WELCOME TO FILMCOLUMBIA 2023, THE CRANDELL THEATRE’S SIGNATURE EVENT!

Throughout the year, we say of the Crandell, “Small Town, Big Movies”. Nowhere is that more true than for FilmColumbia, when we can unequivocally say, “Small Town,

Big Festival”.

From its small beginnings, FilmColumbia has grown to become a nationally recognized festival, while still managing to remain relaxed, intimate—and affordable.

Two Decades of Award-Winning Films

FilmColumbia, Columbia County’s premier annual cultural event, screens the very best upcoming American and international films for ten days in late October.  Launched in 1999 as the ’s “little local festival that could,” FilmColumbia is now an acclaimed, nationally recognized film event.

If a film screens at FilmColumbia, there’s more than a good chance that following its official release it will go on to be nominated for one of the industry’s top prizes. A look back at the festival’s award-winning programming year after year speaks for itself. 

2023 SCHEDULE

Fri, Oct 20

On the Adamant

11:30am

About Dry Grasses

1:30pm

Summer Solstice

5:15pm

Food and Country

7:45pm

Sat, Oct 21

Camp

11:00am

I Shot Andy Warhol

1:00pm

May December

3:00pm

FilmColumbia 2023 Festival Kick-Off Party

6:00pm

Evil Does Not Exist

8:30pm

Sun, Oct 22

The Boy and the Heron

12:00pm

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

+ Short: Baby Face

2:30pm

The Goldman Case

5:15pm

The Taste of Things

7:45pm

Mon, Oct 23

AEIOU (Quick Vocabulary of Love)

12:00pm

Orlando, My Political Biography

2:00pm

The Teacher’s Lounge

4:00pm

Anselm (3D)

6:15pm

Fallen Leaves

+ Kunde (The Bum Festival)

8:15pm

Tue, Oct 24

Mountains

12:00pm

Ancestral

2:00pm

Beyond Utopia

4:00pm

A Little Prayer

6:30pm

All of Us Strangers

8:30pm

Wed, Oct 25

SHTTL

12:00pm

Desperate Souls and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

3:00pm

Call Me Dancer

5:15pm

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

7:30pm

Thu, Oct 26

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

12:00pm

Blood for Dust

3:30pm

Lakota Nation vs. the United States

5:45pm

Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes

8:30pm

Fri, Oct 27

Smoke Sister Sisterhood

11:00am

Ever Deadly

+ Short: Town Band

12:45pm

My Love Affair with Marriage

3:00pm

Perfect Days

5:30pm

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

8:15pm

Sat, Oct 28

Screenwriting Panel – Day 1

with Scott Cohen and Anastasia Traina

Tracy Memorial

10:00am

Children’s International Shorts Program

10:30am

The Five Demands

12:00pm

Double Feature: Here and Today

2:00pm

They Shot the Piano er

+ Short: Doll Day Afternoon

5:00pm

Sneak Preview

7:30pm

Post-Sneak Party @ Blue Plate Restaurant

Blue Plate Restaurant

9:45pm

Sun, Oct 29

Screenwriting Panel – Day 2

with Scott Cohen and Anastasia Traina

Tracy Memorial

10:00am

Four Daughters

+ Short: Be Careful

12:00pm

Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land

2:15pm

Dreamin’ Wild

4:45pm

Shayda

7:30pm

Ticket Info

Members $8

Adults  $11

Children 12 and under $7

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Date: October 20-29, 2023

Location:  Crandell Theatre

48 Main Street Chatham, NY 12037

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