# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Film screening: "A Complete Unknown"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: (United States, 2024, 141 minutes, color)
Directed by James Mangold. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning

Timothée Chalamet portrays Bob Dylan in this biographical tale of a celebrated young folk singer who, controversially, came to adopt electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, enraging folk music purists. Edward Norton and Elle Fanning play Pete Seeger and Sylvie Russo in a film that received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

7 p.m. Friday, March 20
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203 
Free and open to the public.

Watch the trailer: https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/acompleteunknown

Meet Elijah Wald, author of the book, Dylan Goes Electric (2015), the inspiration for "A Complete Unknown," at the Albany Film Festival on Saturday, March 28. Janet Maslin in The New York Times called it, “splendid, colorful work,” and John Harris of The Guardian ranked it “among the best music books I have ever read.”
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/albany/film-screening-a-complete-unknown/200029625237007
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, festivals, music, theatre, literary-art, music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 28

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Albany
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 135 Western Avenue Albany NY 12203
- **lat**: 42.66096
- **long**: -73.77213
- **full address**: 135 Western Avenue Albany NY 12203, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203-1011, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: New York State Writers Institute (https://allevents.in/org/new-york-state-writers-institute/12112834)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 135 Western Avenue Albany NY 12203, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203-1011, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** New York State Writers Institute
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, festivals, music, theatre, literary-art, music-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Film screening: "A Complete Unknown" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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