PFS & UArts Announce THE ARTIST AS A FILMMAKER Monthly Screening Series

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
LAUNCH THE ARTIST AS A FILMMAKER MONTHLY SCREENING SERIES
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE NOTABLE DIRECTORS SUCH AS
ALFRED HITCHCOCK, JIM JARMUSCH, MIRANDA JULY & DAVID LYNCH

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) March 2, 2012 – The Philadelphia Film Society and the University of the Arts presents The Artist as a Filmmaker, a monthly film series highlighting world-renowned directors who transitioned their careers from visual artistry to film making. The program serves to expand the annual Philadelphia Film Festival's Masters of Cinema component, educating its audience on the collaboration of multiple art forms, while celebrating the introductory year of the University of the Arts’ School of Film in 2012.

Films includes:
Stranger than Paradise; Hunger; Matinee; The Future; Beginners; and Vertigo