In Excess

IN EXCESS
Feature Documentary

In Excess follows the flow of trash out of Philadelphia and onto a surprising global journey. Illuminating the unseen workers who play a crucial role in keeping a city running on a daily basis, this observational documentary reveals the hidden ecosystems of waste management and the inevitable ways that trash resurfaces long after we’ve tossed it out of our minds.

70 minutes 

Director: Melissa Langer
Producer: Nora Wilkinson
Archival Producer: Caitlin Riggsbee
Editor: Julian Turner
Sound Design: Jonathan Snipes, Christopher Fleeger
Colorist: Natacha Ikoli

Philadelphia | 2025.

World Premiere at Mimesis Film Festival in Boulder, CO on August 9, 2025.

Official Selections:
27th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival, 2025
8th Annual Rockaway Film Festival, 2025
18th Annual Science New Wave Film Festival, 2025
23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2026
7th Annual SF Greenfest, 2026
52nd Annual EKOFILM International Environmental Film Festival, 2026
12th Annual Middlebury New Filmmakers, 2026 (PhotoPlace Gallery prize for Poetic Cinema)
11th Annual Cinetopia Film Festival, 2026
29th Annual Festival Cinema Ambiente, 2026
Lightbox Film Center, 2026
53rd Annual Athens International Film and Video Festival, 2026