Rosemary Connors new Executive Director at Philadelphia Film Society

Philadelphia Film Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Rosemary Connors as its new Executive Director. She will oversee fundraising, financial reporting and management of the staff for both the Philadelphia Film Festival and Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
“We are thrilled to have Ms. Connors join our organization.” said Raymond Murray, President and Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Film Society. “With her expertise, focus and enthusiasm, she will bring the organization into a new level of excitement and integrity for one of the premier film and cultural events in the greater Philadelphia area.”
Ms. Connors comes to the Film Society with more than two decades of experience in the Philadelphia area’s cultural and educational communities. Most recently the alumni director at Widener University in Chester, she has also worked in the alumni offices of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University. Her career also includes work at the Philadelphia Maritime Museum (now the Independence Seaport Museum) and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. A lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area, Ms. Connors currently resides in Ardmore.

“Ms. Connors is an important addition to the Film Society,” said Herb Lipton, Chairman of the Board for the Philadelphia Film Society. “She will continue to strengthen the Festivals’ abilities to present valuable opportunities for filmmakers to tell their stories to a captive audience.”

Ms. Connors’ position is effective immediately, just in time for the 13th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 12-24, 2007.

Since its conception in 2001, the Philadelphia Film Society remains dedicated to the presentation of film and video in the Greater Philadelphia area as a powerful form of artistic expression and a unique force for cultural diversity and international understanding. The Philadelphia Film Festival brings the world’s imagination to Philadelphia with screenings of nearly 300 features, documentaries, shorts and animation from 50 countries for an audience of 61,000. Founded in 1995, the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival presents a rainbow of GLBT films and video images from around the world. For additional information about the film festivals, visit phillyfests.com