Founded in 2006, the Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival unites the Philadelphia student film community in a forum to celebrate the films they have written, produced, or directed.
The festival fills a unique niche: while local student film festivals abound, none recognize the city of Philadelphia as the common denominator between them.
GPSFF facilitates the growth of student film by promoting their work to the general public and providing tools via GPSFF Connect for filmmakers to find crew and actors.
GPSFF seeks to forge lasting connections between the city and its brightest up-and-coming talent as an investment in the future of Philadelphia filmmaking.
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The Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival brings together the work of students attending film school in Philadelphia. Not only does it give them the opportunity to display their work, but it creates the sense of a community that young people can be a part of. It's an important project that should be replicated in all major U.S. cities.
This channel offers dozens of films from the festival. In the documentary realm, S*xual Assault uses vital statistics and expert interviews to explore the susceptibility of young women to rape. Eastern State Penitentiary is about supernatural horror in an abandoned prison; it investigates whether the place where Al Capone once served time is haunted. I'm Normal is a moving first-person account of schizophrenia.
For lighter fare, check out The Waltz, which is a mockumentary take-off on Martin Scorsese's classic concert doc The Last Waltz. That Lunch Date shows what dating would be like if you could read people's minds, while The Parasite From Planet X is a hilarious, Matinee-like tribute to Z-grade 1950s science-fiction features. GPSFF is a vital talent showcase.
