some material may not be suitable for children under the age of 18.

Visit westkc.org to see the full schedule and to purchase tickets. 

Event schedules and guidelines are subject to change. Call (607) 278-5454 or contact info@westkc.org with any questions. 

2024 West Kortright Center arts and community programs are funded in part by our members, by contributors to the 2024 Program Fund Drive, by the Bert Santora Trust, the Tianaderrah Foundation, and by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, from the A. Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation and the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation. Special thanks to Catskill Country Living, Delaware County Economic Development, Livestock Foundation and Nathan Love for sponsoring the WKC Film Festival!