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(World Premiere)Short NarrativeShorts Program

Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Films Shorts

A poster from Adamstown shows three film stills stacked vertically. The top film still shows the side profile of a Black woman staring at something off screen. She is wearing a green scarf tied in a knot on her head and gold earrings against a blurred out background. The middle film still shows a figure dressed in all black running through a dimly lit room. On both sides of the figure are metal gates lining the wall. The bottom film still shows the silhouette of a person walking from the darkness into a window-lit room. To the right of the silhouette is a door with closed shades on the glass.

Thank you to our screening partners: Scribe Video Center, Seven Knots Film & Media, All Ages Production, Big Picture Alliance, Big Howl

Films in this Program

A poster from Adamstown shows three film stills stacked vertically. The top film still shows the side profile of a Black woman staring at something off screen. She is wearing a green scarf tied in a knot on her head and gold earrings against a blurred out background. The middle film still shows a figure dressed in all black running through a dimly lit room. On both sides of the figure are metal gates lining the wall. The bottom film still shows the silhouette of a person walking from the darkness into a window-lit room. To the right of the silhouette is a door with closed shades on the glass.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Adamstown

A young African woman is drawn into a high-stakes manhunt that could compromise her fragile American dream. ...

A film still from Run, Sister Joan shows a Black nun standing at an opened window. The side of her face is illuminated by the light from outside as she looks over her shoulder at the camera with a serious face.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Run, Sister Joan

In a haunted town, a migrant woman with mysterious abilities searches for her missing companion. ...

A film still from Las Cosas Que Brillan shows a black frame around a staged scene. Inside the frame is a woman dressed as a mermaid, with a yellow tail and top, sleeping on a faux rock. Standing above her is a man dressed as a soldier, wearing dirty armor with a grimy face, gazing down at her. They are positioned within a theatrical set designed to mimic an ocean scene with a series of waves behind them.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Las Cosas Que Brillan

When a trans Latinx mermaid defies her mother’s warnings, she is forced to confront the violent legacies of colonialism,...

A film still from Food for the Souls shows a young Black woman and man in an embrace sharing a gaze.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Food for the Soul

A first-generation Nigerian American and her Black American partner must decide between being true to themselves or tryi...

Tickets

In Person

5:30PM EDTPerelman Theater @ Kimmel
5:30PM EDTPerelman Theater @ Kimmel

Virtual

7:30PM EDT

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