The Big Eddy Film Festival is coming to Narrowsburg in Sullivan County from October 18 to 20. The weekend festival contains several screenings of films along with workshops for all ages.
Over the three-day span at Big Eddy Film Festival, there are 11+ events to behold. Several film screenings are to take place prior to panel discussions where the films are dissected and analyzed. Along with the film screenings and panel discussions, a segment of the festival is dedicated to the young filmmakers of Sullivan County.
Nine kid-directed short films will be screened, followed by a Q&A with the cast and production teams. An animation workshop is also included in the festival on Sunday, October 20. This workshop aims to educate young filmmakers on animation, camerawork, and abstract artistry.
Opening night on Oct 18 features a single film screening – “Happy Campers.” From 10:00AM to 11:00PM on October 19, the day is jampacked with six total events for festgoers to enjoy. Wrapping up on Oct 20, four events take place, with the final film screening of the festival being documentary feature “Dory Previn: On My Way To Where.” This is an all-encompassing screening you won’t want to miss.
BIG EDDY FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Friday, October 18
6:30 PM Opening Night Feature Event: Happy Campers – Feature Documentary
Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Greg Triggs. HAPPY CAMPERS chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life.
Saturday, October 19
10:00 AM Kids Make Film – Free Entry for Under-16s
Followed by Q&A with young filmmakers
Celebrating the creations of Sullivan County’s newly minted young filmmakers.
12:30 PM Prodigal Daughter – Feature Documentary
Filmmaker and former punk artist Mabel Valdiviezo reunites with her family in Peru after 16 years of estrangement, confronting her troubled past as an immigrant in the United States.
2:30 PM Space Cowboy – Feature Documentary
Followed by Q&A with the film’s editor Eric Bruggemann
Joe Jennings, an innovator in the world of skydiving, has spent decades capturing breathtaking aerial moments with his camera for extreme sports competitions, Super Bowl commercials, and Hollywood blockbusters. Flying at the top of their game, Joe’s world was shattered when tragedy struck, leaving him to navigate the skies alone. Filmmaker in attendance.
5:00 PM Rural Shorts
Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers moderated by Greg Triggs Short films celebrating local New York makers and the rural imagination. Filmmakers in attendance.
7:00 PM Start Them Young – Narrative Short David and Danielle take their 4-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to interview at the prestigious Future Generations Preschool; they are adamant that Dahlia gets into this school, they are sick with anxiety over it.
Hummingbirds – Documentary Feature In HUMMINGBIRDS, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks.
9:30 PM Scarlet Winter – Narrative Feature After waking up to find his girlfriend murdered in bed, Mark must cover up her death while trying to piece together events from the previous night to find her murderer. Filmmaker in attendance.
Sunday, October 20
11:00 AM Drawing On Film Animation Workshop
At Tusten Community Center Join us for a lively workshop where we will collectively make a handmade animated film without using a camera. Participants will draw directly onto clear 16mm film to create colorful dancing abstractions of lines and shapes on celluloid.
11:00 AM Too Short To Suck
Followed by Q&A with filmmakers The Big Eddy Film Festival is excited to present a screening of “Too Short To Suck”. Organized by ConPAC, this shorts program celebrates brevity and intensity through the works of 23 filmmakers whose films run the gamut from narrative, experimental, stop-motion animation, and more. Each short is a universe onto itself that doesn’t exceed 2 minutes. Filmmakers in attendance.
1:00 PM A Song For Imogene – Narrative Feature After discovering she is pregnant by her abusive boyfriend, a fallen-away musician must decide between freeing herself or remaining a relic of her drive-by Southern town.
3:30 PM Dory Previn: On My Way To Where – Feature Documentary
Followed by Q&A with the film’s co-director
Writing and singing the unvarnished truth about one’s buried secret life experiences is more common today than when Dory Previn wrote brilliant, disturbing, and darkly funny songs in the 1970s. Previn began as an Academy Award-nominated lyricist for Hollywood musicals with songs for Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland & Dionne Warwick before a tabloid scandal and public breakdown led to her re-emergence as a cult artist in the Laurel Canyon scene. Filmmaker in attendance.
Entry to each film costs $10 unless stated otherwise. For more information on the Big Eddy Film Festival and the many film screenings, click here.
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