FilmColumbia Festival

“The Crandell Theatre in Chatham, N.Y., is the palatial setting for a thriving film festival.” • —The Wall Street Journal • 26 Years of Award-Winning Films • October 16-25, 2026 • FilmColumbia, Columbia County’s premier annual cultural event, screens the very best upcoming American and international films for ten days in late October. Now a nationally recognized film event, FilmColumbia returns for its 26th edition this fall. • This year’s festival honoree is Chatham’s own writer-director Jane Schoenbrun, whose meta comedy-horror sendup of 1980s slasher films, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Mia