Red Rose Film Festival

10/12/2026

One month away… 🌹🎬

Films from around the world. Filmmakers coming to Lancaster County. Four days to bring everyone together.

The Red Rose Film Festival returns November 12–15 at Penn Cinema, Zoetropolis and West Art!

Explore the films, check the schedule and get your tickets at redrosefilmfestival.com.

Bring a friend. Make a weekend of it. See you in November!

🔗 Link in bio

Global Perspectives, Local Impact.

10/09/2026

We’re kicking off the 2026 Red Rose Film Festival with DEI! 🌹

Join us Thursday, November 12, at Zoetropolis for our Opening Night Welcome Party and the first film screening of festival weekend.

We’re excited to welcome Jill V. Dae and the team back to Lancaster. Jill directed HONEYWELL, our 2025 Best Short winner, and returns this year with DEI, starring Lochlyn Munro Lochlyn Munro and Maeve Garay. 💫Maeve Garay💫

Set during Día de los Mu***os, DEI follows a hostile man who unexpectedly finds himself in the body of a Latina teenager and experiences life inside the community he fears.

The film screened at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival.

🎬 20 minutes | Festival rating: General
📍 Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse, Lancaster
📅 Thursday, November 12
🥂 Welcome Party begins at 5:30 PM

Come celebrate with us, meet the filmmakers, and start festival weekend together.

Tickets and event details at redrosefilmfestival.com. Link in bio.

Tag a friend you’d like to bring. See you at the movies!

10/07/2026

Lancaster native Lauren Sowa is coming to the big screen at Red Rose. 🌹

Lauren stars in and co-produced Ladylike, a buddy comedy written and directed by Taylor Coriell.

It’s 1911, and two friends disguise themselves as men to sneak into a gentlemen-only club to meet their hero, actress Sarah Bernhardt. Inspired by a true event.

Here’s a preview of what you can catch at this year’s festival. Come out with a friend and help us support Lauren and the Ladylike team.

November 12–15 in Lancaster and Lititz. Screening info at the link in our bio.

See you at the movies.

🎬 Ginger Rage Media
🎭 Lauren Sowa

10/01/2026

Here’s your first look at the films coming to this year’s Red Rose Film Festival!

Join us November 12–15 for 72 films, stories from around the world, and a weekend together at the movies in Lancaster County.

Take a look through the lineup. Which film or block catches your eye?

Tickets will be available soon through Penn Cinema and Zoetropolis, with screening times and direct ticket links coming to our schedule page. We also have special events and presentations still to announce.

Explore the films through the link in our bio and follow us for updates. Share this with someone you’d like to bring along!

We can’t wait to welcome our filmmakers and audiences to Lancaster. See you at the movies!🍿

10/01/2026

Here’s your first look at the films coming to this year’s Red Rose Film Festival!

Join us November 12–15 for 72 films, stories from around the world, and a weekend together at the movies in Lancaster County.

Take a look through the lineup. Which film or block catches your eye?

Tickets will be available soon through Penn Cinema and Zoetropolis, with screening times and direct ticket links coming to our schedule page. We also have special events and presentations still to announce.

Explore the films through the link in our bio and follow us for updates. Share this with someone you’d like to bring along!

We can’t wait to welcome our filmmakers and audiences to Lancaster. See you at the movies!

09/23/2026

Comedy, animation, horror, sports, documentaries—and plenty more. Here are just a few films coming to Red Rose this November.

Which one caught your eye? Tell us below, and send this to someone you’d bring.

Explore all 72 Official Selections through the link in our bio. Tap any poster to learn more. 🌹

09/18/2026

TONIGHT—and tickets are complimentary with promo redrose100

Join us at Penn Cinema Lititz for a special screening of Girl, Interrupted, followed by a live conversation with location manager Mike Fantasia.

Mike was recently honored with the 2026 Location Managers Guild International Lifetime Achievement Award following a three-decade career and nearly 40 feature films—including Top Gun: Maverick, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Heat, Catch Me If You Can and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

For filmmakers, students and anyone interested in how major productions choose and manage their locations, this is a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the industry’s best.

Friday, September 18
7:00 PM
Penn Cinema Lititz Penn Cinema

Tickets are complimentary courtesy of the Red Rose Film Festival with code:

redrose100

Seating is first come, first served. Reserve your ticket through the link in our Story.

09/11/2026

More than 25 years ago, came to Central Pennsylvania to film Girl, Interrupted.

On Friday, September 18, the Academy Award-winning film returns to the big screen at Penn Cinema, followed by a live conversation with award-winning Location Manager Mike Fantasia.

Mike will take us behind the scenes of the production, share how Pennsylvania locations were discovered and transformed, and tell stories from a career that also includes Top Gun: Maverick, Spider-Man, Ant-Man and Indiana Jones.

The Red Rose Film Festival is proud to support FACTS Fest and the Central Pennsylvania Film Commission by underwriting the theater at Penn Cinema. Now we need our community to help us fill it and give Mike the Central Pennsylvania welcome he deserves.

Our community can receive 50% off tickets with promo code: redrose2026

Friday, September 18
7:00–10:00 PM
Penn Cinema , Lititz PA

Reserve your seats here:
https://lititz.penncinema.com/movie/facts-fest-2026/

Every ticket purchased directly supports FACTS Fest and its work to grow filmmaking opportunities throughout our region.

One iconic film. One unforgettable region. More than 25 years of Pennsylvania movie history.

More than 25 years ago, Hollywood came to Central Pennsylvania to film Girl, Interrupted.On September 18, FACTS Fest brings the Academy Award-winning film back to the big screen for a special celebration of its Central Pennsylvania legacy, followed by a live conversation with veteran Hollywood locat...

09/11/2026

More than 25 years ago, Hollywood came to Central Pennsylvania to film Girl, Interrupted.

On Friday, September 18, the Academy Award-winning film returns to the big screen at Penn Cinema, followed by a live conversation with award-winning Location Manager Mike Fantasia.

Mike will share stories from the making of the film, how its Pennsylvania locations were discovered and transformed, and what it takes to turn real places into cinematic worlds.

His credits also include Top Gun: Maverick, Spider-Man, Ant-Man and Indiana Jones.

Through the Red Rose Film Festival, our community can receive 50% off 🎟️

Use promo code: redrose2026

Friday, September 18
7:00–10:00 PM
Penn Cinema, Lititz

Scan the QR code or visit the link Penn Cinema
The Red Rose Film Festival is proud to support FACTS Fest and the Central Pennsylvania Film Commission by underwriting the theater for this special event. Now we need our community to help us fill it and give Mike the Central Pennsylvania welcome he deserves.

09/09/2026

The blocks are taking shape… but we’re not giving everything away just yet. 👀🎬

And the six feature films? Showing any part of those would pretty much give the whole thing away.

Our team is deep into building the 2026 Red Rose Film Festival schedule, bringing together student filmmakers, local stories, global voices, documentaries, dramas, comedy, horror and more.

Which block are you most curious about?

The full schedule and tickets are coming soon. Keep an eye on our social channels and visit www.redrosefilmfestival.com for festival updates.

Global Perspectives, Local Impact.