FirstGlance Film Festivals

FirstGlance Film festivals began in 1996 in the basement of a small theater in Center City Philadelphia. It started as a small theatre company in Philadelphia that wanted to help fellow filmmakers get their projects shown in a public venue for others to enjoy. Its mission was a one time weekend to show projects that might otherwise not be seen by moviegoers in the Philadelphia area. With a rented video projector and a bunch of large screen TVs, they had a successful weekend showing about 20 projects to about 150 people. After the event they received multiple calls and emails from filmmakers and attendees. The FirstGlance Film Festival was born. FirstGlance decided to move forward and make its festival an annual event. With filmmaker interest, their sister festival opened in Burbank California in 2000 to a similar audience in a 35 seat screening room and has also become a growing annual event.

In 2022 FirstGlance Film Fests will have produced almost 50 film festivals and screened over 2600 indie films in theaters and over 1500 short films online to audiences in the 200,000's over ther 26 year history of the festivals, and having awarded over a half a million dollars in prizes to winning filmmakers!

Over the past 10 years, FirstGlance Film Fests have a track record for feature distribution unlike any festival on Earth...IN our past 20 events 98% of feature films screened have acquired distribution, over 100 feature films have gone on from FirstGlance to find theatrical, cable, Bluray/DVD direct sales, VOD and streaming distribution on channels from Netflix, Showtime, Shudder, Tubi, Roku, and many more...

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Past (23)

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24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 14 • 3:00 PM

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26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Thu, Oct 5 • 6:30 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 16 • 4:00 PM

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25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 14 • 5:00 PM

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22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 12 • 2:00 PM

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24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 15 • 5:00 PM

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21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 20 • 5:00 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Fri, Nov 13 • 5:00 PM

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FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20

Thu, Mar 12 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 22

Fri, Nov 1 • 6:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles 19

Thu, Mar 14 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 21

Fri, Oct 12 • 5:00 PM

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24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 14 • 3:00 PM

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26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Thu, Oct 5 • 6:30 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 16 • 4:00 PM

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25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 14 • 5:00 PM

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22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 12 • 2:00 PM

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24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 15 • 5:00 PM

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21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 20 • 5:00 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Fri, Nov 13 • 5:00 PM

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FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20 primary image

FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20

Thu, Mar 12 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 22

Fri, Nov 1 • 6:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles 19

Thu, Mar 14 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 21

Fri, Oct 12 • 5:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film festivals began in 1996 in the basement of a small theater in Center City Philadelphia. It started as a small theatre company in Philadelphia that wanted to help fellow filmmakers get their projects shown in a public venue for others to enjoy. Its mission was a one time weekend to show projects that might otherwise not be seen by moviegoers in the Philadelphia area. With a rented video projector and a bunch of large screen TVs, they had a successful weekend showing about 20 projects to about 150 people. After the event they received multiple calls and emails from filmmakers and attendees. The FirstGlance Film Festival was born. FirstGlance decided to move forward and make its festival an annual event. With filmmaker interest, their sister festival opened in Burbank California in 2000 to a similar audience in a 35 seat screening room and has also become a growing annual event.

In 2022 FirstGlance Film Fests will have produced almost 50 film festivals and screened over 2600 indie films in theaters and over 1500 short films online to audiences in the 200,000's over ther 26 year history of the festivals, and having awarded over a half a million dollars in prizes to winning filmmakers!

Over the past 10 years, FirstGlance Film Fests have a track record for feature distribution unlike any festival on Earth...IN our past 20 events 98% of feature films screened have acquired distribution, over 100 feature films have gone on from FirstGlance to find theatrical, cable, Bluray/DVD direct sales, VOD and streaming distribution on channels from Netflix, Showtime, Shudder, Tubi, Roku, and many more...

Be sure to use #SupportIndieFilm and Join the Revolution on all social platforms!

 

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24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 14 • 3:00 PM

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26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Thu, Oct 5 • 6:30 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 16 • 4:00 PM

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25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 14 • 5:00 PM

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22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 12 • 2:00 PM

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24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 15 • 5:00 PM

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21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 20 • 5:00 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Fri, Nov 13 • 5:00 PM

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FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20 primary image

FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20

Thu, Mar 12 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 22

Fri, Nov 1 • 6:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles 19 primary image

FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles 19

Thu, Mar 14 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 21  primary image

FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 21

Fri, Oct 12 • 5:00 PM

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24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 14 • 3:00 PM

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26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

26th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Thu, Oct 5 • 6:30 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, Mar 16 • 4:00 PM

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25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

25th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 14 • 5:00 PM

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22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

22nd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 12 • 2:00 PM

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24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival primary image

24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival

Fri, Oct 15 • 5:00 PM

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21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival primary image

21st Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

Thu, May 20 • 5:00 PM

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23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia primary image

23rd Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia

Fri, Nov 13 • 5:00 PM

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FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20 primary image

FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival 20

Thu, Mar 12 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 22  primary image

FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 22

Fri, Nov 1 • 6:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles 19 primary image

FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles 19

Thu, Mar 14 • 12:00 PM

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FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 21  primary image

FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia 21

Fri, Oct 12 • 5:00 PM

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