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Philadelphia Environmental (Virtual) Film Festival 2020
13 curated programs and 50 films available to watch from Sept. 23-27! The Full lineup of all screenings, including filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions Twitter Updates during the Fest 🐝Check out our one-day-only viewing of Honeyland until midnight!🐝 The film follows the last female bee-hunter in Europe whose peaceful existence in the remote mountains of Macedonia is threatened when a family of nomadic beekeepers moves in next door.➡️ https://t.co/i4TwooOdg1 pic.twitter.com/5GVdyxnLEn — PhilaEnviroFilmFest (@PhilEnvFilmFest) September 25, 2020 Check out this great festival! YVFP’s award-winning #WordsHavePower film screens Sunday, Sept. 27. The film documents the inspiring story of 10 yr-old Jaysa Hunter Mellers fight for #environmentaljustice in her hometown of Bridgeport, CT. https://t.co/dFZjEUcmHV…
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LUNAFEST |GOTR Virtual Film Festival 2020
A virtual benefit for Girls on the Run Philadelphia Thursday, October 1, 20207:00pm – 9:00pmincludes admission to live Zoom event, film screening link active for 24 hours, and virtual goodie bag Tickets: $15 The 2020 Season features seven short films with a total program running time of 96 minutes. Films are not rated, but we suggest age 14+ for this Season’s lineup. Click here to see the full line-up! The Program Our program will start at 7:00pm with remarks from GOTR staff, sponsors, and film industry veterans. Then the audience will watch the films via a custom Video link while participating in live commentary on Zoom. Can’t join at the event date and…
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Philadelphia Film Society “Save Our Screens” Campaign
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor POST UPDATE: 7/21/2020 Thanks to our community, we have successfully reached our SOS Campaign goal of $150,000 with a total of $151,004 raised… Posted by Philadelphia Film Society on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 There’s hardly an industry that hasn’t been affected by the Pandemic, but the film/movie industry has been truly hard hit across the board, and close to home. I’m glad to see The Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) COVID-19 Fundraiser taking off, as it would be devastating to our city if when life returns to normal they were no longer around. (Worried about the Ritz Landmark Theaters in Philly too). For those that don’t know,…
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SHARED STORIES | A Four-Part Virtual Film Series, Presented by GPJFF Mon. July 13 – Aug 3
The Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival has been on a little hiatus these past few months but they are very excited to announce a new 4-film virtual film series that will begin July 13 – August 3, every Monday night at 7 PM EST. The program’s title, SHARED STORIES: THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK AND JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA, pretty much sums it up. They will be showing two new films + two older films that relate to this theme. Today, we live in a rare moment – a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! We can all agree that the last few…
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Philadelphia Latino Film Festival 2020 #PHLAFF2020
You don’t think about transsexualism being something that a small town in Panama would be encountering. But obviously, people needing to live their truth in the form of the sex they were not assigned at birth happens anywhere and everywhere. The complexities of the story play out so that you can sympathize with every member of the family, the wife Carol (Gaby Gnazzo) feels betrayed because she feels she’s been a good sport about him needing to play “dress up” now and again, making it a fun “girls night” out for dinner and a movie, but thought they agreed it was never something their three sons, friends, neighbors, co-workers etc…
