Festival Will Offer 30 Film Screenings on ‘Revolutions’ Theme

COOPERSTOWN—Glimmerglass Film Days, now in its 13th season, will present a slate of independent films—28 features plus two shorts programs— November 13-17 in multiple Cooperstown locations. A program of Otsego 2000, Film Days will also offer filmmaker talks, an art exhibit, parties, film and food pairings, trivia, book tie-ins, lodging specials, and guided walks.

How does a village without a movie theater host a film festival?

“Our venue partners make it possible for us to turn Cooperstown into a true festival town over the course of the long weekend,” said Xander Moffat, an independent film producer who serves as Film Days technical director/programmer.

Screenings will be held in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Grandstand Theater, the Fenimore Art Museum auditorium, and pop-up theaters in the Louis C. Jones Center at Fenimore Farm and Country Village, Templeton Hall, and Cooperstown Coworks.

“Having our daytime screens split between the Fenimore Farm and Fenimore Art Museum makes it easy for audiences to get between the parallel tracks of screenings. And of course, the state-of-the-art Grandstand Theater at the Hall of Fame makes our screenings each night a can’t-miss,” said Moffat.

“We have some really fun screening events planned at our more unconventional venues, like Templeton Hall and Cooperstown Coworks. We’re also appreciative of our audio-visual partner, Visual Tec, out of Syracuse, which has been helping us upgrade our pop-up venues year after year to create screening set-ups that help us match the quality of incredible films and show them in the way they deserve to be seen,” Moffat continued.

The films reflect the theme “revolutions” and were selected by Moffat and Film Days Artistic Director Peggy Parsons, founder of the film program at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

“The films this year are even more eclectic than in previous years. It’s a diverse collection, and we hope the audience will be moved and find new ways to be inspired,” said Parsons.

“If you haven’t come to Film Days ever, this is the year,” said Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000. “We have serious, issue-driven films that will have an impact but also light-hearted films, since we all need laughter and joy in this day and age.”

Pope said the films cover a broad range of topics, from art and architecture to civil rights and war, from memory and perception to history, journalism, and civic engagement. Other films examine humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world, a Film Days mainstay.

The full schedule, including film trailers—plus information about sponsors, ticket prices, lodging specials and free films—is available at glimmerglassfilmdays.org