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“The audience at the first Made By New York Women Film Festival loved Elana Frankel’s short film about creative people and cannabis,” Otsego County Film Commissioner Greg Klein said in a media release. “At the awards brunch, when we were telling her about the ‘Super Buds’ idea, she offered to screen her film here again as a fundraiser. We loved meeting her and some of the cast, and her film is a festival favorite, so she did not have to…
FILM OTSEGO—2:30-10 p.m. “Made By New York Women Film Festival.” Free artist Q&A for students, film screening, artist/filmmaker Q&As and more. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (315) 527-3082 or https://www.facebook.com/FilmOtsego/…
Film Otsego Announces ‘Made By New York Women Film Festival’ ONEONTA—“A Wonderful Way with Dragons” will kick off Film Otsego’s inaugural “Made By New York Women Film Festival,” which will take place March 7 and 8 at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. “A Wonderful Way with Dragons,” written and directed by Delfine Paolini, will debut locally on Friday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. The movie will be followed by a Q&A with Paolini, a Hudson…
Submissions are open through the end of 2024. Any women who is in a key position—writer, director, producer, cinematographer, line producer, art director—can enter work in feature, short or student film categories. A filmmaker is eligible to submit if she is a native New Yorker or a New York resident, or if she shot her film in New York.…
Halloween-themed events in Cooperstown, Richfield Springs, and Oneonta, visiting authors, and Film Otsego's new film festival are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
In addition to perfecting a script, Phillips and Klein had to start a business, A Cooperstown Christmas Movie Inc. That led them to the summer Christmas in July fundraiser set for Sunday, July 7 at the Lake House Restaurant & Lodge in Richfield on Canadarago Lake.…
The purpose of the event is to raise money for a movie-in-progress, “A Cooperstown Christmas,” a romantic comedy about a holiday family drama. It deals with a successful New York City publicity executive (Cait) approaching 30 years of age who is dumped by her long-distance boyfriend via text message just before her youngest sister’s holiday wedding.…
Route 20 Co-president Phil Durkin, Town of Richfield Supervisor Dan Sullivan and Otsego County Film Commissioner Greg Klein were at the event to give Lowry a plaque thanking and honoring her for making movies in the region for 50-plus years.…
In addition to helping bring entertainment industry shoots to Otsego County and the surrounding area, the region’s new film commission, Film Otsego, also provides support for local high-school students pursuing film or art studies in college.…