Philadelphia Film Festival

Ben Foster, here over the weekend for a screening of his drama The Messenger, received the Rising Star Award from the 18 1/2 Philadelphia Film Festival. His reaction? "I'm just happy that someone wants to employ my [backside]," he told...

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...off with a handler. Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, 30 Days of Night) will be in Saturday to receive the Rising Star Award at the 181/2 Philadelphia Film Festival for the flick The Messenger, which will screen that night. Thursday's...

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...a screenplay based on the life of Mutter Museum founder Thomas Dent Mutter, won the 2003 "Set In Philadelphia" Screenwriting Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival and a Sloan Foundation Fellowship at the 2004 Hampton International Film...

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...critically and commercially, it was screened at many international film festivals including the Philadelphia Film Festival in 1996 where it was an audience favourite. The film was banned in Singapore, and Malaysia upon release. In...

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...Bertoletti of Chicago. Fifth was Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas of Alexandria, Va. Director F. Gary Gray is a "yes" for the 181/2 Philadelphia Film Festival, and he'll introduce the first of two screenings of his shot-in-Philly thriller, Law...

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...Mutter Museum founder Thomas Dent Mutter. The screenplay would go on to win the 2003 "Set In Philadelphia" Screenwriting Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival and a Sloan Foundation Fellowship at the 2004 Hampton International Film...

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The Philadelphia Film Festival is held annually in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Until 2009 it was generally held during the first weeks of April. In 2007, the Philadelphia Film Festival added a student component, screening the winners of...

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...Foxx. Its release date, which last week was moved up to Oct. 16, will coincide with the Philadelphia Film Society's so-called 181/2 Philadelphia Film Festival, being curated by Harlan Jacobson. Reality TV Merle Ginsberg, formerly of...

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...with its own shocking conclusion, premiered in March 2007 as a web film on the "Take Out" official site. Take Out premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival on April 11, 2007 followed with official selections from the Montclair...

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...in the fall? Programming disputes, financial claims, and personality clashes between Ray Murray, the longtime artistic director of the Philadelphia Film Festival, and board members of the Philadelphia Film Society, the nonprofit that...

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