Cortland, N.Y. — A small Central New York city has earned a starring role on the big screen.

A new movie is being shot in Cortland , city officials announced in a news release. Filming started on July 31 and is expected to wrap up on Aug. 15.

Waterloom Productions, a company based in Portland, Oregon, is shooting a sci-fi romance film titled “Trying to Seem” in the Crown City, X101 reported. City officials told the radio station the film explores “technology and humanity” by following a woman from the future who discovers human emotion by falling in love.

The movie is being filmed in and around downtown Cortland, including busy Tompkins Street (Route 13) between Main Street and Reynolds Avenue.

Officials said some temporary no-parking zones and short “hold-and-release” traffic pa

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