| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2023_MD_AFI_Irish | 79 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival -- General
Including photos of filmmakers from Thursday to Saturday events that stayed to watch Sunday movies. |
| 2023_MD_Irish_Reception_230305 | 20 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- Reception after Festival @ McGinty's Public House |
| 2023_MD_Homebird_YP2_230303 | 44 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- Reception after "Homebird" and "Young Plato"
HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
Special Features: Q&A with YOUNG PLATO co-director Neasa Ní Chianáin and producer David Rane
The 2023 Norman Houston Short Film Award: HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
On the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, we spotlight five inspirational and moving films that reflect... |
| 2023_MD_Quiet_Girl2_230302 | 179 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- Reception after "The Quiet Girl"
QUIET GIRL, THE
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with director Colm Bairéad. Oscar® nominee, Best International Feature Film
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, Colm Bairéad's exquisite debut feature is a powerful coming-of-age drama told through the eyes of a young girl. Cáit (newcomer Catherine... |
| 2023_MD_BallyWalter_230303 | 91 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Ballywalter" (w/Prasanna Puwanarajah, Stacey Gregg, Patrick Kielty)
BALLYWALTER
Special Features: North American Premiere. Q&A with director Prasanna Puwanarajah, screenwriter Stacey Gregg and actor Patrick Kielty
The feature directorial debut of actor Prasanna Puwanarajah (recently seen as Martin Bashir in THE CROWN), BALLYWALTER is a life-affirming dramedy about... |
| 2023_MD_Homebird_YP_230303 | 163 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Homebird" (w/Caleb J. Roberts. Peter Young, and Callum Harrison) and "Young Plato" (w/Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane)
HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
Special Features: Q&A with YOUNG PLATO co-director Neasa Ní Chianáin and producer David Rane
The 2023 Norman Houston Short Film Award: HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
On the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, we spotlight five inspirational and moving films that reflect... |
| 2023_MD_Secret_230305 | 25 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "How To Tell a Secret" (w/Anna Rodgers)
HOW TO TELL A SECRET
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Q&A with co-director Anna Rodgers
More than 40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, this groundbreaking film takes on the complexity of living with HIV in contemporary Ireland with rigorous honesty, ingenuity and an artistry that... |
| 2023_MD_Lakelands_230305 | 118 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Lakelands" (w/Patrick McGivney and Robert Higgins)
LAKELANDS
Special Features: Closing Night. Q&A with co-director Patrick McGivney
In Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney's directorial debut, which won the award for Best Irish Film at the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh, Cian (Éanna Hardwicke, NORMAL PEOPLE, THE SPARROW, VIVARIUM) is a young Gaelic footballer... |
| 2023_MD_North_Circular_230304 | 58 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "North Circular" (w/Luke McManus)
NORTH CIRCULAR
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Intro by director Luke McManus
This documentary musical travels the length of Dublin's North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country's most... |
| 2023_MD_Pray_Sinners_230305 | 47 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Pray For Our Sinners" (w/Sinéad O'Shea)
PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS
Special Features: Q&A with director Sinéad O'Shea
Through the stories of everyday citizens resisting the status quo, filmmaker and journalist Sinéad O'Shea's powerful documentary confronts Ireland's recent history of brutality against children and women, from corporal punishment... |
| 2023_MD_Shorts2_230305 | 14 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Shorts Program 2" (w/Ailís Logan)
Capital Irish Film Festival Shorts Program 2
LA TUMBA
When park ranger Paddy discovers Pilar, an elderly Spanish lady who doesn't speak any English, at a freshly dug grave, he thinks his fantasy of solving a murder case has finally come true. DIR Natasha Waugh; SCR Jonathan Hughes; PROD Natalie... |
| 2023_MD_Cry_Granuiaile_230304 | 86 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Cry Of Granuaile" (w/Dónal Foreman)
CRY OF GRANUAILE, THE
Special Features: Q&A with director Dónal Foreman
In Irish filmmaker Dónal Foreman's (THE IMAGE YOU MISSED) surprising blend of road movie, psychodrama and fantasy, a grieving American filmmaker (Dale Dickey, A LOVE SONG, WINTER'S BONE) and her Irish assistant (Judith Roddy,... |
| 2023_MD_Quiet_Girl_230302 | 86 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Quiet Girl" (w/Colm Bairéad)
QUIET GIRL, THE
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with director Colm Bairéad. Oscar® nominee, Best International Feature Film
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, Colm Bairéad's exquisite debut feature is a powerful coming-of-age drama told through the eyes of a young girl. Cáit (newcomer Catherine... |
| 2023_MD_Sparrow_230305 | 70 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Sparrow" (w/Michael Kinirons and Alicia Ní Ghráinne)
SPARROW, THE (2022)
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Q&A with director Michael Kinirons and producer Alicia Ní Ghráinne
Winner of the Best Irish First Feature award at the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh, Michael Kinirons' powerful feature debut is a coming-of-age tale about guilt and grief set in a... |
| 2023_MD_Barry_230331 | 201 | AFI -- Celebrating Ray Barry -- Ceremony
Please join us as we celebrate Ray Barry upon his retirement and honor his nearly 50 years with the American Film Institute and his leadership of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center.
In-Present Speakers:
* Introduction and Emcee: Bob Gazzale
* George Stevens, Jr.
* Jean Picker... |
| 2023_MD_Barry3_230331 | 206 | AFI -- Celebrating Ray Barry -- Reception
Please join us as we celebrate Ray Barry upon his retirement and honor his nearly 50 years with the American Film Institute and his leadership of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. |
| 2023_MD_Bad_Living_231202 | 105 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "Bad Living" (w/João Canijo)
BAD LIVING
Special Features: 2024 Oscar® Selection, Portugal. Q&A with filmmaker João Canijo, plus post-screening dessert reception sponsored by the Embassy of Portugal.
[MAL VIVER]
Piedade (Anabela Moreira) oversees a proud but struggling seaside resort near Porto. Guests are not plentiful, and the... |
| 2023_MD_Creatura_231216 | 101 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "Creatura" (w/Elena Martín Gimeno)
CREATURA
Special Features: Closing Night. Special Presentation. Q&A with filmmaker Elena Martín Gimeno, plus post-screening wine reception sponsored by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C.
A powerful and frank story of a young woman's sexual awakening and repression,... |
| 2023_MD_Smoke_Sauna_231217 | 101 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood" (w/Anna Hints and Marianne Ostrat)
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
Special Features: 2024 Oscar® Selection, Estonia. Q&A with director Anna Hints, producer Marianne Ostrat & cinematographer Ants Tammik on Dec. 16 and Q&A w/ Hints & Ostrat on Dec. 17. Post-screening reception presented by the Embassy of Estonia Washington D.C. on Dec.... |
| 2023_MD_Last_Ashes_231217 | 38 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "The Last Ashes" (w/Loïc Tanson)
THE LAST ASHES
Special Features: 2024 Oscar® Selection, Luxembourg. U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Loïc Tanson. Special Presentation
[LÄIF A SÉIL]
In the northern region of famine- and disease-stricken, 19th-century Luxembourg sits an isolated, deeply religious village under the totalitarian rule... |
| 2023_MD_Taste_231130 | 193 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "The Taste of Things" (w/Trần Anh Hùng and Tran Nu Yen Khe)
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Special Features: Opening Night. 2024 Oscar® Selection, France. Q&A with filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng, plus post-screening reception hosted by IFC Films and the Embassy of France on Nov. 30
[THE POT-AU-FEU]
Trần Anh Hùng (CYCLO, NORWEGIAN WOOD, THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA) won the Best... |
| 2023_MD_Runner_230211 | 78 | AFI -- Festival of Films from Iran (2022) -- "The Runner" (w/Madjid Niroumand)
RUNNER, THE (1984)
Special Features: Q&A with actor Madjid Niroumand on Feb. 11
In this "gem of the Iranian new wave" (J. Hoberman, The New York Times), Amiro (Madjid Niroumand) is an illiterate 11-year-old orphan living alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by... |
| 2023_MD_Coup53_230402 | 87 | AFI -- Festival of Films from Iran (2023) -- "Coup 53" (w/Taghi Amirani)
COUP 53
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Taghi Amirani in conversation with Julian Borger, world affairs editor for The Guardian.
Ten years in the making, COUP 53 tells the story of the 1953 Anglo-American coup d'état that overthrew Iran's government under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and... |
| 2023_MD_Ghosts_231011 | 111 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "Pictures of Ghosts" (w/Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux)
PICTURES OF GHOSTS
Special Features: Closing Night. 2024 Oscar® Selection, Brazil. Q&A with filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho
[RETRATOS FANTASMAS]
Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho (AQUARIUS, BACURAU) turns his camera inward in this charming personal essay, reflecting on his filmmaking journey... |
| 2023_MD_Below_231005 | 77 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "The Ones From Below" (w/Alvaro Olmos)
THE ONES FROM BELOW
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Special Presentation. Q&A with producer Álvaro Olmos
[LOS DE ABAJO]
In Alejandro Quiroga's captivating neo-Western, Gregorio (Fernando Arze Echalar, SEALED CARGO) has been dealt a rough hand: his wife is dead and his farmland is barren. In the... |
| 2023_MD_Shadow_231008 | 152 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "The Shadow of the Sun" (w/Miguel Angel Ferrer, Maritza Carbajal and Maylen Calienes)
THE SHADOW OF THE SUN
Special Features: 2024 Oscar® Selection, Venezuela. Q&A with filmmaker Miguel Angel Ferrer and producers Maritza Carbajal and Maylen Calienes
[LA SOMBRA DEL SOL]
Set in the Venezuelan city of Acarigua, THE SHADOW OF THE SUN is the heart-tugging tale of two impoverished brothers... |
| 2023_MD_Totem_230921 | 165 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "Totem" (w/Mateo García Elizondo) plus reception
TÓTEM (2023)
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with actor Mateo García Elizondo, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute in DC
Lila Avilés follows up her acclaimed debut THE CHAMBERMAID with this warm, sensitively told drama about death, which is simultaneously... |
| 2023_MD_Zombie_231028 | 122 | AFI -- Silver Spring Zombie Walk (2023) |
| 2023_MD_Kirchick_230415 | 68 | AFI -- "Advise & Consent" (w/James Kirchick and Michael Isikoff)
ADVISE & CONSENT in 35mm
Special Features: Post-screening Q&A with James Kirchick, author of "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," moderated by Michael Isikoff. Book sales/signing in the lobby.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 novel by Allen Drury, Otto Preminger's 1962 film... |
| 2023_MD_Calendar_Girls_230218 | 71 | AFI -- "Calendar Girls" (w/Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen)
CALENDAR GIRLS (2022)
Special Features: Co-presented with the Embassy of Sweden. Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen
Swedish documentarians Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen's CALENDAR GIRLS is an acclaimed profile of a dance troupe for women over 60 based in... |
| 2023_MD_Cinema_Paradiso_230219 | 58 | AFI -- "Cinema Paradiso" wine and chocolate reception
CINEMA PARADISO
Special Features: Co-presented with the Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC. Post-screening wine reception
Giuseppe Tornatore's acclaimed 1988 love letter to cinema remains a beloved fan favorite, best enjoyed on the big screen. Successful Roman film director Salvatore Di Vita... |
| 2023_MD_Fremont_230914 | 130 | AFI -- "Fremont" (w/Anaita Wali Zada and Sudnya Shroff)
FREMONT
Special Features: Advance Screening Sept. 14, 7:00 p.m. featuring Q&A with actress Anaita Wali Zada
Each morning, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California, and crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San... |
| 2023_MD_Hatching_230607 | 136 | AFI -- "Hatching" (w/Hanna Bergholm)
HATCHING
Wine reception - sponsored by the Embassy of Finland
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Hanna Bergholm
Twelve-year-old gymnast Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog Lovely Everyday Life presents their family's idyllic existence as... |
| 2023_MD_Married_230908 | 201 | AFI -- "Married to Comics" (w/Carol Tyler, John Kinhart and Gary Groth)
Small Press Expo is proud to announce the sponsorship of the World Premiere of Married To Comics, which will be held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center on Friday, September 8, at 7PM.
Married to Comics, by veteran documentarian John Kinhart, is the story of graphic novelist Carol Tyler and... |
| 2023_MD_Monica_230614 | 174 | AFI -- "Monica" (w/Andrea Pallaoro and Patricia Clarkson)
Silver Cinema Club Members at the Star level and above are invited to a special screening of MONICA w/ director Andrea Pallaoro and actress Patricia Clarkson
A woman returns home to care for her ailing mother who she hasn't seen in years in this tender portrait of family, forgiveness, and acceptance.... |
| 2023_MD_Phantom_231028 | 60 | AFI -- "Phantom of the Paradise" (w/Count Gore de Vol)
Count Gore presents PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
Special Features: Introduced by Count Gore De Vol
Join us for some creepy good fun when local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another cult favorite in the spirit of the original CREATURE FEATURE broadcasts, including vintage... |
| 2023_MD_Rolling_Thunder_230203 | 25 | AFI -- "Rolling Thunder" (w/George Pelecanos)
ROLLING THUNDER (1977)
Special Features: Intro by George Pelecanos at the Feb. 3 show
After seven years of detention at a POW camp in Hanoi, Major Charles Rane (William Devane, KNOTS LANDING, MARATHON MAN) returns home a changed man. His wife has moved on and his son barely remembers him. He struggles... |
| 2023_MD_Shorts_Docs_230219 | 144 | AFI -- "Shorts and Docs and Rock 'n' Roll" (w/John Kinhart and Jeff Krulik)
Shorts and Docs and Rock 'n' Roll
…are very good indeed! This program is a freewheelin' assembly of rock doc shorts and surprises all produced in the DMV area, including the local premiere of FUGAZI'S BARBER (by filmmakers Joe Tropea and Robert Emmons, Jr.), in which an old-school Italian barbershop... |
| 2023_MD_Getaway_Driver_230716 | 84 | AFI -- "The Accidental Getaway Driver" (w/Sing J. Lee)
DCAPAFF Closing: THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER
Special Features: Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Sing J. Lee and dessert reception
Long (Hiệp Trần Nghĩa), an elderly Vietnamese cab driver in southern California, answers a late-night call for a ride. Already in his pajamas, he reluctantly accepts,... |
| 2023_MD_Shining_230204 | 247 | AFI -- "The Shining" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
Count Gore De Vol presents THE SHINING
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 program on Washington, DC's Channel 20.
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Count... |
| 2023_MD_Fugazi_230211 | 194 | AFI -- "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC" (w/Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik)
"We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC"
Feb. 11 & 15: Intro and Q&A with program curators Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik
(tHISiSNOTaFUGAZIdOCUMENTARY.) To commemorate the 20 years that have passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi's last live appearance (November 4, 2002, at The Forum in London), AFI... |
| 2023_MD_Burtt_230616 | 118 | AFI and Library of Congress Festival of Film -- Histories of Motion Picture Sound Effects (w/Ben Burtt)
Histories of Motion Picture Sound Effects with Oscar®-Winning Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Where do motion picture sound effects come from? Many sound effects such as thunder, the ricochet of a rifle bullet or a scream have become iconic. In the classic age, film studios had libraries of sound effects, so... |