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 2022_MD_AFI_Irish | 8 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- Jumbotron Ad @ Ellsworth Place and Marquee |
| 2022_MD_Irish_Goodbye2_220304 | 111 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- Reception after Norman Houston Short Film Award @ McGinty's Public House
AN IRISH GOODBYE | Fri, March 4, 6:45
The 2022 Norman Houston Short Film Award Ceremony & Winner:
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Set against the backdrop of a working farm in rural Northern Ireland, AN IRISH GOODBYE is a black comedy following the reunion of estranged brothers after the untimely death of their... |
| 2022_MD_Irish_Goodbye_220304 | 153 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "An Irish Goodbye" (w/Norman Houston Short Film Award to Tom Berkeley and Ross White)
AN IRISH GOODBYE | Fri, March 4, 6:45
The 2022 Norman Houston Short Film Award Ceremony & Winner:
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Set against the backdrop of a working farm in rural Northern Ireland, AN IRISH GOODBYE is a black comedy following the reunion of estranged brothers after the untimely death of their... |
| 2022_MD_Doineann_220305 | 106 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "Doineann" (w/Aislinn Clarke)
DOINEANN plus post-screening Q&A with screenwriter Aislinn Clarke
After the birth of their son, investigative TV reporter Tomas (Peter Coonan, THE ALIENIST) and his wife Siobhan (Clare Monnelly, MOONE BOY) relocate to a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland. Tomas is called back to the... |
| 2022_MD_Rogue_220303 | 132 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "Redemption of a Rogue" (w/Kieran Roche)
EvOpening Night: REDEMPTION OF A ROGUE followed by Q&A with actor Kieran Roche
Winner of the Best Feature and Best Debut Irish Feature prizes at the 2020 Galway Film Fleadh, the hilarious debut from award-winning Irish playwright Philip Doherty squeezes tar-black comedy and soulful reflections from an... |
| 2022_MD_Craic_220306 | 107 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "Where's the Craic?" (w/Lauren Hakulinen)
WHERE'S THE CRAIC?
Special Features: Closing Night of the 2022 Capital Irish Film Festival. Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Lauren Hakulinen
Why do so many people in Ireland play music so well? Perhaps it's the land itself that gives creative inspiration to all born there and to those who come to... |
| 2022_MD_Wobblies_220501 | 140 | AFI -- DC Labor FilmFest -- "Wobblies" (w/Deborah Shaffer)
DC Labor FilmFest Opening Night: THE WOBBLIES + Q&A
Opening Night of the 2022 DC Labor FilmFest: Screening of THE WOBBLIES followed by Q&A with filmmaker Deborah Shaffer
"Solidarity! All for one and one for all!" Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing... |
| 2022_MD_Corsage_221201 | 80 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2022) -- "Corsage" and opening night reception
CORSAGE
Special Features: Opening Night. 2023 Oscar® Selection, Austria. Dec. 1 only: post-screening dessert reception sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Legendary monarch Empress Elizabeth "Sisi" of Austria — the subject of five biopics in 2021 and 2022 alone —... |
| 2022_MD_Nightsiren_221202 | 109 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2022) -- "Nightsiren" (w/Tereza Nvotová and Natália Germáni)
NIGHTSIREN
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Tereza Nvotová and actress Natália Germáni
[SVETLONOC]
After a terrible accident destroyed her childhood, Šarlota (Natalia Germani) returns to her regressive mountain hometown for the first time in 20 years. She finds her mother's house burned to the... |
| 2022_MD_AFI_Iran | 3 | AFI -- Festival of Films from Iran (2022) -- Jumbotron Ad @ Ellsworth Place |
| 2022_MD_Careless_Crime_220416 | 95 | AFI -- Festival of Films from Iran (2022) -- "Careless Crime" (w/Shahram Mokri, Godfrey Cheshire)
Careless Crime
Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Shahram Mokri, moderated by film critic Godfrey Cheshire
One of the most dazzling and enigmatic films in recent memory, Iranian director Shahram Mokri's mind-bending mystery was inspired by a real-life tragedy, the infamous Cinema Rex fire in 1978 that... |
| 2022_MD_Carpoolers_220603 | 147 | AFI -- Festival of New Spanish Cinema (2022) -- "Carpoolers" (w/Martín Cuervo)
CARPOOLERS
Opening night screening followed by a reception.
Directed by Martín Cuervo, Spain, 2021, 87 minutes. Original title: Con quién viajas.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Martín Cuervo.
In writer-director Martín Cuervo’s debut... |
| 2022_MD_Place_In_Sun_221016 | 149 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2022) -- "A Place In The Sun" (w/George Stevens Jr. and Eddie Muller)
A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
Special Features: Oct. 16: Intro by Film Noir Foundation's Eddie Muller, plus a post-screening conversation with AFI founder George Stevens Jr., author of "My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington." Books will be available for sale/signing.
This... |
| 2022_MD_JLewis_220910 | 92 | AFI -- Jenifer Lewis "Walking In My Joy" author talk w/Loyalty Bookstores
Jenifer Lewis for WALKING IN MY JOY *In-Person!*
Loyalty and AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center are honored to welcome the one and only Jenifer Lewis in celebration of her new book, Walking in My Joy! This live, in-person event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 3 PM ET at AFI Silver, located... |
| 2022_MD_AFI_LAFilm | 20 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2022) |
| 2022_MD_Estaciones_220930 | 55 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2022) -- "Dos Estaciones" w/reception
DOS ESTACIONES
Special Features: Special Presentation. Post-screening reception and tequila tasting sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute in DC
Presented as part of CineMexa, the film program of the Mexican Cultural Institute in DC
Amid the picturesque agave fields of Jalisco, María Garcia... |
| 2022_MD_Home_Else_220926 | 124 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2022) -- "Home Is Somewhere Else" (w/Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman)
HOME IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
Special Features: Special Presentation; U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmakers Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman
Presented as part of CineMexa, the film program of the Mexican Cultural Institute in DC
This beautifully animated documentary from Mexican directing team Jorge... |
| 2022_MD_Plaza_Catedral_220923 | 85 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2022) -- "Plaza Catedral" w/Reception
PLAZA CATEDRAL
Special Features: Special Presentation. 2022 Oscar® Selection, Panama. Post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Panama on Sept. 23
Shortlisted for the 2022 Oscars® in the International Feature category, PLAZA CATEDRAL is the latest from Panamanian director Abner Benaim,... |
| 2022_MD_Leave_Behind_220924 | 61 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2022) -- "What We Leave Behind" (w/Iliana Sosa)
What We Leave Behind (2022)
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Iliana Sosa on Sept. 24
Documentarian Iliana Sosa trains her camera on her grandfather Julián, an 89-year-old elder who has spent a lifetime traveling from Mexico to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children. After... |
| 2022_MD_AFI_NAFF | 2 | AFI -- New African Films Festival (2022) -- Jumbotron Ad @ Ellsworth Place |
| 2022_MD_Show_People_221118 | 79 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Show People" (w/Ben Model and Lara Gabrielle Fowler)
SHOW PEOPLE in 35mm
Special Features: Live musical accompaniment by Ben Model. Introduction by film historian Lara Gabrielle Fowler, author of "Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies." Books will be available for sale/signing.
Georgian stage actress Peggy Pepper (Marion Davies) sets her sights... |
| 2022_MD_Darkness_220430 | 106 | AFI -- "Army of Darkness" (w/live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company)
Sam Raimi Retro: 30th Anniversary of ARMY OF DARKNESS
Featuring a live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company
Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell bring the guts and the laughs as hero Ash Williams (Campbell) goes back in time to the Middle Ages. There, Ash must defeat skeleton warriors known as the... |
| 2022_MD_Creepshow_220806 | 84 | AFI -- "Creepshow" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
Count Gore de Vol presents CREEPSHOW (1982)
Join us for some creepy good fun when local TV legend Count Gore de Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another horror favorite in the spirit of the original CREATURE FEATURE broadcasts, including vintage clips from the Count's vault and some interactive fun... |
| 2022_MD_Horror_Darkness_220528 | 142 | AFI -- "Horror of Darkness" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
Count Gore presents HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) Join us for a bloody good time when local TV legend Count Gore de Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another horror classic in the spirit of the original CREATURE FEATURE broadcasts, including vintage clips from the Count's vault and some interactive fun... |
| 2022_MD_Star_Wars_220504 | 26 | AFI -- "Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope" (45th anniversary)
STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE
A long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away… The original that started it all follows Luke Skywalker as he teams with Jedi Knight Obi-wan Kenobi, cocky pilot Han Solo, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy and rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.... |
| 2022_MD_Fabelmans_221115 | 80 | AFI -- "The Fabelmans" Thank You Event
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center cordially invites you to a special "Night at the Movies" featuring an Advance Screening of Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans".
Meet and greet with AFI Staff
Complimentary drinks and concessions
Screening, introduced by Sue Spielberg, Stephen Spielberg's... |
| 2022_MD_Hidden_Fortress_220812 | 26 | AFI -- "The Hidden Fortress" (w/Michael Jeck)
HIDDEN FORTRESS, THE (1958)
Special Features: Introduction by Michael Jeck on Aug. 12 and 13
[KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN AKUNIN] [隠し砦の三悪人]
Akira Kurosawa's fastest and funniest of his many samurai pictures combines terrific action with broad comedy captured in breathtaking wide-screen cinematography — the... |
| 2022_MD_Lost_Record_220827 | 127 | AFI -- "The Lost Record" (w/Ian Svenonius, Alexandra Cabral, and Eric Cheevers)
THE LOST RECORD
Special Features: Q&A with filmmakers Ian Svenonius and Alexandra Cabral, and cinematographer Eric Cheevers
A collaboration between writer, critic and musician Ian Svenonius and artist and photographer Alexandra Cabral (who together form the band ESCAPE-ISM), THE LOST RECORD is an... |
| 2022_MD_Thief_220819 | 39 | AFI -- "The Thief" (w/Richard Koszarski)
THIEF, THE (1952)
Special Features: 70th Anniversary. Introduction by film historian Richard Koszarski on Aug. 19
An inventive film told without any dialogue, THE THIEF stars Ray Milland (DIAL M FOR MURDER) as a Washington, DC-based nuclear physicist selling secrets to foreign powers. The... |