Film Pittsburgh

June Spotlight 💡 Hollywood is wholly weird in this inescapably Lynchian, provocative debut short by Carnegie Mellon University alum Antonio Marziale. Strap in for fifteen fantastical minutes of offbeat, twisty pleasure, as two q***r sex-worker starlets dare to take on a lecherous film-industry executive and marvelously remake cinema for themselves. Happy Pride Month.

STARF**KERS screened at the Three Rivers Film Festival in 2022. It was also an Official Selection of Sundance, Berlinale, & Telluride Film Festival.

Watch now ▶️ FilmPittsburgh.org/Spotlight

Fresh off the presses: Three Rivers Film Festival is one of MovieMaker Magazine's 50 Film Festivals worth the entry fee in 2026!

📰: https://www.moviemaker.com/50-film-festivals-worth-the-entry-fee-2026/

Calling all Pittsburgh filmmakers! 📞 Our friends at Jump Cut PGH are accepting submissions for their annual themed shorts contest. This year's theme is MOON.

Submissions can be narrative, documentary, experimental or animated, but must be under four minutes and feature the moon as a thematic element. 🌕

Submit your short by June 15th! 📽️ www.jumpcutpgh.org/film-kitchen

This could be you. ⬇️ Submissions to the 2026 Three Rivers Film Festival are OPEN to all independent filmmakers!

If you submit your film by May 31, you'll be right on time.

For feature films: filmfreeway.com/PittsburghShorts
For shorts & scripts: filmfreeway.com/PittsburghShorts

Congratulations to our friends at Wall-to-Wall Studios Inc. on their MANY wins at the American Advertising Awards, including a Silver ADDY for their work on the Three Rivers Film Festival 2025 branding! 👏

We're thankful for many years of creative collaboration with this team. Take a look down memory lane with us!

That's a wrap on 2026! 🎬 We laughed, we cried, we schmoozed, and we learned. 🩵 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this celebration of independent Jewish cinema, to the talented filmmakers who participated, and to all of our guest speakers.

We’ll see you in November for the Three Rivers Film Festival!

Photos by Those In Motion Photography

The votes are in! We counted every ballot, and we’re thrilled to announce the Audience Award Winners of JFilm 2026, chosen by you!

🏆 Best Documentary Feature - tie!
HOLD ON TO YOUR MUSIC – A MOTHER'S LEGACY
"STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!"

🏆 Best Narrative Feature
ONCE UPON MY MOTHER

🏆 Harvey Sloan Award for Best Short Film
BESHERT

Thanks to our audience members who took the time to rate our films in theaters and virtually. We’ll see you in November for the Three Rivers Film Festival this November 5-15!

Tomorrow, we're back at The Lindsay Theater for a special screening of the new Canadian comedy TWO WOMEN! 🍿

Chloé Robichaud directs this cinematic update - a remake of the 1970 comedy Two Women in Gold - about neighbors Violette and Florence, who bond over the ennui of parenthood and embark on a quest to live fulfilled and liberated lives.

Tickets are FREE, but space is limited! Save your seat below ⬇️

https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/film-pittsburgh-presents-two-women/

📅 Tuesday, May 12 at 7:30pm
📍 The Lindsay Theater in Sewickley

TOMORROW (Sunday!) is our final day of 2026!

📽️ Don't miss these special screenings at Row House Cinemas in Dormont!

ONCE UPON MY MOTHER | 12:30pm
🥯 with a special Mother's Day BAGEL BRUNCH thanks to Balena Bagels!

STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! | 3:30pm
💬 Stay after the film for a conversation with PublicSource's Stephanie Strasburg and film producer Karen Ranucci.

DEAD LANGUAGE | 7:00pm

Save your seat: 🎟️ jfilm26.eventive.org/schedule

Shabbat Shalom! There are no screenings this evening.

🎬 Our closing weekend of 2026 starts TOMORROW, May 9, at The Lindsay Theater.

COMEDY SHORTS | 12:30pm
LOST IN TERRITORIES | 3:30pm
THE SEA | 6:30pm

Join us: 🎟️ jfilm26.eventive.org/schedule