Cine
Documentaries, animation, experimental shorts and music videos — written, shot and edited in Norristown by CCATE students and community members since 2014.
El latido de CCATE
Two minutes inside the building on an ordinary afternoon — the heartbeat of this place, filmed by the people who make it beat.
Nuestras películasFilms made at CCATE
Diez años de CCATE
Ten years of this community center, told by the families who built it.
(No sé) The Seed of Love es Paz
Finalist at the Bucks County FilmFest 2023 and chosen by the audience as film of the night.
Jenni Berrios: Arte e identidad
An artist and Ursinus graduate on using art to explore and reconnect with her Salvadoran roots.
Querido Andy: Sinceramente, Bamf
A hip-hop video by a nineteen-year-old urban artist from Acapulco, raised in Norristown.
Andy BAMF, with Pablo González and Arlon Trinidad
De ida y vuelta
A conversation between two artists that began in 2010, became a virtual museum, then twenty-five Friday live sessions during the pandemic, and now continues through REVARTE.
Doscientos años de relaciones México–Estados Unidos
CCATE’s address at the Penn Museum, at an event convened by the Consulate of Mexico with the Mayor of Philadelphia and Penn.
Cómo se hacenWhere these films come from
Filmmaking and animation run during the school year and at summer camp. Students learn cinematographic language, editing, camera, sound recording and scriptwriting, then make narratives, documentaries, experimental shorts and animation. There are classes for beginners and advanced classes for students who keep going.
PremiosAwarded productions
- MACONI · Bucks County FilmFestFinalist
- (No sé) The Seed of Love es Paz · Bucks County FilmFestFilm of the night
- Chambers Award · Bucks Fever FilmFestAward
- Sueños · Experimental · Bucks Fever FilmFestHonorable mention
- Not Your Average Recycling Film · Animation · Bucks Fever FilmFestWinner & Audience Choice
- Nuestro Pueblo · Documentary · Bucks Fever FilmFestFinalist
- The Jurassic Egg · Animation · Bucks Fever FilmFestHonorable mention
- The Orphanage · Narrative · Bucks Fever FilmFestHonorable mention
Más videosElsewhere
Earlier student productions — Nuestro Pueblo, CCATE City, The Jurassic Egg, CCATE Dreams and the MONTCO–CCATE near-peer mentoring short — live on our Vimeo channel, along with films made about CCATE by others.
¿Quieres hacer cine?Want to make films?
The filmmaking class is open to students and adults, in the school year and at summer camp. Like every class at CCATE, there is no tuition.
¡Viva la comunidad!