Fat check for film chops
A $5K award goes to the first 25 film submissions
One lucky lady will be the recipient of a $5,000 award for the best feature-length screenplay or TV pilot through the Greater Philadelphia Film Office’s new “Set in Philadelphia” screenwriting competition. Open to all female screenwriters with ties to the region, the The Nina Lo Presti prize is available to the first 25 submissions that meet the criteria and are submitted by March 1. The Nina Lo Presti Award is made possible by Lo Presti’s daughter, Laurie, and Laurie’s husband, Ron Masciantonio. Winners will be announced in the spring. For more information, visit
How do you keep a successful nonprofit agency alive during a pandemic, especially when government funding has been completely shut off? David Copperfield may be a magician, but Sharon Pinkenson, the Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO), has a lot more magic!
You all recognize Pinkenson, the gal with the amazing head of blonde curls. I always took her photo at any event I was covering, pre-pandemic days. She was always a stand-out at the Marian Anderson Award evening, or the Philadelphia Flower Show VIP opening, the Academy Ball or the Philly Pops opening concert.
June 30 of 2020mwas the last time for her Philadelphia government funding, because of the pandemic and the cutback in Mayor Kenneyâs budget. The city had given an annual grant to GPFO since 1992.