September 25th – 28th, 2025
Advance Ticket Purchases Recommended
Narrowsburg, N.Y. – The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) is delighted to invite you to another weird and wonderful Big Eddy Film Festival! Now in its 14th year, Big Eddy Film Festival is a celebration of film, art and the rural imagination. Taking place over four days, multiple locations and featuring everything from documentary to animation and everything in-between, BEFF is an Upstate cinephile’s dream.
Full film descriptions are available on www.bigeddyfilmfest.com
Thursday
BEFF Ignites: WJFF Fundraiser – Good Night And Good Luck (2005) + Panel Discussion
Thursday, September 25, 7pm at Tusten Theatre
Narrative Feature
Join us for a 20th Anniversary screening of Good Night And Good Luck (2005), to highlight and celebrate an important non-profit in our community: WJFF. The screening will be followed by a journalism panel discussion, speakers to be announced soon. Tickets are $20, $10 from each ticket sold will be donated to WJFF Radio Catskill.
Friday
Countercurrent Shorts
Running throughout the Festival in Krause Recital Hall
Shorts Program
A looped program of experimental short films, on view all weekend starting at 3.30pm on Friday, September 26
The Gesiudouz (2024)
Friday, September 26, 7pm at Tusten Theatre
Narrative Feature
A misfit horror-themed rock band relocates to rural Japan, determined to compose the ultimate punk anthem.
Saturday
Kids Make Film
Saturday, September 27, 10am at Tusten Theatre
Shorts Program
Free entry for children under-18. Join us at the Tusten Theatre in celebrating the creations of Sullivan County’s newly minted young filmmakers. Includes films from Bethel Woods and Icehouse Arts Film Camp. Stick around after the shorts for a talkback.
Short Truths: Documentary Shorts
Saturday, September 27, 11am at Narrowsburg Union
Shorts Program
An hour-long program of documentary shorts, followed by a filmmakers panel.
Drawing On Film Animation Workshop
Saturday, September 27, 12pm at Tusten Community Center (Under Tusten Theatre)
Workshop
For young people ages 6-16 and the creatively curious at-heart.
Jim’s Story (2024)
Saturday, September 27, 1pm at Tusten Theatre
Narrative Feature
A family living in the Jura mountains is torn apart following the return of the son’s biological father.
Folktales (2025)
Saturday, September 27, 2pm at Narrowsburg Union
Documentary Feature
Three teenagers leave the comforts of home to enroll in a traditional “folk high school” in the wilds of northernmost Norway.
Next Gen Shorts: Student Short Films
Saturday, September 27, 4pm at Narrowsburg Union
Shorts Program
A program of student short films, followed by a filmmakers panel.
Rural Shorts
Saturday, September 27, 4pm at Tusten Theatre
Shorts Program
The beloved celebration of rural imagination.
Bird In Hand (2025) + Last Hope (short)
Saturday, September 27, 7.30pm at Tusten Theatre
Narrative Feature + Short
A biracial bride-to-be seeking a connection with her charismatic hippie mother uses her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit.
Big Eddy 2025 Festival Party
Saturday, September 27, 9pm – late at The Parlor, 90 Main St, Narrowsburg
Free Entry
Dance the night away with your fellow festival attendees and filmmakers! Music by DJ4ThePeople.
Vulcanizadora (2024)
Saturday, September 27, 9.30pm at Tusten Theatre
Narrative Feature
Two friends take a trip through a Michigan forest, intent on carrying out a disturbing pact.
Sunday
Short Films + Small Bites: An Encore Presentation of the Too Short To Suck festival
Sunday, September 28, 10.30am at The Parlor, 90 Main St, Narrowsburg
Shorts Program
An Encore Presentation of the Too Short To Suck festival.
Family Ties: Shorts Program
Sunday, September 28, 11am at Tusten Theatre
Shorts Program
A program of family-themed short films.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (2025)
Sunday, September 28, 12pm at Narrowsburg Union
Documentary Feature
Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
40 Acres (2024)
Sunday, September 28, 2.30pm at Tusten Theatre
Narrative Feature
Surviving on an isolated farm after a series of plagues and wars, a former soldier and her family make one last stand against a vicious militia that wants to take their land.
Future Council (2024)
Sunday, September 28, 3.30pm at Narrowsburg Union
Documentary Feature
Damon Gameau takes eight kids on the ultimate school excursion: a road trip across Europe to seek solutions to the climate crisis.
*Full listing of shorts programming will added to the website next week www.bigeddyfilmfest.com
TICKETS & LOCATIONS
Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY
Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY
The Parlor, 90 Main St (Downstairs), Narrowsburg, NY
Tusten Community Center, (under Tusten Theatre), 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY
Screenings are $15 unless otherwise noted.
FILM MAKER INTERVIEWS
Select Filmmakers are available for interviews. Please contact DVAA’s
Communications Manager, Naomi Scott to coordinate.
ALL-ACCESS PASSES $125
The All-Access Pass is good for admission to all screenings and events by one individual, excluding Drawing on Film: Animation Workshop. Pass holders will receive a personalized festival pass, 2025 tote bag, and discounts on other festival merch.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.bigeddyfilmfest.com
SUPPORT
DVAA’s programs are made possible thanks in part to the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency with support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the Nancy Stevenson Memorial Fund; our Business Sponsors; DVAA members; and individuals like you
WHAT: 14th Annual Big Eddy Film Festival
WHEN: September 25th – 28th, 2025
WHERE: Tusten Theatre (unless otherwise noted)
210 Bridge Street
Narrowsburg, NY 12764
TICKETS:
All Access Pass: $125
BEFF Ignites WJFF event: $20
Film Screenings: $15
Animation Workshop: $15
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Naomi Scott, DVAA Communications Manager
(845) 252-7576
communications@delawarevalleyartsalliance.org