Philly Spotlight
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5 Questions for FirstGlance Film Festival Filmmakers 2020
JD: At the premiere screening of our film, I had invited some filmmakers who were friends of mine. One of them had his family visiting from Italy, so he invited them to come with him. Apparently his mother is not a fan of horror films--avoids them at all costs--and so he hadn't told her anything about the film. Once the show started,
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GPFO Nina Lo Presti $5000 Prize for Women Screenwriters
The LoPresti Prizewinnerwill be announced alongwith the Grand, TV Prime Time, Oscar Micheaux and Student Prize winners in the spring. We are ONLY accepting entries for the LoPresti Awardat this time. General submissions are closed. Scripts that werepreviously submittedfor SIP 2020 will be considered for this prize if eligible.
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5 Questions for Filmadelphia Shorts Filmmakers PFF29
Derek Pastuszek: My family and I were affected by Hurricane Sandy: We had a quirky old house in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, a home my grandfather built himself in the 1960s (after the March Storm of 1962) – and although the house survived Sandy, my family parted ways with it in the aftermath. At the time we shot Islander, I was attending the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles
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The Kimmel Cultural Campus Celebrates Black History Month With An Array Of Digital Programs
“We are thrilled, however, that technology and wonderful partnerships allow us to continue our tradition of robust Black History Month offerings, welcoming thousands of schoolchildren to our now virtual, free educational outreach Jazz4Freedom program.
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SIFTMedia 215 MEMBER’S UPDATES (Black & Latinx Women Filmmakers Collective of Philadelphia)
SIFTMedia 215 is a support system of several independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and provide a community of support for socially conscious women identified filmmakers. Our goal at SIFTMedia is to amplify the work and create opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators.
