Presented at Gateway Film Center as part of the 2026 Cinema Columbus Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, the festival will present more than 20 screenings involving approximately 76 feature and short films at the Drexel Theatre, Gateway Film Center, Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, and the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Tickets for individual selections are priced at $11.57 unless otherwise noted, and can be purchased from cinemacolumbus.com. Please note that these screenings are not eligible for myGFC membership benefits.

The Cardinal Pass, which includes access to all mixers, receptions, panels, and screenings across the entire festival weekend, is available for $100. Other day passes & venue packages are also available. Learn more and purchase festival passes here.

About the film:

My Pathetic Career is a documentary by Robert Post, celebrated for his fifty-year career as a one-man variety show performer. Through his video camera, a constant companion on the road for decades, Post documents his encounters with odd and endearing people across the world, and shares personal reflections on his journey – from childhood struggles and career highs to battling fear and self-doubt. This film is an insightful look into the life of a man whose story is as funny and unpredictable as it is deeply human.

Learn more and purchase tickets to this screening here.

Cinema Columbus celebrates the diverse people and stories brought to life by independent filmmakers, sparking curiosity, conversation, and understanding through independent film.

Cinema Columbus works collaboratively with venues throughout central Ohio to establish an outstanding annual film festival bringing independent film from around the globe, and here at home, to our audiences. See the full Festival lineup.