The Philadelphia Film Society is pleased to announce that the 18 ½ Philadelphia Film Festival will take place this year on October 15-19!
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN will open the Festival, with director F. Gary Gray and additional special guests in attendance, while PRECIOUS: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire will close the Festival, with director Lee Daniels and additional special guests in attendance. In between, the Festival will feature many incredible premieres, including THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, SERIOUS MOONLIGHT, GOOD HAIR, RED CLIFF, and the controversial ANTICHRIST. The Festival will also highlight DARE and TENURE, two films shot in and around the greater Philadelphia region.
The full schedule of films will be released on September 30th.Tickets will go on-sale for Members on October 1st;
Public tickets on sale date is October 5th.
While the Festival has long been held in the spring, PFS felt it was important that we relocate to the fall in order to program the Festival from a much larger and excellent selection of films following their debuts at Cannes, Toronto, Venice, and other well-known international festivals.
Along with the change in calendar position, PFS is proud to announce our new Artistic Director, Harlan Jacobson, film critic and co-founder of Talk Cinema. His addition to the Festival staff is sure to bring a fresh perspective to our programming!
Among the films we’ve already confirmed, there are: 6 films from Sundance, 3 films from Berlin, 3 films from Cannes, and 7 films from Toronto. Likewise, the films feature: 4 Oscar-winning actors and 2 Oscar-winning directors (with another 4 and 2 nominees, respectively). Two films claimed awards at this year’s Cannes film festival, another film dominated the awards at othis past Sundance film festival, and three films are gala or special presentations at Toronto.
