2025 Street Movies!
Scribe Video Center presents the 28th annual year of Street Movies! This film screening and performance series tours outdoor community spaces across Philadelphia every August with a program of independent short films from local, national, and international filmmakers, curated in partnership with neighborhood-based organizations. All events are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Street Movies! 2025 Schedule
Street Movies! in West Oak Lane
Join us for this free outdoor screening in West Oak Lane in partnership with Masjidullah: The Center for Human Excellence.
Time: Saturday, August 2nd at 8:00 PM
Location: Masjidullah, 7401 Limekiln Pike
Film Program:
Baby Steps dir. Kamryn Bonds (USA, 2025, 6 mins)
It's Never Lonesome in Philadelphia dir. Kiana Lattimore (USA, 2024, 10 mins)
Waiting Onna Punch dir. Victoria Wilcox (USA, 2023, 4 mins)
Hide & Seek dir. Rami Abbas (Spain, Palestine, 2024, 7 mins)
Stand Up For Madinah dir. Zainab Sultan(USA, 2024, 25 mins)
Street Movies! in Kingsessing
Join us for this free outdoor screening in Kingsessing in partnership with Bartram's Garden.
Time: Saturday, August 9th at 7:30 PM
Location: Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd
Film Program:
Higher Ground: Restorative Science and Sustainability dir. Ben Kalina (2024, USA, 22 min)
Daughter of the Sea dir. Alexis C. Garcia (2022, Puerto Rico, 19 min)
Aztec Dance in Philadelphia dir. Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (2005, USA, 15 min)
Belmont Plateau Reclaiming Coaquannock dir. Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (2016, USA, 13 min)
Trailer for 20th years of Aztec dance in Philadelphia
Street Movies! in South Philadelphia
Join us for this free outdoor screening in FDR Park in partnership with Friends of FDR Park, cinéSPEAK, and PAAFF with vendors by the Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park!
Time: Sunday, August 10th at 7:45 PM
Location: SEAMarket x FDR Park, 1900 Pattison Avenue
Film Program:
We Were the Scenery dir. Christopher Radcliff (2025, USA, 15 min)
SHATTERED MEMORY dir. Hayat Laban (2024, Palestine, 14 min)
SUDDENLY TV dir. Roopa Gogineni (2022, Sudan, Qatar, 19 min)
Street Movies! in West Philadelphia
Join us for this free outdoor screening in FDR Park Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with One Art Community Center.
Time: Wednesday, August 13th at 7:45 PM
Location: One Art Community Center, 1431-39 North 52nd Street
Film Program:
wyba (the study of repetition) dir. Myles Cream (2024, USA, 9 min)
It's Never Lonesome in Philadelphia dir. Kiana Lattimore (2024, USA, 10 min)
Come Dance With Me dir. Nwaọ (2025, USA, 8 min)
Waiting Onna Punch dir. Victoria Wilcox ( 2023, USA, 4 min)
The Brothers That Broke Bread dir. Victoria Wilcox (USA, 10 min)
Street Movies! in South Philadelphia
Join us for this free outdoor screening in FDR Park Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with Friends of Mifflin Square Park and The Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia.
Time: Wednesday, August 14th at 7:45 PM
Location: Mifflin Square Park, 500 Wolf Street
Film Program:
The Last Breath of the Tonle Sap dir. Thomas Cristofoletti & Robin Narciso (2022, Cambodia, Italy, 10 min)
Conversation At the Register dir. Brandon Soun (2022, USA, 8 min)
NOWHERE BUT HERE dir. Brandon Soun (2022, USA, 18 min)
Braised (Thịt Kho) dir.Huong Vu (2025, USA, Vietnam, 15 min)
Street Movies! in Strawberry Mansion
Join us for this free outdoor screening in FDR Park Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with Strawberry Mansion CDC.
Time: Saturday, August 16, 7:45 PM
Location: The Yard on John Coltrane Street, 1517 N. 33rd Street
Film Program:
Giant Steps dir. John Coltrane Cultural Society (10 mins)
That’s My Jazz dir. Ben Proudfoot (2019, USA, 14 mins)
The Brothers That Broke Bread dir. Victoria Wilcox (USA, 10 min)
Speak'n Trane dir. Shahkeem E. Williams (19 mins)
Street Movies! in Chinatown
Join us for this free outdoor screening in FDR Park Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC).
Time: Thursday, August 21, 7:30 PM
Location: 227 N 11th Street
Film Program:
Chinatown Life Story dir. Termite TV Collective (2002, USA, 26 mins)
Let me take you home dir. Evelyn Hang Yin, (2022, USA, 6 min)
He dir. Yihui Hu (2025, USA, 24 min)
The Other Side of the Mountain dir. Yumeng Shirley He (2024, USA, China, 19 min)
Street Movies! in Germantown
Join us for this free outdoor screening in FDR Park Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with Friends of Vernon Park and Germantown Info Hub.
Time: Saturday, August 23, 7:30 PM
Location: Vernon Park, 5800 Germantown Avenue
Film Program:
SUDDENLY TV dir. Roopa Gogineni (2022, Sudan, Qatar, 19 min)
SHATTERED MEMORY dir. Hayat Laban (2024, Palestine, 14 min)
GOOD GRIEF FILM PROJECT Produced by SIFTMedia 215 Collective (2024)
They Say… dir. M. Asli Dukan
Freedom… dir. DaSaint
In Living Memory… dir. Rae Shaw
THE 2025 STREET MOVIES! SERIES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORT FROM PECO.
If you are interested in submitting films, working tech, or photographing events, please email Will Michael, Street Movies! Programmer/Producer at William@scribe.org.