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Borscht Belt Film Festival in the Catskills
A weekend of iconic films
Fri, Oct 31, 2025 - Sun, November. 2, 2025
Shadowland Stages
THANKS TO ALL WHO JOINED US!
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PARTY LIKE IT’S 1963… as we honor Judy Gold
with the Borscht Belt Film Fest Mensch Award.
Friday, October 31
5:30 PM Opening Night Party | 7:30 PM Film Screening
5:30 PM Opening Night Party | 7:30 PM Film Screening
Signature cocktails, classic Catskills buffet
& live music by THE SAINTS OF SWING
followed by a screening of The Borscht Belt Classic, Dirty Dancing,
Talkback with film screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein and veteran journalist and novelist Joyce Wadler.
Opening Night Party hosted by Linnea Sage, creator and star of the hit monthly NYC show The Jewish Dating Game.
Guests are encouraged (but not required)
to dress in vintage Catskills resort wear.
All proceeds support The Catskills Borscht Belt Museum (501c3)
Party admission includes access to screening.
Screening tickets are available separately.
Screening tickets are available separately.
Opening party | 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Borscht Belt Museum, 90 Canal Street, Ellenville, N.Y.
Borscht Belt Museum, 90 Canal Street, Ellenville, N.Y.
Dirty Dancing film screening | 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Shadowland Stages, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville, N.Y.
Shadowland Stages, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville, N.Y.
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