Fall/Winter 2026: Archtober, Flaherty, Balance Transfer
Oct 2: A Machine to Live In, Yoni Goldstein and Meredith Zielke, 2020 – @ PL1 with TAP for ArchtoberOct 8-10: The Flaherty Film Seminar, 2026 – @ the Tang Teaching MuseumOct 11: The History of Concrete, John Wilson, 2026 – @ The Egg, with Q&A by PL1Oct 23: Moriyama-San, Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine, 2017 – @ PL1 with TAP for Arctober
Balance Transfer workshops
Nov 19, Dec 10, Jan 16, Jan 17 – @ PL1Dec 19: Dance party in the vault!
Seating is first-come, first-served.
We are located down a flight of stairs in a historic bank vault and are not fully accessible.
Screenings are free with suggested donation.
Snacks and drinks available.
Archive
Summer 2026: Along the Riverbank
July 17: From Entre with Love, Entre Film Center – @ PL1
July 18: Cinema is All Around Us – Workshop with C. Diaz @ PL1
July 19: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, 2012 – @ Riverfront Park
Aug 15: Light Eaters – Artist talk & shorts program with Gracelee Lawrence @ PL1
Aug 18: Water and Power, Pat O'Neill, 1989 – Bike-in screening @ new Collar Works HQ (206 1st Street)
Sep 5: WaterMaxxing – PL1 video installation @ Powers House Revel art show
Sep 24: La Laguna del Soldado, Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, 2024 – with filmmaker in person @ PL1
Spring 2026: Memory Bank
Feb 13: Dahomey, Mati Diop, 2024 – @ PL1
Mar 18: 100 Sunset, Kunsang Kyirong, 2026 – private screening with filmmaker in person @ PL1
Mar 27: The Work, Jairus McCleary and Gethin Aldous, 2017 – @ PL1
Apr 18: Ex Libris, Frederick Wiseman, 2017 – @ Troy Public Library
May 3: The Fall of the House of Usher, Jean Epstein, 1928 – with live score @ Mt. Ida Preservation Hall
May 29: Home Screen – Community installation and "The disbelief of terminal nostalgia: Selections from FD4" curated by Film Diary NYC @ PL1
Fall/Winter 2025: Environmental Audit
Oct 30: Antonio Gaudí, Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1984 – @ PL1 (co-presented with TAP during 'Archtober – Troy Edition')
Nov 20: Mayfly Film Festival, 3rd Annual, 2025 – @ PL1
Dec 18: Just Above the Surface of the Earth, Marianna Milhorat, 2024 – @ PL1 (co-presented with Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission)
Summer 2025: Sweat Equity
Jul 24: DTRT, 1989 – @ PL1
July 25: Open Screen – Community screening @ PL1
Aug 14: La Cienaga, Lucrecia Martel, 2001 – @ PL1
Aug 27: Union, Brett Story and Stephen Maing, 2024 – @ PL1 (co-presented with Troy Area Labor Council)
Sep 25: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Anna Hints, 2023 – @ PL1
70th Flaherty Film Seminar: 2025
Jun 27: Co-presented @ Tang Teaching Museum
Jun 28: @ PL1
Jun 29: Co-presented @ The Sanctuary for Independent Media
Spring 2025: The Underground
Mar 27: Preparations for a Miracle, Tobias Nolle, 2024 – @ PL1
Apr 24: Il Buco, Michelangelo Frammartino, 2021 – @ PL1
May 29: Rock Bottom Riser, Fern Silva, 2021 – with filmmaker in person @ PL1
Jun 25: Bruce Lee and the Outlaw, Joost Vandebrug, 2018 – @ PL1
Picture Lock One at Collar Works is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.The Arts Center of the Capital Region’s Statewide Community Regrant Program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.