Schedule Of Events:

April 22, 2025

2:30 & 6:30 PM - Wildlife

(USA, 2018, 105 mins, color, PG-13)
Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan and Ed Oxenbould

Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry a housewife and a golf pro-in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job - and his sense of purpose he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water. (Based on a novel by Pulitzer Award winning author Richard Ford).

April 29, 2025

2:30 & 6:30 PM
Our League
(USA, 2022, 37 37 mins, color, NR)
Directed by Sam Cullman A community of bowlers outside of Cleveland cope with fundamental change when new owners take over at a landmark alley and a longtime league member comes out as a trans woman.

The Phone Call (United Kingdom, 2013, 20 mins, color, TV-14)
Starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent (2015 OSCAR WINNER FOR BEST SHORT FILM)
Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.

An Irish Goodbye
(Ireland, 2022, 23 mins, color, NR) Starring Seamus O'Hara, James Martin and Paddy Jenkins (2023 OSCAR WIN-NER FOR BEST SHORT FILM)
In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his es-tranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.

May 6, 2025
2:30 & 6:30 PM - Thelma

(USA, 2024, 98 mins, color, PG-13)
Starring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey and Fred Hechinger
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

May 13, 2025
2:30 & 6:30 PM - Driveways

(USA, 2019, 83 mins, color, NR)

Starring Brian Dennehy, Hong Chau and Lucas Jaye

Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighborhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with grouchy old Del from next door.

May 20, 2025
2:30 & 6:30 PM - The Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF)

(USA, 2024, run times and ratings variable)

For over 40 years the Thomas Edison Film Festival (formerly known as the Black Maria Film Festival) has been advancing the unique creativity and power of the short form. The festival passionately embraces its mission to promote innovation and advocate for independent filmmakers through a juried international competition celebrating all genres and hybrids from filmmakers around the world. TEFF is a socially conscious, modern, fiercely independent traveling festival for short film.

The Thomas Edison Film Festival welcomes all genres including narrative, experimental, animation, documentary, screen dance and hybrids. We celebrate films which address the environment, race and class, immigration, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities and issues of social justice. The films we celebrate are artistic, empathetic, and engaging works which simultaneously teach.

May 27, 2025
2:30 & 6:30 PM - Perfect Days

(Germany/Japan, 2023, 124 mins, color, PG)

Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto and Arisa Nakano (2023 CANNES WINNER FOR BEST ACTOR)

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. He also loves trees and taking photos of then until a series of unexpected encounters gradually reveals more of his past while unsettling his daily life. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

Date: April 22-May 27, 2025

Location:
Crandall Public Library, CLM Community Room
251 Glen Street
Glens Falls, NY 12801

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