BY GABE CASTRO As families and friends gather beneath the twinkling summer night sky in West Philly's Clark Park, cinéSPEAK's annual Under the Stars screening series promises to ignite discussions on empowerment, activism, education, and inclusivity. This year's series begins on Friday, May 24th, with documentaries...

BY ERICK BARRAGÁN RAMÍREZ The cinéSPEAK Journal publishes a monthly Philadelphia Organization Spotlight highlighting a local film or moving image focused organization, business, or collective doing unique and impactful work. Philadelphia is a city where diverse Latino immigrant groups converge. While many people have one narrow image...

BY IREASHIA BENNETT The cinéSPEAK Journal publishes a monthly Philadelphia Artist Spotlight highlighting local filmmakers and moving image artists doing unique and impactful work. Intimacy and interiority are consistently present themes in films by Katie Harkins, a Philadelphia-born and raised cinematographer. Across genres–from narrative and documentary to...

BY ERICK BARRAGÁN RAMÍREZ The cinéSPEAK Journal publishes a monthly Philadelphia Organization Spotlight highlighting a local film or moving image focused organization, business, or collective doing unique and impactful work. Established in March 2021 by Arianne Bracho Hernandez, Carmen Marcet, Elizabeth Arellano, and Paola Velez, Madre Tierra...

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION cinéSPEAK is delighted to partner with TINY ROOM FOR ELEPHANTS on their upcoming 2022 festival at Cherry Street Pier! As such, we are announcing a call for short films and DJs/musician/composers that are open to remixing and live-scoring their films for a live audience. Ideally,...

SUBMIT YOUR SHORT FILMS: DESCRIPTION: We are looking for films that inspire copious amounts of joy, films that make us feel love, and want us to love—Think: summertime love, young love, messy love, in-your-20s love, grown and inviting love (but not too inviting), seasoned and wholesome love—We...