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PFF31 Guests Announced!

October 19, 2022 by Kait Calabrò

In conjunction with Festival screenings, Philadelphia Film Society will host top filmmakers and actors for post-screening discussions throughout the 12-day event.

Festival attendees can expect multiple special guest appearances by filmmakers at screenings. From the Centerpiece selections, the festival will welcome RIAN JOHNSON, Director of GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, and CHINONYE CHUKWU, Director of TILL, both of who will participate in moderated Q&A sessions after their film’s screenings. From the Filmadelphia category, NICK NOLTE will appear with Writer/Director BRANDON ERIC KAMIN on behalf of their new film RITTENHOUSE SQUARE.

Guest schedules may change. Please see individual film listings for the most up-to-date screening schedule and guests anticipated to attend. The full Festival schedule and digital Festival Program Guide are available now on www.filmadelphia.org/festival.

See the full guest list of PFF31 below!


TILL
October 20 | Film Center
Director Chinonye Chukwu

HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE
October 20 | Bourse
Star and Co-Writer Ariela Barer and Editor Daniel Garber

CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS
October 20 | Bourse
Writer/Director/Producer Joe Begos

NEXT EXIT
October 21 | Bourse
Writer/Director Mali Elfman

BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND
October 21 & 22 | Bourse
Director Trevor Anderson

YOUR FRIEND, MEMPHIS
October 21 | East
October 30 | East
Producer Ben Edelman – October 21
Director David Zucker – October 30

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
October 21 | Film Center
Director Rian Johnson

FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
October 21 & 30 | East
Various Filmmakers and Producers

A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE
October 22 | Film Center
Director/Producer Lisa Riordan Seville, Director/Producer Zara Katz, Writer/Producer Kara C. Jones, Impact Producer Amira Smith and Subject of the film Kristal Bush

THE GRAB
October 22 | East
Subject of the film Nathan Halverson

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
October 22 | East
Director Jason Kohn and Producer Amanda Branson Gill

NOT FOR NOTHING
October 22 & October 29 | East
Director Frank Tartaglia and Director Tom Dowlin

BLOOD RELATIVES
October 22 & 23 | Bourse
Writer/Director/Star Noah Segan

KIDS VS. ALIENS
October 22 | Bourse
Writer/Director Jason Eisener and Star Calem MacDonald

AN EVENING WITH DREAM VIDEO DIVISION
October 22 | Film Center
Appearance by members of DVD – including Jake Robinson, Chloë Brett, Anton Jackson, Dave Seger, Nadine Allan, David Jackson – for a screening of some of their latest hilarious and visually stunning film remixes.

THE SMELL OF MONEY
OCTOBER 23 & 24 | Bourse
Director Shawn Bannon

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE
October 23 & 30 | Film Center
Writer/Director Brandon Eric Kamin – October 23 & 30
Star Nick Nolte – October 23

CHOP & STEELE
October 24 | Bourse
Director of Photography Priest Fontaine Batten

MISTER ORGAN
October 24 & 25 | Bourse
Director David Farrier

A COMPASSIONATE SPY
October 25 | Film Center
Producer Dave Lindorff

GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY: THE BANKRUPTCY OF DETROIT
October 25 | Film Center
Director Sam Katz

THE EXILES
October 25 & 26 | Bourse
Co-Director Ben Klein and Co-Director Violet Columbus

THE PICTURE TAKER
October 27 & 28 | East
Director Phil Bartelsen and Producer Lise Yasui

CAUSEWAY
October 27 | Film Center
Director Lila Neugebauer

LOUDMOUTH
October 29 | Film Center
Director Josh Alexander

LAND OF GOLD
October 29 & 30 | Bourse
Writer/Director/Star Nardeep Khurmi

BOYCOTT
October 30 | Bourse
Just Vision Films Communications Associate Jen Marlowe


Click HERE to see the full PFF31 Lineup!


FILMADELPHIA JURY
Allison Friedman
Sean Covel
David Yarovesky

SHORTS JURY
Adam Murray
Marisa DeMarini
Christine Hsu

DOCUMENTARY JURY
David Fear
Shawn Bannon

NARRATIVE JURY
Jen Yamato
Noah Segan
Vera Drew

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