About the Film:
The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk) and the engineer Jan (Roland Møller), who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company (Søren Malling) and the Somali pirates.
Director: Tobias Lindholm
Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim
Release Date: June 28th, 2013
Run Time: 99 min.
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About the Film:
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn’t been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core.
Release: November 21st, 2013
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Kevin Durand, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer
Run Time: 85 mins.
PRINCE AVALANCHE @ 7:30PM
In 1988 two city highway workers journey into the woods. The forest sets the backdrop for a summer of misadventures and bonding over shared experiences.
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault
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COMPUTER CHESS @ 9:30PM
During a weekend tournament for chess software programmers, technology and the human spirit compete. This film set in the 1980’s lays the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it.
Director: Andrew Bujalski.
Cast: Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins.
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Join the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University for a screening of "Night of the Lepus" June 27th at 6:30pm. Academy resident experts will be present on stage to comment on the film and it's obscurities.
PFS members receive a special discount on tickets! Contact membership@filmadelphia.org for the promo code.
Mega-bad is an 18+ event. Learn more about the screening and purchase your tickets here >>
Followed by a Q&A with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finallyfind his place in the world - all during a summer he will never forget.
Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Cast: Anna Sophia Robb, Steve Carell, Toni Collette
Release Date: July 5th, 2013
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THE SPECTACULAR NOW @ 7:30PM
With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacular Now creates a vivid, three- dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. This is the tale of Sutter Keely, a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he unexpectedly falls in love with "the good girl" Aimee Finecky . What starts as an unlikely romance, becomes a sharp-eyed, straight-up snapshot of the heady confusion and haunting passion of youth – one that doesn’t look for tidy truths. The film was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber (500) DAYS OF SUMMER and features wonderful supporting cast.
Director: James Ponsoldt
Cast: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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CAN'T BUY ME LOVE @ 9:30PM
Ronald Miller is tired of being a nerd, and pays one of the most popular girls in school to be his girlfriend. Once part of the “in” crowd, he sees that the price of popularity is higher than expected.
Director: Steve Rash.
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains
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The Philadelphia Film Society and the University of the Arts are proud to present Passport to World Cinema, a handpicked selection of the year's strongest cinema from around the globe. Each of the monthly screenings will include a notable international film title from the recent film festival circuit and a post-screening talkback led by a local film connoisseur. The ongoing partnership, now in its second year, encourages cinematic discussion and film education among local students and audiences via contemporary masterpieces.
About the film
The Act of Killing is an internationally acclaimed and award winning documentary that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to reenact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
Featuring: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara, Anwar Congo, Jusuf Kalla
Country/Year: Denmark/Norway/UK/Sweden/Finland 2012
Language: Indonesian/English
Run time: 115 minutes
Official Selection of: Toronto International Film Festival 2012, Telluride Film Festival 2012, Berlin International FIlm Festival 2013
Tickets
General Admission: $5.00
PFS Members: FREE
UARTS Current Students & Faculty: FREE
SAVE THE DATE!
The 22nd annual Philadelphia Film Festival will be held from October 17-27, 2013.
Founded in 1991, the Philadelphia Film Festival is one of the longest-running film festivals in the city. Presented annually by the nonprofit Philadelphia Film Society (PFS), the Festival is an outstanding showcase of cinematic excellence and imagination, featuring over 200 films with more than 50 filmmakers and industry guests at seven unique venues throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area.
As one of Philadelphia’s most important cultural events, the Festival is eagerly anticipated by its enthusiastic and devoted audiences, including students, film lovers, and arts supporters. Critically acclaimed by industry professionals, the Festival aims to promote domestic and international films that might not otherwise be seen in Philadelphia. The two-week event showcases thought-provoking narrative features, live action and animated shorts, locally-produced films, and theatrical documentaries. Industry panels, director Q&As, special event screenings, and networking opportunities enhance the Festival experience, providing Philadelphia audiences with unrivalled access to world-class films and the talent responsible for creating them.
