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Film
Obsolete & Whining
November 7, 2009
Payphones. Rolodexes. Cursive writing. The dustbin of modern history is overflowing with “once-common things passing us by.” Anna Jane Grossman joins the Festival to reminisce about the good old ways, documented in her quirky new encyclopedia, Obsolete. She shares program with Cecilia Smith, who screens her short documentary “The Art of Fine Whining” - about the Philadelphia Complaint Choir that premiered at 2008 Festival and lives on in More
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Fugitive Pieces
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
November 7, 2009
As a boy in Poland, Jakob narrowly escapes Nazi soldiers. He grows up to be a writer (Stephen Dillane) plagued by survivor guilt. What will it take for Jakob to accept his past and More

Muppets (TM), Music and Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy
November 3-November 8, 2009
Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars):
This series highlights the work of one of the world’s most inspired and innovative film and puppetry artists, Jim Henson. A visionary TV producer and a world-class puppeteer More

Rear Window (1954)
November 8, 2009
REAR WINDOW
1954, Alfred Hitchcock, 112 min, NR
In his first pairing with Alfred Hitchcock, Stewart is a news photographer who, wheel-chair bound with a broken leg in More
The Wave
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
November 8, 2009
An unconventional teacher in a German high school lectures on autocracy and transforms his class into a modern-day simulation of a dictatorship. The students become swept away by a More
Being Jewish in France
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
November 8, 2009
Being Jewish in France documents the history of French Jews from the period of the Enlightenment, when they were declared free, equal "brothers" to the virulent More
Nuremberg: The Nazis Face Their Crimes
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
November 10, 2009
Filmmaker/historian Christian Delage condenses John Ford's original footage of the Nuremberg trial, held six months after the close of WWII. With much drama, red tape and procedural More

Iranian Film Series: Baran
November 10, 2009
Working at a camp in Tehran, young Iranian Lateef sees Afghan immigrants come and go. After he learns one of the refugees is a young girl in disguise, he quickly develops feelings More
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12/31/09Philadelphia First Wednesdays Jenkintown Community Alliance 04/01/09-
12/02/09Dance with Camera Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) 09/10/09-
03/21/10Philadelphia Kinetic Cinema Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) 10/21/09-
03/10/10Philadelphia Singin' On Screen: The Hollywood Musical Gershman Y 10/21/09-
11/11/09Philadelphia Our Daily Bread: A Community News Practicum Scribe Video Center 10/28/09-
12/09/09Philadelphia Screenwriting Essentials Bryn Mawr Film Institute 11/02/09-
12/07/09Bryn Mawr Zenkaikon 2009 Zentrancon LLC 11/07/09-
11/08/09King of Prussia Coffee Break Abington Art Center 11/07/09 Jenkintown William Kuntsler: Disturbing The Universe Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 11/08/09 Philadelphia First Person Festival: The Girl from Foreign First Person Arts 11/08/09 Philadelphia William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe First Person Arts 11/08/09 Philadelphia Still Bill First Person Arts 11/08/09 Philadelphia Disturbing the Universe Drexel University - Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design 11/09/09 Philadelphia filmadelphiaDOCUMENTARY Philadelphia Film Society 11/10/09 Philadelphia Srugim Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 11/11/09 Philadelphia Examined Life International House Philadelphia 11/11/09 Philadelphia Video Production Boot Camp MiND TV 11/11/09 Philadelphia Still Bill Drexel University - Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design 11/11/09 Philadelphia $9.99 Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 11/12/09 Bryn Mawr Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker International House Philadelphia 11/12/09 Philadelphia Malls R Us International House Philadelphia 11/13/09 Philadelphia A Sea Change Scribe Video Center 11/13/09 Philadelphia The Wedding Song Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 11/14/09 Philadelphia Matilda (1996) The Colonial Theatre 11/14/09 The Exiles - Philadelphia Premiere & Ice People International House Philadelphia 11/14/09 Philadelphia Vertigo (1958) The Colonial Theatre 11/15/09 Star Wars: In Concert Wachovia Center 11/15/09 Philadelphia Vietnam, Burma--Retrospective Insights West Chester University - Department of Geography and Planning 11/16/09-
11/17/09West Chester What's Up, Doc? Film Series: MASH Bryn Mawr Film Institute 11/17/09 Bryn Mawr New Muslim Cool International House Philadelphia 11/17/09 Philadelphia South Africa Geographical Society of Philadelphia 11/18/09 Philadelphia Dance With Camera Cinema Program Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) 11/18/09 Philadelphia The Greening Of Southie Bryn Mawr Film Institute 11/18/09 Bryn Mawr Top Hat & Singin' in the Rain International House Philadelphia 11/18/09 Philadelphia Death at a Funeral Kennett Flash 11/18/09-
11/22/09Kennett Square In & Testing International House Philadelphia 11/19/09 Philadelphia James and the Giant Peach (1996) The Colonial Theatre 11/21/09 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) The Colonial Theatre 11/22/09 Free Sunday Program: Video Screening: Scribe Video’s “Precious Places” Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) 11/22/09 Philadelphia Sing Along: The Wizard of Oz Bryn Mawr Film Institute 11/24/09 Bryn Mawr How To Be (2008) The Colonial Theatre 11/25/09 Phoenixville Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) The Colonial Theatre 11/28/09 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) The Colonial Theatre 11/29/09 Free Sunday Program: Art Making Workshop: Portrait Painting Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) 11/29/09 Philadelphia In the Mood for Love Bryn Mawr Film Institute 12/01/09 Bryn Mawr Revolutionary Dreamer: Bernardo Bertolucci Bryn Mawr Film Institute 12/01/09-
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