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Pop Filter Hot Pick: Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, May 08, 2013
With 33 films over 10 days, the 8th annual Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival also includes Q&As with visiting directors, actors and industry experts, sneak previews and an always festive opening night gala.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Spring into art this Friday at the Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, a free and festive night of immersive art and performance with 36 stops, not to mention pop-up shopping.

JFilm Festival kicks off 20th anniversary on April 11th

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The acclaimed JFilm Festival kicks off its 20th anniversary this week, at five venues around the region for its showcase of award-winning documentaries, guest artists, special premieres and parties, and a short film competition. Opening night is already sold out so check it out now.

How to film a music documentary in Mongolia

Lauren Knapp Wednesday, March 20, 2013
It's a great story of a courageous young woman entering a new country cold to research rock bands and a lesson on how to get connected anywhere. Read the story, then see the outstanding trailer.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: 31st annual Three Rivers Film Festival kicks off Nov. 2nd

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, October 31, 2012
With more than 55 films along with three opening night features, four live music scores and five foreign language Oscar entries, is it any wonder that 3RFF is one of the Burgh's most anticipated annual arts events? Here's why you shouldn't miss it.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Top 10 Halloween Happenings

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The haunted season is thriving in some very creative corners of the city's cultural scene. Discover the artistic side of Halloween with Pop Filter's Top 10 ways to get possessed by the arts, from Bricolage to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Why I moved to Pittsburgh from Brooklyn: Gab Cody

Erin Lewenauer Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Moving from Brooklyn, NY to Pittsburgh has paid off in spades for the very creative Gab Cody. Lawrencevile, says the creator of the movie Mombies provides space in every sense of the word and views the world as a place where you can make art.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Reel Q Pittsburgh International LGBT Film Festival

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, October 10, 2012
With 32 films and 20 screenings--from many different countries around the globe--the Reel Q Pittsburgh International LGBT Film Festival is back with one of its most diverse cinema presentations to date. Read on for Pop Filter's preview of Reel Q at the Harris Theater.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: VIA Music & New Media Festival

Marty Levine Wednesday, September 26, 2012
There's nothing like VIA in Pittsburgh and there never has been, say those who program the cutting-edge audio and visual festival. What's new this year? Everything.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: 48 Hour Film Project screens locally made movies

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Could you make a movie in 48 hours? See who rose to the Scorcesean challenge, creating an entire film--from writing and casting to filming and editing--in a mere two days. This weekend, the world’s largest and oldest filmmaking competition hosts a screening of the 48 Hour Film Project's 35 at the Hollywood Theater.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Summer Gallery Crawl & Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, July 11, 2012
This Friday the 13th head downtown for a double whammy of arts and culture. It all kicks off with the Cultural Trust’s free Summer Gallery Crawl from 5:30 to 9 then wraps up in style at Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh at the former Bally's Building.

Coming Home: The making of a film about female soldiers in Afghanistan

Beth Marcello Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Hauling more than 100 pounds of camera equipment during a three-and-a-half month embedment in Afghanistan, JulieHera De Stefano endured dozens of missions and helicopter flights in order to meet with more than 100 military women. Her film, Journey to Normal, will document it all.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Go Dutch Pop-Up Party!

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Downtown's Distinctively Dutch Festival is wrapping with a closing party of epic proportions, turning a former Bally's gym into a showcase of cutting-edge new media and music from The Netherlands. Hit the dance floor with DJ Dexter and watch as elderly inhabitants of Amsterdam-Noord battle advancing hipsters and yuppies during a video-simulated street fight.

Get reel at the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, May 09, 2012
48 screenings, 25 films, 3 theaters. It all kicks off with an opening night gala featuring a gripping new biopic about Nobel Peace Prize-winning pro-democracy activist, Aung San Suu Kyi. For the next 10 days, the unique homegrown Silk Screen Festival will showcase a wide array of Asian films and filmmakers.

Pop Filter Hot Pick: World premiere of JacobTV & Distinctively Dutch Gallery Crawl

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, April 25, 2012
On April 27th, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Distinctively Dutch Gallery Crawl will make Downtown a showcase of innovation and artistry from the Netherlands. From the world premiere of JacobTV's reality opera The News and a street battle between elders and yuppies to dining delights such as homemade pistachio pate, we'll get you culture crawling Dutch style.
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