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Year: 2025

Filmmakers are talking about SouthSide Film Festival

July 13, 2025 June 23, 2026

“I had a great experience at the Southside Film Festival! The venues were great, the films were great, and the volunteers and staff were great. Everyone was so nice and helpful, and I enjoyed my Q&A. Plus, Bethlehem is a very cool, artsy town that I want to visit again. …

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23rd Annual SouthSide Film festival Dates Announced!

June 15, 2025 June 23, 2026

Mark your calendar:  June 9 through June 12, 2027  for the 23rd annual SouthSide Film festival.  Make plans to join us for another week of independent films, filmmaker Q & A sessions, special events, opening and closing night parties, and more!!! Thank you to all who participated in the 2026 …

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2026 Audience Favorite Award Winners Announced

June 15, 2025 June 23, 2026

The 22nd Annual SouthSide Film Festival Linny and Beall Fowler Audience Awards: Favorite Feature Film: If These Walls Could Rock, Directors: Tyler Measom, Craig Williams Favorite Short Film: About the Hindenburg, Directors: Jennifer Suwak, Steve Abruzzese The awards are voted on by the audience throughout the festival. Votes are tabulated and …

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Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

May 25, 2025 February 7, 2026

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Creative Sector Flex Fund 2025-26 grant recipient

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Rooted – A Story of Artists Embracing Place

May 25, 2025 June 15, 2025

Rooted – A Story of Artists Embracing Place Join us on Sunday, June 15 at 2:00 PM for the World Premiere screening of Rooted at Baker Hall,  Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University. In the mid-1970’s Bethlehem Steel began its slow descent into bankruptcy. Despite the economic decline, a group of …

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The SouthSide Film Institute is a Bethlehem, PA based non-profit organization that promotes an international film culture in the heart of the revitalized South Side of the city.
Address: 101 W. 4th Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
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