The FMA guide to the Philadelphia Film Festival:
Six Films You Need to See According to Three Temple Student Film Organizations

The Philadelphia Film Festival that opened October 18th, and lasts until the 28th, features a wide range of fantastic new cinema.  It is the largest and most well-attended film festival in Philadelphia, bringing diverse, independent film to the city every year.

With all the amazing films programmed it begs the question, which film should you see?

We might have an answer for you! Mise-en-Femme, Queer Film Collective and Film in Color, (three Temple student film organizations that are dedicated to diversifying the film industry and filmmaking at Temple) gave us their top two must-see festival films! If you are headed to the Philadelphia Film Festival, this list will give you an inside scoop on some of the most groundbreaking films coming to Philly this year!

Mise-en-Femme’s Picks

Mise-En-Femme is an organization that encourages and empowers female identifying filmmakers to work with one another, gain knowledge and hands-on experience in the art of filmmaking. Here are their picks for the fest:

1. Wild Nights with Emily

Director: Madeleine Olnek

Logline: Dramatisation of the little-known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.

Dates Showing: Friday, October 26 at 9:20 pm and Saturday, October 27 at 7:45 pm

Location: Ritz East

Link to Buy Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/pff27-wild-nights-with-emily/

2. Simple Wedding

Director:  Sara Zandieh

Logline: Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist.

Dates Showing: Thursday, October 25 at 4:20 pm and Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 pm

Location: Ritz Five

Link to Buy Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/pff27-simple-wedding/

Queer Film Collective’s Picks

The Queer Film Collective is Temple’s LGBTQ+ film organization that aims to empower queer & transgender filmmakers and explore queer & trans film. Here are their picks:

1. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Director: Marielle Heller

Logline: When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. An adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel.

Dates Showing: Wednesday, October 24 at 8:30 PM

Location: Film Center

Link to Buy Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/pff27-can-you-ever-forgive-me/

2. Anchor and Hope

Director: Carlos Marques-Marcet

Logline: Two women, Eva and Kat, and the best friend of one of them, Roger. A boat in the canals of London and a question: Is it possible to live love, family, and life in such different ways and yet remain united?

Dates Showing: Tuesday, October 23 at 4:50 PM and Sunday, October 28 at 7:20 PM

Location: Ritz East

Link to Buy Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/pff27-anchor-and-hope/

Film in Color’s Picks

Film in Color is Temple’s brand new film organization dedicated to being a safe space, creative platform, and springboard for filmmakers of color. Here are their picks:

1. Rafiki

Director: Wanuri Kahiu

Logline: "Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

Dates Showing: Saturday, October 27 at 10:00 PM and Sunday, October 28 at 10:30 PM

Location: Ritz East

Link to Buy Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/pff27-rafiki/

2. Shoplifters

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Logline: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.

Dates Showing: Saturday, October 20 at 2:40 PM and Sunday, October 28 at 2:20 PM

Location: Ritz East

Link to Buy Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/pff27-shoplifters/

The FMA Department will also host a giveaway for free tickets to some of the films that are coming to the fest so stay tuned. We hope to see you there!