PHLAFF Week Tres — 6/14 at Cherry Street Pier!

Jun 14

We're halfway through our festival season and we’re feeling good! Enjoy the end of Week Tres this weekend by joining us today, June 14, at Cherry Street Pier—one of our favorite locations of the festival!

Starting at 4 PM, you can warm your hearts with the Dream-Seeking Los Shorts block, highlighting films and stories built around sacrifice, love, motivation, and aspirations. Films showing include Una Carta a Mis Hijas, Sueños, Un Retrato Cinematográfico, Primero, Sueño, Ni Estoy Aquí, Ni Estoy Allá (I Am Neither Here Nor There), EL ÚLTIMO CARREO / THE LAST CARREO, Strawberry Picker, and Por El Amor Al Fútbol (For The Love Of Soccer).

Afterwards, we will have two features you won’t want to miss!

What Los Features films will be shown at 6/14 at Cherry Street Pier?

6:00 PM — You, Me, & Her (Philadelphia Premiere)

Mags (Selina Ringel), a high powered, Latinx financial advisor who runs the household, and Ash (Ritesh Rajan), Indian-American, a great dad who runs a struggling cannabis start-up, are stuck in a rut. They can't stop arguing on their first vacation alone together after having a baby until they meet Angela, a spiritual digital nomad, who takes a romantic interest in Mags. Mags starts to question her own sexuality when she becomes intrigued by Angela. Suddenly Ash and Mags start to reconnect over the idea of having a threesome in hopes that the excitement of the potential sexual experience will save their marriage.

Country of Production: United States & Mexico

8:00 PM — St. Vierja Academy (World Premiere)

Toño, a successful US-based physician, is drawn back to Panama by the death of a high school friend. As he visits the cemetery, memories flood back from his time at the renown St. Vierja Academy, one of Panama’s most exclusive catholic schools for boys in the 1970s. Despite coming from humble beginnings in one of Panama's poorest neighborhoods, Toño camouflaged his background among his affluent classmates. He endured relentless bullying, ridicule, and more from teachers and students. Toño's life takes a darker turn when he is coerced into drug distribution to protect his secret. Expelled when his side job is discovered, Toño orchestrates a plan to expose his blackmailer and secure his return to school, with assistance from an unexpected ally. At the final revalidation exam in front of his nemesis, the physics teacher, he initially stumbles but he eventually triumphs and graduates to the surprise of many. Returning to St. Vierja Academy as an adult, Toño revisits the painful memories of his past, leaving behind a gift at the tombstone of his friend. After encountering a ghostly apparition of his younger self, he makes peace with his tumultuous past.

Country of Production: Panama & United States