Philly Film Showcase

An exhibition supporting new work by talented up-and-coming local filmmakers of all ages, level, and backgrounds complete with First Friday reception and post-screening Q&As.

Celebrating our talented local filmmakers each month during Philadelphia’s city-wide First Friday art open house, Philly Film Showcase turns the Black Box into a venue for up-and-coming filmmakers of all ages, level, and backgrounds. Each Showcase is preceded by a casual reception (with complimentary beer provided by Dock Street Brewery) and followed by a Q&A for the filmmakers to elicit feedback from the audience.

Submitting to the program is FREE! We support our local filmmakers enthusiastically and encourage our community to do the same.

Tickets are FREE, though donations to Philly Film Showcase are welcome. Free ticketing program PFS On Us is presented by PNC Arts Alive.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM HERE!

JULY SHOWCASE – Friday, July 7 | 7:30 PM

TOAST SAM THOMPSON | USA | 2016 | 7 MIN Drew thinks his house is haunted. Nancy ignores all the signs. Will they survive the night?

BLOODY MARY KENNETH GUG, MATT LARSEN, SCOTT J. ROSS | USA | 2016 | 6 MIN Where is Bloody Mary? Who framed her? Is fashion photographer DiChulo on to something big… REAL big… or is he a raving lunatic?

WHIP WHOP! WILL COLACITO | USA | 2017 | 5 MIN A mysterious chrome object floats down the river… Where did it come from? Where is it going?

I’VE GOT MY MIND’S EYE SET ON YOU (and part of me knows what you’re thinking) SAMUEL VALENTI | USA | 2017 | 14 MIN A woman descends into madness and paranoia in this film about the nature of questioning, knowing, and believing.

BREAKFAST ALEKSANDRA SVETLICHNAYA | USA | 26 MIN Two friends set out on a quest for an exclusive edition of their favorite comic book one morning and find something unexpected, setting off a series of events that no one could have predicted. And they haven’t even had breakfast!

Past Selections

3801 lancaster (Part ii) – Directed by David Altrogge
A Man Full of Trouble – Directed by Michael Johnston
About Them. – Justin Boswick
Alien Communications – Directed by Kris and Kurtis Theorin
Baby Steps – Directed by Chike Nwabukwu
Beta Persei – Directed by Katherine Clark
Bigger – Directed by Chad Fisher
Blind Date – Directed by Jamel Northern
Child No More – Directed by Alex Hutflus
City of Shells Section: 1 Young Woman – Directed by Sean Hamilton
Dalyla – Directed by Alexis Cerezo
Dead Giveaway – Directed by Ian Kimbel $amp; Chris Spence
Dice – Directed by Viraj Nayar
Forlorn Rose – Directed by Justin Boswick
Fishtail – Directed by Andrew Renzi
Francisville – Jonathan Pappas
Guests of a Nation – Directed by Daniel Speers
Gumball – Directed by Kris and Kurtis Theorin
Helicopter – Directed by Kit Zauhar
Home Away From Home – Directed by Tianyao Ma
Hopscotch – Directed by Chung-Wei Huang
In Weeping – Directed by Crystal Willison
Inheritance – Directed by Allen Meadows
It Was a Quiet Ride – Directed by Grant Schmidt
I’ve Always Been Here – Directed by M. Sean McManus
John Gets Ahead – Directed by Stephen Ohocinski Jr.
Karina and the Composer – Directed by Karl Staven
Leaving Circadia – Directed by Evan Matthew Weinstein
Lie – Directed by Lisa Jiang
Like – Directed by Steven Gandolfo
Little Red Truck – Directed by Kate Kelsen
Mani Pedi: Episode One – Directed by Paul Triggiani
Marbletown – Directed by Wesley Mellott
Maquette 1:1000 – Directed by Doris ChiaChing Lin
Minuet for a Disappearance – Directed by Maaman Rezaee
Moths – Directed by Andy Fortenbacher
My Invisible Friend Is An Insomniac – Directed by Laura Hilliard
Nights Like This – Directed by Kevin Nguyen
No One Else – Directed by Michael Long
On the Other Side of the Fence – Directed by Henry Nevison
Past/Present/Future – Directed by Andrew Gitomer
Pennsylvania Holy Ghosts – Directed by Ryan Pomeranz
Regular – Directed by Jacquelyn Papanier
Pine Tree – Adam Evans
Rise of the Tigers – Directed by Max Pulcini and Matthew Albasi
Road Elegy – Directed by Linnea Langkammer
Routine – Edward Waisnis
Selkie – Directed by Amy Frear
Slashed – Directed by Chad Schultz
Street Rats – Directed by Jared Hirsch
Sundog – Directed by Israel Vasquez
Surviving Kensington – Directed by Mo Scarpelli
Sweepstakes – Directed by Mark Tumas
Sweet Caroline – Directed by Luke Nowell
The Backyard Philly Project – Directed by Amanda Danzinger
The Burning House – Directed by Scott Ross and Karl Beyer
The FBI Blew Up My Ice Skates – Directed by Sara Zia Ebrahimi, Lindsey Martin
The Friend Zone – Directed by Robert Jaffe
The Magic Bracelet – By Rina Goldberg
The Property – Directed by Scott Hudson
The Thrill of Being Followed – Directed by Mickey Newman
The Witmans – Directed by Joe Lee
There All Along – Directed by Kyle Thompson
Thornbird – Directed by Jonathan Stutzman
Top Secret Rosies – Directed by LeeAnn Erickson
Transcriber – Directed by Mark Partridge
Triptych – Directed by Hilary Brashear
Until 20 – Directed by Geraldine Moriba Meadows & Jamila Paksima Rowell
Vessel – Directed by Stephanie Yuhas
Watch Me – Directed by Ben Samuels
White Mushroom – Directed by Althea Rao
Wicked Conclusions – Directed by Phillip G. Carroll Jr.
Wolf of the Woods – Directed by Evan Maron
Xylophone – Created by Jennifer Levonian
Your Secret – Directed by Daisy Hwang