12 YEARS A SLAVE

The 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival which runs from Thursday, October 17 – Sunday, October 27, has added a Centerpiece Screening of 12 YEARS A SLAVE on Saturday, October 19th.   The follow-up from director Steve McQueen to 2011’s Shame, 12 YEARS A SLAVE tells the incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom after being abducted and sold into slavery.  

The screening of Nebraska, previously scheduled for Saturday, October 19th will now take place instead on Monday, October 21st.

OMAR

The Festival also added OMAR, the Best Foreign Film nominee from the Palestinian Territory for the Academy Awards.   The new film from Oscar-nominated director Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now), OMAR is described as an intense and romantic thriller about a Palestinian teenager whose life is thrown into disarray when he is arrested for the alleged shooting of an Israeli soldier and asked to turn on those closest to him.  Omar replaces Documented, which will no longer be included in the Festival due to technical issues.