Movies are designed to do more than simply entertain. They are designed to inspire, educate, challenge old thinking, provide avenues for new thought; they can surprise you, uncover unknown truths, reveal other perspectives. From script to screen, films articulate visions through an artistic expression of sight & sound and create an engaging and emotional bond with the audience. Not only does film provide a unique opportunity to explore important cultural, social and economic topics with a diverse audience, resulting in greater understanding and a broader feeling of community amongst filmgoers, but film also provides the ability to teach and foster new ideas, different subjects, and alternative ways of thinking.
The Philadelphia film society (PFS) is a community of film-goers that enjoy movies on many different levels. Creating memorable experiences from special dinner events to professional critiques, PFS provides year-round programming to suit all tastes and styles of the artistic media called film.
Through our filmadelphiaEXPERIENCE programs—filmadelphiaCLASSICS, filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT,filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY—we provide an insider’s view of film - looking at the subject matter from many perspectives. The filmadelphiaEXPERIENCE is a series of year-round moderated screening series, occurring every Wednesday evening at the Ritz East, designed to generate stimulating discussion about film while building and fostering a community experience. The filmadelphiaEXPERIENCE is essential to PFS’ commitment to the presentation of film as a powerful form of artistic expression.
The filmadelphiaEXPERIENCE is designed to further this goal, by engaging and educating the diverse communities of the Greater Philadelphia region. The filmadelphiaINDEPENDENT and filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY screening series extend the festival year-round, serving to make the film-going community in Philadelphia aware of significant and important independent films while providing the opportunity to see these films in a traditional theatre setting, followed by a moderated group discussion exploring the ideas behind the film. Similarly, the filmadelphiaCLASSICS screening series returns both groundbreaking and little known classic films to theatres in order to revisit the themes within.
Upcoming Screening Calendar:
*all films begin at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.