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Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

2024-10-07T17:35:04+00:00

When five Black college students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, their arrests made headlines. When the Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the protest, a history-making interracial demonstration was born. The cause, and the collaboration, provoked counterprotests by the American Nazi party, and brought Congressmen and national leaders to the picket line.  Picketing together led to partying together, union bosses mentored student activists, and [...]

Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round2024-10-07T17:35:04+00:00

Genoa, written, co-directed and starring Temple’s Neal Dhand

2024-07-29T16:29:55+00:00

GENOA is a surrealist take on fatherhood and family. Shot in Italy, Philadelphia, and Chicago, and currently in post-production, the film was written and co-directed by, and stars Neal Dhand, a Philadelphian and Temple University professor. GENOA follows Alphonso, who flees to the eponymous city with his daughter in tow, and meets a strange cast [...]

Genoa, written, co-directed and starring Temple’s Neal Dhand2024-07-29T16:29:55+00:00

Chestnut, directed by Jac Cron

2024-07-01T18:00:08+00:00

Chestnut is a story about Annie who just graduated college and decides to stay behind in Philadelphia for the summer. She has a good job lined up in L.A. come fall and is seemingly ready to make the leap, but things still feel unfinished. During this aimless in-between period, Annie finds herself getting entangled with [...]

Chestnut, directed by Jac Cron2024-07-01T18:00:08+00:00

Midnight Oil, by Bilal Motley

2024-02-05T16:43:54+00:00

Bilal Motley, a filmmaker and actor from Chester, PA, made his mark with "Midnight Oil," a BlackStar Film Festival Official Selection and Doc Society NYC grantee, now with Black Public Media. This documentary film delves into the complex relationship between South Philadelphia oil refinery workers and the neighboring fenceline community. His animated short, "Quarantine Kids," [...]

Midnight Oil, by Bilal Motley2024-02-05T16:43:54+00:00

Atif Lanier and Mike A. Pender

2024-01-03T19:09:52+00:00

Philadelphia filmmakers Atif Lanier and Mike A. Pender are at it again, this time with their feature film: Swing. Storyline- Trip, is an aspiring musician with one foot in the streets and the other in his music. A lifetime of poor decisions has placed him between the police and a mysterious gangster named Mississippi Black [...]

Atif Lanier and Mike A. Pender2024-01-03T19:09:52+00:00

Shameka Sawyer

2023-12-01T15:44:15+00:00

Shameka Sawyer is a visionary and influential figure in the world of film and community activism. As the founder and executive director of the 5 Shorts Project, she has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to fostering creativity and addressing social issues through the medium of film. A proud graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Sawyer has [...]

Shameka Sawyer2023-12-01T15:44:15+00:00

The Art of Aviation, produced and directed by Jodi Goren-Rode

2023-08-31T15:44:19+00:00

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their in ward significance.”– Aristotle Before an airplane is built, it is first a drawing of an airplane, which is why it’s fitting that much of the history of aviation has been told largely through the eyes of artists. It’s also [...]

The Art of Aviation, produced and directed by Jodi Goren-Rode2023-08-31T15:44:19+00:00

Civil War Medicine by Carole Adrienne

2023-08-10T17:59:16+00:00

The Civil War marked the birth of modern medicine.  New, efficient weapons technology challenged medical treatments and techniques in use since the Middle Ages. A small number of physicians faced one million casualties. They created solutions to the lack of ambulances, skilled nursing care, surgical techniques and record-keeping. A huge, unprecedented civilian volunteer effort helped to heal the physical and spiritual wounds [...]

Civil War Medicine by Carole Adrienne2023-08-10T17:59:16+00:00

End of the Line, created, written, and executive produced by Randle B. Haley, directed and produced by Mike A. Pender, and produced and cast by Nakia Dillard

2023-07-03T16:30:17+00:00

End of the Line is an intelligent, character-driven urban TV drama. The show has a unique never-been-attempted perspective and contains thought-provoking dialogue, characters, and stories performed by a rising talented cast.  Check it out! The show is about LeRoy “Roy” Downs, a nurse psychologist (and seminary dropout) who has, for the past two years, been [...]

End of the Line, created, written, and executive produced by Randle B. Haley, directed and produced by Mike A. Pender, and produced and cast by Nakia Dillard2023-07-03T16:30:17+00:00

MATSUTAKE, directed by Theodore Caleb Haas

2023-05-01T15:11:42+00:00

98-year-old Homer Yasui takes four generations of his family to his secret mushroom-hunting grounds in Oregon in search of the prized and delicious Matsutake mushroom, passing on a longtime Japanese American tradition. Matsutake will premiere at CAAMFest in San Francisco on May 14th! Director:  With roots in Philadelphia, Theodore Caleb Haas is a fourth-generation Yasui [...]

MATSUTAKE, directed by Theodore Caleb Haas2023-05-01T15:11:42+00:00

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The Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) is a “film commission” representing southeastern Pennsylvania that officially serves the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.

We are a member of the Association of Film Commissions International (AFCI). GPFO, first established in 1985 as a part of Philadelphia city government, continues to reside within city offices. In 1992, we became a regional economic development agency, incorporating in 2000 as the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GPFO

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