Past Events

Sneak Preview Screenings


Central to PFS member events are Sneak Preview Screenings, which give members the opportunity to see new and exciting films before they are open to the public. Sneak Previews are additionally enticing because they often include receptions and a post-film Q&A with directors, actors and other supporting filmmakers.  Below is a list of all Sneak Preview Screenings PFS members were invited to in 2009.

Click here for a complete list of Advanced Film Screenings from 2008

And here for 2009's list.


1/5/10- Youth In Revolt
1/14/10- Crazy Heart
followed by Q&A with writer/director Scott Cooper
1/25/10- District 13: Ultimatum
2/8/10- Saint John of Las Vegas

2/22/10- Brooklyn's Finest
2/23/10- City Island
2/23/10- Cop Out
3/1/10- Kick-Ass
3/2/10- Hot Tub Time Machine
3/4/10- How To Train Your Dragon in 3D
3/8/10- Hot Tub Time Machine
3/9/10- Green Zone
3/16/10- Mother
3/18/10- The Runaways
3/21/10- City Island preceeded by Q&A with star Andy Garcia
4/5/10- The Greatest
4/8/10- Letters to Juliet
4/20/10- The Losers
4/20/10- Robin Hood
4/27/10- A Nightmare on Elm St.
4/27/10- Babies
5/3/10- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
5/26/10- Survival of the Dead
6/1/10- Splice
6/2/10- Karate Kid
6/3/10- Solitary Man
6/8/10- Cyrus followed by Q&A with actor John C. Reilly

6/16/10- Jonah Hex
7/8/10- Dinner For Schmucks
7/20/10- The Kids Are All Right

filmadelphiaEXPERIENCE


6/24
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: Raging Bull followed by moderated discussion led by film critic Sam Adams
7/8
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: Chinatown followed by moderated discussion led by D.B. Jones (professor, Drexel University)
7/29/09- filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT: Shrink followed by Q&A led by writer Thomas Moffett
8/5
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: Reservoir Dogs followed by moderated discussion led by Drexel professor Gregory Wolmart
8/19
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: Pulp Fiction followed by moderated discussion led by film critic Matt Prigge
8/26
/09- filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT: No Impact Man followed by moderated discussion led by Adam Rubinfield (sustainability coordinator, World Bank)
9/2
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: Double Indemnity followed by moderated discussion led by film critic Carrie Rickey
9/16
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: Sunset Boulevard
9/23
/09- filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT: Amreeka followed by moderated discussion led by writer/director Cherien Dabis.
10/21
/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS: 8 ½ followed by moderated discussion led by Maurizio Giammarco (professor, Temple University)
11/10/09- filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY: P-Star Rising
11/15/09- filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT: The Road followed by moderated discussion led by visual effects supervisor Mark Forker
12/2/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Dr. Strangelove followed by moderated discussion with Drexel professor Gregory Wolmart
12/16/09- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: The Killing followed by moderated discussion with Irv Slifkin (writer, MoviesUnlimited.com)
1/10/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: The Tragedy of Macbeth followed by moderated discussion with Widener University professor Annalisa Castaldo
1/24/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Henry V followed by moderated discussion with Ursinus College professor Matt Kozusko
2/3/10- filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY Screening Series: Dust & Illusions: A History of Burning Man
2/24/10- filmadelphiaCLASSIC Screening Series: Breakfast at Tiffany's
3/3/10- filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY Screening Series: Waltz With Bashir followed by moderated discussion with Drexel University professor Gregory Wolmart
3/10/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? followed by moderated discussion with University of the Arts professor Karl Staven
3/15/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Persepolis
3/31/10- filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY Screening Series: Waking Sleeping Beauty followed by Q&A with producer Peter Schneider
4/7/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Psycho followed by moderated discussion with Yale University professor Marc Lapadula
4/21/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Shadow of a Doubt followed by moderated discussion with Drexel University professor Dave Jones
5/10/10- filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY Screening Series: His & Hers
5/12/10- filmadelphiaCLASSICS Screening Series: Alien followed by moderated discussion led by Drexel University Rock Robertson, president of the Philadelphia Sci-Fi Society
5/19/10- filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT Screening Series: Winter's Bone followed by a Q&A with writer/director Debra Granik
6/1/10- filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY Screening Series: Thing With No Name followed by a Q&A with director Sarah Friedland


The Philadelphia Film Festival Free Spring Preview presented by Pennsylvania Hospital

4/9/10
- I Am Love
4/9/10- Looking For Eric
4/9/10- The Square (preceeded by the acclaimed short Spider) followed by Q&A with director Nash Edgerton
4/10/10- Exit Through the Gift Shop
4/10/10- Tales From The Golden Age
4/10/10- Gasland followed by Q&A with writer/director Josh Fox
4/10/10- Holy Rollers
4/10/10- The Joneses
4/11/10- The Good, The Bad, The Weird
4/11/10- No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson followed by Q&A with producer Emily Hart
4/11/10- Harry Brown