Philly Film Showcase
PHILLY FILM SHOWCASE
An exhibition supporting new work by talented up-and-coming local filmmakers of all ages, levels, and backgrounds complete with post-screening Q&As with the filmmakers and talent.
Celebrate our talented local filmmakers each month during the Philly Film Showcase. PFS turns the Philadelphia Film Greenfield Screening Room into a venue for up-and-coming filmmakers of all ages, levels, and backgrounds. Each Showcase is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and talent 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 thanks to our free ticketing program PFS On Us, though donations to Philly Film Showcase are welcome.
SUBMIT YOUR FILM HERE!
SHOWCASE – February 2 | 7:30 PM | Film Center
SAFIYA SONGHAI | 2023 | USA | 15 MIN
The white male dominated world of sportscasting reluctantly hires its first Black female co-anchor. Now, this sepia-skin sportscaster must convince the bigoted network executives, co-workers and southern audiences to ‘pass her the ball.’
TRASH & BURN
BILAL MOTLEY | 2024 | USA | 19 MIN
Showcases Chester, Pennsylvania, where Zulene Mayfield leads the 30 year fight against the US’s largest trash incinerator, impacting the majority-black town. The plant, processing waste from distant locations like Canada and Puerto Rico, exemplifies one of the nation’s most severe instances of environmental racism. The film spotlights Chester’s resilience and their battle against systemic injustice.
Six people of color are asked a direct question – Do you know how to swim? Their amazing answers and stories are turned into beautiful works of animation and live action that question and challenge whether a crippling stereotype, one that has plagued African-Americans for decades, is true or not.