The West Chester Film Festival launches on Friday, April 25, 2025 with our Opening Night Party. Our main venue is the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center. We will also be presenting Pop-Up Films Blocks that will be shown at locations around the borough of West Chester.
The All Access Pass includes tickets to the Opening Night Party, Film Blocks 1-6,
Young Filmmaker Block, and the Closing Night Party.
Friday, April 25
5:30– 7:00 pm Opening Night Party at Uptown
7:00 – 9:15 pm Selection of Films at Uptown (Film Block 1)
Act As If…
Silent Night
Cold Soup
Torii
The Masterpiece
Christmas Tree Trouble
Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania
Crust
Clodagh
9:30 – 11:00 pm Pride Pop Up at Mayday Coffee CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!
Saturday, April 26
9:00 – 10:45 am Workshop and Breakfast at Hotel Indigo (Theme TBD) CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown
1:15 – 3:30 pm Selection of Films at Uptown (Film Block 2)
An Orange From Jaffa
The Circle
The Hunter’s Lament
The Green Ribbon
The Third Country
In The Shadow Of The Cypress
Hold
Viaticum
3:45 – 5:45 pm Based on a True Story Pop Up & Panel Discussion at Chester County History Center. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!
A Lien
Last Ranger
The Third Country
Act As If…
6:00 – 8:15 pm Selection of Films at Uptown (Film Block 3)
The Last Ranger
Beside Myself
Obscura
Wander to Wonder
Process
Easy Way Out
47:10′:00″
Instruments of a Beating Heart
8:30 – 10:45 pm Selection of Films at Uptown (Film Block 4)
The Wild-Tempered Clavier
This is Jan
60=1
Baby Love
Beautiful Men
The Man Who Could Not Remember
Simple Machine
LYZ
Silver Sizzle
Sunday, April 27
9:00 – 10:45 am Workshop and Breakfast at Side Bar (Theme TBD) CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!
11:00 am – 12:45 pm Oscar Worthy Animation Pop Up at Beirhaul. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!
Wander to Wonder
Beautiful Men
Maybe Elephants
Bottle George
In The Shadow Of The Cypress
Cold Soup
1:00 – 3:15 pm Selection of Films at Uptown (Film Block 5)
A Lien
The Clogging
Florida Man
Pride of Texas
Leaf Peeping
Like A Secret
Eat Hot Chips & Lie
Mother
Bottle George
3:30 – 5:45 pm Selection of Films at Uptown (Film Block 6)
Edge of Space
Maybe Elephants
RIP Kevin The Man
Sally, Get The Potatoes
Illustrabamus
The Paradise Road
Iceland Cycling Expedition
The Reach
Ash Wednesday
6:00 – 9:30 pm Closing Night Party at Uptown
Walk the red carpet one more time and celebrate the weekend in style!
Cocktail Hour Catered by Alexander’s Catering, Desserts by Master’s Baker
Attend the Chester Awards and see the Best Films of the 2025 West Chester Film Festival!
All Access Pass: $199 per person
Opening Night Party: $30 per person
Film Blocks: $15 per person or $12 per student or senior
Closing Night Party: $60 per person