"I found myself attracted to the whole mood of the place—the quietness, the way people spoke, the intimacy of everyday life.”

Cinema Columbus Opens September 10

by Hope Madden

Cinema Columbus returns for its fourth installment on Thursday, September 10, with a program of 11 features, around 70 short films, three panels, and five venues.

The event kicks off with a program of documentary short films made by Ohio filmmakers, a theme that proved popular for this year’s lineup.

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Filmmaker Laura Paglin will bring her film This Is Pike County, a documentary situated inside a community rocked by an unsolved family murder.

“I became curious about what it would be like to live in such a small community with an unsolved mass family murder hanging over it. So, I drove down to Pike County, initially thinking I might make a film about the murders,” Paglin says.” Once I got there, I realized pretty quickly that I wasn’t going to make a film about the murders. I didn’t want to focus on grieving family members, and I certainly wasn’t going to solve the case. Instead, I found myself attracted to the whole mood of the place—the quietness, the way people spoke, the intimacy of everyday life.” 

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Cinema Columbus runs Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 13. For tickets and additional information, visit cinemacolumbus.com.