Confluence: Film Festival, Opening Night

Thursday, April 3, 2025

5:00 PM-8:30 PM

This Earth Month (April), the Academy of Natural Sciences hosts the second annual Confluence – an environmental film festival developed in partnership with BlackStar Projects, cinéSPEAK, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival.

Join us for this incredible series of feature-length, short and documentary films, and hear from filmmakers, community-based organizations and advocates to learn how you can support the next generation of climate resilience.

Opening Night

Programmed by cinéSPEAK

• 5 – 6:30 p.m. Opening Night Gathering with music, food, drinks, organizational partners In Dino Hall
• 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Film Program: Screening followed by Q & A
• Two Philadelphia Premieres: a short film and a documentary feature
• Soft In the Shell, (2024, 4min) an experimental short, by dir. Ingrid Raphaël
• Holding Back The Tide, (2023, 77min) a documentary feature film by dir. Emily Packer

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