Columbia Film Festival

Welcome to the Columbia Film Festival!
Explore our on-demand catalog here or click on the Main Menu tab above for Discount Pass Options and more information! Most films will give you a flexible viewing option from June 22-25th.

Highlights

Feature Films

Student Films

This is a short documentary about my friend Brittany who is a childhood cancer survivor.
5 min | 2020 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
Brittany Teufel
Eight teenagers capture their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures for a school history project.
108 min | 2021 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
Connect/Disconnect
A man has insomnia and is in a rut in his life. He goes for walks around 3 am and discovers a mysterious door.
12 min | 2020 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
How Can I Dream?
Joy is trying to begin a new chapter in her life after breaking from her comfort zone and moving to a new city for University. The effort is stifled by her commitment as a beauty influencer and the self esteem she feeds off her fans.
26 min | 2020 | Australia
Tue Jun 22nd
Joyful.
A Wife who mourns the loss of her husband plays chess with his ghost everyday....He is pretty good.
2 min | 2020 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
Opponent
Anna comes back to her childhood home, in a nostalgic search of her past, happier self. Subjected to her mental condition, the thin line between reality and her memories becomes progressively thinner
22 min | 2021 | Italy
Tue Jun 22nd
Reflection
Pavlos, a cynical, racist Airbnb host, spends a night with his new tenant, Fotis, a romantic, insightful blind man seeking human contact after his wife’s death. As the night progresses, however, Fotis begins to shed light on Pavlos’ misconceptions.
25 min | 2020 | Greece
Tue Jun 22nd
With New Eyes

Short Films

Music & Dance

123 Andrés are Andrés and Christina, the Latin GRAMMY winning music duo whose catchy songs and lively concerts get young children singing and moving, in Spanish and English.
67 min | 2021 | United States
123 Andrés Young People's Concerts!
Sat Jun 26th
Following the story of an African-American couple struggling with COVID-19 and their journey from despair to hope, “Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow” is a short music film that beautifully, powerfully weaves together a new choral work by composer Damien Geter with an emotionally evocative and poignant film created by Emmy award winning filmmaker Bob Berg.
24 min | 2021 | United States
Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow
Tue Jun 22nd
Follows three Baltimore based black LGBTQ+ performers as they hustle to bridge the gap between the underground scene and mainstream stardom.
34 min | 2020 | United States
Children of Paris
Tue Jun 22nd
Photographer Dani struggles professionally and personally as the lines between reality and imagination blur. On the eve of a cornerstone birthday, her well-meaning friends and family bombard her with a series of dating app gift cards, leaving Dani in a state of utter shock and despair.
17 min | 2020 | United States
Double Exposure
Tue Jun 22nd
Vintage-pop vocalist, songwriter & actor, Kat Edmonson has released five critically-acclaimed albums & regularly tours with her band throughout the U.S., Europe & Asia.
2021 | United States
Kat Edmonson Sings Songs From The Movies
Wed Jun 23rd
Drawing on inspiration from Martha Graham and longtime Graham drag performer Richard Move, this work picks up where Graham’s famed Lamentation leaves off, asking what can we become if we survive our grief?
7 min | 2020 | United States
Lamentation Iconic
Tue Jun 22nd
Enjoy this Free preview video that will give you a taste of the talent and joy that is Kat Edmonson! Columbia Film Festival is delighted to have Kat join us on Wednesday, June 23rd for her exclusive KAT EDMONSON SINGS SONGS FROM THE MOVIES.
2021 | United States
Meet Kat Edmonson - Free Preview
Natyam' is to tell a story through Dance. Set in a fictional town called ‘Natyam’, a century ago the Britishers destroyed our art, culture and dance to weaken the power that binds all Indians culturally together. After India’s freedom In a southern temple, the Lost Sacred Dance Texts are rediscovered and the town became the epicenter for dance and art revival and the town was named Natyam.
2020 | India
Natyam
Tue Jun 22nd
54 min | 2021 | United States
SITI Company | STREB EXTREME ACTION Behind-the-Scenes Multimedia Artist Talk with Anne Bogart & Elizabeth Streb
Fri Jun 25th
2021 | United States
STREB PopAction FREE Virtual Workshop for more virtual engagement. (Ages 7 & up)
Sat Jun 26th
This Opening Night Screening celebrates the history, lineage and future progressions of jazz dance. The story of Jazz Dance is a complex one, it goes to the very heart of humanity. It is a story of triumph over adversity, oppression and privilege as well as a celebration.
94 min | 2020 | United States
Uprooted & Virtual Opening Night
Mon Jun 21st

Humanity & Inclusion

Comedy

Experimental

Workshops

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