Film Days Gets Underway This Thursday
COOPERSTOWN—Glimmerglass Film Days, now in its 12th season, will present 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.
A program of Otsego 2000, Film Days will also offer filmmaker talks, an art exhibit, parties, film and food pairings, and guided walks.
“Film Days has an environmental focus, but one we interpret broadly, so you will see films about architecture and art; history and war; farming and sustainability; family and parenting; conflict and intrigue. This year’s films ask big questions and tell great stories,” said Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000.
The Film Days program team of Peggy Parsons, founder of the film program at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Xander Moffat, an independent film producer, and Joey Katz, a film programmer, selected this year’s films based on the theme “Boundaries.”
“We hope the audience will relish the challenges and the delights contained in this year’s stories of boundaries and borders,” said Parsons.
“Boundaries are an inherent part of our everyday lives, whether we like it or not,” said Katz. “How do we overcome the walls that we place on ourselves, our neighbors, and the natural world? Which boundaries are necessary and which ones need to be torn down in order to connect with the humanity that binds us all?”
The goal is to start impactful conversations, Katz added.
“This might be our most geographically diverse line-up yet. True to this year’s theme, we’ve ended up with a slate of films which truly spans the globe. In addition to featuring some great U.S. films of the past year, we’ll have films from Japan, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Iceland, Ukraine, Argentina, the UK, France, Germany, and, of course, our closest neighbors: Canada and Mexico,” said Moffat.
Glimmerglass Film Days kicks off on Thursday, November 7 with a screening of “The Night Visitors” at 5:30 p.m., the opening party for the “In Play: Borders & Edges Exhibition” at 7:30 p.m. and a screening of “Incident at Loch Ness” at 9 p.m.
The film festival is offering two free films: “Written on the Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon” on November 8 and the animated ecofable “Flow” on Saturday, November 9. Reserve a free ticket online at glimmerglassfilmdays.org. Other films cost $8.00 in advance, $10.00 at the door. Events with food range from $12.00-$50.00, when purchased in advance.
For complete Film Days details, visit www.glimmerglassfilmdays.org or call (607) 547-8881.