We Educate, Promote, Inspire, and Connect artists and aspiring artists alike through film and animation programs, in order to build creative passions into careers.

While schools provide many skills needed to create great work, they rarely provide tools such as access to collaborators, funding, theatrical public exhibition, or distribution. Project Twenty1 strives to fill those gaps, to help each artist, no matter where they are in their career, to reach the next step.

Project Twenty1 is an 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity.

Project Twenty1 was created to provide motivations that were hard to find outside of school: 1) inspiration, 2) a deadline, and 3) an audience.

Over the years, Project Twenty1 has run many programs including
The Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival which welcomed thousands of people to Philadelphia from around the world,
and our educational  Student Mentorship Program, which has trained dozens of up-and-coming artists in the equipment and software skills they need to excel in their careers.

Project Twenty1 programs have resulted in the creation of over 300 original short films, and the exhibition of over 1,000 films and animations to over 15,000 attendees. We became a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in 2010.

Films screened at PFAF have sold to Netflix and other distributors. Others have received Academy Awards. 21-Day films have received screenings in at least 23 states and 11 countries. We have connected over 28,000 emerging media artists to paid opportunities.

Surveys of our creative community show that 52% report receiving paid work in their field – often for the first time – as a result of our programs.

We at Project Twenty1 are best known for our flagship program,
The 21-Day Filmmaking Competition.