| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2008_MD_Baader_081121 | 207 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2008) -- "Baader Meinhof Complex" (w/Stefan Aust) and Receptions
Speakers in sequence were:
-- Murray Horwitz (the director of AFI/Silver),
-- Klaus Scharioth (German ambassador to the United States),
-- Stefan Aust (the author), and
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI/Silver).
The Baader Meinhof Complex [Der Baader Meinhof Komplex]:
Germany's Official Oscar... |
| 2008_MD_Bathory_081122 | 175 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2008) -- "ElDorado" and "Bathory" (w/Juraj Jakubisko and Deana Horvathova) (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director, introducing "Eldorado"),
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI, introducing "Bathory"),
-- ???
-- Panel: Todd Hitchcock, Juraj Jakubisko and actress/producer Deana Horvathova (from "Bathory")
ElDorado
Belgium's Official Oscar Submission for Best... |
| 2008_MD_So_Long_081106 | 244 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2008) -- "I've Loved You So Long" (w/Philippe Claudel) (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz, Director and COO of the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
-- Ambassador John Bruton, European Union Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the USA
-- Murray Horwitz again
-- Philippe Claudel, author... |
| 2009_MD_Mammoth_091105 | 174 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2009) -- "Mammoth" (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Angelos Pangratis, Acting Head of Delegation of the European Commission,
-- Karin Olofsdotter, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Sweden
AFI Silver Theatre celebrates the Opening of the 22nd AFI European Union Film Showcase. The evening... |
| 2009_MD_YVictoria_091121 | 142 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2009) -- "Young Victoria" (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Ray Barry (AFI)
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
Closing Night! The Young Victoria.
Reception to follow screening, including champagne tasting and Belgian beer tasting!
Working from a sharp script by Julian Fellowes (GOSFORD PARK), director Jean-Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z.Y.)... |
| 2010_MD_Friendship_101113 | 35 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "Friendship" (w/Markus Goller)
Speakers in sequence were:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Markus Goller (director), interviewed by Todd Hitchcock
Friendship! [Freundschaft!]
In person: director Markus Goller
Growing up in East Germany, best pals Tom (Matthias Schweighöfer) and Veit (Friedrich Mücke) were cheerfully oblivious to... |
| 2010_MD_Illegal_101104 | 143 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "Illegal" (incl receptions)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Ray Barry (AFI)
-- João Vale de Almeida (head of the EU delegation)
AFI European Union Film Showcase:
The best of European cinema...without the jet lag.
AFI presents the 23rd AFI European Union Film Showcase, a selection of new films from EU member states including... |
| 2010_MD_Me_Too | 155 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "Me Too" (w/Alvaro Pastor) (two screenings) (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence were:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- ???
-- Álvaro Pastor (writer-director)
Centerpiece Screening: ME TOO [Yo, también]
In person: writer-director Álvaro Pastor at both screenings!
From Rotterdam to Sundance, this film has attracted attention for the real-life story of its... |
| 2010_MD_Robber | 61 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "The Robber" (w/Franziska Weisz) (two showings)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI) interviewing Franziska Weisz (actress)
The Robber [Der Räuber]:
In person: actress Franziska Weisz at both screenings!
Based on the real-life escapades of the Austrian bank-robbing marathoner Johann "Pump-Gun Ronnie" Rettenberger, this film moves from... |
| 2011_MD_Tinker_111121 | 189 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2011) -- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (w/Thomas Alfredson and Gary Oldman)
Closing Night
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Scheduled to appear: director Tomas Alfredson and actor Gary Oldman
Tomas Alfredson (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, 2009 AFI European Union Film Showcase) directs an all-star cast in this new adaptation of John le Carré's 1974 Cold War spy novel, previously the... |
| 2012_MD_Quartet_121109 | 125 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2012) -- "Quartet" opening event (incl reception)
Tonight, AFI Silver Theatre will celebrate the Opening of the 25th AFI European Union Film Showcase. The evening begins with a screening of QUARTET (Runtime 99 min), followed by a reception in the Silver II and Atrium Lobbies, hosted by Francois Rivasseau, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European... |
| 2013_MD_Disciple_131209 | 54 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2013) -- "Disciple" (w/Ulrika Bengts) (incl reception)
THE DISCIPLE [Lärjungen]
2013 Oscar Selection, Finland
Q&A with filmmaker Ulrika Bengts, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Finland, on Dec 9!
Finland, summer, 1939: Thirteen-year-old Karl is an eager-to-please orphan, sent by the state to work at an isolated Baltic island... |
| 2013_MD_Piano_131206 | 165 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2013) -- "Grand Piano" (w/Eugenio Mira) (incl reception)
GRAND PIANO
Q&A with filmmaker Eugenio Mira, plus post-screening reception sponsored by SPAIN arts & culture, Embassy of Spain, on Dec 6
Lured out of retirement, disgraced pianist Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) attempts to conquer his nerves and rejuvenate his career with a tribute performance to his... |
| 2013_MD_Walesa_131205 | 125 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2013) -- "Walesa: Man of Hope" (w/Robert Wieckiewicz) (incl reception)
WALESA. MAN OF HOPE
2013 Oscar Selection, Poland
Q&A with actor Robert Wieckiewicz at both screenings!
Andrzej Wajda (KATYN, ASHES AND DIAMONDS) brings the story of Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement to the big screen. Robert Wieckiewicz (IN DARKNESS) is magnetic as Walesa, while Agnieszka... |
| 2014_MD_AFI_EU_Credits_141203 | 26 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- EU Film Showcase Credits |
| 2014_MD_City44_141205 | 45 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "City 44" (w/Anna Prochniak and Józek Pawłowski)
CITY 44 [Miasto 44]
Q&A with actors Anna Prochniak and Józek Pawłowski
Nazi-occupied Warsaw, 1944: Although his mother forbids him from getting mixed up with the Polish resistance, Stefan joins his friends in the militia to bravely fight back against the Germans. Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa gives the... |
| 2014_MD_Reisz_141219 | 71 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "For Some Inexplicable Reason" (w/Gábor Reisz)
FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON [VAN valami furcsa és megmagyarázhatatlan]
U.S. Premiere!
Q&A with filmmaker Gábor Reisz
About to turn 30 and still jobless, Áron gets dumped by Eszter. A booze-soaked night out in Budapest with his pals results in an Internet impulse-buy of a one-way flight to Portugal... |
| 2014_MD_Bovery_141220 | 176 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Gemma Bovery" (incl reception)
Closing Night:
GEMMA BOVERY
Post-screening reception sponsored by the European Union Delegation to the USA
Adapted from the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds (TAMARA DREWE), this breezy retelling of Gustave Flaubert’s literary classic delivers many wicked delights. Ex-publisher Martin Joubert (Fabrice... |
| 2014_MD_Imitation_141205 | 164 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Imitation Game" (w/Major General Buster Howes) (incl reception)
THE IMITATION GAME
Introduction by Major General Buster Howes, Royal Marines, British Defence Attaché, Washington, DC
Benedict Cumberbatch gives a stirring performance as Alan Turing, the British mathematician and cryptologist who led the top-secret team of code-breakers housed at Bletchley Park. His... |
| 2014_MD_Tangerines_141208 | 96 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Tangerines" -- Reception
TANGERINES [Mandariinid]
2014 Oscar® Selection, Estonia
Post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Estonia
When war breaks out between the Russian-supported republic of Abkhazia and Georgia in the fall of 1992, the Estonians who called the land home are forced to return to their native... |
| 2014_MD_Warsaw_Uprising_141203 | 215 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Warsaw Uprising" (w/Jan Ołdakowski) (incl reception)
WARSAW UPRISING
In person: producer Jan Ołdakowski, director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum
Working with six hours of authentic documentary and newsreel footage filmed in Warsaw in the summer and fall of 1944, director Jan Komasa (SUICIDE ROOM) has fashioned a remarkable one-of-a-kind film: a... |
| 2014_MD_Waste_Land_141217 | 125 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Waste Land" (w/Pieter Van Hees) (incl reception)
WASTE LAND
Q&A with filmmaker Pieter Van Hees at both screenings; post-screening reception Dec. 17 sponsored by the Embassy of Belgium and Flanders House New York
Hardboiled homicide detective Leo Woeste (Dardenne brothers regular Jérémie Renier) promises his next case will be his last after his wife... |
| 2015_MD_Perfect_Day_151201 | 89 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2015) -- "A Perfect Day" (w/Fernando León de Aranoa) -- Presentation
PERFECT DAY, A (2015)
Opening Night Dec 1: Q&A with filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa and post-screening reception.
The Balkans, 1995: Fighting has wound down and peace talks have begun, but problems still confront Mambrú (Benicio Del Toro) and his colleagues at NGO Aid Across Borders, including... |
| 2015_MD_Perfect_Day3_151201 | 114 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2015) -- "A Perfect Day" (w/Fernando León de Aranoa) -- Reception
PERFECT DAY, A (2015)
Opening Night Dec 1: Q&A with filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa and post-screening reception.
The Balkans, 1995: Fighting has wound down and peace talks have begun, but problems still confront Mambrú (Benicio Del Toro) and his colleagues at NGO Aid Across Borders, including... |
| 2015_MD_Liza_151217 | 67 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2015) -- "Liza the Fox-Fairy" (w/Károly Ujj Mészáros)
LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY
Q&A with filmmaker Károly Ujj Mészáros following the screening on Dec. 17!
LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY [LIZA, A RÓKATÜNDÉR]
In 1970s Budapest, Liza (Mónika Balsai) is a live-in nurse for an ailing widow (Piroska Molnár, TAXIDERMIA). Lonely Liza has an imaginary friend: long-dead Japanese... |
| 2015_MD_Son_Saul_151207 | 52 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2015) -- "Son of Saul" (w/László Nemes)
SON OF SAUL
Q&A with filmmaker László Nemes
SON OF SAUL [SAUL FIA]
2015 Oscar® Selection, Hungary
Presented in cooperation with the Washington Jewish Film Festival
László Nemes' feature debut is both a riveting Holocaust drama and a bold experiment in cinema aesthetics. The Auschwitz-Birkenau... |
| 2016_MD_EUFilm_Closing_161215 | 117 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2016) -- Closing Night Reception |
| 2016_MD_Letters_161202 | 90 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2016) -- "Letters from War" (w/Miguel Nunes) plus reception
LETTERS FROM WAR
Special Features: Special Presentation. Q&A with actor Miguel Nunes, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Portugal
[CARTAS DA GUERRA]
U.S. Premiere!
2016 Oscar® Selection, Portugal
Young doctor António Lobo Antunes writes letters home to his beloved wife Maria... |
| 2016_MD_Still_Crazy_161201 | 146 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2016) -- "Still Crazy" opening event w/reception
LIKE CRAZY (2016)
[LA PAZZA GIOIA]
Beatrice is a strong-willed though undeniably delusional mental patient at a facility in Tuscany. Villa Biondi used to belong to Beatrice's aristocratic family, but now it's a psychiatric hospital for women. Beatrice tells herself that she's just there for a rest... |
| 2017_MD_Borg_McEnroe_171201 | 98 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2017) -- "Borg vs McEnroe" opening event w/reception
BORG VS MCENROE
Special Features: Opening Night show Dec 1 features post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Sweden
The feature narrative debut from Danish documentarian Janus Metz (ARMADILLO) chronicles the lead-up to the 1980 Wimbledon final between then four-time champ Björn Borg... |
| 2017_MD_Franca_171214 | 69 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2017) -- "Franca: Chaos And Creation" (w/Francesco Carrozzini)
Franca: Chaos And Creation
Special Features: Intro and Q&A with filmmaker Francesco Carrozzini
With his first feature, director Francesco Carrozzini — known for his work as a photographer and as a music video director for artists such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz, Marilyn Manson and Nicki Minaj —... |
| 2017_MD_Granite_171202 | 44 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2017) -- "Song of Granite" (w/Paddy Meskell) w/Reception
Special Features: Dec 2 screening features introduction by Paddy Meskell, Solas Nua Chairman of the Board, and post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland
2018 Oscar® Selection, Ireland This poetic, hybrid exploration of the life of legendary sean nós singer Joe Heaney mixes narrative... |
| 2017_MD_Wild_Mouse_171216 | 35 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2017) -- "Wild Mouse" and Closing Night Reception
Wild Mouse [Wilde Maus]
Special Features: U.S. Premiere! Closing Night show Dec 16 features post-screening reception sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington
A music critic in midlife crisis seeks revenge on the boss who fired him in this satirical seriocomedy, the directorial debut of... |
| 2018_MD_Eva_181214 | 36 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2018) -- "Eva" Reception
EVA (2018)
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Post-screening reception sponsored by CÎROC™ VS on Dec. 14
Benoît Jacquot adapts the lurid 1945 James Hadley Chase novel previously brought to the screen by Joseph Losey in 1962, with Jeanne Moreau and Stanley Baker. Gaspard Ulliel is a hot young playwright... |
| 2018_MD_Non_Fiction_181208 | 42 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2018) -- "Non-Fiction" Reception
NON-FICTION
Special Features: Post-screening reception sponsored by CÎROC™ VS, Maison Kayser and Alliance Française on Dec. 8
[DOUBLES VIES]
Olivier Assayas' smart dramedy set in the publishing world deftly balances a serious, informed debate about the future of publishing in the digital age against... |
| 2018_MD_Stan_Ollie_181215 | 55 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2018) -- "Stan & Ollie" Champagne Reception
STAN & OLLIE
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly bring their brilliant comedic chops to bear as legendary comedy duo Stan "Laurel" (Coogan) and Ollie "Hardy" (Reilly) in this hilarious road movie recounting the pair's famed 1953 "farewell" tour of Britain and Ireland. Initially underwhelming, the tour... |
| 2019_MD_August_Virgin_191218 | 50 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2019) -- "August Virgin" (w/Vito Sanz)
August Virgin, The
Special Features: Q&A with actor Vito Sanz on Dec. 18
[La Virgen De Agosto]
On the verge of turning 33, Eva decides to spend her August in Madrid, where the heat and holiday festivities (las verbenas) drive most locals to abandon the city. From her borrowed flat, and without grand... |
| 2019_MD_Dafne_191210 | 54 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2019) -- "Dafne" (w/Federico Bondi)
DAFNE
Q&A with filmmaker Federico Bondi
Winner of a FIPRESCI Prize at this year's Berlinale, Federico Bondi's (MAR NERO) poignant sophomore feature follows 36-year-old Dafne (Carolina Raspanti), a bright young woman with Down syndrome whose stable family life is upended by the unexpected death of her... |
| 2019_MD_Mr_Jones_191215 | 108 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2019) -- "Mr. Jones" (w/Andrea Chalupa) plus reception
MR. JONES (2019)
Special Features: Dec. 15 show features Q&A with screenwriter Andrea Chalupa, plus reception sponsored by Polka Deli
The latest film from Agnieszka Holland (EUROPA, EUROPA; IN DARKNESS; SPOOR) tells the real-life story of Gareth Jones (1905–1935), a Welsh journalist and foreign... |
| 2019_MD_Guardian_191209 | 66 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2019) -- "Variações - Guardian Angel" (w/João Maia)
*North American Premiere*
Variações - Guardian Angel
Q&A with filmmaker João Maia following the screening
Portuguese pop music icon António Variações gets his due in this long-awaited biopic, which charts the singer's unlikely rise to fame before his untimely death from HIV/AIDS in 1984. The young... |
| 2021_MD_AFI_EUFilm | 16 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- Marquee |
| 2021_MD_Libertad_211211 | 102 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "Libertad" (w/Clara Roquet and Maria Herrera)
LIBERTAD (2021)
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Clara Roquet on Dec. 11.
Arriving at her family's seaside mansion on the Spanish coast, sheltered 15-year-old Nora (Maria Morera Colomer, LIFE WITHOUT SARA AMAT) thinks she's in for another routine vacation. But the arrival of... |
| 2021_MD_Mitra_211205 | 55 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "Mitra" (w/Kaweh Modiri)
MITRA
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Kaweh Modiri at both shows.
Using his own family experience as a springboard, Dutch-Iranian director Kaweh Modiri (BODKIN RAS) crafts a timely, potent drama about motherhood that plays like a political and psychological thriller. Almost 40... |
| 2021_MD_Beautiful_Boy_211207 | 53 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" (w/Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri)
MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD, THE
Special Features: Q&A with filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri on Dec. 7
At the world premiere of DEATH IN VENICE in 1971, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed Björn Andrésen, the teen star of his latest film, "the most beautiful boy in the... |
| 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... |
| 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... |