32ND PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 19, 2023
4:30pm - 6:10pm
SILVER DOLLAR ROAD
Non/Fiction, PFS on Us
SILVER DOLLAR ROAD
Raoul Peck | USA | English | 2023 | 100 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 4:30pm
When a land developer leverages legal loopholes to seize waterfront property owned by a Black family for more than a century, it sparks a decades-long battle exposing the fractured American system fueling economic disparity.
6:45pm - 8:42pm
AMERICAN FICTION
Centerpieces
AMERICAN FICTION
Cord Jefferson | USA | English | 2023 | 117 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:45pm
Opening Night Film In this hilariously biting satire, a terrific Jeffrey Wright stars as a disillusioned black author forced to reckon with the nature of the publishing industry after he compromises his own integrity in his search for success.
9:30pm - 11:18pm
FOE
Spotlights
FOE
Garth Davis | Australia | English | 2023 | 108 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 9:30pm
Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan star in this near-future sci-fi about a struggling farmer who’s offered a lucrative opportunity to work on a space station while an AI replica remains at home with his wife.
Friday, October 20, 2023
11:45am - 1:18pm
RICHLAND
Green Screen
RICHLAND
Irene Lusztig | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 11:45am
Using candid, multifaceted narratives, this vivid documentary explores a city forged by the Manhattan Project, where nuclear pride and a haunting legacy coexist.
12:00pm - 2:00pm
GOODBYE JULIA
PFS on Us, World View
GOODBYE JULIA
Mohamed Kordofani | Egypt, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, Sudan, Sweden | Arabic | 2023 | 120 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:00pm
Mohamed Kordofani’s Cannes prizewinner merges Sudanese history into an affecting narrative about two women whose vastly different worlds collide after a horrific tragedy.
12:15pm - 1:44pm
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Cinema De France
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot | Belgium, France | French | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:15pm
To save their relationship, a seemingly happy couple must track down and sleep with all of their past lovers in this insightful, gently surreal romantic comedy from Belgium.
2:15pm - 4:02pm
THE MONK AND THE GUN
World View
THE MONK AND THE GUN
Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, Taiwan, USA | Dzongkha, English | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS East 2 - 2:15pm
Bhutanese director Pawo Choyning Dorji follows up his Oscar-nominated LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM with a gently satirical ensemble comedy about a village learning to reconcile tradition with modernity.
2:15pm - 3:50pm
TÓTEM
World View
TÓTEM
Lila Avilés | Denmark, France, Mexico | Spanish | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:15pm
As chaos and tension mounts, a seven-year-old girl watches her relatives prepare for a surprise birthday party that may also be a farewell in this compassionate, lived-in, critically acclaimed family portrait.
2:30pm - 4:14pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
Shorts, Shorts Programs
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:30pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2 | 104 MIN
3:15pm - 5:16pm
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Cinema De France
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Martin Bourboulon | France | French | 2023 | 121 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 3:15pm
Featuring lavish production values and a star-studded cast including Vincent Cassel and Eva Green, this adaptation breathes thrilling new life into the swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas classic.
4:30pm - 5:55pm
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
World View
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
Tomás Gómez Bustillo | Argentina, USA | Spanish | 2023 | 85 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 4:30pm
In this offbeat Argentinian indie, a pious, elderly chapel custodian is in desperate search of a way to show up the other women at her church–even if it means staging a miracle herself.
4:45pm - 6:23pm
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
PFS on Us, World View
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
Zoljargal Purevdash | France, Mongolia, Qatar, Switzerland | Mongolian | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 2 - 4:45pm
Zoljargal Purevdash’s affecting and personal portrayal follows Ulzii, a gifted teen who is suddenly faced with incredibly adult choices when his mother leaves him and his siblings in the dead of winter.
5:00pm - 6:51pm
CATERPILLAR
Non/Fiction
CATERPILLAR
Liza Mandelup | USA | English | 2023 | 111 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
Hoping to transform the way the world sees him and the way he sees himself, a man seeks out a risky cosmetic procedure in this unsettling and moving meditation on beauty, identity, and self-acceptance.
6:00pm - 6:54pm
STAND UP & SHOUT: SONGS FROM A PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL
Special Events
STAND UP & SHOUT: SONGS FROM A PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL
Amy Schatz | USA | English | 2023 | 54 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
This soul-stirring musical documentary highlights a Philadelphia high school program that encourages students to channel their thoughts, feelings, and dreams into an album of rousing original songs.
6:30pm - 7:57pm
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Made in USA, PFS on Us
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Joanna Arnow | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:30pm
Filmmaker Joanna Arnow stars as a thirtysomething woman in New York City navigating her BDSM relationship and cubicle hell with a defiant shrug in this wry send-up of modern millennial living.
7:15pm - 9:22pm
THE PROMISED LAND
Spotlights
THE PROMISED LAND
Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark | Danish | 2023 | 127 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:15pm
Mads Mikkelsen brings primal intensity to his portrayal of a lowborn army captain striving to establish a settlement in Denmark’s notoriously inhospitable Jutland Heath in this brutal, beautiful historical epic.
7:45pm - 9:24pm
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Non/Fiction
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Miranda Yousef | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:45pm
Tracking the rise and fall of Thomas Kinkade, this poignant, revealing documentary delves beneath his reputation as the “Painter of Light” to explore the multifaceted, troubled man whose work revolutionized the business of art-making.
8:00pm - 9:41pm
DREAM SCENARIO
Centerpieces
DREAM SCENARIO
Kristoffer Borgli | USA | English | 2023 | 101 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:00pm
An everyman attains overnight celebrity when he inexplicably turns up in thousands of people’s dreams in this horror-laced comedy from Sick of Myself director Kristoffer Borgli and co-producer Ari Aster.
8:45pm - 10:05pm
LOUSY CARTER
Spotlights
LOUSY CARTER
Bob Byington | USA | English | 2023 | 80 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:45pm
Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with his best friend’s wife. He has six months to live.
10:00pm - 11:37pm
THE SETTLERS
World View
THE SETTLERS
Felipe Gálvez | Argentina, CHILE | English, Spanish | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00pm
A mixed-race Chilean accompanies a disgraced English captain and an American mercenary on a journey to secure a trade route for a wealthy landowner with ulterior motives in this harrowing and hauntingly beautiful Western.
10:15pm - 12:13am
RED ROOMS
After Hours
RED ROOMS
Pascal Plante | Canada | French | 2023 | 118 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:15pm
Impeccably crafted and deeply unsettling, this shape-shifting Québécois thriller probes the warped psyche of a woman obsessed with a sadistic serial killer and his legendary snuff films.
10:15pm - 11:50pm
SLEEP
After Hours
SLEEP
Jason Yu | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 95 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 10:15pm
In this devilishly entertaining domestic thriller, a young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband’s nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
11:45am - 1:29pm
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sight and Soundtrack
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sam Osborn, Alejandra Vasquez | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 11:45am
Immersing viewers in the world of competitive high school mariachi, this tuneful doc follows one hard-working team as it overcomes numerous obstacles in pursuit of a state championship.
12:00pm - 1:47pm
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Non/Fiction
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania | Cyprus, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA | Arabic | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:00pm
This profound documentary character study seamlessly blends reality and fiction, enlisting actors to embody two missing Tunisian women as their family members struggle to find closure.
12:00pm - 2:04pm
MONSTER
Masters of Cinema
MONSTER
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 126 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:00pm
Revered director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Japan with this intense drama, employing an intricate, Rashomon-like structure to unravel the mystery of what transpired between two troubled boys.
12:00pm - 2:04pm
PLAYTIME
From the Vaults
PLAYTIME
Jacques Tati | France | English, French, German | 1967 | 124 MIN |
Philadelphia Film Center - 12:00pm
In his magnum opus, French legend Jacques Tati once again transforms into clumsy cinematic hero Monsieur Hulot as he stumbles through a postmodern, absurdist Paris filled with tourists, bureaucrats, and the bourgeoisie.
2:30pm - 5:30pm
THE DELINQUENTS
World View
THE DELINQUENTS
Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina | Spanish | 2023 | 180 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:30pm
Fed up with his daily milieu, an Argentinian bank manager coordinates the perfect heist that will earn him minimal prison time only if his unknowing accomplice will agree to stash his haul.
2:30pm - 4:23pm
THE OLD OAK
Masters of Cinema
THE OLD OAK
Ken Loach | Belgium, France, UK | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 2 - 2:30pm
Ken Loach’s latest film is a heartfelt and impassioned plea for empathy and solidarity in the face of prejudice, focusing on the unlikely friendship between a small-town pub owner and a young Syrian refugee.
2:35pm - 4:28pm
FINGERNAILS
Spotlights
FINGERNAILS
Christos Nikou | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 2:35pm
Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed star in this thought-provoking, melancholy sci-fi romance set in an off-kilter reality in which a mysterious test determines whether couples are truly in love.
2:40pm - 4:18pm
BAD PRESS
Non/Fiction
BAD PRESS
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler | USA | English, Mvskoke | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:40pm
This thrilling political documentary spotlights a courageous journalist’s perilous fight to expose government corruption and protect free speech rights in Muscogee Nation.
5:00pm - 7:13pm
THE HOLDOVERS
Centerpieces
THE HOLDOVERS
Alexander Payne | USA | English | 2023 | 133 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:00pm
During a prep school’s winter break in the 1970s, the unlikely trio of a prickly professor, grieving cafeteria manager, and a disillusioned student find warmth in Alexander Payne’s touching dramedy.
5:00pm - 6:38pm
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
PFS on Us, World View
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
Zoljargal Purevdash | France, Mongolia, Qatar, Switzerland | Mongolian | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
Zoljargal Purevdash’s affecting and personal portrayal follows Ulzii, a gifted teen who is suddenly faced with incredibly adult choices when his mother leaves him and his siblings in the dead of winter.
5:15pm - 6:36pm
FALLEN LEAVES
Masters of Cinema
FALLEN LEAVES
Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany | Finnish | 2023 | 81 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:15pm
A touching love story about two lost souls, Aki Kaurismäki’s rumored swan song perfectly encapsulates the Finnish master’s deadpan wit, visual ingenuity, and quiet humanism.
6:00pm - 7:30pm
OMEN
World View
OMEN
Baloji | Belgium, Democratic Republic Of the Congo, Netherlands | English, French, Lingala, Swahili | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:00pm
The exhilarating, visually rich first feature from Belgian-Congolese musician Baloji tells the intertwined tales of four people accused of various forms of witchcraft and sorcery.
7:15pm - 9:25pm
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Cinema De France
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Thomas Cailley | France | French | 2023 | 130 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:15pm
When a mysterious ailment causes some humans to transform into different species of animal, a devoted father must do whatever it takes to track down his mutating wife and protect his teenage son in this crowd-pleasing dramedy.
7:45pm - 9:30pm
I USED TO BE FUNNY
World View
I USED TO BE FUNNY
Ally Pankiw | Canada | English | 2023 | 105 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:45pm
Rachel Sennott’s layered performance anchors this absorbing, darkly comedic indie about a stand-up comedian who’s attempting to put her life back together after a traumatic series of events.
7:45pm - 9:54pm
MAESTRO
Centerpieces
MAESTRO
Bradley Cooper | USA | English | 2023 | 129 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 7:45pm
Epic yet intimate, this decades-spanning drama offers a fascinating look at legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, focusing on both his artistry and his adoring but tumultuous marriage.
8:00pm - 9:13pm
BREAK THE GAME
Non/Fiction
BREAK THE GAME
Jane M. Wagner | USA | English | 2023 | 73 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:00pm
A prolific trans video game streamer grapples with universal questions of identity and connection, all while broadcasting her life to thousands of (sometimes toxic) viewers in this eye-opening, moving doc.
10:00pm - 11:43pm
INFESTED
After Hours
INFESTED
Sébastien Vanicek | France | French | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00pm
An arachnophobe’s nightmare, this squirm-inducing horror film finds residents of a rundown French apartment building battling against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
10:15pm - 12:26am
KUBI
Masters of Cinema
KUBI
Takeshi Kitano | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 131 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 10:15pm
The latest film from auteur Takeshi Kitano is an epically bloody, darkly humorous, and surprisingly queer dramatization of one of the most famous political assassinations in Japanese history.
10:15pm - 11:47pm
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
After Hours
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes | Australia, UAE, USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:15pm
A 1970s late-night talk show host plans a daring Halloween special to save his failing program, only to discover there may be a sinister entity afoot.
Sunday, October 22, 2023
10:00am - 11:52am
DEEP SEA
This Animated Life
DEEP SEA
Xiaopeng Tian | China | CHINESE | 2023 | 112 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 10:00am
After an accident on a cruise ship throws her overboard, a young girl and her new underwater companions embark on a turbulent quest to find her mother in this visually astonishing animated adventure.
10:00am - 11:29am
PIANOFORTE
Sight and Soundtrack
PIANOFORTE
Jakub Piatek | Germany, Poland | CHINESE, English, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:00am
At once tenderly moving and keenly riveting, this doc follows several gifted pianists as they compete in the rigorous and highly prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition.
10:15am - 12:02pm
THE MONK AND THE GUN
World View
THE MONK AND THE GUN
Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, Taiwan, USA | Dzongkha, English | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:15am
Bhutanese director Pawo Choyning Dorji follows up his Oscar-nominated LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM with a gently satirical ensemble comedy about a village learning to reconcile tradition with modernity.
12:15pm - 1:47pm
LATE BLOOMERS
Made in USA
LATE BLOOMERS
Lisa Steen | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:15pm
Karen Gillan delivers a knockout tragicomic performance as a hapless twentysomething in a love-hate relationship with a cantankerous Polish woman in this poignant, hilarious indie.
12:20pm - 1:48pm
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Non/Fiction
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Denmark, Sweden | English, Swedish | 2023 | 88 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:20pm
Hilarious, informative, and deeply troubling, this ambitious cinematic essay tracks the evolution of the recorded image from photography’s inception to our current, content-obsessed era.
12:45pm - 2:23pm
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
World View
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
İlker Çatak | Germany | English, German, Polish, Turkish | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:45pm
In a misguided attempt to solve a string of thefts, a virtuous young teacher unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events in this gripping, conversation-starting German drama.
2:20pm - 4:23pm
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Sight and Soundtrack
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Alexandria Bombach | USA | English | 2023 | 123 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:20pm
Known for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.
2:45pm - 5:17pm
GREEN BORDER
Masters of Cinema
GREEN BORDER
Agnieszka Holland | Belgium, CZECH REPUBLIC, France, Poland | Arabic, English, French, Polish | 2023 | 152 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:45pm
Examining the refugee crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border from multiple perspectives, Agnieszka Holland’s searing drama is one of the master filmmaker’s most ambitious, devastating works.
3:00pm - 4:46pm
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Masters of Cinema
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 106 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:00pm
In this slow-burn masterpiece from DRIVE MY CAR auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the peaceful existence of a mountainside community in rural Japan is threatened by misguided urban developers.
3:00pm - 5:25pm
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Cinema De France
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Trân Anh Hùng | France | French | 2023 | 145 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 3:00pm
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel make a delectable pair in this luminous period romance about a couple who channel their passions into mouthwatering, elaborate gastronomic creations.
5:15pm - 6:42pm
CHESTNUT
Filmadelphia
CHESTNUT
Jac Cron | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 5:15pm
STRANGER THINGS star Natalia Dyer plays a recent college graduate who falls in with a circle of restaurant workers and navigates romantic entanglements under the neon lights of the eponymous Philadelphia street.
5:30pm - 7:00pm
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
Shorts, Shorts Programs
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
88 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:30pm
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM | 88 MIN
5:50pm - 8:05pm
LA CHIMERA
Masters of Cinema
LA CHIMERA
Alice Rohrwacher | Italy | Italian | 2023 | 135 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:50pm
Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher returns with a luminous, boldly cinematic caper following a band of grave robbers and their mysterious leader, a lovelorn Brit charismatically played by Josh O’Connor.
6:00pm - 7:31pm
COPA 71
Non/Fiction
COPA 71
James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay | UK | English, French, Italian, Spanish | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:00pm
Nearly forgotten after 50 years, the remarkable story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup is finally given the spotlight with never-before-seen footage and interviews with the soccer superstars who kicked it off.
7:30pm - 9:21pm
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
This Animated Life
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | HUNGARY, Slovakia | HUNGARIAN | 2023 | 111 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 7:30pm
Set in a future dystopian society in which there are no plants or animals, this chilling yet romantic animated drama follows a man desperate to save his wife from the inevitable.
8:00pm - 9:44pm
THE SWEET EAST
Made in USA
THE SWEET EAST
Sean Price Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:00pm
The delirious directorial debut from famed indie cinematographer Sean Price Williams finds a high school senior ditching her class trip for an outrageous infiltration of fringe communities along the East Coast.
8:15pm - 9:54pm
RAGING GRACE
After Hours
RAGING GRACE
Paris Zarcilla | UK | English, Tagalog | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:15pm
An innovative blend of social commentary and spine-tingling scares, this SXSW award-winner follows an undocumented Filipina house cleaner whose latest snobby employer just might be her last.
8:35pm - 10:09pm
EILEEN
Spotlights
EILEEN
William Oldroyd | USA | English | 2023 | 97 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:35pm
The arrival of a bewitching psychologist at a 1960s penitentiary awakens strange new feelings in a mousy young woman, leading her down a tantalizingly dark path full of shock and glee.
Monday, October 23, 2023
1:00pm - 2:17pm
UPON ENTRY
PFS on Us, World View
UPON ENTRY
Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez | Spain | Catalan, English, Spanish | 2023 | 77 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:00pm
A couple is flagged by a border agent and forced to endure an invasive probe into their lives in the hauntingly relevant sociopolitical debut from Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez.
2:00pm - 3:22pm
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Green Screen, PFS on Us
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Andrew H. Brown, Moses Thuranira | Kenya, USA | Turkana | 2023 | 82 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 2:00pm
With an empathetic subject at its core, this heartwarming documentary from Kenya captures a young man’s exploration of his identity amidst the ecological erosion of his community.
3:15pm - 5:20pm
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
PFS on Us, World View
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain | Basque, Spanish | 2023 | 125 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:15pm
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's debut feature is a tender portrait of girlhood and womanhood as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old during a family vacation in the countryside.
3:30pm - 5:19pm
BUCKY F*CKING DENT
Spotlights
BUCKY F*CKING DENT
David Duchovny | USA | English | 2023 | 109 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 3:30pm
David Duchovny brings his own acclaimed novel to the big screen in this scrappy, big-hearted story of a rocky reunion between a terminally ill, Red Sox-obsessed man and his estranged son.
4:00pm - 5:26pm
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Green Screen
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Katja Esson | USA | English | 2023 | 86 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 4:00pm
As climate change affects Miami Beach's elite, developers invest in Liberty City, a historic Black enclave outside the floodplains. Despite promises of progress, residents face possible displacement and cultural erasure.
6:00pm - 7:46pm
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Masters of Cinema
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 106 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:00pm
In this slow-burn masterpiece from DRIVE MY CAR auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the peaceful existence of a mountainside community in rural Japan is threatened by misguided urban developers.
6:00pm - 8:03pm
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Sight and Soundtrack
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Alexandria Bombach | USA | English | 2023 | 123 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:00pm
Known for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.
6:00pm - 7:46pm
RUSTIN
Centerpieces
RUSTIN
George C. Wolfe | USA | English | 2023 | 106 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
Colman Domingo soars in this rousing biographical drama, which shines a long-overdue spotlight on the contributions of trailblazing, openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.
6:15pm - 7:42pm
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Made in USA, PFS on Us
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Joanna Arnow | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:15pm
Filmmaker Joanna Arnow stars as a thirtysomething woman in New York City navigating her BDSM relationship and cubicle hell with a defiant shrug in this wry send-up of modern millennial living.
6:15pm - 7:48pm
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Non/Fiction
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Luke Lorentzen | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:15pm
This intimate and profoundly moving documentary follows a dedicated hospital chaplain navigating a year-long residency where she learns to provide spiritual care to terminally ill patients.
8:30pm - 10:12pm
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Masters of Cinema
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Michel Gondry | France | French | 2023 | 102 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:30pm
Indie auteur Michel Gondry mines his own history behind the camera for this madcap comedy of errors about an imaginative but erratic filmmaker on an obsessive quest to finish his magnum opus.
8:30pm - 11:02pm
GREEN BORDER
Masters of Cinema
GREEN BORDER
Agnieszka Holland | Belgium, CZECH REPUBLIC, France, Poland | Arabic, English, French, Polish | 2023 | 152 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:30pm
Examining the refugee crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border from multiple perspectives, Agnieszka Holland’s searing drama is one of the master filmmaker’s most ambitious, devastating works.
8:30pm - 9:54pm
IN OUR DAY
Masters of Cinema
IN OUR DAY
Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 84 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 8:30pm
Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s wry, subtly profound take on meaning and connection ties together two seemingly unrelated (but strikingly similar) storylines about artists and their admirers.
8:45pm - 10:17pm
LATE BLOOMERS
Made in USA
LATE BLOOMERS
Lisa Steen | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:45pm
Karen Gillan delivers a knockout tragicomic performance as a hapless twentysomething in a love-hate relationship with a cantankerous Polish woman in this poignant, hilarious indie.
9:00pm - 10:39pm
RAGING GRACE
After Hours
RAGING GRACE
Paris Zarcilla | UK | English, Tagalog | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 9:00pm
An innovative blend of social commentary and spine-tingling scares, this SXSW award-winner follows an undocumented Filipina house cleaner whose latest snobby employer just might be her last.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
1:30pm - 2:56pm
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Green Screen
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Katja Esson | USA | English | 2023 | 86 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 1:30pm
As climate change affects Miami Beach's elite, developers invest in Liberty City, a historic Black enclave outside the floodplains. Despite promises of progress, residents face possible displacement and cultural erasure.
1:45pm - 3:28pm
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
This Animated Life
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Fernando Treuba, Javier Mariscal | France, Spain | English | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:45pm
The team behind CHICO & RITA returns with a vibrant animated docudrama, following the brilliant career, mysterious disappearance, and lasting influence of bossa nova trailblazer Francisco Tenório Júnior.
3:45pm - 5:02pm
UPON ENTRY
PFS on Us, World View
UPON ENTRY
Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez | Spain | Catalan, English, Spanish | 2023 | 77 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 3:45pm
A couple is flagged by a border agent and forced to endure an invasive probe into their lives in the hauntingly relevant sociopolitical debut from Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez.
4:00pm - 5:44pm
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sight and Soundtrack
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sam Osborn, Alejandra Vasquez | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 4:00pm
Immersing viewers in the world of competitive high school mariachi, this tuneful doc follows one hard-working team as it overcomes numerous obstacles in pursuit of a state championship.
5:45pm - 8:10pm
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Cinema De France
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Trân Anh Hùng | France | French | 2023 | 145 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:45pm
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel make a delectable pair in this luminous period romance about a couple who channel their passions into mouthwatering, elaborate gastronomic creations.
6:00pm - 8:04pm
MONSTER
Masters of Cinema
MONSTER
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 126 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:00pm
Revered director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Japan with this intense drama, employing an intricate, Rashomon-like structure to unravel the mystery of what transpired between two troubled boys.
6:15pm - 7:45pm
FANCY DANCE
Made in USA
FANCY DANCE
Erica Tremblay | USA | Cayuga, English | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:15pm
Lily Gladstone delivers a fierce performance as a Native American woman trying desperately to hold her family together after the disappearance of her sister in this urgent and deeply affecting family drama.
6:15pm - 7:52pm
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Made in USA
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Raven Jackson | USA | English | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:15pm
Produced by Barry Jenkins, the debut feature of award-winning poet and photographer Raven Jackson is an evocative, richly textured journey through multiple decades of one woman’s life in rural Mississippi.
6:30pm - 7:55pm
KIM'S VIDEO
Non/Fiction
KIM'S VIDEO
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Italy, USA | English, Italian, Korean | 2023 | 85 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:30pm
Equal parts cinema history and gonzo journalism, this doc conjures the halcyon days of legendary rental shop Kim’s Video and investigates the whereabouts of its collection.
8:30pm - 9:39pm
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA
Filmadelphia
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA
Kyra Knox | USA | English | 2022 | 69 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:30pm
This timely and powerful documentary follows three Philadelphia young people who are working to overcome violence and forge a positive new path through the power of basketball.
8:30pm - 10:14pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
Shorts, Shorts Programs
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
104 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 8:30pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2 | 104 MIN
8:35pm - 10:03pm
THIS CLOSENESS
Filmadelphia
THIS CLOSENESS
Kit Zauhar | USA | English | 2023 | 88 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:35pm
Attending a high school reunion, a young couple confronts their personal issues and a reclusive Airbnb host in Philly native Kit Zauhar’s tantalizingly tense chamber drama.
8:45pm - 10:14pm
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Cinema De France
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot | Belgium, France | French | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:45pm
To save their relationship, a seemingly happy couple must track down and sleep with all of their past lovers in this insightful, gently surreal romantic comedy from Belgium.
8:45pm - 10:56pm
KUBI
Masters of Cinema
KUBI
Takeshi Kitano | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 131 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:45pm
The latest film from auteur Takeshi Kitano is an epically bloody, darkly humorous, and surprisingly queer dramatization of one of the most famous political assassinations in Japanese history.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
1:15pm - 2:45pm
FANCY DANCE
Made in USA
FANCY DANCE
Erica Tremblay | USA | Cayuga, English | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:15pm
Lily Gladstone delivers a fierce performance as a Native American woman trying desperately to hold her family together after the disappearance of her sister in this urgent and deeply affecting family drama.
1:30pm - 3:09pm
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Green Screen
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Laura Gabbert | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 1:30pm
Concerned about the impact of the pandemic on independent farmers and chefs, culinary maven Ruth Reichl talks to innovators across the country working to repair America’s broken food system and build a more sustainable future.
3:30pm - 5:02pm
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Non/Fiction
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Roger Ross Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:30pm
Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams offers a profound and unflinching exploration of America's enduring struggle with racist, anti-Black narratives and the continued impact on policy and culture.
3:45pm - 5:16pm
Live Action Shorts Program 1
Shorts, Shorts Programs
Live Action Shorts Program 1
91 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 3:45pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM 1 | 91 MIN
6:00pm - 7:53pm
FINGERNAILS
Spotlights
FINGERNAILS
Christos Nikou | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:00pm
Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed star in this thought-provoking, melancholy sci-fi romance set in an off-kilter reality in which a mysterious test determines whether couples are truly in love.
6:00pm - 8:04pm
PERFECT DAYS
Masters of Cinema
PERFECT DAYS
Wim Wenders | Germany, Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 124 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
A lovely meditation on the magnificence of an ordinary life, this late-career masterpiece from master filmmaker Wim Wenders follows a good-natured cleaner of Tokyo’s public toilets.
6:00pm - 7:39pm
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Sight and Soundtrack
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:00pm
Known for their raucous live shows, punk rock immigrant folk heroes Gogol Bordello delve into their past and present as they voyage home to Ukraine amidst a smattering of bombs.
6:30pm - 7:58pm
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Non/Fiction
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Denmark, Sweden | English, Swedish | 2023 | 88 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:30pm
Hilarious, informative, and deeply troubling, this ambitious cinematic essay tracks the evolution of the recorded image from photography’s inception to our current, content-obsessed era.
6:30pm - 7:50pm
LOUSY CARTER
Spotlights
LOUSY CARTER
Bob Byington | USA | English | 2023 | 80 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:30pm
Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with his best friend’s wife. He has six months to live.
8:30pm - 10:05pm
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Masters of Cinema
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Nanni Moretti | Italy | Italian | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:30pm
In a jubilant return to form for Nanni Moretti, this semi-autobiographical cine-memoir finds the Italian auteur playing an aging director struggling to finish his latest film.
8:30pm - 10:14pm
THE SWEET EAST
Made in USA
THE SWEET EAST
Sean Price Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:30pm
The delirious directorial debut from famed indie cinematographer Sean Price Williams finds a high school senior ditching her class trip for an outrageous infiltration of fringe communities along the East Coast.
8:45pm - 10:29pm
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Sight and Soundtrack
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Matthew Heineman | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:45pm
Prepping an ambitious new project while his partner grapples with a devastating illness, award-winning musician Jon Batiste experiences a year of artistic triumphs and intense personal struggles.
8:45pm - 10:38pm
RIDDLE OF FIRE
After Hours
RIDDLE OF FIRE
Weston Razooli | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 8:45pm
Equipped with paintball guns and a whole lot of attitude, three rebellious children embark on a dirt bike odyssey across rural Wyoming to create the perfect blueberry pie for their mother in this instant cult classic.
8:45pm - 10:44pm
THE SEARCHERS
From the Vaults
THE SEARCHERS
John Ford | USA | English | 1956 | 119 MIN |
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:45pm
In this troubling, powerful, and hugely influential cornerstone of the Western genre, John Wayne stars as a Civil War veteran seeking revenge and redemption on the American frontier.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
12:45pm - 2:22pm
THE BREAKING ICE
World View
THE BREAKING ICE
Anthony Chen | China | CHINESE, Korean | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:45pm
Three adrift twentysomethings navigate a budding love triangle during a blustery winter along China’s northern border in this captivating relationship drama from acclaimed director Anthony Chen.
1:00pm - 2:33pm
RICHLAND
Green Screen
RICHLAND
Irene Lusztig | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 1:00pm
Using candid, multifaceted narratives, this vivid documentary explores a city forged by the Manhattan Project, where nuclear pride and a haunting legacy coexist.
3:15pm - 5:20pm
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
PFS on Us, World View
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain | Basque, Spanish | 2023 | 125 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:15pm
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's debut feature is a tender portrait of girlhood and womanhood as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old during a family vacation in the countryside.
3:30pm - 5:09pm
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Non/Fiction
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Miranda Yousef | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 3:30pm
Tracking the rise and fall of Thomas Kinkade, this poignant, revealing documentary delves beneath his reputation as the “Painter of Light” to explore the multifaceted, troubled man whose work revolutionized the business of art-making.
3:30pm - 5:03pm
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Non/Fiction
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Luke Lorentzen | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 3:30pm
This intimate and profoundly moving documentary follows a dedicated hospital chaplain navigating a year-long residency where she learns to provide spiritual care to terminally ill patients.
3:45pm - 5:38pm
THE OLD OAK
Masters of Cinema
THE OLD OAK
Ken Loach | Belgium, France, UK | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:45pm
Ken Loach’s latest film is a heartfelt and impassioned plea for empathy and solidarity in the face of prejudice, focusing on the unlikely friendship between a small-town pub owner and a young Syrian refugee.
6:00pm - 7:53pm
RIDDLE OF FIRE
After Hours
RIDDLE OF FIRE
Weston Razooli | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:00pm
Equipped with paintball guns and a whole lot of attitude, three rebellious children embark on a dirt bike odyssey across rural Wyoming to create the perfect blueberry pie for their mother in this instant cult classic.
6:00pm - 7:31pm
SMOKING TIGERS
Made in USA, PFS on Us
SMOKING TIGERS
So Young Shelly Yo | USA | English, Korean | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:00pm
Director So Young Shelly Yo delivers a refreshing Korean-American coming-of-age narrative about a girl navigating the pressures of adolescence when she is admitted into an elite school.
6:00pm
BRAVE THE DARK
Filmadelphia
BRAVE THE DARK
USA | English
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
Based on a powerful true story, this Pennsylvania-shot drama stars Jared Harris as an inspiring high school teacher determined to help a troubled student overcome his traumatic past.
6:15pm - 7:54pm
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Green Screen
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Laura Gabbert | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:15pm
Concerned about the impact of the pandemic on independent farmers and chefs, culinary maven Ruth Reichl talks to innovators across the country working to repair America’s broken food system and build a more sustainable future.
6:15pm - 7:55pm
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
Shorts, Shorts Programs
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
100 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:15pm
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM | 100 MIN
8:30pm - 9:54pm
IN OUR DAY
Masters of Cinema
IN OUR DAY
Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 84 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:30pm
Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s wry, subtly profound take on meaning and connection ties together two seemingly unrelated (but strikingly similar) storylines about artists and their admirers.
8:30pm - 10:09pm
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Sight and Soundtrack
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:30pm
Known for their raucous live shows, punk rock immigrant folk heroes Gogol Bordello delve into their past and present as they voyage home to Ukraine amidst a smattering of bombs.
8:45pm - 10:31pm
I THINK I'M SICK
Filmadelphia
I THINK I'M SICK
Danny Gevirtz | USA | English | 2023 | 106 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:45pm
Given a second chance at life after a suicide attempt, a high school senior reluctantly joins the cross country team and begins a friendship with a young woman with struggles of her own.
8:45pm - 10:41pm
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
From the Vaults
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
William Friedkin | USA | English | 1985 | 116 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:45pm
William Friedkin’s gritty crime thriller plunges viewers into the underbelly of Los Angeles, following an unorthodox lawman determined to avenge his partner’s murder and catch a counterfeiter.
Friday, October 27, 2023
12:00pm - 2:14pm
KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
Masters of Cinema
KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
Marco Bellocchio | Italy | Hebrew, Italian | 2023 | 134 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:00pm
Marco Bellocchio’s sumptuously mounted historical drama is the explosive true story of a Jewish boy whose kidnapping at the hands of the Catholic Church caused an international scandal.
12:15pm - 1:59pm
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Sight and Soundtrack
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Matthew Heineman | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:15pm
Prepping an ambitious new project while his partner grapples with a devastating illness, award-winning musician Jon Batiste experiences a year of artistic triumphs and intense personal struggles.
12:15pm - 1:46pm
SMOKING TIGERS
Made in USA, PFS on Us
SMOKING TIGERS
So Young Shelly Yo | USA | English, Korean | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:15pm
Director So Young Shelly Yo delivers a refreshing Korean-American coming-of-age narrative about a girl navigating the pressures of adolescence when she is admitted into an elite school.
2:30pm - 4:30pm
GOODBYE JULIA
PFS on Us, World View
GOODBYE JULIA
Mohamed Kordofani | Egypt, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, Sudan, Sweden | Arabic | 2023 | 120 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:30pm
Mohamed Kordofani’s Cannes prizewinner merges Sudanese history into an affecting narrative about two women whose vastly different worlds collide after a horrific tragedy.
2:45pm - 4:14pm
PIANOFORTE
Sight and Soundtrack
PIANOFORTE
Jakub Piatek | Germany, Poland | CHINESE, English, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:45pm
At once tenderly moving and keenly riveting, this doc follows several gifted pianists as they compete in the rigorous and highly prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition.
2:45pm - 4:16pm
COPA 71
Non/Fiction
COPA 71
James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay | UK | English, French, Italian, Spanish | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS East 2 - 2:45pm
Nearly forgotten after 50 years, the remarkable story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup is finally given the spotlight with never-before-seen footage and interviews with the soccer superstars who kicked it off.
4:30pm - 6:21pm
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
This Animated Life
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | HUNGARY, Slovakia | HUNGARIAN | 2023 | 111 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 4:30pm
Set in a future dystopian society in which there are no plants or animals, this chilling yet romantic animated drama follows a man desperate to save his wife from the inevitable.
5:00pm - 6:22pm
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Green Screen, PFS on Us
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Andrew H. Brown, Moses Thuranira | Kenya, USA | Turkana | 2023 | 82 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 5:00pm
With an empathetic subject at its core, this heartwarming documentary from Kenya captures a young man’s exploration of his identity amidst the ecological erosion of his community.
5:00pm - 6:37pm
THE BREAKING ICE
World View
THE BREAKING ICE
Anthony Chen | China | CHINESE, Korean | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
Three adrift twentysomethings navigate a budding love triangle during a blustery winter along China’s northern border in this captivating relationship drama from acclaimed director Anthony Chen.
5:15pm - 6:58pm
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
This Animated Life
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Fernando Treuba, Javier Mariscal | France, Spain | English | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:15pm
The team behind CHICO & RITA returns with a vibrant animated docudrama, following the brilliant career, mysterious disappearance, and lasting influence of bossa nova trailblazer Francisco Tenório Júnior.
7:00pm - 9:07pm
SALTBURN
Centerpieces
SALTBURN
Emerald Fennell | UK | English | 2023 | 127 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 7:00pm
Closing Night Film Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell returns with this provocative, visually stunning psychological thriller, starring Barry Keoghan as an enigmatic social striver and Jacob Elordi as the privileged object of his obsession.
7:15pm - 8:28pm
BREAK THE GAME
Non/Fiction
BREAK THE GAME
Jane M. Wagner | USA | English | 2023 | 73 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:15pm
A prolific trans video game streamer grapples with universal questions of identity and connection, all while broadcasting her life to thousands of (sometimes toxic) viewers in this eye-opening, moving doc.
8:00pm - 9:03pm
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Filmadelphia
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Walé Oyéjidé | Burkina Faso, Italy | Italian, Moore | 2023 | 63 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:00pm
In this visually stunning, time-traveling meditation on lives not led, filmmaker Walé Oyéjidé crafts an imaginative epic about a Burkinabé man confronting the culture and family he left behind.
9:30pm - 11:12pm
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Masters of Cinema
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Michel Gondry | France | French | 2023 | 102 MIN
PFS East 1 - 9:30pm
Indie auteur Michel Gondry mines his own history behind the camera for this madcap comedy of errors about an imaginative but erratic filmmaker on an obsessive quest to finish his magnum opus.
9:45pm - 11:04pm
ART DEALERS
Special Events
ART DEALERS
Roy Power, Adam Weiner | USA | English | 2023 | 79 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 9:45pm
The rapturous, sweaty live experience of Philly rock band Low Cut Connie—fronted by charismatic leader Adam Weiner—is celebrated in all its beer-soaked, piano slamming glory in this rousing documentary.
10:00pm - 11:35pm
SLEEP
After Hours
SLEEP
Jason Yu | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00pm
In this devilishly entertaining domestic thriller, a young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband’s nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
10:00am - 11:52am
DEEP SEA
This Animated Life
DEEP SEA
Xiaopeng Tian | China | CHINESE | 2023 | 112 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 10:00am
After an accident on a cruise ship throws her overboard, a young girl and her new underwater companions embark on a turbulent quest to find her mother in this visually astonishing animated adventure.
12:00pm - 1:31pm
Live Action Shorts Program 1
Shorts, Shorts Programs
Live Action Shorts Program 1
91 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:00pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM 1 | 91 MIN
12:15pm - 2:16pm
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Cinema De France
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Martin Bourboulon | France | French | 2023 | 121 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:15pm
Featuring lavish production values and a star-studded cast including Vincent Cassel and Eva Green, this adaptation breathes thrilling new life into the swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas classic.
12:30pm - 2:11pm
ROBOT DREAMS
This Animated Life
ROBOT DREAMS
Pablo Berger | France, Spain | 2023 | 101 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 12:30pm
A dog and a robot form a beautiful bond, but when a mechanical malfunction tears them apart, they’re forced onto journeys of individual growth in this affecting, melancholy tale of unlikely friendship for all ages.
1:00pm - 2:35pm
TÓTEM
World View
TÓTEM
Lila Avilés | Denmark, France, Mexico | Spanish | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:00pm
As chaos and tension mounts, a seven-year-old girl watches her relatives prepare for a surprise birthday party that may also be a farewell in this compassionate, lived-in, critically acclaimed family portrait.
2:30pm - 4:17pm
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Non/Fiction
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania | Cyprus, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA | Arabic | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:30pm
This profound documentary character study seamlessly blends reality and fiction, enlisting actors to embody two missing Tunisian women as their family members struggle to find closure.
2:45pm - 6:12pm
SEVEN SAMURAI
From the Vaults
SEVEN SAMURAI
Akira Kurosawa | Japan | Japanese | 1954 | 207 MIN |
Philadelphia Film Center - 2:45pm
An aging ronin puts together an A-Team of masterless samurai to protect a village of farmers from nefarious bandits in Akira Kurosawa’s influential symphony of action, suspense, and heart.
3:00pm - 5:10pm
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Cinema De France
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Thomas Cailley | France | French | 2023 | 130 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:00pm
When a mysterious ailment causes some humans to transform into different species of animal, a devoted father must do whatever it takes to track down his mutating wife and protect his teenage son in this crowd-pleasing dramedy.
3:15pm - 4:18pm
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Filmadelphia
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Walé Oyéjidé | Burkina Faso, Italy | Italian, Moore | 2023 | 63 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:15pm
In this visually stunning, time-traveling meditation on lives not led, filmmaker Walé Oyéjidé crafts an imaginative epic about a Burkinabé man confronting the culture and family he left behind.
5:00pm - 6:38pm
BAD PRESS
Non/Fiction
BAD PRESS
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler | USA | English, Mvskoke | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
This thrilling political documentary spotlights a courageous journalist’s perilous fight to expose government corruption and protect free speech rights in Muscogee Nation.
5:30pm - 6:58pm
THIS CLOSENESS
Filmadelphia
THIS CLOSENESS
Kit Zauhar | USA | English | 2023 | 88 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 5:30pm
Attending a high school reunion, a young couple confronts their personal issues and a reclusive Airbnb host in Philly native Kit Zauhar’s tantalizingly tense chamber drama.
5:45pm - 7:06pm
FALLEN LEAVES
Masters of Cinema
FALLEN LEAVES
Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany | Finnish | 2023 | 81 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:45pm
A touching love story about two lost souls, Aki Kaurismäki’s rumored swan song perfectly encapsulates the Finnish master’s deadpan wit, visual ingenuity, and quiet humanism.
6:45pm - 7:54pm
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA
Filmadelphia
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA
Kyra Knox | USA | English | 2022 | 69 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:45pm
This timely and powerful documentary follows three Philadelphia young people who are working to overcome violence and forge a positive new path through the power of basketball.
7:30pm - 9:28pm
RED ROOMS
After Hours
RED ROOMS
Pascal Plante | Canada | French | 2023 | 118 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:30pm
Impeccably crafted and deeply unsettling, this shape-shifting Québécois thriller probes the warped psyche of a woman obsessed with a sadistic serial killer and his legendary snuff films.
7:45pm - 9:23pm
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
World View
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
İlker Çatak | Germany | English, German, Polish, Turkish | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:45pm
In a misguided attempt to solve a string of thefts, a virtuous young teacher unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events in this gripping, conversation-starting German drama.
8:45pm - 10:31pm
I THINK I'M SICK
Filmadelphia
I THINK I'M SICK
Danny Gevirtz | USA | English | 2023 | 106 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:45pm
Given a second chance at life after a suicide attempt, a high school senior reluctantly joins the cross country team and begins a friendship with a young woman with struggles of her own.
9:50pm - 11:33pm
INFESTED
After Hours
INFESTED
Sébastien Vanicek | France | French | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS East 2 - 9:50pm
An arachnophobe’s nightmare, this squirm-inducing horror film finds residents of a rundown French apartment building battling against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
10:00pm - 11:32pm
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
After Hours
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes | Australia, UAE, USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:00pm
A 1970s late-night talk show host plans a daring Halloween special to save his failing program, only to discover there may be a sinister entity afoot.
Sunday, October 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:49am
BUCKY F*CKING DENT
Spotlights
BUCKY F*CKING DENT
David Duchovny | USA | English | 2023 | 109 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00am
David Duchovny brings his own acclaimed novel to the big screen in this scrappy, big-hearted story of a rocky reunion between a terminally ill, Red Sox-obsessed man and his estranged son.
10:30am - 11:55am
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
World View
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
Tomás Gómez Bustillo | Argentina, USA | Spanish | 2023 | 85 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:30am
In this offbeat Argentinian indie, a pious, elderly chapel custodian is in desperate search of a way to show up the other women at her church–even if it means staging a miracle herself.
12:00pm - 1:27pm
CHESTNUT
Filmadelphia
CHESTNUT
Jac Cron | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:00pm
STRANGER THINGS star Natalia Dyer plays a recent college graduate who falls in with a circle of restaurant workers and navigates romantic entanglements under the neon lights of the eponymous Philadelphia street.
12:15pm - 2:29pm
KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
Masters of Cinema
KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
Marco Bellocchio | Italy | Hebrew, Italian | 2023 | 134 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:15pm
Marco Bellocchio’s sumptuously mounted historical drama is the explosive true story of a Jewish boy whose kidnapping at the hands of the Catholic Church caused an international scandal.
12:30pm - 2:02pm
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Non/Fiction
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Roger Ross Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:30pm
Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams offers a profound and unflinching exploration of America's enduring struggle with racist, anti-Black narratives and the continued impact on policy and culture.
2:00pm - 4:50pm
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
From the Vaults
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Chen Kaige | China, Hong Kong | CHINESE | 1992 | 170 MIN |
Philadelphia Film Center - 2:00pm
A Palme d’Or-winning landmark of Chinese cinema, this lush, riveting love triangle set against the backdrop of the Peking Opera is presented in an uncut 4K restoration.
2:15pm - 3:52pm
THE SETTLERS
World View
THE SETTLERS
Felipe Gálvez | Argentina, CHILE | English, Spanish | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:15pm
A mixed-race Chilean accompanies a disgraced English captain and an American mercenary on a journey to secure a trade route for a wealthy landowner with ulterior motives in this harrowing and hauntingly beautiful Western.
2:45pm - 4:22pm
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Made in USA
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Raven Jackson | USA | English | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:45pm
Produced by Barry Jenkins, the debut feature of award-winning poet and photographer Raven Jackson is an evocative, richly textured journey through multiple decades of one woman’s life in rural Mississippi.
3:00pm - 4:30pm
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
Shorts, Shorts Programs
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
88 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:00pm
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM | 88 MIN
4:30pm - 7:30pm
THE DELINQUENTS
World View
THE DELINQUENTS
Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina | Spanish | 2023 | 180 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 4:30pm
Fed up with his daily milieu, an Argentinian bank manager coordinates the perfect heist that will earn him minimal prison time only if his unknowing accomplice will agree to stash his haul.
5:00pm - 6:30pm
OMEN
World View
OMEN
Baloji | Belgium, Democratic Republic Of the Congo, Netherlands | English, French, Lingala, Swahili | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
The exhilarating, visually rich first feature from Belgian-Congolese musician Baloji tells the intertwined tales of four people accused of various forms of witchcraft and sorcery.
5:15pm - 7:00pm
I USED TO BE FUNNY
World View
I USED TO BE FUNNY
Ally Pankiw | Canada | English | 2023 | 105 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:15pm
Rachel Sennott’s layered performance anchors this absorbing, darkly comedic indie about a stand-up comedian who’s attempting to put her life back together after a traumatic series of events.
5:30pm - 7:37pm
THE PROMISED LAND
Spotlights
THE PROMISED LAND
Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark | Danish | 2023 | 127 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:30pm
Mads Mikkelsen brings primal intensity to his portrayal of a lowborn army captain striving to establish a settlement in Denmark’s notoriously inhospitable Jutland Heath in this brutal, beautiful historical epic.
7:00pm - 8:51pm
CATERPILLAR
Non/Fiction
CATERPILLAR
Liza Mandelup | USA | English | 2023 | 111 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:00pm
Hoping to transform the way the world sees him and the way he sees himself, a man seeks out a risky cosmetic procedure in this unsettling and moving meditation on beauty, identity, and self-acceptance.
7:45pm - 9:25pm
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
Shorts, Shorts Programs
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
100 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:45pm
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM | 100 MIN
8:15pm - 9:50pm
SLY
Centerpieces
SLY
Thom Zimny | USA | English | 2023 | 95 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:15pm
Iconic actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone looks back on his storied five-decade career with candor and hard-won wisdom in this intimate, revealing documentary portrait.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
4:30pm - 6:10pm
SILVER DOLLAR ROAD
Non/Fiction, PFS on Us
SILVER DOLLAR ROAD
Raoul Peck | USA | English | 2023 | 100 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 4:30pm
When a land developer leverages legal loopholes to seize waterfront property owned by a Black family for more than a century, it sparks a decades-long battle exposing the fractured American system fueling economic disparity.
6:45pm - 8:42pm
AMERICAN FICTION
Centerpieces
AMERICAN FICTION
Cord Jefferson | USA | English | 2023 | 117 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:45pm
Opening Night Film In this hilariously biting satire, a terrific Jeffrey Wright stars as a disillusioned black author forced to reckon with the nature of the publishing industry after he compromises his own integrity in his search for success.
9:30pm - 11:18pm
FOE
Spotlights
FOE
Garth Davis | Australia | English | 2023 | 108 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 9:30pm
Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan star in this near-future sci-fi about a struggling farmer who’s offered a lucrative opportunity to work on a space station while an AI replica remains at home with his wife.
11:45am - 1:18pm
RICHLAND
Green Screen
RICHLAND
Irene Lusztig | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 11:45am
Using candid, multifaceted narratives, this vivid documentary explores a city forged by the Manhattan Project, where nuclear pride and a haunting legacy coexist.
2:15pm - 3:50pm
TÓTEM
World View
TÓTEM
Lila Avilés | Denmark, France, Mexico | Spanish | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:15pm
As chaos and tension mounts, a seven-year-old girl watches her relatives prepare for a surprise birthday party that may also be a farewell in this compassionate, lived-in, critically acclaimed family portrait.
4:30pm - 5:55pm
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
World View
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
Tomás Gómez Bustillo | Argentina, USA | Spanish | 2023 | 85 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 4:30pm
In this offbeat Argentinian indie, a pious, elderly chapel custodian is in desperate search of a way to show up the other women at her church–even if it means staging a miracle herself.
6:30pm - 7:57pm
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Made in USA, PFS on Us
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Joanna Arnow | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:30pm
Filmmaker Joanna Arnow stars as a thirtysomething woman in New York City navigating her BDSM relationship and cubicle hell with a defiant shrug in this wry send-up of modern millennial living.
8:45pm - 10:05pm
LOUSY CARTER
Spotlights
LOUSY CARTER
Bob Byington | USA | English | 2023 | 80 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:45pm
Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with his best friend’s wife. He has six months to live.
12:00pm - 2:00pm
GOODBYE JULIA
PFS on Us, World View
GOODBYE JULIA
Mohamed Kordofani | Egypt, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, Sudan, Sweden | Arabic | 2023 | 120 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:00pm
Mohamed Kordofani’s Cannes prizewinner merges Sudanese history into an affecting narrative about two women whose vastly different worlds collide after a horrific tragedy.
2:30pm - 4:14pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
Shorts, Shorts Programs
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:30pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2 | 104 MIN
5:00pm - 6:51pm
CATERPILLAR
Non/Fiction
CATERPILLAR
Liza Mandelup | USA | English | 2023 | 111 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
Hoping to transform the way the world sees him and the way he sees himself, a man seeks out a risky cosmetic procedure in this unsettling and moving meditation on beauty, identity, and self-acceptance.
7:45pm - 9:24pm
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Non/Fiction
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Miranda Yousef | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:45pm
Tracking the rise and fall of Thomas Kinkade, this poignant, revealing documentary delves beneath his reputation as the “Painter of Light” to explore the multifaceted, troubled man whose work revolutionized the business of art-making.
10:15pm - 12:13am
RED ROOMS
After Hours
RED ROOMS
Pascal Plante | Canada | French | 2023 | 118 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:15pm
Impeccably crafted and deeply unsettling, this shape-shifting Québécois thriller probes the warped psyche of a woman obsessed with a sadistic serial killer and his legendary snuff films.
12:15pm - 1:44pm
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Cinema De France
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot | Belgium, France | French | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:15pm
To save their relationship, a seemingly happy couple must track down and sleep with all of their past lovers in this insightful, gently surreal romantic comedy from Belgium.
2:15pm - 4:02pm
THE MONK AND THE GUN
World View
THE MONK AND THE GUN
Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, Taiwan, USA | Dzongkha, English | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS East 2 - 2:15pm
Bhutanese director Pawo Choyning Dorji follows up his Oscar-nominated LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM with a gently satirical ensemble comedy about a village learning to reconcile tradition with modernity.
4:45pm - 6:23pm
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
PFS on Us, World View
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
Zoljargal Purevdash | France, Mongolia, Qatar, Switzerland | Mongolian | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 2 - 4:45pm
Zoljargal Purevdash’s affecting and personal portrayal follows Ulzii, a gifted teen who is suddenly faced with incredibly adult choices when his mother leaves him and his siblings in the dead of winter.
7:15pm - 9:22pm
THE PROMISED LAND
Spotlights
THE PROMISED LAND
Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark | Danish | 2023 | 127 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:15pm
Mads Mikkelsen brings primal intensity to his portrayal of a lowborn army captain striving to establish a settlement in Denmark’s notoriously inhospitable Jutland Heath in this brutal, beautiful historical epic.
10:00pm - 11:37pm
THE SETTLERS
World View
THE SETTLERS
Felipe Gálvez | Argentina, CHILE | English, Spanish | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00pm
A mixed-race Chilean accompanies a disgraced English captain and an American mercenary on a journey to secure a trade route for a wealthy landowner with ulterior motives in this harrowing and hauntingly beautiful Western.
3:15pm - 5:16pm
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Cinema De France
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Martin Bourboulon | France | French | 2023 | 121 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 3:15pm
Featuring lavish production values and a star-studded cast including Vincent Cassel and Eva Green, this adaptation breathes thrilling new life into the swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas classic.
6:00pm - 6:54pm
STAND UP & SHOUT: SONGS FROM A PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL
Special Events
STAND UP & SHOUT: SONGS FROM A PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL
Amy Schatz | USA | English | 2023 | 54 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
This soul-stirring musical documentary highlights a Philadelphia high school program that encourages students to channel their thoughts, feelings, and dreams into an album of rousing original songs.
8:00pm - 9:41pm
DREAM SCENARIO
Centerpieces
DREAM SCENARIO
Kristoffer Borgli | USA | English | 2023 | 101 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:00pm
An everyman attains overnight celebrity when he inexplicably turns up in thousands of people’s dreams in this horror-laced comedy from Sick of Myself director Kristoffer Borgli and co-producer Ari Aster.
10:15pm - 11:50pm
SLEEP
After Hours
SLEEP
Jason Yu | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 95 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 10:15pm
In this devilishly entertaining domestic thriller, a young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband’s nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.
12:00pm - 1:47pm
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Non/Fiction
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania | Cyprus, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA | Arabic | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:00pm
This profound documentary character study seamlessly blends reality and fiction, enlisting actors to embody two missing Tunisian women as their family members struggle to find closure.
2:30pm - 5:30pm
THE DELINQUENTS
World View
THE DELINQUENTS
Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina | Spanish | 2023 | 180 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:30pm
Fed up with his daily milieu, an Argentinian bank manager coordinates the perfect heist that will earn him minimal prison time only if his unknowing accomplice will agree to stash his haul.
6:00pm - 7:30pm
OMEN
World View
OMEN
Baloji | Belgium, Democratic Republic Of the Congo, Netherlands | English, French, Lingala, Swahili | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:00pm
The exhilarating, visually rich first feature from Belgian-Congolese musician Baloji tells the intertwined tales of four people accused of various forms of witchcraft and sorcery.
8:00pm - 9:13pm
BREAK THE GAME
Non/Fiction
BREAK THE GAME
Jane M. Wagner | USA | English | 2023 | 73 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:00pm
A prolific trans video game streamer grapples with universal questions of identity and connection, all while broadcasting her life to thousands of (sometimes toxic) viewers in this eye-opening, moving doc.
10:15pm - 12:26am
KUBI
Masters of Cinema
KUBI
Takeshi Kitano | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 131 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 10:15pm
The latest film from auteur Takeshi Kitano is an epically bloody, darkly humorous, and surprisingly queer dramatization of one of the most famous political assassinations in Japanese history.
11:45am - 1:29pm
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sight and Soundtrack
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sam Osborn, Alejandra Vasquez | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 11:45am
Immersing viewers in the world of competitive high school mariachi, this tuneful doc follows one hard-working team as it overcomes numerous obstacles in pursuit of a state championship.
2:40pm - 4:18pm
BAD PRESS
Non/Fiction
BAD PRESS
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler | USA | English, Mvskoke | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:40pm
This thrilling political documentary spotlights a courageous journalist’s perilous fight to expose government corruption and protect free speech rights in Muscogee Nation.
5:00pm - 6:38pm
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
PFS on Us, World View
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE
Zoljargal Purevdash | France, Mongolia, Qatar, Switzerland | Mongolian | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
Zoljargal Purevdash’s affecting and personal portrayal follows Ulzii, a gifted teen who is suddenly faced with incredibly adult choices when his mother leaves him and his siblings in the dead of winter.
7:45pm - 9:30pm
I USED TO BE FUNNY
World View
I USED TO BE FUNNY
Ally Pankiw | Canada | English | 2023 | 105 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:45pm
Rachel Sennott’s layered performance anchors this absorbing, darkly comedic indie about a stand-up comedian who’s attempting to put her life back together after a traumatic series of events.
10:15pm - 11:47pm
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
After Hours
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes | Australia, UAE, USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:15pm
A 1970s late-night talk show host plans a daring Halloween special to save his failing program, only to discover there may be a sinister entity afoot.
12:00pm - 2:04pm
MONSTER
Masters of Cinema
MONSTER
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 126 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:00pm
Revered director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Japan with this intense drama, employing an intricate, Rashomon-like structure to unravel the mystery of what transpired between two troubled boys.
2:30pm - 4:23pm
THE OLD OAK
Masters of Cinema
THE OLD OAK
Ken Loach | Belgium, France, UK | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 2 - 2:30pm
Ken Loach’s latest film is a heartfelt and impassioned plea for empathy and solidarity in the face of prejudice, focusing on the unlikely friendship between a small-town pub owner and a young Syrian refugee.
5:15pm - 6:36pm
FALLEN LEAVES
Masters of Cinema
FALLEN LEAVES
Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany | Finnish | 2023 | 81 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:15pm
A touching love story about two lost souls, Aki Kaurismäki’s rumored swan song perfectly encapsulates the Finnish master’s deadpan wit, visual ingenuity, and quiet humanism.
7:15pm - 9:25pm
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Cinema De France
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Thomas Cailley | France | French | 2023 | 130 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:15pm
When a mysterious ailment causes some humans to transform into different species of animal, a devoted father must do whatever it takes to track down his mutating wife and protect his teenage son in this crowd-pleasing dramedy.
10:00pm - 11:43pm
INFESTED
After Hours
INFESTED
Sébastien Vanicek | France | French | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00pm
An arachnophobe’s nightmare, this squirm-inducing horror film finds residents of a rundown French apartment building battling against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
12:00pm - 2:04pm
PLAYTIME
From the Vaults
PLAYTIME
Jacques Tati | France | English, French, German | 1967 | 124 MIN |
Philadelphia Film Center - 12:00pm
In his magnum opus, French legend Jacques Tati once again transforms into clumsy cinematic hero Monsieur Hulot as he stumbles through a postmodern, absurdist Paris filled with tourists, bureaucrats, and the bourgeoisie.
2:35pm - 4:28pm
FINGERNAILS
Spotlights
FINGERNAILS
Christos Nikou | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 2:35pm
Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed star in this thought-provoking, melancholy sci-fi romance set in an off-kilter reality in which a mysterious test determines whether couples are truly in love.
5:00pm - 7:13pm
THE HOLDOVERS
Centerpieces
THE HOLDOVERS
Alexander Payne | USA | English | 2023 | 133 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:00pm
During a prep school’s winter break in the 1970s, the unlikely trio of a prickly professor, grieving cafeteria manager, and a disillusioned student find warmth in Alexander Payne’s touching dramedy.
7:45pm - 9:54pm
MAESTRO
Centerpieces
MAESTRO
Bradley Cooper | USA | English | 2023 | 129 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 7:45pm
Epic yet intimate, this decades-spanning drama offers a fascinating look at legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, focusing on both his artistry and his adoring but tumultuous marriage.
10:00am - 11:52am
DEEP SEA
This Animated Life
DEEP SEA
Xiaopeng Tian | China | CHINESE | 2023 | 112 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 10:00am
After an accident on a cruise ship throws her overboard, a young girl and her new underwater companions embark on a turbulent quest to find her mother in this visually astonishing animated adventure.
12:20pm - 1:48pm
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Non/Fiction
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Denmark, Sweden | English, Swedish | 2023 | 88 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:20pm
Hilarious, informative, and deeply troubling, this ambitious cinematic essay tracks the evolution of the recorded image from photography’s inception to our current, content-obsessed era.
2:20pm - 4:23pm
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Sight and Soundtrack
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Alexandria Bombach | USA | English | 2023 | 123 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:20pm
Known for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.
5:15pm - 6:42pm
CHESTNUT
Filmadelphia
CHESTNUT
Jac Cron | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 5:15pm
STRANGER THINGS star Natalia Dyer plays a recent college graduate who falls in with a circle of restaurant workers and navigates romantic entanglements under the neon lights of the eponymous Philadelphia street.
7:30pm - 9:21pm
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
This Animated Life
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | HUNGARY, Slovakia | HUNGARIAN | 2023 | 111 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 7:30pm
Set in a future dystopian society in which there are no plants or animals, this chilling yet romantic animated drama follows a man desperate to save his wife from the inevitable.
10:00am - 11:29am
PIANOFORTE
Sight and Soundtrack
PIANOFORTE
Jakub Piatek | Germany, Poland | CHINESE, English, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:00am
At once tenderly moving and keenly riveting, this doc follows several gifted pianists as they compete in the rigorous and highly prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition.
12:15pm - 1:47pm
LATE BLOOMERS
Made in USA
LATE BLOOMERS
Lisa Steen | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:15pm
Karen Gillan delivers a knockout tragicomic performance as a hapless twentysomething in a love-hate relationship with a cantankerous Polish woman in this poignant, hilarious indie.
2:45pm - 5:17pm
GREEN BORDER
Masters of Cinema
GREEN BORDER
Agnieszka Holland | Belgium, CZECH REPUBLIC, France, Poland | Arabic, English, French, Polish | 2023 | 152 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:45pm
Examining the refugee crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border from multiple perspectives, Agnieszka Holland’s searing drama is one of the master filmmaker’s most ambitious, devastating works.
6:00pm - 7:31pm
COPA 71
Non/Fiction
COPA 71
James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay | UK | English, French, Italian, Spanish | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:00pm
Nearly forgotten after 50 years, the remarkable story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup is finally given the spotlight with never-before-seen footage and interviews with the soccer superstars who kicked it off.
8:15pm - 9:54pm
RAGING GRACE
After Hours
RAGING GRACE
Paris Zarcilla | UK | English, Tagalog | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:15pm
An innovative blend of social commentary and spine-tingling scares, this SXSW award-winner follows an undocumented Filipina house cleaner whose latest snobby employer just might be her last.
10:15am - 12:02pm
THE MONK AND THE GUN
World View
THE MONK AND THE GUN
Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, Taiwan, USA | Dzongkha, English | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:15am
Bhutanese director Pawo Choyning Dorji follows up his Oscar-nominated LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM with a gently satirical ensemble comedy about a village learning to reconcile tradition with modernity.
12:45pm - 2:23pm
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
World View
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
İlker Çatak | Germany | English, German, Polish, Turkish | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:45pm
In a misguided attempt to solve a string of thefts, a virtuous young teacher unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events in this gripping, conversation-starting German drama.
3:00pm - 4:46pm
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Masters of Cinema
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 106 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:00pm
In this slow-burn masterpiece from DRIVE MY CAR auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the peaceful existence of a mountainside community in rural Japan is threatened by misguided urban developers.
5:30pm - 7:00pm
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
Shorts, Shorts Programs
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM
88 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:30pm
ANIMATED SHORTS PROGRAM | 88 MIN
8:00pm - 9:44pm
THE SWEET EAST
Made in USA
THE SWEET EAST
Sean Price Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:00pm
The delirious directorial debut from famed indie cinematographer Sean Price Williams finds a high school senior ditching her class trip for an outrageous infiltration of fringe communities along the East Coast.
3:00pm - 5:25pm
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Cinema De France
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Trân Anh Hùng | France | French | 2023 | 145 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 3:00pm
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel make a delectable pair in this luminous period romance about a couple who channel their passions into mouthwatering, elaborate gastronomic creations.
5:50pm - 8:05pm
LA CHIMERA
Masters of Cinema
LA CHIMERA
Alice Rohrwacher | Italy | Italian | 2023 | 135 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:50pm
Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher returns with a luminous, boldly cinematic caper following a band of grave robbers and their mysterious leader, a lovelorn Brit charismatically played by Josh O’Connor.
8:35pm - 10:09pm
EILEEN
Spotlights
EILEEN
William Oldroyd | USA | English | 2023 | 97 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:35pm
The arrival of a bewitching psychologist at a 1960s penitentiary awakens strange new feelings in a mousy young woman, leading her down a tantalizingly dark path full of shock and glee.
1:00pm - 2:17pm
UPON ENTRY
PFS on Us, World View
UPON ENTRY
Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez | Spain | Catalan, English, Spanish | 2023 | 77 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:00pm
A couple is flagged by a border agent and forced to endure an invasive probe into their lives in the hauntingly relevant sociopolitical debut from Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez.
3:15pm - 5:20pm
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
PFS on Us, World View
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain | Basque, Spanish | 2023 | 125 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:15pm
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's debut feature is a tender portrait of girlhood and womanhood as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old during a family vacation in the countryside.
6:00pm - 8:03pm
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Sight and Soundtrack
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
Alexandria Bombach | USA | English | 2023 | 123 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:00pm
Known for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.
9:00pm - 10:39pm
RAGING GRACE
After Hours
RAGING GRACE
Paris Zarcilla | UK | English, Tagalog | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 9:00pm
An innovative blend of social commentary and spine-tingling scares, this SXSW award-winner follows an undocumented Filipina house cleaner whose latest snobby employer just might be her last.
6:15pm - 7:48pm
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Non/Fiction
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Luke Lorentzen | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:15pm
This intimate and profoundly moving documentary follows a dedicated hospital chaplain navigating a year-long residency where she learns to provide spiritual care to terminally ill patients.
8:45pm - 10:17pm
LATE BLOOMERS
Made in USA
LATE BLOOMERS
Lisa Steen | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:45pm
Karen Gillan delivers a knockout tragicomic performance as a hapless twentysomething in a love-hate relationship with a cantankerous Polish woman in this poignant, hilarious indie.
6:00pm - 7:46pm
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Masters of Cinema
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 106 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:00pm
In this slow-burn masterpiece from DRIVE MY CAR auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the peaceful existence of a mountainside community in rural Japan is threatened by misguided urban developers.
8:30pm - 11:02pm
GREEN BORDER
Masters of Cinema
GREEN BORDER
Agnieszka Holland | Belgium, CZECH REPUBLIC, France, Poland | Arabic, English, French, Polish | 2023 | 152 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:30pm
Examining the refugee crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border from multiple perspectives, Agnieszka Holland’s searing drama is one of the master filmmaker’s most ambitious, devastating works.
3:30pm - 5:19pm
BUCKY F*CKING DENT
Spotlights
BUCKY F*CKING DENT
David Duchovny | USA | English | 2023 | 109 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 3:30pm
David Duchovny brings his own acclaimed novel to the big screen in this scrappy, big-hearted story of a rocky reunion between a terminally ill, Red Sox-obsessed man and his estranged son.
6:00pm - 7:46pm
RUSTIN
Centerpieces
RUSTIN
George C. Wolfe | USA | English | 2023 | 106 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
Colman Domingo soars in this rousing biographical drama, which shines a long-overdue spotlight on the contributions of trailblazing, openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.
8:30pm - 10:12pm
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Masters of Cinema
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Michel Gondry | France | French | 2023 | 102 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:30pm
Indie auteur Michel Gondry mines his own history behind the camera for this madcap comedy of errors about an imaginative but erratic filmmaker on an obsessive quest to finish his magnum opus.
2:00pm - 3:22pm
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Green Screen, PFS on Us
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Andrew H. Brown, Moses Thuranira | Kenya, USA | Turkana | 2023 | 82 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 2:00pm
With an empathetic subject at its core, this heartwarming documentary from Kenya captures a young man’s exploration of his identity amidst the ecological erosion of his community.
4:00pm - 5:26pm
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Green Screen
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Katja Esson | USA | English | 2023 | 86 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 4:00pm
As climate change affects Miami Beach's elite, developers invest in Liberty City, a historic Black enclave outside the floodplains. Despite promises of progress, residents face possible displacement and cultural erasure.
6:15pm - 7:42pm
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Made in USA, PFS on Us
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Joanna Arnow | USA | English | 2023 | 87 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:15pm
Filmmaker Joanna Arnow stars as a thirtysomething woman in New York City navigating her BDSM relationship and cubicle hell with a defiant shrug in this wry send-up of modern millennial living.
8:30pm - 9:54pm
IN OUR DAY
Masters of Cinema
IN OUR DAY
Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 84 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 8:30pm
Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s wry, subtly profound take on meaning and connection ties together two seemingly unrelated (but strikingly similar) storylines about artists and their admirers.
1:45pm - 3:28pm
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
This Animated Life
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Fernando Treuba, Javier Mariscal | France, Spain | English | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:45pm
The team behind CHICO & RITA returns with a vibrant animated docudrama, following the brilliant career, mysterious disappearance, and lasting influence of bossa nova trailblazer Francisco Tenório Júnior.
4:00pm - 5:44pm
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sight and Soundtrack
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
Sam Osborn, Alejandra Vasquez | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 4:00pm
Immersing viewers in the world of competitive high school mariachi, this tuneful doc follows one hard-working team as it overcomes numerous obstacles in pursuit of a state championship.
6:30pm - 7:55pm
KIM'S VIDEO
Non/Fiction
KIM'S VIDEO
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Italy, USA | English, Italian, Korean | 2023 | 85 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:30pm
Equal parts cinema history and gonzo journalism, this doc conjures the halcyon days of legendary rental shop Kim’s Video and investigates the whereabouts of its collection.
8:45pm - 10:14pm
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Cinema De France
THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE
Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot | Belgium, France | French | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:45pm
To save their relationship, a seemingly happy couple must track down and sleep with all of their past lovers in this insightful, gently surreal romantic comedy from Belgium.
6:15pm - 7:52pm
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Made in USA
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Raven Jackson | USA | English | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:15pm
Produced by Barry Jenkins, the debut feature of award-winning poet and photographer Raven Jackson is an evocative, richly textured journey through multiple decades of one woman’s life in rural Mississippi.
8:30pm - 9:39pm
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA
Filmadelphia
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA
Kyra Knox | USA | English | 2022 | 69 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:30pm
This timely and powerful documentary follows three Philadelphia young people who are working to overcome violence and forge a positive new path through the power of basketball.
6:00pm - 8:04pm
MONSTER
Masters of Cinema
MONSTER
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 126 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:00pm
Revered director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Japan with this intense drama, employing an intricate, Rashomon-like structure to unravel the mystery of what transpired between two troubled boys.
8:45pm - 10:56pm
KUBI
Masters of Cinema
KUBI
Takeshi Kitano | Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 131 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:45pm
The latest film from auteur Takeshi Kitano is an epically bloody, darkly humorous, and surprisingly queer dramatization of one of the most famous political assassinations in Japanese history.
5:45pm - 8:10pm
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Cinema De France
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Trân Anh Hùng | France | French | 2023 | 145 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 5:45pm
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel make a delectable pair in this luminous period romance about a couple who channel their passions into mouthwatering, elaborate gastronomic creations.
8:35pm - 10:03pm
THIS CLOSENESS
Filmadelphia
THIS CLOSENESS
Kit Zauhar | USA | English | 2023 | 88 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:35pm
Attending a high school reunion, a young couple confronts their personal issues and a reclusive Airbnb host in Philly native Kit Zauhar’s tantalizingly tense chamber drama.
1:30pm - 2:56pm
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Green Screen
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
Katja Esson | USA | English | 2023 | 86 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 1:30pm
As climate change affects Miami Beach's elite, developers invest in Liberty City, a historic Black enclave outside the floodplains. Despite promises of progress, residents face possible displacement and cultural erasure.
3:45pm - 5:02pm
UPON ENTRY
PFS on Us, World View
UPON ENTRY
Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez | Spain | Catalan, English, Spanish | 2023 | 77 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 3:45pm
A couple is flagged by a border agent and forced to endure an invasive probe into their lives in the hauntingly relevant sociopolitical debut from Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez.
6:15pm - 7:45pm
FANCY DANCE
Made in USA
FANCY DANCE
Erica Tremblay | USA | Cayuga, English | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:15pm
Lily Gladstone delivers a fierce performance as a Native American woman trying desperately to hold her family together after the disappearance of her sister in this urgent and deeply affecting family drama.
8:30pm - 10:14pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
Shorts, Shorts Programs
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2
104 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 8:30pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS 2 | 104 MIN
1:15pm - 2:45pm
FANCY DANCE
Made in USA
FANCY DANCE
Erica Tremblay | USA | Cayuga, English | 2023 | 90 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:15pm
Lily Gladstone delivers a fierce performance as a Native American woman trying desperately to hold her family together after the disappearance of her sister in this urgent and deeply affecting family drama.
3:30pm - 5:02pm
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Non/Fiction
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Roger Ross Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:30pm
Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams offers a profound and unflinching exploration of America's enduring struggle with racist, anti-Black narratives and the continued impact on policy and culture.
6:00pm - 7:39pm
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Sight and Soundtrack
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:00pm
Known for their raucous live shows, punk rock immigrant folk heroes Gogol Bordello delve into their past and present as they voyage home to Ukraine amidst a smattering of bombs.
8:30pm - 10:05pm
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Masters of Cinema
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Nanni Moretti | Italy | Italian | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:30pm
In a jubilant return to form for Nanni Moretti, this semi-autobiographical cine-memoir finds the Italian auteur playing an aging director struggling to finish his latest film.
6:30pm - 7:50pm
LOUSY CARTER
Spotlights
LOUSY CARTER
Bob Byington | USA | English | 2023 | 80 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:30pm
Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with his best friend’s wife. He has six months to live.
8:45pm - 10:29pm
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Sight and Soundtrack
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Matthew Heineman | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:45pm
Prepping an ambitious new project while his partner grapples with a devastating illness, award-winning musician Jon Batiste experiences a year of artistic triumphs and intense personal struggles.
6:00pm - 7:53pm
FINGERNAILS
Spotlights
FINGERNAILS
Christos Nikou | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:00pm
Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed star in this thought-provoking, melancholy sci-fi romance set in an off-kilter reality in which a mysterious test determines whether couples are truly in love.
8:30pm - 10:14pm
THE SWEET EAST
Made in USA
THE SWEET EAST
Sean Price Williams | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:30pm
The delirious directorial debut from famed indie cinematographer Sean Price Williams finds a high school senior ditching her class trip for an outrageous infiltration of fringe communities along the East Coast.
6:00pm - 8:04pm
PERFECT DAYS
Masters of Cinema
PERFECT DAYS
Wim Wenders | Germany, Japan | Japanese | 2023 | 124 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
A lovely meditation on the magnificence of an ordinary life, this late-career masterpiece from master filmmaker Wim Wenders follows a good-natured cleaner of Tokyo’s public toilets.
8:45pm - 10:44pm
THE SEARCHERS
From the Vaults
THE SEARCHERS
John Ford | USA | English | 1956 | 119 MIN |
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:45pm
In this troubling, powerful, and hugely influential cornerstone of the Western genre, John Wayne stars as a Civil War veteran seeking revenge and redemption on the American frontier.
1:30pm - 3:09pm
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Green Screen
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Laura Gabbert | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 1:30pm
Concerned about the impact of the pandemic on independent farmers and chefs, culinary maven Ruth Reichl talks to innovators across the country working to repair America’s broken food system and build a more sustainable future.
3:45pm - 5:16pm
Live Action Shorts Program 1
Shorts, Shorts Programs
Live Action Shorts Program 1
91 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 3:45pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM 1 | 91 MIN
6:30pm - 7:58pm
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Non/Fiction
FANTASTIC MACHINE
Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Denmark, Sweden | English, Swedish | 2023 | 88 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:30pm
Hilarious, informative, and deeply troubling, this ambitious cinematic essay tracks the evolution of the recorded image from photography’s inception to our current, content-obsessed era.
8:45pm - 10:38pm
RIDDLE OF FIRE
After Hours
RIDDLE OF FIRE
Weston Razooli | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 8:45pm
Equipped with paintball guns and a whole lot of attitude, three rebellious children embark on a dirt bike odyssey across rural Wyoming to create the perfect blueberry pie for their mother in this instant cult classic.
12:45pm - 2:22pm
THE BREAKING ICE
World View
THE BREAKING ICE
Anthony Chen | China | CHINESE, Korean | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:45pm
Three adrift twentysomethings navigate a budding love triangle during a blustery winter along China’s northern border in this captivating relationship drama from acclaimed director Anthony Chen.
3:15pm - 5:20pm
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
PFS on Us, World View
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain | Basque, Spanish | 2023 | 125 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:15pm
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's debut feature is a tender portrait of girlhood and womanhood as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old during a family vacation in the countryside.
6:15pm - 7:54pm
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Green Screen
FOOD AND COUNTRY
Laura Gabbert | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 6:15pm
Concerned about the impact of the pandemic on independent farmers and chefs, culinary maven Ruth Reichl talks to innovators across the country working to repair America’s broken food system and build a more sustainable future.
8:30pm - 9:54pm
IN OUR DAY
Masters of Cinema
IN OUR DAY
Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 84 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 8:30pm
Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s wry, subtly profound take on meaning and connection ties together two seemingly unrelated (but strikingly similar) storylines about artists and their admirers.
3:30pm - 5:09pm
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Non/Fiction
ART FOR EVERYBODY
Miranda Yousef | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 3:30pm
Tracking the rise and fall of Thomas Kinkade, this poignant, revealing documentary delves beneath his reputation as the “Painter of Light” to explore the multifaceted, troubled man whose work revolutionized the business of art-making.
6:00pm - 7:53pm
RIDDLE OF FIRE
After Hours
RIDDLE OF FIRE
Weston Razooli | USA | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 1 - 6:00pm
Equipped with paintball guns and a whole lot of attitude, three rebellious children embark on a dirt bike odyssey across rural Wyoming to create the perfect blueberry pie for their mother in this instant cult classic.
8:30pm - 10:09pm
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Sight and Soundtrack
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib | USA | English | 2023 | 99 MIN
PFS East 1 - 8:30pm
Known for their raucous live shows, punk rock immigrant folk heroes Gogol Bordello delve into their past and present as they voyage home to Ukraine amidst a smattering of bombs.
3:45pm - 5:38pm
THE OLD OAK
Masters of Cinema
THE OLD OAK
Ken Loach | Belgium, France, UK | English | 2023 | 113 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:45pm
Ken Loach’s latest film is a heartfelt and impassioned plea for empathy and solidarity in the face of prejudice, focusing on the unlikely friendship between a small-town pub owner and a young Syrian refugee.
6:15pm - 7:55pm
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
Shorts, Shorts Programs
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM
100 MIN
PFS East 2 - 6:15pm
FILMADELPHIA SHORTS PROGRAM | 100 MIN
8:45pm - 10:31pm
I THINK I'M SICK
Filmadelphia
I THINK I'M SICK
Danny Gevirtz | USA | English | 2023 | 106 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:45pm
Given a second chance at life after a suicide attempt, a high school senior reluctantly joins the cross country team and begins a friendship with a young woman with struggles of her own.
6:00pm
BRAVE THE DARK
Filmadelphia
BRAVE THE DARK
USA | English
Philadelphia Film Center - 6:00pm
Based on a powerful true story, this Pennsylvania-shot drama stars Jared Harris as an inspiring high school teacher determined to help a troubled student overcome his traumatic past.
8:45pm - 10:41pm
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
From the Vaults
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
William Friedkin | USA | English | 1985 | 116 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 8:45pm
William Friedkin’s gritty crime thriller plunges viewers into the underbelly of Los Angeles, following an unorthodox lawman determined to avenge his partner’s murder and catch a counterfeiter.
1:00pm - 2:33pm
RICHLAND
Green Screen
RICHLAND
Irene Lusztig | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 1:00pm
Using candid, multifaceted narratives, this vivid documentary explores a city forged by the Manhattan Project, where nuclear pride and a haunting legacy coexist.
3:30pm - 5:03pm
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Non/Fiction
A STILL SMALL VOICE
Luke Lorentzen | USA | English | 2023 | 93 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 3:30pm
This intimate and profoundly moving documentary follows a dedicated hospital chaplain navigating a year-long residency where she learns to provide spiritual care to terminally ill patients.
6:00pm - 7:31pm
SMOKING TIGERS
Made in USA, PFS on Us
SMOKING TIGERS
So Young Shelly Yo | USA | English, Korean | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 2) - 6:00pm
Director So Young Shelly Yo delivers a refreshing Korean-American coming-of-age narrative about a girl navigating the pressures of adolescence when she is admitted into an elite school.
12:15pm - 1:46pm
SMOKING TIGERS
Made in USA, PFS on Us
SMOKING TIGERS
So Young Shelly Yo | USA | English, Korean | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 12:15pm
Director So Young Shelly Yo delivers a refreshing Korean-American coming-of-age narrative about a girl navigating the pressures of adolescence when she is admitted into an elite school.
2:45pm - 4:14pm
PIANOFORTE
Sight and Soundtrack
PIANOFORTE
Jakub Piatek | Germany, Poland | CHINESE, English, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian | 2023 | 89 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 2:45pm
At once tenderly moving and keenly riveting, this doc follows several gifted pianists as they compete in the rigorous and highly prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition.
5:00pm - 6:22pm
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Green Screen, PFS on Us
BETWEEN THE RAINS
Andrew H. Brown, Moses Thuranira | Kenya, USA | Turkana | 2023 | 82 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 5:00pm
With an empathetic subject at its core, this heartwarming documentary from Kenya captures a young man’s exploration of his identity amidst the ecological erosion of his community.
12:15pm - 1:59pm
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Sight and Soundtrack
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Matthew Heineman | USA | English | 2023 | 104 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:15pm
Prepping an ambitious new project while his partner grapples with a devastating illness, award-winning musician Jon Batiste experiences a year of artistic triumphs and intense personal struggles.
2:30pm - 4:30pm
GOODBYE JULIA
PFS on Us, World View
GOODBYE JULIA
Mohamed Kordofani | Egypt, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, Sudan, Sweden | Arabic | 2023 | 120 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:30pm
Mohamed Kordofani’s Cannes prizewinner merges Sudanese history into an affecting narrative about two women whose vastly different worlds collide after a horrific tragedy.
5:00pm - 6:37pm
THE BREAKING ICE
World View
THE BREAKING ICE
Anthony Chen | China | CHINESE, Korean | 2023 | 97 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
Three adrift twentysomethings navigate a budding love triangle during a blustery winter along China’s northern border in this captivating relationship drama from acclaimed director Anthony Chen.
7:15pm - 8:28pm
BREAK THE GAME
Non/Fiction
BREAK THE GAME
Jane M. Wagner | USA | English | 2023 | 73 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:15pm
A prolific trans video game streamer grapples with universal questions of identity and connection, all while broadcasting her life to thousands of (sometimes toxic) viewers in this eye-opening, moving doc.
9:30pm - 11:12pm
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Masters of Cinema
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
Michel Gondry | France | French | 2023 | 102 MIN
PFS East 1 - 9:30pm
Indie auteur Michel Gondry mines his own history behind the camera for this madcap comedy of errors about an imaginative but erratic filmmaker on an obsessive quest to finish his magnum opus.
12:00pm - 2:14pm
KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
Masters of Cinema
KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
Marco Bellocchio | Italy | Hebrew, Italian | 2023 | 134 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:00pm
Marco Bellocchio’s sumptuously mounted historical drama is the explosive true story of a Jewish boy whose kidnapping at the hands of the Catholic Church caused an international scandal.
2:45pm - 4:16pm
COPA 71
Non/Fiction
COPA 71
James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay | UK | English, French, Italian, Spanish | 2023 | 91 MIN
PFS East 2 - 2:45pm
Nearly forgotten after 50 years, the remarkable story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup is finally given the spotlight with never-before-seen footage and interviews with the soccer superstars who kicked it off.
5:15pm - 6:58pm
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
This Animated Life
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Fernando Treuba, Javier Mariscal | France, Spain | English | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:15pm
The team behind CHICO & RITA returns with a vibrant animated docudrama, following the brilliant career, mysterious disappearance, and lasting influence of bossa nova trailblazer Francisco Tenório Júnior.
8:00pm - 9:03pm
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Filmadelphia
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Walé Oyéjidé | Burkina Faso, Italy | Italian, Moore | 2023 | 63 MIN
PFS East 2 - 8:00pm
In this visually stunning, time-traveling meditation on lives not led, filmmaker Walé Oyéjidé crafts an imaginative epic about a Burkinabé man confronting the culture and family he left behind.
10:00pm - 11:35pm
SLEEP
After Hours
SLEEP
Jason Yu | South Korea | Korean | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS East 2 - 10:00pm
In this devilishly entertaining domestic thriller, a young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband’s nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.
4:30pm - 6:21pm
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
This Animated Life
WHITE PLASTIC SKY
Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | HUNGARY, Slovakia | HUNGARIAN | 2023 | 111 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 4:30pm
Set in a future dystopian society in which there are no plants or animals, this chilling yet romantic animated drama follows a man desperate to save his wife from the inevitable.
7:00pm - 9:07pm
SALTBURN
Centerpieces
SALTBURN
Emerald Fennell | UK | English | 2023 | 127 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 7:00pm
Closing Night Film Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell returns with this provocative, visually stunning psychological thriller, starring Barry Keoghan as an enigmatic social striver and Jacob Elordi as the privileged object of his obsession.
9:45pm - 11:04pm
ART DEALERS
Special Events
ART DEALERS
Roy Power, Adam Weiner | USA | English | 2023 | 79 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 9:45pm
The rapturous, sweaty live experience of Philly rock band Low Cut Connie—fronted by charismatic leader Adam Weiner—is celebrated in all its beer-soaked, piano slamming glory in this rousing documentary.
1:00pm - 2:35pm
TÓTEM
World View
TÓTEM
Lila Avilés | Denmark, France, Mexico | Spanish | 2023 | 95 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 1:00pm
As chaos and tension mounts, a seven-year-old girl watches her relatives prepare for a surprise birthday party that may also be a farewell in this compassionate, lived-in, critically acclaimed family portrait.
3:15pm - 4:18pm
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Filmadelphia
BRAVO, BURKINA!
Walé Oyéjidé | Burkina Faso, Italy | Italian, Moore | 2023 | 63 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 3:15pm
In this visually stunning, time-traveling meditation on lives not led, filmmaker Walé Oyéjidé crafts an imaginative epic about a Burkinabé man confronting the culture and family he left behind.
5:30pm - 6:58pm
THIS CLOSENESS
Filmadelphia
THIS CLOSENESS
Kit Zauhar | USA | English | 2023 | 88 MIN
PFS Bourse (Theater 1) - 5:30pm
Attending a high school reunion, a young couple confronts their personal issues and a reclusive Airbnb host in Philly native Kit Zauhar’s tantalizingly tense chamber drama.
12:00pm - 1:31pm
Live Action Shorts Program 1
Shorts, Shorts Programs
Live Action Shorts Program 1
91 MIN
PFS East 1 - 12:00pm
LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM 1 | 91 MIN
2:30pm - 4:17pm
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Non/Fiction
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania | Cyprus, France, Germany, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA | Arabic | 2023 | 107 MIN
PFS East 1 - 2:30pm
This profound documentary character study seamlessly blends reality and fiction, enlisting actors to embody two missing Tunisian women as their family members struggle to find closure.
5:00pm - 6:38pm
BAD PRESS
Non/Fiction
BAD PRESS
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler | USA | English, Mvskoke | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 1 - 5:00pm
This thrilling political documentary spotlights a courageous journalist’s perilous fight to expose government corruption and protect free speech rights in Muscogee Nation.
7:30pm - 9:28pm
RED ROOMS
After Hours
RED ROOMS
Pascal Plante | Canada | French | 2023 | 118 MIN
PFS East 1 - 7:30pm
Impeccably crafted and deeply unsettling, this shape-shifting Québécois thriller probes the warped psyche of a woman obsessed with a sadistic serial killer and his legendary snuff films.
10:00pm - 11:32pm
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
After Hours
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes | Australia, UAE, USA | English | 2023 | 92 MIN
PFS East 1 - 10:00pm
A 1970s late-night talk show host plans a daring Halloween special to save his failing program, only to discover there may be a sinister entity afoot.
12:15pm - 2:16pm
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Cinema De France
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
Martin Bourboulon | France | French | 2023 | 121 MIN
PFS East 2 - 12:15pm
Featuring lavish production values and a star-studded cast including Vincent Cassel and Eva Green, this adaptation breathes thrilling new life into the swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas classic.
3:00pm - 5:10pm
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Cinema De France
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Thomas Cailley | France | French | 2023 | 130 MIN
PFS East 2 - 3:00pm
When a mysterious ailment causes some humans to transform into different species of animal, a devoted father must do whatever it takes to track down his mutating wife and protect his teenage son in this crowd-pleasing dramedy.
5:45pm - 7:06pm
FALLEN LEAVES
Masters of Cinema
FALLEN LEAVES
Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany | Finnish | 2023 | 81 MIN
PFS East 2 - 5:45pm
A touching love story about two lost souls, Aki Kaurismäki’s rumored swan song perfectly encapsulates the Finnish master’s deadpan wit, visual ingenuity, and quiet humanism.
7:45pm - 9:23pm
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
World View
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
İlker Çatak | Germany | English, German, Polish, Turkish | 2023 | 98 MIN
PFS East 2 - 7:45pm
In a misguided attempt to solve a string of thefts, a virtuous young teacher unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events in this gripping, conversation-starting German drama.
9:50pm - 11:33pm
INFESTED
After Hours
INFESTED
Sébastien Vanicek | France | French | 2023 | 103 MIN
PFS East 2 - 9:50pm
An arachnophobe’s nightmare, this squirm-inducing horror film finds residents of a rundown French apartment building battling against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
10:00am - 11:52am
DEEP SEA
This Animated Life
DEEP SEA
Xiaopeng Tian | China | CHINESE | 2023 | 112 MIN
Philadelphia Film Center - 10:00am
After an accident on a cruise ship throws her overboard, a young girl and her new underwater companions embark on a turbulent quest to find her mother in this visually astonishing animated adventure.
12:30pm - 2:11pm
ROBOT DREAMS
This Animated Life