Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

In The House of Flies
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In the House of Flies (2013): Dir. Gabriel Carrer. Horror

Set in the retro eighties, In The House Of Flies focuses on an abducted couple forced to tackle their way to freedom. Alone, isolated and locked in a dingy basement, Heather (Lindsay Smith) and Steve (Ryan Kotack) find themselves surrounded by mysterious sealed suitcases – each containing valuable clues to their very survival. Both must […]

Dead Man Working - Strange but true?
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Dead Man Working (2013): L.e. Salas. Docu-fiction

(Philadelphia Premier) In the very near future, the recently deceased are mysteriously rising from their graves. An emerging group of the living dead have people down-right scared…of losing their jobs. These fresh (and sometimes not so fresh) corpses are not here to eat the living; they have retained their memory of work and need to

Richard Artshwager - Shut Up and Look
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Shut up and Look (2012): Dir. Maryte Kavaliauskas. Docu / Art

(Philadelphia Premier) He’s an enigma, a magician, a maverick and according to Richard Armstrong, director of the Guggenheim Museum, ‘goddamn oblique!’ ‘Shut Up and Look is the story of Richard Artschwager, the 88 year old American artist, whose works command hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet fame eludes him. The film provides an intimate look

A talented artist struggles to cope with the pressures leading up to her first solo exhibition.
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Art Is … (2013): Dir. Barry Bliss. Drama / Art

(North American Premier) Art Is… (2013) Directed by Barry Blis. Emily Beecham stars as Lulu, an up and coming painter standing on the brink of fame. As she journeys towards her first solo exhibition, she struggles to deal with outside pressures distracting her from her work. Success comes at a cost as Lulu battles her

Life or Death? The Regret of the Doubt
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The Regret of the Doubt: Dir. Rafael Nani (Brazil)

The Regret of the Doubt: The film is a search for how the desire and satiety operates in the human mind. In a symbolic and sensory way, the short film invites the audience to discuss how the dream of eternal fulfillment and as the volatility of our desires can consume our imagination and paralyze our lives.

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