World Meeting of Families Film Festival

Films set to be shown include, “The Mighty Macs,” the story of the NCAA Champion Immaculata College Women’s Basketball Team, to see a preview of “The Mighty Macs” click here, and “Diary of a City Priest,” which tells the story of Father John McNamee and his work at St. Malachy Parish in North Philadelphia, to see a preview of “Diary of a City Priest” click here. “The Mighty Macs” and “Diary of a City Priest” star Philadelphia-born actors in David Boreanaz and David Morse, respectively. Other films to be shown include “The Wizard of Oz,” “Invincible” and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Wide Awake.”The festival will also premiere “Urban Trinity,” a film chronicling the history of Catholicism in Philadelphia, produced by Sam Katz. This film will premiere on Wednesday, September 23 at 8 p.m.

All films will be shown in the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts with the exception of two films. On Thursday, September 24, 1,400 high school students from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia will gather at Congregation Rodeph Shalom for a special screening of the Academy-Award winning film,“Schindler’s List.” On the evening of Friday, September 25, an outdoor screening of the popular Sing-a-Long version of “The Sound of Music” will be held at Dilworth Park. A final schedule which will include additional films will be released in August and ticket information for all shows will be forthcoming.