FilmColumbia, Crandell Theatre’s signature program, is an annual ten-day festival of world-class films representing major studios, independents, international films, animated features, documentaries and children’s short films. In addition to screening approximately 50 films, the festival also features panels, Q&A sessions with filmmakers and a popular screenwriting workshop.
Curated by film critic and historian Peter Biskind and co-artistic director and former senior film curator at MOMA, Laurence Kardish, and run by Festival Director Calliope Nicholas, FilmColumbia offers a selection of the year’s best upcoming films, many of which have earned awards from larger festivals around the world, such as Cannes, Venice,
