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  • Glimmerglass Film Days Returns to Cooperstown Nov 7-11

    Ostego 2000’s Glimmerglass Film Days’ returns for its 12th season from November 7 to 11 in Cooperstown.

    Glimmerglass Film Days Returns for 12th Season in Cooperstown from Nov 7-11

    Glimmerglass Film Days presents a slate of independent films—25 features plus three shorts programs— November 7-11 in multiple Cooperstown locations, including the Grandstand Theater at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and The Farmers’ Museum (now known as Fenimore Farm & Country Village). A program of Otsego 2000, Film Days also offers filmmaker talks, an art exhibit, parties, film and food pairings, and guided walks.

    The Film Days program team of Peggy Parsons, founder of the film program at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC; Xander Moffat, an independent film producer; and Joey Katz, a film programmer; selected this year’s films based on the theme “Boundaries.”

    Filmmakers attending Glimmerglass Film Days include: Michael Gitlin (The Night Visitors), Jef Sewell (All Illusions Must Be Broken), Thomas Piper (We Start With The Things We Find), Daphne McWilliams (A Boston R(E)volution), Becca Brooks Morrin (Good One), Andrew Nadkarni and Katie Schiller (Between Earth and Sky), Ryoya Teraro and Elisabeth Gareis (13 Driver’s Licenses), and Olympia Stone (Under the Hat: The Complicated History of the Pith Helmet).

    In addition, Giuseppe Lignano and Ada Tolla, principals of LOT-EK who are featured in We Start With The Things We Find, Thomas Edison Film Festival executive director Jane Steuerwald, and scholar Mikayla Brown (Dahomey) will attend. Musicians Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton will attend and provide live musical accompaniment to the 1928 silent film Speedy.

    Grandstand Theater at National Baseball Hall of Fame

    Films will be shown at multiple Cooperstown locations: the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum (25 Main Street), The Farmers’ Museum Louis C. Jones Center (5775 State Hwy 80), the Village Hall (22 Main Street), Templeton Hall (63 Pioneer Street), and new for this year, Cooperstown Coworks (6 Doubleday Court). The 2024 Film Days companion art exhibition, In Play: Borders & Edges, presents the work of four established artists who live in the region and exhibit locally, nationally and/or internationally: Richard Barlow, Amy Cannon, Mark Mastroianni, and Gail Peachin.

    Free guided walks will be held during the festival, including a bird walk led by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, a kid-friendly walk with the Otsego County Conservation Association (held after the free kids’ film Flow), a guided forest walk with the Otsego Land Trust and Black Land Ownership, and a walk on boundaries and land use in Cooperstown with Otsego 2000. Film Days Trivia will be held on Saturday, November 9 at 7:30 pm at Cooperstown Coworks, just prior to the screening of Secret Mall Apartment.

    Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown

    For more information on the Glimmerglass Film Days festival and to purchase tickets, click here.

  • Big Eddy Film Festival Comes to Narrowsburg Oct 18-20

    The Big Eddy Film Festival is coming to Narrowsburg in Sullivan County from October 18 to 20. The weekend festival contains several screenings of films along with workshops for all ages.

    Over the three-day span at Big Eddy Film Festival, there are 11+ events to behold. Several film screenings are to take place prior to panel discussions where the films are dissected and analyzed. Along with the film screenings and panel discussions, a segment of the festival is dedicated to the young filmmakers of Sullivan County.

    Nine kid-directed short films will be screened, followed by a Q&A with the cast and production teams. An animation workshop is also included in the festival on Sunday, October 20. This workshop aims to educate young filmmakers on animation, camerawork, and abstract artistry.

    Opening night on Oct 18 features a single film screening – “Happy Campers.” From 10:00AM to 11:00PM on October 19, the day is jampacked with six total events for festgoers to enjoy. Wrapping up on Oct 20, four events take place, with the final film screening of the festival being documentary feature “Dory Previn: On My Way To Where.” This is an all-encompassing screening you won’t want to miss.

    Feature Film – Happy Campers

    BIG EDDY FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

    Friday, October 18

    6:30 PM Opening Night Feature Event: Happy Campers – Feature Documentary

    Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Greg Triggs. HAPPY CAMPERS chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life.

    Saturday, October 19

    10:00 AM Kids Make Film – Free Entry for Under-16s

    Followed by Q&A with young filmmakers

    Celebrating the creations of Sullivan County’s newly minted young filmmakers.

    12:30 PM Prodigal Daughter – Feature Documentary

    Filmmaker and former punk artist Mabel Valdiviezo reunites with her family in Peru after 16 years of estrangement, confronting her troubled past as an immigrant in the United States.

    2:30 PM Space Cowboy – Feature Documentary

    Followed by Q&A with the film’s editor Eric Bruggemann

    Joe Jennings, an innovator in the world of skydiving, has spent decades capturing breathtaking aerial moments with his camera for extreme sports competitions, Super Bowl commercials, and Hollywood blockbusters. Flying at the top of their game, Joe’s world was shattered when tragedy struck, leaving him to navigate the skies alone. Filmmaker in attendance.

    5:00 PM Rural Shorts

    Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers moderated by Greg Triggs Short films celebrating local New York makers and the rural imagination. Filmmakers in attendance.

    7:00 PM Start Them Young – Narrative Short David and Danielle take their 4-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to interview at the prestigious Future Generations Preschool; they are adamant that Dahlia gets into this school, they are sick with anxiety over it. 

    Hummingbirds – Documentary Feature In HUMMINGBIRDS, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks.

    9:30 PM Scarlet Winter – Narrative Feature After waking up to find his girlfriend murdered in bed, Mark must cover up her death while trying to piece together events from the previous night to find her murderer. Filmmaker in attendance.

    Sunday, October 20

    11:00 AM Drawing On Film Animation Workshop

    At Tusten Community Center Join us for a lively workshop where we will collectively make a handmade animated film without using a camera. Participants will draw directly onto clear 16mm film to create colorful dancing abstractions of lines and shapes on celluloid.

    11:00 AM Too Short To Suck

    Followed by Q&A with filmmakers The Big Eddy Film Festival is excited to present a screening of “Too Short To Suck”. Organized by ConPAC, this shorts program celebrates brevity and intensity through the works of 23 filmmakers whose films run the gamut from narrative, experimental, stop-motion animation, and more. Each short is a universe onto itself that doesn’t exceed 2 minutes. Filmmakers in attendance.

    1:00 PM A Song For Imogene – Narrative Feature After discovering she is pregnant by her abusive boyfriend, a fallen-away musician must decide between freeing herself or remaining a relic of her drive-by Southern town.

    3:30 PM Dory Previn: On My Way To Where – Feature Documentary

    Followed by Q&A with the film’s co-director 

    Writing and singing the unvarnished truth about one’s buried secret life experiences is more common today than when Dory Previn wrote brilliant, disturbing, and darkly funny songs in the 1970s. Previn began as an Academy Award-nominated lyricist for Hollywood musicals with songs for Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland & Dionne Warwick before a tabloid scandal and public breakdown led to her re-emergence as a cult artist in the Laurel Canyon scene. Filmmaker in attendance.

    DORY PREVIN: ON MY WAY TO WHERE

    Entry to each film costs $10 unless stated otherwise. For more information on the Big Eddy Film Festival and the many film screenings, click here.

  • Basilica Hudson Announces Summer Events

    Basilica Hudson announced their lineup of events for the 2024 season. Basilica Hudson is celebrating their new renovation with an action packed 2024 season. Summer events were kicked off May 18 & 19 with their 24 hour drone. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the 24 hour drone is a non stop 24 hour concert. A nearly religious experience, listeners challenge their endurance with the non stop music.

    The Climate Action Film Festival will also be returning to Basilica’s North Hall on May 31st. The Festival showcases international stories of human bravery in the face of climate change. The Basilica will also be hosting Jupiter Nights throughout the summer. The event offers live music, food, art, and beautiful views of the sunset at Hudson Valley.

    Additionally, the Basilica will be throwing two parties over the summer: (Freak) Flag Day and All The Bodies. (Freak) Flag Day will be a dark, gothwave dance party under the fireworks. All The Bodies will be hosted at Lil Deb’s restaurant on June 21 in celebration of Pride Month. Soundscape, a weekend of art and music, will also be returning this September. Farm & Flea will be returning this year for the summer and the holiday season. Farm & Flea offers a sustainable, local alternative to the mania of Black Friday.

    Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth will be performing at the Basilica as part of her upcoming Collective Tour. Tickets to the above events and many more will be available at the following link. A trailer for this year’s Climate Action Film Festival is also available below.

  • The Lower East Side Film Festival in NYC Announces its Return with Feature Lineup this May

    The 14th annual Lower East Side Film Festival returns to the Big Apple from May 2 to 6. The festival has recently announced its feature film lineup and opening night events.

    The 14th annual LESFF at Village East Cinema and DCTV Firehouse Cinema in New York City features the innovative work of creative, up-and-coming filmmakers, and showcases their films in the heart of New York City’s vibrant and historic Lower East Side.

    This year Lower East Side Film Festival welcomes Lizzy Caplan, Beanie Feldstein, and actress Susan Kelechi Watson. Academy Award nominated producer and co-founder of Killer Films, Pamela Koffler, actress, singer, filmmaker Brittany Snow, writer, comedian and actor, Julio Torres, and many more will also be present at the events.

    In addition, special screenings at Village East Cinema celebrate the 25th Anniversary of 1999, aka the Greatest Year of Movies – Ever!. Retrospectives include “Cruel Intentions” with Q&A with Director Roger Kumble on May 3. Chris Smith’s 1999 documentary debut “American Movie” on May 4 and “But I’m A Cheerleader” plus Q&A with Director Jamie Babbiton takes place May 5.

    Over the four-day span, various films are showcased and discussed with a panel of artists, writers, and “jurors.” Village East Cinema and DCTV Firehouse Cinema are set to present these works and discussions beginning at various times throughout the festival. Opening night tickets, 25th anniversary screenings and festival all-access passes are on-sale now. Feature films, 30+ shorts, panels and parties tickets are available on April 15.

    For more information on the festival and to purchase tickets to the various events, click here.