Teen Screen

After 17 remarkable years at Film Pittsburgh of building the Teen Screen program, we want to celebrate Lori Sisson's retirement. Lori's vision took Teen Screen from a few yearly screenings during the JFilm Festival to a year-long, national education program that has brought impactful independent film to over 200,000 students.

Lori has connected classrooms with powerful stories, created meaningful opportunities for young people to engage with directors and experts, and helped educators bring new voices into their teaching. Teen Screen’s impact—on students, teachers, volunteers, filmmakers, and our entire community—is a direct reflection of Lori’s passion and leadership.

We wish Lori a wonderful retirement and good luck with, in her words, helping people "get back to recognizing, and promoting the importance of, what is good in people." From the staff, volunteers, and teachers whose work and lives you have enriched, thank you Lori!

After 17 remarkable years at Film Pittsburgh of building the Teen Screen program, we want to celebrate Lori Sisson's retirement. Lori's vision took Teen Screen from a few yearly screenings during the JFilm Festival to a year-long, national education program that has brought impactful independent film to over 200,000 students. Lori connected classrooms with powerful stories, created meaningful opportunities for young people to engage with directors and experts, and helped educators bring new voices into their teaching. Teen Screen’s impact—on students, teachers, volunteers, filmmakers, and our entire community—is a direct reflection of Lori’s passion and leadership. We wish Lori a wonderful retirement and good luck with, in her words, helping people "get back to recognizing, and promoting the importance of, what is good in people." From the staff, volunteers, and teachers whose work and lives you have enriched, thank you Lori!

Teen Screen is honored to bring gymnast and speaker Nastasya Generalova into middle and high school classrooms. Her grounded, competitive spirit and international perspective always bring out the best in students and make for a wonderful Q&A!

We made it! Teen Screen will be at all weekend. Come say hey, chat about independent educational film, and grab swag or a snack at table 37.

Teen Screen has been busy meeting new teachers and re-connecting with teachers we know at the PACTELA Conference in Harrisburg, the Heinz History Center Educator's Information Night, and the LIGHT workshop. We can't wait to work with you this year!

Teen Screen published it's October Newsletter, which you can see here: https://mailchi.mp/filmpittsburgh/teen-screen-oct25. This month, we have highlighted films that focus on acceptance and inclusion, but all of the films listed on our website are available. Let us know if you want to be added to our mailing list!

Grateful to be back in the classroom along with Classrooms Without Borders, who brought Tony McAleer and director Peter Hutchinson's fantastic anti-hate programming into two schools this past week.

We're getting ready to share films with you! Our Teen Screen Team met for our first meeting of the new school year to celebrate our work in 2024-25 and kick off our programming for 2025-26.

Get more information on all our by contacting us through DM's or comments below.

Celebrate with a short film program from Teen Screen! Our short film program "Hispanic and Latin American Stories" presents five films between 6-30 minutes each that can be shown during class periods or shared as a school-wide film festival.

Teen Screen shares groups, including films to complement humanities and STEM classes. For more information, just leave a message in the comments below.

The school year is underway and we have our first batch of suggested films for your classroom in our August newsletter.

If you would like to get monthly suggestions and new film alerts from Teen Screen, follow the link at the bottom of the page to subscribe.

Inspiring Films to Kick Off the New Year We hope you have had a wonderful summer and are as excited as we are for the beginning of the school year! At Teen Screen, we are ready to share our films with you and your students. Our in-person (Pittsburgh area only) and virtual (anywhere!) offerings provide a wide selection of movies and resourc...

We’re so thrilled to introduce Shanna Carrick, a visionary leader and lifelong Pittsburgher, as the Executive Director of Film Pittsburgh! 🎉

Shanna has over a decade of non-profit arts management experience, an MBA from Point Park University's Sports, Arts and Entertainment Management program, and a BA from the University of Pittsburgh in Theatre Arts with a certificate in Film. She lives in Sharpsburg with her husband Matt, daughter Coraline, and their two cats Agatha and Orion.

“I’m honored to carry forward this organization’s legacy of championing independent voices and inclusive storytelling,” says Shanna. “I’m excited for what’s ahead and proud to begin this new chapter by spotlighting stories that reflect the full spectrum of our shared human experience.”

There are exciting things on the horizon under Shanna’s leadership. Join us in welcoming her to the Film Pittsburgh team!