Philadelphia Film Festival
Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 10:00am
Philadelphia Film Festival
Various Venues in Philadelphia
Schedule Of Events
12:30pm - ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Payal Kapadia's dreamy, sensuous Cannes prize-winner follows the emotional journeys of two women as they search for intimacy and connection amid the bustling urban sprawl of Mumbai.
Director: PAYAL KAPADIA
Runtime: 118 min
Film Society East
6:00pm - ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
A selection of animated short films made for mature audiences.
Runtime: 90 min
Film Society East
12:00pm - ANORA
FRIDAY 10/18 | 6:30 PM | Badge and Rush Line Only -Tickets are still available for SATURDAY 10/19 - Winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or, Sean Baker’s giddy, fast-paced comedy features a star-making performance from Mikey Madison as a Brooklyn sex worker in a whirlwind romance with a Russian oligarch’s son. Presented on 35mm.
Director: SEAN BAKER
Runtime: 138 min
Film Society Center
8:30pm - ANTIDOTE
Following three men who have paid the price for uncovering the Russian government’s crimes, this harrowing documentary highlights the draconian methods of Putin’s regime and the bravery of his critics.
Director: JAMES JONES
Runtime: 89 min
Film Society Bourse
12:00pm - BEN AND SUZANNE, A REUNION IN 4 PARTS
Defying genre conventions at every turn, U.S. filmmaker Shaun Seneviratne goes abroad to Sri Lanka with his charming and sweet (un)romantic comedy about an American couple's reunion and their increasingly feeble attempts at rekindling.
Director: SHAUN SENEVIRATNE
Runtime: 110 min
Film Society Bourse
10:15pm - CLOUD
Back in his classic form, Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns with a genre-bending story of a successful internet reseller on the cusp of settling into a quiet, domestic life who becomes the target of a litany of mysterious attacks.
Director: KIYOSHI KUROSAWA
Runtime: 124 min
Film Society Center
8:15pm - DEVO
New wave legends Devo receive an affectionate tribute in this entertaining and enlightening account of their remarkable path from art-rock agitators to unlikely pop stars.
Director: CHRIS SMITH
Runtime: 94 min
Film Society East
4:45pm - DYING
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, Matthias Glasner’s much-lauded dramedy is an intimate epic delving into the twisted dynamics of a highly dysfunctional German family.
Director: MATTHIAS GLASNER
Runtime: 185 min
Film Society Bourse
12:15pm - EEPHUS
In a small New England town, a group of amateur baseball players assembles for one last game before their local baseball field’s destruction in this gentle, melancholy debut from Carson Lund.
Director: CARSON LUND
Runtime: 99 min
Film Society Bourse
5:00pm - EVERY LITTLE THING
This heart-wrenching and beautifully uplifting documentary follows Terry Masear, a woman living in Hollywood who has dedicated her life to rescuing and rehabilitating injured hummingbirds.
Director: SALLY AITKEN
Runtime: 93 min
Film Society Bourse
10:00am - FLOW
When a devastating flood destroys his home, a solitary cat's only hope is a boat filled with eclectic animals. Together, they must navigate their differences and a world transformed by water in this visually stunning animated adventure.
Director: GINTS ZILBALODIS
Runtime: 85 min
Film Society Center
2:45pm - GRAND THEFT HAMLET
Two out-of-work actors attempt to stage The Bard’s Hamlet entirely inside the wildly unpredictable and violent digital world of Grand Theft Auto in this innovative, poignant, and thrilling documentary.
Director: SAM CRANE, PINNY GRYLLS
Runtime: 89 min
Film Society East
3:00pm - I'M STILL HERE
Walter Salles returns to his native Brazil for the first time in 16 years with the deeply personal true story of a woman fighting against the injustices of the military dictatorship after her husband’s disappearance.
Director: WALTER SALLES
Runtime: 136 min
Film Society East
10:30pm - NIGHT CALL
As Black Lives Matter protesters clash with the police on the streets of Brussels, a Black student moonlighting as a locksmith responds to a job that sparks a wild, one-night descent into the criminal underworld.
Director: MICHIEL BLANCHART
Runtime: 91 min
Film Society Bourse
9:30pm - OMAR AND CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD
An electrifying, unconventional band doc composed entirely from intimate archive footage about the eccentric creative soulmates behind At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta as they trace their roots, reject fame, and revolutionize music forever.
Director: NICOLAS JACK DAVIES
Runtime: 127 min
Film Society East
6:15pm - THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet’s sweeping American epic stars Adrien Brody as a Hungarian Holocaust survivor on a decades-long quest to realize an ambitious architectural work for a wealthy American patron. Presented on 35mm.
Director: BRADY CORBET
Runtime: 215 min
Film Society Center
7:00pm - THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS
With her home at risk of government-sanctioned demolition, a young mother with aspirations of changing her son’s life stumbles upon a life-changing amount of money, putting her values and devotion to community to the ultimate test.
Director: THE AGBAJOWO COLLECTIVE
Runtime: 101 min
Film Society East
10:30pm - THE SECOND ACT
As David attempts to pass his newest girlfriend off to his friend Willy, the unaware Florence eagerly anticipates introducing him to her father. When the four of them meet up at a restaurant in the middle of nowhere, the highly unexpected ensues…
Director: QUENTIN DUPIEUX
Runtime: 80 min
Film Society East
