SciFi Schenectady Film Fest 26

SCI:FI SCHENECTADY FILMFEST

Celebrate cinema at the intersection of Science Fantasy and Science Fiction with award-winning features, a curated series of international and domestic shorts, acclaimed cult classics, science inspired films, expert panel presentations, talkbacks, and out-of-this-world parties!

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FULL WEEKEND PASS - Access to all film festival screening events and parties all weekend for just $50.00! Tickets will sell at full price beginning September 1, 2026.

• FRI 9|18
• 5:30p - LAUNCH PARTY - Kick off the weekend event with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before the featured screening, just outside the GE Theatre entrance.
• 7:00p - GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE - Directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Carribean, The Ring), this sci-fi comedy adventure starring Sam Rockwell as a time traveler is known for its high energy, absurdist, and darkly comedic tone, blending action with social commentary on AI technology dangers. (R-rated)

• SAT 9|19
• 12:00 - 2:30p - THE PRINCESS BRIDE - Directed by late, great Rob Reiner, this 1987 fantasy earned its own loyal audience on the strength of its narrative voice and its gently satirical, hyperbolic spin on swashbuckled adventure that seemed almost purely literary. For all its derring-do and vivid over-the-top characters, screenwriter William Goldman’s novel was dictated as much by the deadpan tone of its narrator and a winking acknowledgement of the clichés being sent up.
• 4:00p - SCI FI SHORTS - A curated series of provocative, attention-grabbing, award-winning international and domestic shorts. (Apx. Run time 90mins.)
• 6:00 - 7:00p - OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD FILM FEST PARTY - Festival ticket holders are invited to join the party! Cocktails, lite fare, giveaways in the Wright Family Atrium just outside the GE Theatre entrance.
• 7:30 - 10:00p - THE CONJURING: LAST RITES - Follows paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in 1986 as they tackle a complex case involving a haunted mirror that ties back to a flashback investigation from 1964. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return to their roles and to the Conjuring universe in a film that delivers the spooky vibes we have come to expect and love from this franchise. (R-rated)

• SUN 9|20
• 11:00a - FANTASY SHORTS - A curated series of provocative, attention-grabbing, award-winning international and domestic shorts. (Apx. Run time 90mins.)
• 2:00p - METROPOLIS - Silent film with live musical ensemble. Fritz Lang’s visionary sci-fi masterpiece is accompanied by an experimental and spontaneous live score by Order of the Illusive