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30th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage
More than 140 Films from 50 countries will screen during 12-Day Event. This year’s Festival will offer in-person screenings at all PFS venues (Philadelphia Film Center, PFS Bourse Theater, and the PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard) and select films will also be available on the virtual screening platform, Watch.Filmadelphia.org...
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BlackStar (Virtual) Film Festival Coverage – August 20-26,2020
Originally Posted August 30, 2020 The 9th Annual BlackStar Film Festival (Aug. 20 to 26) in Philadelphia online due to COVID-19. Click images in Gallery to enlarge I’ve got to say, I enjoyed a Virtual Film Festival far, far more than I anticipated. I still felt as if I was attending an event. I liked that Blackstar Founder/Director Maori Karmael Holmes, Rashid Zakat, Rich Medina, Dr. Yaba Blay and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter did a little Live Facebook show at 9am each day (presented by Color of Change), interviewing a filmmaker or guest with fun segments and reminding the audience of what was in store for the day. …
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The 12th Annual New Hope Film Festival (NHFF) July 23 -Aug 1 ,2021
For the first time in the organization’s history, a selection of films will be available for online viewing as an extension to the many live, in-person shows scheduled at the New Hope Arts Center. Toronto-based CineSend, a digital streaming platform provider with Hollywood studio-grade quality and encryption technology, was tapped for this important expansion of NHFF’s capabilities.
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American INSIGHT FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVAL
The Free Speech Award… celebrates Independent Filmmakers who champion Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law around the world. Meet the Directors Series ends Feb 21, 2021
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COVID-19 Interview Benjamin F. Barnett Digital Media Strategist & PIFF Founder
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Benjamin F. Barnett is a digital media strategist who first founded The Media Bureau Inc in Philadelphia in the late 90’s as a place where tech entrepreneurs, and artists could come together to create, produce & screen original Digital Media Content. It was a community driven project that was the jumping off of a number of other projects including The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, founded by Ben and now in its 13th year; or would have been had COVID-19 not struck. I met Ben probably in the Festival’s 3rd or 4th year, and enjoy covering it annually (click to see #PIFF2019). In return Ben’s been…
