Lightbox Film Center

Lightbox Film Center Lightbox Film Center is Philadelphia’s premier exhibitor of film & moving image art.

Celebrating the projected image as a framework for diverse ideas and perspectives. Our programs inspire discourse, invite exploration and challenge the status quo.

Catch the ultimate 1980s document of downtown NYC this Wednesday (5/27)! Philip Hartman's noir-ish indie NO PICNIC is wi...
05/26/2026

Catch the ultimate 1980s document of downtown NYC this Wednesday (5/27)! Philip Hartman's noir-ish indie NO PICNIC is wild ride through a pre-gentrification East Village gorgeously shot in black & white by avant-garde filmmaker Peter Hutton. Hartman will join us for a post-screening conversation so don't sleep on this one!

We're beyond thrilled that filmmaker Lynne Sachs will join us this Wednesday (5/20) to share her latest work: EVERY CONT...
05/18/2026

We're beyond thrilled that filmmaker Lynne Sachs will join us this Wednesday (5/20) to share her latest work: EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE. Philadelphia textile artist Betty Leacraft, who is featured in the film, will also be participating in the post-screening conversation. Grab your tickets now!

NEXT UP! Iranian auteur Shahram Mokri's latest work, BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT is a self-reflexive puzzle that keeps yo...
05/11/2026

NEXT UP! Iranian auteur Shahram Mokri's latest work, BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT is a self-reflexive puzzle that keeps you on your toes in the best possible way. Catch it this Wednesday (5/13) at Lightbox

Ready for a groovy animated cult classic that needs to be seen to be believed? Catch György Kovásznai's BUBBLE BATH this...
05/04/2026

Ready for a groovy animated cult classic that needs to be seen to be believed? Catch György Kovásznai's BUBBLE BATH this Wednesday! Co-presented with Space Melt Cinema

We're looking forward to hosting filmmaker Ralph Arlyck today at 5pm to screen his latest documentary I LIKE IT HERE. Se...
05/03/2026

We're looking forward to hosting filmmaker Ralph Arlyck today at 5pm to screen his latest documentary I LIKE IT HERE. See you there.

Ralph Arlyck's breakout short film SEAN introduced us to his four-year-old neighbor in the center of the Haight-Ashbury...
04/30/2026

Ralph Arlyck's breakout short film SEAN introduced us to his four-year-old neighbor in the center of the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene. Decades later Arlyck reunited with Sean in his mesmerizing feature film FOLLOWING SEAN. Arlyck's latest film, I LIKE IT HERE, expands his curious eye to a whole cast of friends and neighbors as they contemplate life's final chapter and celebrate the pleasures of being alive. Join Lightbox in hosting Arlyck this Sunday (5/3) as he presents I LIKE IT HERE and discusses his work.

This Wednesday (4/29) we're closing out Kaizo Hayashi's Maiku Hama trilogy with the final film in the series. Don't miss...
04/27/2026

This Wednesday (4/29) we're closing out Kaizo Hayashi's Maiku Hama trilogy with the final film in the series. Don't miss THE TRAP at 7pm in the Bok Auditorium

DRY LEAF is Alexandre Koberidze's follow up to his critically acclaimed WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? Shot on ...
04/24/2026

DRY LEAF is Alexandre Koberidze's follow up to his critically acclaimed WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? Shot on a low resolution video camera, the film is a woozy road movie through internal and external landscapes alike. See it this Sunday (4/26) at Lightbox

The second part of Kaizo Hayashi's Maiku Hama trilogy screens this Wednesday (4/22). Our intrepid private eye hero retur...
04/20/2026

The second part of Kaizo Hayashi's Maiku Hama trilogy screens this Wednesday (4/22). Our intrepid private eye hero returns and is reluctantly pulled into the shady underworld of the Yokohama waterfront and faces off against "The Man in White." Not to worry if you missed the first film in the series, THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST definitely holds its own.

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