Choose from 31 film screenings and enjoy a companion art exhibit, filmmaker talks, parties, local food, book tie-ins, trivia, and guided walks as Glimmerglass Film Days, a program of Otsego 2000, turns Cooperstown into a film festival town! Films and events are held at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Fenimore Art Museum, Fenimore Farm & Country Village, The Smithy, Village Hall, Cooperstown Coworks, The Local Bird and Templeton Hall. Most films are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Two film, Jetty and Into the Wonderwoods, are free. Reserve tickets in advance, glimmerglassfilmdays.org   Glimmerglass Film Days begins on Thursday, November 13 at 5:30 pm at the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Opening Film, Apple Cider Vinegar (Sofie Benoot, 2024, USA, 80 minutes). The Hall’s Grandstand Theater will also be the venue for Teenage Wasteland  (Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, 2025, USA, 100 minutes) with film subject and retired Middletown teacher Fred Issek in attendance on November 14th; Observer  (Ian Cheney, 2025, USA, 94 minutes) on November 15th; The Golden Spurtle (Constantine Costi, 2025, UK, 75 minutes) on November 16th; and the Closing Film, Cover-Up (Mark Obenhaus, Laura Poitras, 2025, USA, 117 minutes) on November 17. In addition to Fred Issek and Sarah Gross, filmmakers and guests attending Glimmerglass Film Days include: Paul Wagner and Ellen Casey Wagner (Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light), Robert Borgatti and Paul Lamont (America’s Stairway), Sam Fleischner (Jetty), Victoria Kupchinetsky and Peter Hutchison (Calico Rebellion), Ilana Trachtman (Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round), and Sasha Wortzel (River of Grass). “The filmmakers and guest speakers really enrich the Film Days experience,” says Pope. Film Days offers two free films, Jetty with director Sam Fleischner in attendance, and Into the Wonderwoods, an animated film about a 10-year-old boy who wants be an explorer who gets lost in a mysterious world while trying to reunite with his family. Art Exhibit and Events A program of Otsego 2000, Film Days also will offer filmmaker talks, an art exhibit, parties, film and food pairings, trivia, book tie-ins, lodging specials, and guided walks. The 2025 Film Days companion art exhibition, Revolutions, Considered, will feature the work of Tom Nussbaum, James Herman, and Jim Sullivan. The exhibition, curated by Sydney L. Waller, a founding member of the Film Days Steering Committee, will be on view at The Smithy, 55 Pioneer Street in Cooperstown. Free guided walks will be held during the festival, including a bird walk led by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, a tree walk with the Otsego County Conservation Association, a beaver walk at Lordsland Preserve with the Otsego Land Trust, and a historic preservation walk, “Evolution or Revolution,” in Cooperstown with Otsego 2000. Film Days Trivia will be held at The Local Bird, 139 Main Street in Cooperstown, on Saturday, November 15 at 7 pm. Food events include the Opening Party, Closing Party, a Mid-Festival Fall Supper, and a Sunday Brunch.