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LAKE PLACID FILM FESTIVAL

OCT 29-NOV 2, 2025 | Lake Placid, NY

FESTIVAL NEWS & UPDATES

  • Thank you everyone for a fantastic 2024 festival! The dates for 2025 are Oct 29-Nov 2. Submissions will open soon on FilmFreeway.

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SPEAKERS & PANELISTS (2024)

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Amy Adrion, Emmy Nominated Writer/Director

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Buzz Schneider, Olympic Gold Medalist & Hockey Player

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Jonathan Burkhart, Film & Television Producer, LPFF Artist in Residence 2024

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Pamela Cederquist, WGA-Nominated Writer

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Rebecca Pelky, Professor and Poet

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Sirad Balducci, Independent Film Producer

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Sunny Edelman, Actor, Casting Director, & President of Upstate NY Women in Film and Television (UPWIFT)

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Arielle Steele, Filmmaker & Board Vice President, 518 Film Network

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Barbara Kopple, Academy Award Winning Director

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Jacob Krueger, WGA Winning Screenwriter, LPFF Artist in Resident

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Justin Cree, Akwesasne Cultural Center Director

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Jill Burkhart, Head of Unscripted Programming, MGM+

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Nathalie Thill, Executive Director, Adirondack Center for Writing

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Paul Hardart, Professor of Marketing, NYU, Founder of Universal’s Focus Features

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Robert Bonardi, Emmy Winning Television News Veteran

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Sofia Lois Monroe, Emmy Nominated Producer

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Philip Gilpin Jr., CEO, Catalyst Story Institute

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Sarah Pirozek, Award Winning Writer/Director/Producer

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Stuart Hemsley, Former Corporate Programs Manager, ORDA

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Timothy Egan- Media Analyst & Content Creator

STORIES & SHOWS

Festival selections will be posted in September

AWARDS & HONORS

2024 LAKE PLACID FESTIVAL AWARDS

 

 

  • Drama Script: Bold In My Breeches

  • Comedy Script: TIE Penny Starts a Cult & And Also With You

  • Comedy Pilot: Loft and Found

  • Drama Pilot: Two Breaths

  • Documentary Pilot: NY Common Pantry Series

  • PitchWorld Champions: Griefstruck

  • Best of Fest: Two Breaths

FESTIVAL PHOTOS

Festival photos will be posted in November

SPONSORSHIP

Catalyst champions independent storytellers and advances their careers. Storytelling is a key piece of our cultural fabric that ties us together and provides hope and opportunity for many.

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We provide a strong professional community for storytellers to engage with through the Catalyst Institute and highlight their work for the world at the annual Catalyst Content Festival.

 

Catalyst is not possible without the generosity of our passionate community. Whether your gift is $500 or $50,000, there is a way for you to connect with Catalyst. We hope you will join our community and help us strengthen independent artists and the storytelling landscape.

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To learn more about how you can support our year-round programs, please contact us at sara.hamilton@catalystories.com

Sponsor Levels: Local

Starts at $500

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Sponsor Levels: Industry

Starts at $5,000

TRAVEL & LODGING

HOTELS

​Lake Placid offers over 20+ hotel options. See the full list here.​

AIRPORTS

 

Adirondack Regional/Saranac Lake Airport (SLK)

  • 20 mins from downtown​

  • American

  • Delta

  • JetBlue

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Albany International Airport (ALB)

  • 2 hour drive to Lake Placid

  • Most major airlines​​

BY CAR

  • Burlington, VT: 62 miles / 2 hours

  • Montreal, Canada: 112 miles / 2 hours

  • Albany, NY: 140 miles / 2.5 hours

  • Syracuse, NY: 195 miles / 3.5 hours

  • Ottawa, Canada: 147 miles / 3.5 hours

  • Hartford, CT: 250 miles / 4.5 hours

  • Rochester, NY: 259 miles / 4.5 hours

  • New York City: 288 miles / 5 hours

  • Boston, MA: 306 miles / 5 hours

  • Buffalo, NY: 337 miles / 6 hours

  • Toronto, Canada: 330 miles / 6 hours

  • Pittsburgh, PA: 548 miles / 10 hours

busSES

TRAINS

SUBMIT CONTENT

Submission Deadline

  • 2025 Catalyst submissions will open January 2025! Deadline is Apr 30, 2025.

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Submission Fee

  • $55

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Categories & Types of Content

  • Catalyst only accepts episodic/serialized TV or web content of any genre: comedy, drama, thriller, scripted, unscripted, documentary, social media, short series, anthology, limited series, podcast, reality, animation, kids, etc.

  • Short films, narrative films, and documentary films can be submitted directly to the Lake Placid Film Festival

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More Details​ about TV & Web submissions

  • You can submit your TV or web project as a pitch, a script, or a video (or any combination) in most categories, see category listings below

  • We do not have any premiere requirements

  • Works in progress are welcome

  • For video submissions, we only accept one singular video file that includes a maximum of 65 minutes of content and/or a maximum of 3 episodes, whichever is shortest. For example: (1) 60 min ep or (3) 15 min eps.

Submit Episodics
Submit Films
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