Blackbird Film Festival

The 2023 Blackbird Film Festival features 95+ films organized into 11 unique SCREENING BLOCKS curated around themes, stories and styles. Each screening block is approximately 70 minutes and typically includes 6 - 8 short films ranging from 1 to 30 minutes. Each block will screen in the Brown Auditorium Theater on SUNY Cortland's campus.

Schedule:

3:00 - 4:00 PM: Ice Cream Check-In - SUNY Cortland - Old Main

4:00 PM: The Care We Give - Brown Auditorium Theater

This wonderful collection of short films focuses on those who give everything they have to support other people - their community, their partner, the planet and more.

-Counseling
-Real Heroes Can Wear Capes
-The Care Giver
-Bear Hug
-Lioness
-Put It Back!
-Take Care
-Hold Me, Don't Touch Me
-Hello, Muscles

6:00 PM: Friday Night Feels - Brown Auditorium Theater

-Aaron with 2 A's
-Anne
-Benighted
-My Dear Salvatore
-New York Conversations
-The Everlasting Club
-Once Upon A Time
-To Be Honest
-Daughter of the Sea
-Beauty Queen
-Georgia
-Under the Sun After the Wind

8:00 PM: Red Carpet Reception - SUNY Cortland - Old Main

Semi-Formal Reception for Filmmakers and VIP Guests to kick off the 2023 Blackbird Film Festival with style! Passed Appetizers and a cash bar.

9:30 PM: Shorts Winners & Losers - Brown Auditorium Theater

Let's face it, everyone has their bad days and for many of the protagonists in this collection of short films the day is just getting worse...
-Beat
-Empathy
-Nostos
-One of those Good Lives
-We All Die Alone
-Lion's Cage