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 Crandell Theatre's "little local festival that could," FilmColumbia is now an acclaimed, nationally recognized film event.
FilmColumbia was recently recognized by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World." Said Tim Molloy, MovieMaker's editor-in-chief, "Obviously a lot of New Yorkers are now discovering the beautiful small communities just a short drive from New York City, and we think they'll be delighted to learn more about FilmColumbia, a fest that blends a gorgeous location, local color (both people and leaves) and Oscar-caliber films, lovingly programmed by a revered team with exquisite taste."
Schedule of Events:
International Children's Program
10:30am
60 min
Featuring an array of kid-appropriate and mesmerizing short films from around the world. The program will enchant audiences of all ages and is free to the community.
Flow (Straume)
12:00PM
85 min
The moment Flow, an astonishing achievement, had its world premiere at Cannes, a major new talent in global animation announced himself: 29 year-old Gints Zilbalodis. A cat, escaping a flood, finds a boat that unexpectedly becomes an ark of sorts. Other animals join the watery survival journey. Indiewire called the film "a groundbreaking wordless charmer with its detailed animation, deep focus, and most importantly, drama". Flow is a triumph, radical in its conception, and in its ability to mesmerize children of all ages, everywhere.
I'm Still Here
Short: My Cousin Tom
2:00PM
40 mins
Acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) takes on the military regime in Brazil in this film based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's best-selling memoir. It tells the story of the author's mother who became an activist when her husband was captured and imprisoned in 1964. Winner Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival.
Black Dog
Short: The Book Signing
5:00pm
123 min
Stray dogs are as numerous as the tumbleweeds blowing across a dying frontier outpost on the edge of the Gobi Desert. A motorcyclist zooms into town. He's the laconic prodigal son returning home — and a recent convict. How he and one very crafty black dog come to bond is the terrific, eye-popping story told by Guan Hu, one of China's most popular filmmakers. Winner of the Cannes Grand Prize Un Certain Regard this year.
The Uninvited
7:30pm
97 Mins
A satirical hit at the South by Southwest Festival, The Uninvited was written and directed by local resident Nadia Conners, and stars her husband Walton Goggins as Sammy, who lives with his wife Rose in an idyllic home in the Hollywood Hills. That is, until an uninvited guest crashes their party, claims she lives there, and reveals secrets that upend their lives.
