October 16–18 | Chatham, NY
FilmColumbia opens Friday at the Crandell Theatre and runs through October 25. This year’s honoree is Jane Schoenbrun, the writer-director whose Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma won the Queer Palm at Cannes in May. The first weekend has a Q&A with Schoenbrun, a kickoff party, a free children’s program, and a screenwriting workshop. Screenings are at the Crandell, 48 Main Street, unless noted. Festival passes are sold out but Tickets are still being sold per show.
Friday, October 16
- 12pm: Bedford Park, Stephanie Ahn’s Sundance prize-winning debut about two Korean Americans who meet confrontationally in their thirties.
- 2:30pm: The Condor Daughter, set among Quechuan midwives in the Bolivian Andes, where a young singer dreams of leaving for the city.
- 4:30pm: I Saw the TV Glow, Schoenbrun’s 2024 breakthrough, with a Q&A with Schoenbrun and filmmaker James Schamus.
- 7pm: Kickoff party honoring Schoenbrun at the newly renovated Masonic Hall, 2 Park Row (entrance on Depot Square). Tickets are $300 (purchase here), or $340 with a preorder of Schoenbrun’s novel Public Access Afterworld. Food and drinks are from Bimi’s Canteen, and ticket holders get a free ticket to the 4:30pm screening. The party is a fundraiser for the Crandell and the festival.
- 7:30pm: The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach’s Cannes Jury Prize winner, set near a Bulgarian border crossing.
Saturday, October 17
- 10:30am: Children’s Film Program of classic cartoons, free to the community.
- 11:30am: The Art of Adventure, a documentary about two friends who drove a Land Rover around the world in 1957, with a Q&A with director Alison Reid.
- 1:30pm: All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Cannes Best Actress winner and Japan’s Oscar entry.
- 5:30pm: Fatherland, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cannes Best Director winner about Thomas Mann’s 1949 return to Germany.
- 7:30pm: Behemoth!, Tony Gilroy’s drama starring Pedro Pascal as a cellist, fresh from the New York Film Festival.
Sunday, October 18
- 10am: Screenwriting workshop with actor Scott Cohen and screenwriter Anastasia Traina at Tracy Memorial, 77 Main Street. Bring a 5–10 page scene to be read by professional actors. A second session is October 25.
- 12pm: When the Night Falls, Daniel Auteuil directs and stars as a priest rescuing Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Lyon.
- 2pm: Once Upon a Time in Harlem, restored footage of William Greaves’s 1972 gathering of Harlem Renaissance figures at Duke Ellington’s townhouse.
- 5pm: Next Life, a Tibetan family in California prepares for its patriarch’s death, with the short Maurice and Marvin about Columbia County curators Maurice Berger and Marvin Heiferman.
- 7pm: Fjord, Cristian Mungiu’s second Palme d’Or winner, with Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.
Crandell Theatre, 48 Main Street, Chatham, NY. Schedule and tickets at crandelltheatre.org.
