Philadelphia Film Festival

Schedule Of Events

8:00pm - AFTER HOURS SHORTS PROGRAM

A selection of odd, eerie, thrilling and downright weird short films.
Runtime: 90 min
Film Society Bourse

8:15pm - AN UNFINISHED FILM

A filmmaker and his team unearth deserted footage from a project dating back a decade. They embark on a journey to finish it only to find themselves amid chaos as the beginnings of a global lockdown ensue.
Director: LOU YE
Runtime: 107 min
Film Society East

6:15pm - BIRD

Andrea Arnold's (Fish Tank, American Honey) stunning new feature follows Bailey, a 12-year-old desparately doign what she can to protect herself and her siblings from domestic violence and neglect. When she meets an enigmatic stranger named Bird, a glimmer of hope appears.
Director: ANDREA ARNOLD
Runtime: 119 min
Film Society East

8:30pm - FREEDOM WAY

The boycott of a start-up triggers a chain of events intertwining the worlds of individuals from radically different class enclaves in Afolab Olalekani's striking feature directorial debut.
Director: AFOLABI OLALEKAN
Runtime: 83 min
Film Society Bourse

6:00pm - MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

After a profound loss, a woman embarks on a darkly humorous and moving journey of self-reflection, confronting a lifetime of pain, hoarding, and disappointment. Along the way, she discovers hope and transformation despite life’s hardships in this unconventional animated film from the mind behind Mary and Max.
Director: ADAM ELLIOT
Runtime: 95 min
Film Society East

1:30pm - MY FAVOURITE CAKE

Two lonely 70-somethings adrift in Tehran find companionship and the potential for romance over the course of an eventful evening in this quietly emotional two-hander.
Director: MARYAM MOGHADDAM, BEHTASH SANAEEHA
Runtime: 96 min
Film Society Bourse

6:00pm - SEW TORN

A desperate seamstress stumbles upon a briefcase full of cash. With nothing left to lose, she takes it, triggering a chaotic chain of events, where every decision leads her down an unpredictable—and often dangerous—path.
Director: FREDDY MACDONALD
Runtime: 95 min
Film Society Bourse

6:15pm - THE LAST SHOWGIRL

Pamela Anderson gives a career-defining performance as a Las Vegas showgirl forced to reckon with the parts of life she’s swept under the rug for decades when her floor show closes after 30 years.
Director: GIA COPPOLA
Runtime: 86 min
Film Society Center

8:30pm - THE ORDER

In this eerily relevant historical thriller based on a true story, a magnetic Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating a homegrown, racist terrorist organization in the early 1980s.
Director: JUSTIN KURZEL
Runtime: 114 min
Film Society Center

8:45pm - 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