Colman Domingo will receive the Lumière Award at the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival, “recognizing his extraordinary contributions to the art of cinema and his deep ties to the city of Philadelphia.”
Philadelphia Film Festival
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‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Star Colman Domingo to Receive the Lumière Award at Philadelphia Film Festival
Colman Domingo (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency)
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‘A Poet’ and ‘Natchez’ Take Top Jury Awards at 34th Philadelphia Film Festival
A Poet by Simón Mesa Soto A Poet directed by Simón Mesa Soto took the Jury prize for Best Narrative Feature, and Natchez directed by Suzannah Herbert won for Documentary Feature at the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival.
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34th Philadelphia Film Festival to Open with ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (John Wilson/Netflix) The 34th Philadelphia Film Festival spanning October 16 through 26, 2025, unveiled its lineup, opening with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
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Belfast, The Same Storm, King Richard Headline 30th Philadelphia Film Festival Lineup
(L to R) Caitriona Balfe as “Ma”, Jamie Dornan as “Pa”, Judi Dench as “Granny”, Jude Hill as “Buddy”, and Lewis McAskie as “Will” in director Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST, a Focus Features release. Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features The 30th Philadelphia Film Festival will showcase more than 130 feature-length and short films, opening on Wednesday, October 20 with Belfast starring Dame Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan. The semi-autobiographical film, written and directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, tells the story of the life of a working-class family and their young son’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital.
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29th Philadelphia Film Festival Unveils Lineup – HERSELF, BANKSY MOST WANTED, SYLVIE’S LOVE and More
HERSELF directed by Phyllida Lloyd The 29th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF29) will showcase 90+ of the year’s most highly anticipated, critically acclaimed, and thought provoking feature length and short films.
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29th Philadelphia Film Festival Announces First Wave of Films, Centerpiece Films – NOMADLAND and AMMONITE
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite Philadelphia Film Society unveiled the first wave of 45 films for the 29th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF29) that will be available via the Digital Streaming Platform, along with the first announced Centerpiece Films to premiere at the PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard from October 23 – November 2.
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Coronavirus Forces Film Festivals Cancellations and Postponements (LIST)
San Francisco International Film Festival The coronavirus, (COVID-19) pandemic is having a devastating impact on film festivals with many postponing or cancelling outright. Major festivals such as San Francisco International Film Festival and RiverRun International Film Festival have canceled, while others such as Richmond International Film Festival and Florida Film Festival have been postponed until the Summer or Fall.
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28th Philadelphia Film Festival Winners – KNIVES OUT and COME AS YOU ARE Tie to Win Audience Award
Knives Out, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Colette, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer Knives Out, the star-studded whodunit from director Rian Johnson and Come As You Are Richard Wong’s reimagining of the classic buddy road trip comedy tied to win the coveted Audience Award at the 28th Philadelphia Film Festival.
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JUST MERCY and KNIVES OUT Bookend 28th Philadelphia Film Festival Lineup
JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx Destin Daniel Cretton’s JUST MERCY will open the 28th Philadelphia Film Festival on October 17. This heartrending and inspirational film tells the story of author and social justice activist, Bryan Stevenson, played by acclaimed actor Michael B. Jordan of FRUITVALE STATION, CREED, and BLACK PANTHER fame. Additional Opening Night titles include PARASITE, opening Masters of Cinema; CUNNINGHAM, opening Spotlights; COME AS YOU ARE, opening Made in the USA; BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, opening Non/Fiction; and THE LODGE opening After Hours.
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Philadelphia Film Festival is a Wrap; “The Duke of Burgundy” “The Overnighters” Win Top Awards
The Duke of Burgundy The 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival, which ran from October 16-26, ended with a sold-out closing night screening of Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern. In the award ceremony preceding the closing night festivities, the festival presented a series of awards to this year’s festival stand-outs. The Award for Best Narrative Feature went to The Duke of Burgundy directed by Peter Strickland, and the Award for Best Documentary Feature went to The Overnighters directed by Jesse Moss.
Archie Award: Myroslav Slabosphytsky, director of The Tribe. The Archie Award is a juried award presented in honor of the late Archie Perlmutter to a first-time director.
Narrative Award: Grand Jury Prize // The Duke of Burgundy // Director Peter Strickland
Special Jury Prize // Girlhood // Director Céline Sciamma
Best Director Prize // ‘71 // Director Yann DemangeDocumentary Award: Best Documentary Feature // The Overnighters // Director Jesse Moss
Pinkenson Award for Best Local Film: Best Feature // Crescendo! The Power of Music // Director Jamie Bernstein
Honorable Mention for Innovation in Storytelling // Listen Up Philip // Director Alex Ross Perry
Honorable Mention for World Vision // Tomorrow We Disappear // Director Adam Weber and Jimmy GoldblumShort Award: Best Short // Port Nasty // Director Rob Zywietz
Honorable Mention for Best Live Action Short // The Cut // Director Geneviève Dulude-De CellesAudience Award: Crescendo! The Power of Music, directed by Jamie Bernstein.
Audience Award Honorable Mention // I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story // Directors Chad Walker and David LaMattina
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Philadelphia Film Festival Screenings Beginning to Sell out and Add New Films
The GuestThe 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival, which begins this week on Thursday, October 16 and continues through Sunday, October 26, have added new films to the event line-up. The Festival will add a midnight screening of Sundance hit The Guest to this year’s Graveyard Shift film category. Advance tickets have sold out for the Festival’s Opening Night Film, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and Centerpiece film, The Imitation Game. The October 23rd film screening of Imperial Dreams is also sold out with tickets still remaining for the October 22nd film screening.
From the filmmaking team behind You’re Next and the first two segments of the V/H/S trilogy, The Guest is a brilliant, John Carpenter-esque thriller/comedy about a small-town family whose lives are turned upside down when a mysterious man shows up at their doorstep claiming to be an army buddy of their deceased son. The screening of The Guest will take place on Friday, October 17th at 11:59pm at the Ritz Bourse Theater with writer Simon Barrett in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
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2014 Philadelphia Film Festival Film Line-Up; Opens with “Birdman” and Closes with “Wild”
BirdmanThe 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival, taking place from October 16 – October 26, 2014, throughout the Greater Philadelphia area will open with Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s much anticipated new feature starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Emma Stone. The Closing Night Celebration will take place on Friday, October 24th with Wild, Jean-Marc Vallée’s critical hit out of the 2014 Toronto Film Festival starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Gabby Hoffman. The festival will continue through the weekend, wrapping up with second screenings of Jury Competition films and festival favorites on Sunday, October 26th. The 11-day Philadelphia Film Festival will locally premiere over 100 feature length and short films.
23rd Philadelphia Film Festival Full Line-up
Opening Night Film
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Director Alejandro González Iñárritu. 2014, USA.
Closing Night Film
Wild, Director Jean-Marc Vallee. 2014, USA.
Centerpiece Screenings
The Good Lie, Director Philippe Falardeau. 2014, USA.
The Imitation Game, Director Morten Tyldum. 2014, USA, UK.
Laggies, Director Lynn Shelton. 2013, USA.
St. Vincent, Director Theodore Melfi. 2014, USA.
American Independents, Presented by the Lincoln Motor Company: Featuring powerful new voices in American cinema, these fresh, gritty films explore a variety of subjects through the filmmaker’s uncompromising vision. All films in this series are a part of the “PFF On Us” free ticketing program.
Big Significant Things, Director Bryan Reisberg. 2014, USA.
Glass Chin, DirectorNoah Buschel. 2014, USA.
Imperial Dreams, Director Malik Vitthal. 2014, USA.
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, Director David Zellner. 2014, USA.
Man From Reno, Director Dave Boyle. 2014, USA, Japan.
The Mirage, Director Kyle Roper. 2014 USA
Wild Canaries, Director Lawrence, Michael Levine. 2014, USA .
Cinema Down, From the land that brought us Mad Max, Moulin Rouge! and Driving Miss Daisy comes brave new work from veteran and budding Australian voices alike.
52 Tuesdays, Director Sophie Hyde. 2013, Australia.
Charlie’s Country, Director Rolf de Heer. 2014, Australia.
The Infinite Man, Director Hugh Sullivan. 2013, Australia .
The Mule, Director Angus Sampson, Tony Mahony. 2014, Australia.
Documentary Showcase, Presented by 500 Walnut: Comprising the best in documentary filmmaking, these compelling films feature everything from stirring character studies to fascinating looks at current global issues.
Art and Craft , Director Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, co-directed by Mark Becker. 2014, USA.
Ballet 422, Director Jody Lee Lipes . 2014, USA.
The Great Invisible,Director Margaret Brown. 2014, USA.
I Am Big Bird: The Carroll Spinney Story, Director Chad Walker, Dave LaMattina. 2014, USA.
The Immortalists, Director David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg. 2014, USA.
Mudbloods, Director Farzad Sangari. 2014, USA .
The Overnighters, Director Jesse Moss. 2013, USA.
Point and Shoot, Director Marshall Curry. 2014, USA.
This Time Next Year,Director Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman. 2014, USA.
From the Vaults, Film history comes alive as it was meant to be seen – on the big screen. Come see old favorites bigger than life once again.
Blue Velvet, Director David Lynch . 1986,USA.
Capote, Director Bennett Miller. 2005, USA.
Mulholland Drive, DirectorDavid Lynch.2001, USA.
The Straight Story, DirectorDavid Lynch. 1999, USA.
To Have and Have Not, Director Howard Hawks. 1944,USA.
Wild at Heart, Director David Lynch. 1990, USA.
The Graveyard Shift, Horror, action, suspense, and the downright weird, these films will keep you awake during the graveyard shift.
A Hard Day, Director Seong-hun Kim. 2014, South Korea.
Housebound, Director Gerard Johnstone. 2014, New Zealand.
In Order of Disappearance, Director Hans Petter Moland. 2014, Norway.
It Follows, Director David Robert Mitchell. 2014,USA.
Revenge of the Green Dragons, Director Andrew Lau, Andrew Loo.2013, USA.
V/H/S: Viral, Director Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Gregg Bishop. 2014, USA, Spain.
Greater Filmadelphia, Presented by Philadelphia Gas Works: Featuring work from some of our finest homegrown filmmakers, this category brings our city and its talent to the big screen.
Crescendo! The Power of Music, Director Jamie Bernstein. 2014, USA.
Happy Valley, Director Amir Bar-Lev. 2014, USA.
Listen Up Philip, Director Alex Ross Perry.2014, USA.
Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, Director Dave Jannetta. 2014, USA.
Teacher of the Year, Director Jason Strouse. 2014, USA.
Tomorrow We Disappear, Director Jimmy Goldblum, Adam Weber. 2014, USA.
Masters of Cinema, Presented by Comcast: These new films exemplify the masterful work of world-renowned filmmakers as they continue to thrill and inspire audiences with cutting-edge features.
Clouds of Sils Maria, Director Olivier Assayas. 2014, France, USA.
Goodbye to Language 3D, Director Jean-Luc Godard. 2014, France.
Mommy, Director Xavier Dolan. 2014, Canada.
Two Days, One Night, Director Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne. 2013, Belgium, France.
Winter Sleep, Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 2014, Turkey, France, Germany.
New French Films, The birthplace of cinema, France continues to produce some of the best movies in the world with films that are funny, daring, sexy and uniquely French.
Breathe, Director Mélanie Laurent. 2014, France.
Girlhood, Director Céline Sciamma. 2014, France.
Hippocrates, Director Thomas Lilti. 2014, France.
Love at First Fight, Director Thomas Cailley. 2014, France.
This Is My Land, Director Tamara Erde. 2014, France.
Sight and Soundtrack, Presented by Sweat Fitness: Featuring rockumentaries, musician biopics and films that are centered on the unifying power of music.
Beyond the Lights, Director Gina Prince-Bythewood. 2014, USA.
Deep City: The Birth of the Miami Sound, Director Dennis Scholl, Marlon Johnson, Chad Tingle. 2014, USA.
The Last Five Years, Director Richard LaGravenese. 2014, USA.
Someone You Love, Director Pernille Fischer Christensen. 2014, Denmark, Sweden.
Song One, Director Kate Barker-Froyland. 2014, USA.
Traitors, Director Sean Gullette. 2013, Morocco.
Tu Dors Nicole, Director Stéphane Lafleur. 2014, Canada.
Spanish Language Stories, Presented by Southwest Airlines: Offering gripping stories and unique perspectives, these Spanish-language films explore a multitude of subjects ranging from the culturally specific to the universal.
10,000 Km, Director Carlos Marques-Marcet. 2014, Spain, USA.
Güeros, Director Alonso Ruizpalacios. 2014, Mexico.
Los Ángeles, Director Damian John Harper. 2014, Mexico, Germany.
Manos Sucias, Director Josef Wladyka. 2014, USA, Colombia.
Spotlights, Presented by Philadelphia Magazine: Highly-anticipated movies from some of the biggest names in the industry, these films shine a spotlight on top talent from around the world.
Big Hero 6, Director Don Hall, Chris Williams. 2014, USA.
Creep, Director Patrick Brice. 2014, USA.
Escobar: Paradise Lost, Director Andrea Di Stefano. 2014, France, Spain, Belgium.
Faults, Director Riley Stearns. 2014, USA.
Gabriel, Director Lou Howe. 2014,USA.
Life Partners, Director Susanna Fogel. 2014, USA.
Love, Rosie, Director Christian Ditter. 2014, UK, Germany.
World Narratives, Presented by 6ABC: Explore the world through film with this diverse selection of international cinema that features distinct perspectives and images from around the globe.
Beloved Sisters, Director Dominik Graf. 2014, Germany, Austria.
Cracks in Concrete, Director Umut Dağ. 2014, Austria.
The Duke of Burgundy, Director Peter Strickland. 2014,UK.
Force Majeure, Director Ruben Östlund. 2014, Sweden.
Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Director Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi, Elkabetz. 2014, Israel, France, Germany.
Human Capital, Director Paolo Virzì. 2014, Italy.
Run, Director Philippe Lacôte. 2014, Ivory Coast, France.
Stations of the Cross, Director Dietrich Brüggemann. 2014, Germany, France.
The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Director Isao Takahata. 2014, Japan.
Titli, Director Kanu Behl. 2014, India.
The Tribe, Director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy. 2014, Ukraine.
Villa Touma, Director Suha Arraf. 2014, Palestine .
The Way He Looks, Director Daniel Ribeiro. 2014, Brazil.
When Animals Dream, Director Jonas Alexander Arnby. 2014, Denmark.
Xenia, Director Panos H. Koutras.2014, Greece, France, Belgium.
Short Films
12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic, Director Max Joseph. 2013, USA.
130919 * A Portrait of Marina Abramović, Director Matthu Placek. 2013, USA.
8 Bullets, Director Frank Ternier. 2014, France.
After School, Director Guillaume Renusson. 2014, France.
Astigmatismo, Director Nicolai Troshinsky. 2014, Spain.
The Chaperone, Director Fraser Munden, Neil Rathbone. 2013, Canada.
Chevette 83, Director Luis Oliva, 2013, Canada
The Cut, Director Geneviève Dulude-De Celles. 2013, Canada.
High Ground, Director Geoff Bailey. 2013, USA.
Inside the Mind of Colin Furze, Director David Beazley. 2014, UK.
Marilyn Myller, Director Mikey Please. 2013, USA, UK.
Me + Her, Director Joseph Oxford. 2014, USA.
The Obvious Child, Director Stephen Irwin. 2013, UK.
Port Nasty, Director Rob Zywietz. 2014, UK.
Tim and Susan Have Matching Handguns, Director Joe Callander. 2013, USA.
A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log, Director Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar. 2014, France, Belgium.
The Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 & 3/4, Director Steve Baker. 2013, Australia.
Watch Out, Director Joshua Stewart. 2014, USA
The Way, Director Max Ksjonda. 2012, Ukraine.
Yearbook, DirectorBernardo Britto. 2013, USA.