In the current episode of Kaatscast: The Catskills Podcast, host Brett Barry takes us to the Woodstock Film Festival’s Youth Film Lab (YFL), a three-week intensive filmmaking program for teens in Kingston, NY.

Each summer, participants learn filmmaking from industry professionals like Gregg Bray, Megan Sperry, Saskia Madlener, and David Becker. The YFL provides a tuition-free launchpad for young filmmakers to produce documentaries and narrative films, which go on in the fall to be screened at the ⁠Woodstock Film Festival⁠.

Kaatscast is a biweekly series featuring Catskills culture, history, sustainability, local interviews, literature, and the arts. Shows are hosted by Brett Barry and produced by Silver Hollow Audio, in the heart of the Catskills. Kaatscast has been voted “Best Regional Podcast” three years in a row.

Image: A participant in the Youth Film Lab (Credit: Kaatscast.com)