2012 Fundraiser

Mark your calendar for Saturday, March 24, 2012 for our next great fundraiser! Attendees will enjoy delicious food provided by area restaurants and caterers, and will be able to "shop" their way through both a Silent and a Live Auction with outstanding gifts provided by Lehigh Valley artists and merchants. Plus: Prizes awarded throughout the evening, cash bar and the comedy magic of Joseph K...

Third Thursday

Third Thursday is back!!!! Our next Free filmscreening will be on January 19th at our usual location, Victory Fire House. Film: An encore presentation of the documentary film, "Fambul Tok" Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone's brutal civil war come together for the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies. Through reviving the...

Film Festival!

Mark your calendar for 2012: June 12 - 16, when our 2012 Cultural Focus will be: Down Under (Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania) and our Genre Focus will be: Dark Comedy. Our annual festival brings films and filmmakers from around the country and around the world to Bethlehem's South Side! To date, we have shown 714 films from 77 Countries and 39 States. Read More

Third Thursday Film Club

Third Thursday Film Club!

Our Third Thursday film screenings continue to bring high quality independent films to Bethlehem's South Side. Location: Victory Firehouse - 205 Webster Street.

Festival Highlights!

Enjoy sights and sounds of SSFF

...and meet some of the filmmakers who have attended our festival!

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SSFF Buzz...

Filmmakers are talking!

Visiting filmmakers have a lot to say about their experiences at the SouthSide Film Festival....

“Thank you so much for everything. The hospitality of the community and the generosity of the volunteers made for an incredible week. The thought that was put into the programming of the films and the fact we were given the opportunity to have an audience Q & A showed that SSFF really cares about our projects. Thanks again!”

– Ken Anderson, New York, NY
Veterans Affairs - SSFF 2010

The SSFI presents film screenings year-round through our Third Thursday Film Club and other events. Want to be in the loop and receive emails about future screenings and related events?
Email us at: ssfi@southsidefilmfestival.com

SouthSide Film Institute (SSFI)

Our mission is to be the coordinators and facilitators in this community effort of creating a centralized informational and networking HUB for filmmakers in the Lehigh Valley and the surrounding areas.
Building the Film Office and the Institute will take time to ensure quality and efficiency. This is a volunteer effort, so all assistance is welcome!