| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2016_MD_Robeson_160412 | 174 | AFI -- 2016 Paul Robeson Awards (Stanley Nelson) (incl reception)
The Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film Presents:
The 2016 Paul Robeson Awards Honoring Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker & MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution; Freedom Summer).
Stanley Nelson received the Paul Robeson Award... |
| 2013_MD_AFI75_130915 | 187 | AFI -- AFI 75th Anniversary -- Presentation (incl Private Reception)
Celebrate the Silver!
An event to celebrate 75 years of the Silver Theatre and looking forward to another new decade ahead...
Sunday, September 15, 2013
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
2:00 pm Recreation of Inaugural Screening in the original 1938 theater, FOUR DAUGHTERS. Hosted by WJLA's... |
| 2018_MD_Firstenberg3_180326 | 124 | AFI -- An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg (w/Cokie Roberts, James Hindman, Ray Barry, etc) -- All Else
An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg
Special Features: Moderated by Emmy Award-winning ABC & NPR journalist Cokie Roberts. Book sales/signing starting at 6:15; program begins at 7:30.
Jean Picker Firstenberg led AFI for more than 27 years, and the 2003 launch of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural... |
| 2018_MD_Firstenberg_180326 | 104 | AFI -- An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg (w/Cokie Roberts, James Hindman, Ray Barry, etc) -- Program
An Evening with Jean Picker Firstenberg
Special Features: Moderated by Emmy Award-winning ABC & NPR journalist Cokie Roberts. Book sales/signing starting at 6:15; program begins at 7:30.
Jean Picker Firstenberg led AFI for more than 27 years, and the 2003 launch of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural... |
| 2018_MD_Captain20_181028 | 64 | AFI -- Captain 20 Returns!
Captain 20 Returns!
Everybody's favorite alien, Captain 20, is making a very special appearance at AFI Silver to host a program of cartoons and kid-show favorites from the old days, including ULTRAMAN, SPEED RACER and Bugs Bunny and Friends! There might even be some gerbil races. Do you still have your... |
| 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. |
| 2006_MD_IDC_060831 | 38 | AFI -- International Documentary Challenge (IDC)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (Program Director, SILVERDOCS)
-- Doug Whyte (Producer, IDC)
-- Various participants from the IDC
The International Documentary Challenge (IDC), produced by Doug Whyte, is a timed filmmaking competition where filmmaking teams from around the world have just... |
| 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... |
| 2017_MD_4m3w2d_170530 | 136 | AFI -- New Cinema From Romania -- "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (w/Anamaria Marinca)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, Q&A with actress Anamaria Marinca and post-screening reception
10th Anniversary
Awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu's powerful drama about personal choices and political repression during the late Ceaușescu regime put the nascent new... |
| 2017_MD_Dogs_170526 | 70 | AFI -- New Cinema From Romania -- "Dogs" (w/Gheorghe Visu)
DOGS (2016) and Q&A with actor Gheorghe Visu
Bogdan Mirică won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for this intense drama that has been described as a Romanian NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. City boy Roman (Dragoș Bucur) inherits a large piece of undeveloped... |
| 2011_MD_NIH_Crazy_110706 | 41 | AFI -- NIH Series -- "Crazy Heart" (w/Judith Arroyo)
CRAZY HEART:
Guest Speaker: Judith Arroyo, Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Coordinator, Office of the Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.
Medical Theme: alcoholism
When reporter Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal) interviews Bad... |
| 2011_MD_NIH_Soloist_110713 | 23 | AFI -- NIH Series -- "Soloist" (w/Daniel R. Weinberger)
THE SOLOIST
Guest Speaker: Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D., Chief, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health.
Medical Theme: schizophrenia
This true-life drama tells the poignant tale of Los Angeles... |
| 2013_MD_Anker_131002 | 73 | AFI -- North Face Speaker Series 2013: Conrad Anker– Alpinist
The North Face Speaker Series 2013: Conrad Anker– Alpinist:
Conrad’s climbing career runs the gamut from Everest to Arctic big walls, but the vertical Sharks Fin on India’s Mount Meru pushed him the hardest. Demanding two grueling expeditions and a teeth-clenching dose of suffering, Meru was Conrad’s... |
| 2014_MD_FourthR_140307 | 112 | AFI -- Opening reception for "Behind the Fourth Wall" exhibit
Opening reception for new exhibit: Behind the Fourth Wall, Actors and Directors on the Set, Photographs 1926-2001 |
| 2009_MD_AFI_Inaug_090120 | 210 | AFI -- Presidential Inauguration Simulcast
Speaker:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director)
Avoid the cold and the crowds in downtown DC--watch the historic inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, broadcast LIVE on the big AFI Silver screen!
... |
| 2015_MD_Federman_150823 | 183 | AFI -- Remembering Alex Federman
"Remembering Alex” A memorial service for family, friends and colleagues at AFI Silver Theatre to share memories, videos, and stories of Alex Federman’s life (1991-2015). |
| 2007_MD_Campbell_070318 | 10 | AFI -- Sundays at the Silver (w/Arch Campbell)
Speakers:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director)
-- Arch Campbell
Sundays at the Silver with Arch Campbell: The American Film Institute (AFI) and WJLA-TV, ABC 7 reporter Arch Campbell announce "SUNDAYS AT THE SILVER WITH ARCH CAMPBELL," a new weekly program commencing March 18 at 7:00 p.m. Films will... |
| 2011_MD_Room_Fandom_110610 | 61 | AFI -- Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero -- Fandom
Pictures on this page are of people waiting to get into one of "The Room" events, Tommy and Greg autographing, and fan photos with Tommy and Greg. |
| 2011_MD_Room_Play_110610 | 169 | AFI -- Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero ("The Room Play/Reading")
"The Room Play/Reading"
A live theater experience — 2 performances only!
Join THE ROOM creator and star Tommy Wiseau and actor Greg Sestero for a live performance of THE ROOM!
Featuring never-before seen scenes and characters, The Room Play/Reading is a unique theatrical experience that delivers... |
| 2011_MD_Room_110610 | 44 | AFI -- Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero ("The Room") -- Film screening event
THE ROOM
In Person: writer/director/star Tommy Wiseau and actor Greg Sestero!
An encore presentation of last June's electrifying event: cult sensation THE ROOM with filmmaker and star Tommy Wiseau in attendance! THE ROOM has been described as an electrifying black comedy about love, passion, betrayal... |
| 2015_MD_Tomlinson_151023 | 33 | AFI -- "17th Annual Animation Show of Shows" (w/Lynn Tomlinson)
17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS, THE
Q&A with filmmaker Lynn Tomlinson
Presenting eleven new international award-winning animated short films in a variety of animation techniques, including traditional hand-drawn 2-D, computer graphics 3-D, stop-motion and painted clay. Includes four mini-portrait... |
| 2015_MD_Diamond_151025 | 67 | AFI -- "17th Annual Animation Show of Shows" (w/Ron Diamond)
17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS, THE
Q&A with producer Ron Diamond. Konstantin Bronzit ("We Can't Live Without the Cosmos") was Skyped in as well.
Presenting eleven new international award-winning animated short films in a variety of animation techniques, including traditional hand-drawn 2-D,... |
| 2015_MD_2001_Odyssey_151107 | 120 | AFI -- "2001: A Space Odyssey" (w/Keir Dullea and Foster Hirsch)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Q&A with actor Keir Dullea
#22 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies
Beginning with the dawn of civilization and chronicling the rise from ape to man, the film evolves to the story of astronauts Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, who find themselves at the mercy of supercomputer HAL 9000.... |
| 2018_MD_2001_Odyssey_180705 | 119 | AFI -- "2001: A Space Odyssey" (w/Keir Dullea)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70mm
Special Features: Q&A with actor Keir Dullea following the screening on July 5
50th anniversary; 70mm engagement. One week only, July 5-12.
"For the first time since the original release, this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera... |
| 2010_MD_Mormon_Prop_100618 | 43 | AFI -- "8: The Mormon Proposition" (w/Steven Greenstreet and David Melson)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Ben Field-Pickering, AFI
-- Steven Greenstreet and ???
8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION
In Person: director Steven Greenstreet
Official Selection, 2010 Sundance Film Festival
This exploration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints's involvement in the passage of... |
| 2019_MD_Palcy_191123 | 84 | AFI -- "A Dry White Season" (w/Euzhan Palcy)
A DRY WHITE SEASON
Special Features: Q&A with writer/director Euzhan Palcy, in discussion moderated by Chardelle Moore.
Co-presented with the 26th Annual Caribbean American Heritage Awards
With this bracing drama, made at the climax of the anti-apartheid movement, director Euzhan Palcy issued a... |
| 2016_MD_Holm_160925 | 61 | AFI -- "A Man Called Ove" (w/Hannes Holm)
A Man Called Ove w/Hannes Holm
AFI MEMBERS AT THE TWO-STAR LEVEL AND ABOVE ARE INVITED TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF
A MAN CALLED OVE
Sweden's 2017 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® Submission
Q&A with director Hannes Holm will follow the film. |
| 2018_MD_Sestero_180201 | 110 | AFI -- "A Night Inside THE ROOM with the DISASTER ARTIST" (w/Greg Sestero)
"A Night Inside THE ROOM" with THE DISASTER ARTIST
In person: Greg Sestero
This multimedia event includes a reading from actor/author Sestero's best-selling memoir; an exclusive documentary short; a live reading of scenes from Tommy Wiseau's early drafts of THE ROOM; a Q&A and book event; a sneak peek... |
| 2009_MD_Serious_091001 | 64 | AFI -- "A Serious Man" (w/Michael Stuhlbarg)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Tiffany Graham-Golden (AFI)
-- Dan Raviv interviewing Michael Stuhlbarg
A SERIOUS MAN Advance Screening:
A new film written and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen with actor Michael Stuhlbarg in person!
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Tony Award-nominee Michael... |
| 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... |
| 2017_MD_Alien_170708 | 88 | AFI -- "Alien" (w/Count Gore de Vol)
ALIEN presented by local TV legend Count Gore De Vol!
Local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another terrifying film in the spirit of the original broadcasts on CREATURE FEATURE, with lots of ghoulish good fun in store. Ridley Scott's ingenious "haunted spaceship" monster... |
| 2010_MD_Evil_100827 | 175 | AFI -- "All About Evil" (w/Joshua Grannell (Peaches Christ) and Mink Stole)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Peaches Christ
-- Mink Stole
-- ???
ALL ABOUT EVIL
In Person: Director Joshua Grannell, Peaches Christ and Mink Stole!
The directorial debut of Midnight Movie impresario (and Annapolis, MD, native) Joshua Grannell (better known as "Peaches Christ"), this film is a... |
| 2009_MD_Casino_091030 | 69 | AFI -- "American Casino" (w/Leslie and Andrew Cockburn)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Leslie and Andrew Cockburn
-- Panel with Leslie and Andrew Cockburn, Mark Pittman, and Michael Greenberger
AMERICAN CASINO
When you are in Wall Street's casino, you play by their rules.
Official Selection, 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection, IDFA
Filmed... |
| 2013_MD_Milkshake_131130 | 59 | AFI -- "American Milkshake" (w/David Andalman)
Kevin Smith Presents AMERICAN MILKSHAKE
In person: filmmakers David Andalman and Mariko Munro (Note: Mariko did not attend)
1995. Takoma Park, Maryland. Teenager Jolie (Tyler Ross) is a magnet student who wishes he had more street cred. He wants an edge, like the gangsta crowd from Maple Avenue, or... |
| 2010_MD_America_100424 | 65 | AFI -- "America, America" (w/Stathis Giallelis and Foster Hirsch)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Foster Hirsch
-- Foster interviewing Stathis Giallelis
AMERICA, AMERICA
In Person: Actor Stathis Giallelis on April 24!
"My name is Elia Kazan. I am a Greek by blood, a Turk by birth and an American because my uncle made a journey." Elia... |
| 2012_MD_Karenina_121102 | 80 | AFI -- "Anna Karenina" (w/Joe Wright) including British Council reception
Seating is limited. RSVP today to reserve your seat!
AFI/Silver & Focus Features invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of ANNA KARENINA with director Joe Wright in person!
ANNA KARENINA is acclaimed director Joe Wright’s bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love,... |
| 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... |
| 2013_MD_Gallop_131102 | 69 | AFI -- "At Full Gallop" (w/Krzysztof Zanussi)
AT FULL GALLOP [Cwał]
In person: writer/director Krzysztof Zanussi
In 1950s Communist Poland, Hubert and his mother endure harassment by the state because Hubert's father has defected to the UK. Eventually, Hubert's mother sends him to Warsaw in order to continue his studies in peace. There he lives... |
| 2016_MD_Back2Future_160826 | 27 | AFI -- "Back To The Future" (Silver Screens on Veterans Plaza)
Silver Screens on Veterans Plaza:
AFI Silver is excited to announce the launch of a FREE outdoor film series in downtown Silver Spring! Silver Screens is presented by AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker, with support from the Montgomery County... |
| 2011_MD_Bag_It_110417 | 37 | AFI -- "Bag It" (w/Heather White and Bag Monster)
BAG IT
Special appearance by the Bag Monster!
Introduction by Heather White, Environmental Working Group
This highly entertaining and eye-opening documentary follows everyman Jeb Berrier as he navigates today's plastic-reliant world. Jeb is not a radical environmentalist, but an average American who... |
| 2006_MD_Bamako_061207 | 79 | AFI -- "Bamako" (Wash DC Premiere) (w/Danny Glover)
Speakers in sequence:
-- African drummer Baba Ngwa
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director),
-- Omekongo Dibinga (spoken-word artist)
-- ???
-- Murray Horwitz (again)
-- ???
-- ???
-- Panel: ???, Danny Glover, Emira Woods (Director, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies), and... |
| 2014_MD_Sisters_140411 | 151 | AFI -- "Band of Sisters" (w/Mary Fishman, Sister Marge Clark, and Sister Mary Pat Garvin)
BAND OF SISTERS
In person: filmmaker Mary Fishman; Sister Marge Clark, BVM, NETWORK; and Sister Mary Pat Garvin, RSM, Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Leadership Team
In the wake of the Vatican II reforms of the 1960s, which modernized Catholic practice and called on the religious to... |
| 2012_MD_Weitz_120221 | 68 | AFI -- "Being Flynn" (w/Paul Weitz)
AFI/Silver invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of BEING FLYNN with director Paul Weitz in person!
BEING FLYNN is the new dramatic feature from Academy Award-nominated writer/director Paul Weitz (ABOUT A BOY), adapted from Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir, “Another Bulls—t Night in Suck... |
| 2019_MD_Tilghman_190207 | 21 | AFI -- "Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws" event
Spotlights near the theater attracted my attention. I wasn't invited to the screening so I just got some odd shots. |
| 2017_MD_Birthright_170922 | 67 | AFI -- "Birthright: A War Story" (w/Civia Tamarkin, Luchina Fisher and Ruth Shaber)
BIRTHRIGHT: A WAR STORY (2017)
Special Features: Post-screening Q&A with director/executive producer Civia Tamarkin, co-executive producer Luchina Fisher and producer Ruth Shaber.
BIRTHRIGHT: A WAR STORY examines how women are being jailed, physically violated and even put at risk of dying as a... |
| 2018_MD_Bisbee_181027 | 91 | AFI -- "Bisbee '17" (w/Robert Greene & Katherine Benton-Cohen)
BISBEE '17
Special Features: One week only! Oct. 26–Nov. 1. Oct. 27, 7:00 show features Q&A with filmmaker Robert Greene & Katherine Benton-Cohen, Georgetown professor & historical advisor to the film
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greene's (ACTRESS, KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE) BISBEE '17 is set in Bisbee,... |
| 2013_MD_Blue_Caprice_130909 | 95 | AFI -- "Blue Caprice" (w/Alexandre Moors and Isaiah Washington)
YOU AND A GUEST ARE INVITED BLUE CAPRICE
with post-screening discussion by director Alexandre Moors and actor Isaiah Washington in person!
Inspired by true events, BLUE CAPRICE investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two perpetrators, whose... |
| 2010_MD_Bombshell_101203 | 38 | AFI -- "Bombshell" (w/Michael Sragow)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Michael Sragow (author)
BOMBSHELL: In Person: Michael Sragow will introduce the 7:00 show on December 3 and the 2:45 show on December 4; copies of his book will be available for purchase (and autographs!) in the lobby following these two shows!... |
| 2011_MD_Kashner_110902 | 37 | AFI -- "Boom!" (w/Sam Kashner)
BOOM!: *In Person: Sam Kashner, author of "Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century" (Fri, Sep 2, 9:30 show)
John Waters cites this as one of his favorite bad movies, and who can question "The Pope of Trash" on matters of bad taste? Wealthy writer Elizabeth... |
| 2019_MD_Creem_190420 | 110 | AFI -- "Boy Howdy! The Story Of Creem Magazine" (w/Scott Crawford)
Boy Howdy! The Story Of Creem Magazine
Special Features: Introduction by Dave Nuttycombe; Q&A with filmmaker Scott Crawford, moderated by Neal Augenstein, WTOP
Washington, DC-area premiere!
Capturing the messy upheaval of the '70s just as rock was re-inventing itself, this documentary explores Creem... |
| 2009_MD_Boogaloo_090711 | 53 | AFI -- "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" After-film Event
Speaker:
-- Tal Levitas (AFI)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo: 25th Anniversary!
You know the title--now see the movie! This time, Kelly is torn between Paris, Princeton and the streets, while Ozone and Turbo have their own problems: their community center has been threatened with demolition, their... |
| 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... |
| 2015_MD_Plympton_150729 | 37 | AFI -- "Cheatin'" (w/Bill Plympton)
Widely considered the "King of Indie Animation", Bill Plympton is the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Twice nominated for Oscars® for his animated short films, his work as also won the prestigious Cannes Palme d’Or.
After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike... |
| 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... |
| 2014_MD_Lost_Souls_141110 | 38 | AFI -- "City of Lost Souls" Premiere (incl reception)
TRAVESTEE FILMS hosts the Film Premiere of CITY OF LOST SOULS at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. Join the filmmakers, the cast, and the DMV independent film community to experience, for the first time ever, this moving multi-layered crime drama movie. Baltimore is the backdrop for this... |
| 2015_MD_Clueless_150716 | 89 | AFI -- "Clueless" (w/Jen Chaney)
Amy Heckerling's '90s high school comedy classic turns 20! Join us for a screening of Clueless followed by a Q & A and book signing with Washington Post film and culture critic Jen Chaney, who's just authored "As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling, the Cast and the Crew." |
| 2009_MD_Collapse_091211 | 50 | AFI -- "Collapse" (w/Michael C. Ruppert)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Adrian Spencer (AFI)
-- Michael C. Ruppert
COLLAPSE: In Person: Michael C. Ruppert, the subject of the film.
"Not just sobering; it's a full-on assault." - The New York Times
"There are many layers to the man and the movie, and it's hard not to leave the theater... |
| 2013_MD_Maxwell_130705 | 75 | AFI -- "Copperhead" (w/Ron Maxwell)
COPPERHEAD
In person: director Ron Maxwell
The director of GETTYSBURG and GODS AND GENERALS completes his unique trilogy of Civil War films with the altogether different COPPERHEAD. Illuminating a lesser-known aspect of the war between the states, and one that played out far from any front,... |
| 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... |
| 2016_MD_Archibaldo_161114 | 35 | AFI -- "Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz" (w/film critic Carlos Gutiérrez)
CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ, THE
Special Features: FREE screening! Introduction by film scholar Carlos Gutiérrez
[ENSAYO DE UN CRIMEN]
This perverse, horror-tinged comedy from director Luis Buñuel's Mexican period is a bizarro tale of music boxes, murder and mannequins. Convinced from a... |
| 2012_MD_Damsels_120329 | 102 | AFI -- "Damsels in Distress" (w/Whit Stillman and Greta Gerwig)
Sneak Preview!
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
In Person: director Whit Stillman and actress Greta Gerwig
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS follows three beautiful girls who set out to revolutionize life at a grungy east coast college: the dynamic leader Violet (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy... |
| 2015_MD_Day_Longer_150207 | 76 | AFI -- "Day is Longer Than The Night" (w/Lana Gogoberidze)
THE DAY IS LONGER THAN THE NIGHT
[Dges game utenebia]
Q&A with filmmaker Lana Gogoberidze
Post-screening wine tasting sponsored by the Embassy of Georgia
Known for its beautiful location shooting, portrayals of traditions and appealing performances, this film follows the life of Eva from the turn... |
| 2015_MD_Decline_151016 | 86 | AFI -- "Decline of Western Civilization" (w/Penelope Spheeris)
Decline of Western Civilization
Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Several years after her trail-blazing documentary on the LA punk scene, Spheeris turned her attention to LA’s booming hard rock/heavy metal scene in all its decadent debauchery, a combination of burnt-out... |
| 2015_MD_Difret_151104 | 120 | AFI -- "Difret" (w/Tizita Hagere and Marisa Stam)
DIFRET
Q&A with actress Tizita Hagere and Marisa Stam, Executive Director of Selamta Family Project
From executive producer Angelina Jolie Pitt comes the award-winning drama DIFRET, based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death... |
| 2015_MD_Difret_151030 | 64 | AFI -- "Difret" (w/Zeresenay Mehari and Mehret Mandefro)
DIFRET
Q&A with filmmakers Zeresenay Mehari and Mehret Mandefro
From executive producer Angelina Jolie Pitt comes the award-winning drama DIFRET, based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death clash between cultural traditions and... |
| 2013_MD_Disconnect_130325 | 45 | AFI -- "Disconnect" (w/Henry-Alex Rubin)
AFI and LD International invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of DISCONNECT with Oscar®-nominated director Henry-Alex Rubin in person!
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation... |
| 2015_MD_Forgotten4_150429 | 146 | AFI -- "Don't Think I've Forgotten" (w/John Pirozzi and Cambodian rock and rollers) -- Concert
DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA'S LOST ROCK AND ROLL
Q&A with filmmaker John Pirozzi
Post-screening concert by original '60s/'70s Cambodian rock and rollers
During the '60s and early '70s, as the war in Vietnam threatened its borders, a new music scene emerged in Cambodia that took Western rock... |
| 2015_MD_Forgotten_150429 | 209 | AFI -- "Don't Think I've Forgotten" (w/John Pirozzi and Cambodian rock and rollers) -- Everything Except the Concert
DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA'S LOST ROCK AND ROLL
Q&A with filmmaker John Pirozzi
Post-screening concert by original '60s/'70s Cambodian rock and rollers
During the '60s and early '70s, as the war in Vietnam threatened its borders, a new music scene emerged in Cambodia that took Western rock... |
| 2013_MD_Menzel_130915 | 126 | AFI -- "Don Juans" (w/Jirí Menzel)
DON JUANS [Donšajni] aka SKIRT CHASERS
In person: writer/director Jirí Menzel
The latest film from Czech New Wave great Jirí Menzel (CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS, I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND) is a comedy about the intersection of life and art. When a small-town opera company mounts a production of Mozart's... |
| 2017_MD_Murray_171012 | 91 | AFI -- "Don Murray: Unsung Hero" (w/Don Murray and Don Malcolm)
DON MURRAY: UNSUNG HERO
Special Features: Q&A with Don Murray and filmmaker Don Malcolm
Currently featured on TWIN PEAKS as Bushnell Mullins, actor Don Murray has a career spanning back to the early 1950s which includes an Oscar®-nominated role opposite Marilyn Monroe (BUS STOP). Throughout his... |
| 2018_MD_Ellington_180501 | 50 | AFI -- "Duke Ellington on Film" (w/Harvey G. Cohen)
Duke Ellington on Film: A screening and lecture by Harvey G. Cohen
Jazz great and Washington, DC, native Duke Ellington (1899–1974) made pioneering use of early sound film not only to perform but to promote his status as one of America's great bandleaders. Ellington made his screen debut with the... |
| 2010_MD_Star_Wars_100703 | 22 | AFI -- "Empire Strikes Back" screening
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
30th Anniversary!
Richer story, more complex themes and decidedly darker than STAR WARS, this sequel is a master class in populist filmmaking done right. Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Rebel Alliance is dealt a stunning blow by the evil Empire, and... |
| 2009_MD_Halloween_090627 | 217 | AFI -- "Every Other Day is Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and C.W. Prather)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- C.W. Prather
-- Count Gore De Vol
-- Jeff Krulik
MARS and Midsummer Night's Scream II Present:"Every Other Day is Halloween" -- World Premiere!
In person: Director C.W. Prather and Count Gore De Vol.
Post-screening Q&A moderated by Jeff... |
| 2011_MD_Every_Song_111104 | 140 | AFI -- "Every Song is About Me" (w/Jonás Trueba and Daniel Gascón)
Speakers in sequence:
- Josh Gardner, AFI
- Marta Sanchez, PRAGDA director
- Jonás Trueba, director
- Daniel Gascón, writer
- Panel discussion w/Josh Gardner, Jonás Trueba, and Daniel Gascón
EVERY SONG IS ABOUT ME [Todas las Canciones Hablan de Mi]
Scheduled to appear: writer/director... |
| 2019_MD_Exorcist_191026 | 63 | AFI -- "Exorcist" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
EXORCIST, THE - EXTENDED DIRECTOR'S CUT
Special Features: Oct 26 screening presented by Count Gore De Vol!
Local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns Oct. 26 to present another terrifying film with interactive games, prizes and more! (Also screening Oct 31, film only)
Forty-odd years... |
| 2019_MD_Fungi_191212 | 137 | AFI -- "Fantastic Fungi" (w/Louie Schwartzberg, Stephen Apkon, and Marcina Hale)
FANTASTIC FUNGI
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg at both shows
FANTASTIC FUNGI, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting documentary that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network... |
| 2014_MD_Peck_140222 | 80 | AFI -- "Fatal Assistance" (w/Raoul Peck)
FATAL ASSISTANCE [Assistance mortelle]
Q&A with filmmaker Raoul Peck
In January 2010, an earthquake shook Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands and leaving 1.2 million people homeless. Two years after the world banded together to support the devastated country, filmmaker Raoul Peck set out to discover... |
| 2016_MD_Finding_JosephI_161213 | 104 | AFI -- "Finding Joseph I" (w/Paul "H.R." Hudson and James Lathos)
FINDING JOSEPH I
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker James Lathos and Paul "H.R." Hudson
FINDING JOSEPH I chronicles the life and struggles of singer Paul "H.R." Hudson. The charismatic frontman helped pioneer hardcore punk rock with his energetic and explosive performances in the influential group... |
| 2016_MD_Fishing_Bodies_161024 | 59 | AFI -- "Fishing Bodies" (w/Michele Pennetta via Skype and Swiss-sponsored reception)
FISHING BODIES
Special Features: Q&A and reception to follow, sponsored by the Embassy of Switzerland
Locarno Film Festival series in Washington presents:
FISHING BODIES [PESCATORI DI CORPI]
This debut feature-length documentary from Italian director Michele Pennetta is an intimate portrait of a... |
| 2014_MD_Fishing_141010 | 42 | AFI -- "Fishing Without Nets" (w/Cutter Hodierne and John Hibey)
FISHING WITHOUT NETS
Sneak preview screening featuring Q&A with filmmaker Cutter Hodierne and writer-producer John Hibey, Oct 9, 7:15.
Q&A with filmmaker Cutter Hodierne, writer-producer John Hibey and producer Raphael Swannat at Oct 10, 7:00 show and Oct 11, 1:30 & 7:00 shows!
Starring Abdiwali... |
| 2015_MD_Force_Majeure_150115 | 194 | AFI -- "Force Majeure" (w/Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff) (incl reception)
FORCE MAJEURE aka TOURIST
2014 Oscar® Selection, Sweden
In person: director Ruben Östlund
Picture-perfect Swedes Tomas, Ebba and their two kids are enjoying a pleasant family getaway at a French ski resort, until an avalanche strikes. Although everyone walks away unharmed, Tomas' gut reaction to the... |
| 2014_MD_Miller_141110 | 55 | AFI -- "Foxcatcher" (w/Bennett Miller)
Wanted to see if you would be available to shoot a Q & A and step and repeat shots of FOXCATCHER director BENNETT MILLER (MONEYBALL, CAPOTE) here on November 10. He’ll be here for a private member screening.
In celebration of the American Film Institute's annual AFI Fest presented by audi, held each... |
| 2015_MD_Count_Gore_150207 | 106 | AFI -- "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
Count Gore De Vol presents
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN
Local legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present a terrifying film in the spirit of the original broadcasts on CREATURE FEATURE, with interactive intermissions and lots of ghoulish good fun and surprises. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE... |
| 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... |
| 2006_MD_Friedkin_060910 | 23 | AFI -- "French Connection" (w/William Friedkin, George Pelecanos, and Jack Valenti)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Jack Valenti
-- William Friedkin interviewed by George Pelecanos
"The French Connection" with Academy Award winning director William Friedkin and George Pelecanos, presented by AFI Silver and the Washington National Opera, with an introduction by AFI President Jack... |
| 2011_MD_Obscurity_110610 | 87 | AFI -- "From Here to Obscurity" (w/Travesty Groups)
From Here to Obscurity: Travesty Films/Langley Punks Retrospective
Including 30th Anniversary Screening of HYATTSVILLE HOLIDAY!
Invited guests: all living members of Travesty Group including the original four Langley Punks
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl your beer. AFI Silver pays tribute to... |
| 2011_MD_Schoenberger_110813 | 54 | AFI -- "Furious Love" (w/Nancy Schoenberger)
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
In Person: Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, authors of "Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century"
College professor George (Richard Burton) and his blowsy wife, Martha (Elizabeth Taylor, Burton's real-life wife, in an... |
| 2017_MD_Gaslight_171008 | 74 | AFI -- "Gaslight" (w/panel) for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
GASLIGHT (1944)
Special Features: Post-screening panel discussion on the topic of "gaslighting."
Ingrid Bergman won the first of her three Oscars® for her portrayal of an innocent wife driven mad by a domineering and treacherous husband in George Cukor's Victorian-set psychological thriller. The... |
| 2011_MD_Grease_110218 | 41 | AFI -- "Grease" Sing-a-Long
GREASE SING-A-LONG -- New "Sing-A-Long" 35mm Print!
"GREASE is bigger than AMERICAN IDOL, badder than HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and better than GLEE (I said it!). GREASE is, was and will always be the word." – Sasha Perl-Raver, She Knows Entertainment
Your chills will be multiplyin': the beloved high... |
| 2014_MD_Adichie_140316 | 72 | AFI -- "Half of a Yellow Sun" (w/Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Q&A and book-signing with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian-born British playwright Biyi Bandele translates Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's powerful prize-winning novel of the same name into an emotional drama that gives voice to personal stories of the indignities and atrocities... |
| 2018_MD_Halloween_181027 | 142 | AFI -- "Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and Wes Johnson)
HALLOWEEN (1978)
Special Features: Show presented by Count Gore De Vol with special co-host Wes Johnson, "The Voice of the Capitals"
40th Anniversary
Genre legend John Carpenter's third feature (which he also co-wrote and scored) ushered in a golden age of American slasher cinema, launched the career... |
| 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... |
| 2011_MD_HMP_110617 | 96 | AFI -- "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" and "Heavy Metal Picnic" (w/Jeff Krulik and lots of folks)
HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT -- 25th Anniversary!
Invited guests: producers and alumni from both films
In 1986, John Heyn and Jeff Krulik couldn't have imagined that the short film they shot in the parking lot of the Capital Centre before a Judas Priest concert would be heralded as one of the top rock... |
| 2010_MD_HMP_100806 | 147 | AFI -- "Heavy Metal Picnic" (w/Jeff Krulik and lots of folks)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Jeff Krulik
-- Miscellaneous folks from "Heavy Metal Picnic"
HEAVY METAL PICNIC
Invited Guests: Filmmakers Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, Full Moon Jamboree creator Billy Gordon, Rudy Childs and the Earth Dogs, Asylum featuring Ronnie Kalimon and Dale Flood, and Tito... |
| 2015_MD_HMP_150828 | 206 | AFI -- "Heavy Metal Picnic" (w/Jeff Krulik, John Heyn, and Billy Gordon)
HEAVY METAL PICNIC
In person: filmmakers Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, co-producer Billy Gordon
30th Anniversary of the original Heavy Metal Picnic!
From the team behind cult hit HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT, this is a celebration of mid-'80s Maryland rock and roll and heavy metal, by those who lived –– and... |
| 2018_MD_Historic_Book_181215 | 1 | AFI -- "Historic Movie Theaters of Washington, DC" book event w/Pat Padua
Book event with local authors Robert K. Headley and Pat Padua Saturday, December 15, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Historic lobby of the AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
Historic Movie Theaters of Washington, DC charts the storied history of motion picture exhibition in the nation's capital. In 1894,... |
| 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... |
| 2013_MD_Count_Gore_130201 | 174 | AFI -- "House of Frankenstein" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
Count Gore De Vol 40th Anniversary Celebration!
Re-Presenting the Original Creature Feature: HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
In person: Count Gore De Vol
TV personality Dick Dyszel introduced his alter ego Count Gore De Vol on Channel 20's CREATURE FEATURE 40 years ago on February 3, 1973. Dyszel, who already... |
| 2014_MD_Dragon2_140520 | 43 | AFI -- "How to Train Your Dragon 2" @ Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14 |
| 2016_MD_Neill_160702 | 18 | AFI -- "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (Skyped interview with Sam Neill)
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE featuring Skype interview with Sam Neill
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: loving Aunt Bella, cantankerous Uncle Hec (Sam... |
| 2012_MD_Hyde_Park_121010 | 72 | AFI -- "Hyde Park on Hudson" (w/Roger Michell)
Seating is limited. RSVP today to reserve your seat!
Silver & adopt films invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of HYDE PARK ON HUDSON with director Roger Michell in person!
In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor... |
| 2013_MD_Illicit_131117 | 27 | AFI -- "Illicit" (w/Victoria Wilson)
ILLICIT
* Discussion and book signing by Victoria Wilson, author of "A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940"
In this pre-Code romance, free-spirited socialite Barbara Stanwyck practically lives with beau James Rennie, and defiantly doesn't care about marriage; however, his family does,... |
| 2006_MD_Jewison_060210 | 20 | AFI -- "In The Heat of the Night" (w/Norman Jewison)
Speakers:
-- Norman Jewison interviewed by Juan Williams
This event featured a live interview with director Norman Jewison, conducted by Juan Williams (senior NPR correspondent and Fox newsman). Canadian-born Norman Jewison has directed more than 20 feature films, garnering a remarkable 46 Oscar... |
| 2015_MD_Polar_Bear_150611 | 26 | AFI -- "Infinitely Polar Bear" (w/Maya Forbes)
Advance screening of "Infinitely Polar Bear" w/director Maya Forbes |
| 2015_MD_Iraqi_Odyssey_151106 | 90 | AFI -- "Iraqi Odyssey" (w/Samir) (incl reception)
Q&A with filmmaker Samir, followed by post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Switzerland.
Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir’s riveting documentary epic pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a... |
| 2011_MD_Gentil_111011 | 52 | AFI -- "Jean Gentil" (w/Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán)
JEAN GENTILL In Person: filmmakers Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán on Oct 11!
Jean is an educated and devout man, forced like many others to leave Haiti to look for work in the Dominican Republic. Having failed to find work in Santo Domingo, he sets out into the incredibly lush countryside, only... |
| 2013_MD_JC_Superstar_131102 | 142 | AFI -- "Jesus Christ Superstar" (w/Ted Neeley and Barry Dennen)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
In person: actors Ted Neeley and Barry Dennen!
New 2K digital restoration for the film's 40th anniversary!
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the bold interpretation of the hit rock opera and Broadway smash from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, tells the story of Christ's (Ted Neeley)... |
| 2013_MD_JFK_Drums_131130 | 40 | AFI -- "John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums" (w/George Stevens Jr.)
JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS
In person: George Stevens, Jr.
This 1964 film, produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA), chronicles the 1,000 days of the Kennedy Administration, documenting accomplishments in the areas of foreign policy, the space race and civil... |
| 2018_MD_Josiah_180810 | 191 | AFI -- "Josiah" (w/Jared Brock, Catherine Leggett, Jamie Kuhns, Dennis Green and Anthony Cohen)
JOSIAH
Film screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Jared Brock, First Lady of Montgomery County Catherine Leggett, Montgomery Parks historian Jamie Kuhns and Josiah Henson descendant Dennis Green, moderated by historian Anthony Cohen, Founder/Director of the Menare Foundation. After the screening,... |
| 2007_MD_Greek_071108 | 73 | AFI -- "Journey: The Greek-American Dream" (w/Maria Iliou, Paul Sarbanes, George Pelecanos)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director),
-- Maria Iliou (maybe),
-- Alexandros P. Mallias (the Greek ambassador to the United States),
-- Paul Sarbanes,
-- ??? (again)
-- ???
-- George Pelecanos,
-- ???
Director Maria Iliou and Special Guests Former Senator Paul... |
| 2018_MD_Julia_181106 | 49 | AFI -- "Julia Ist" (w/Marta Cruañas)
JÚLIA IST
Special Features: Q&A with producer/screenwriter Marta Cruañas
Júlia (director Elena Martín) is an architecture student from Barcelona who decides to embark on a student exchange year in Berlin. This is how, without much consideration and driven by her inertia, Júlia leaves her parents' home... |
| 2014_MD_Keepin_On_141010 | 51 | AFI -- "Keep On Keepin' On" (w/Alan Hicks and Justin Kauflin)
KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON
Q&A with filmmaker Alan Hicks and piano performance by Justin Kauflin at the following screenings:
Starring Clark Terry, Justin Kauflin, Quincy Jones, Gwen Terry and Candy
Official Selection, 2014 AFI Docs, Tribeca, Hotdocs, Seattle, Newport Beach Film Festivals
Shot over the... |
| 2016_MD_King_Kong_160409 | 111 | AFI -- "King Kong" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
KING KONG (1933)
Special Features: Presented by Count Gore De Vol
In the spirit of the original CREATURE FEATURE broadcasts, local legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) presents the greatest monster movie of them all: KING KONG. Explorer Robert Armstrong and his crew, including delectable scream... |
| 2009_MD_King_090119 | 10 | AFI -- "King: A Filmed Record" Screening for MLK Day
Speaker:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director)
Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration: KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
A riveting compilation of documentary footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the Montgomery bus boycott to the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln... |
| 2013_MD_Zeppelin_130830 | 111 | AFI -- "Led Zeppelin Played Here" (w/Jeff Krulik)
AFI Silver's Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase (MARS) celebrates noteworthy filmmaking from the mid-Atlantic region, featuring both locally made films and the work of filmmakers with local ties.
LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED HERE
In person: filmmaker Jeff Krulik
Premiere of feature-length cut!
1969. Man... |
| 2019_MD_Zeppelin_190120 | 77 | AFI -- "Led Zeppelin Played Here" (w/Jeff Krulik)
LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED HERE Special Features: In person: filmmaker Jeff Krulik 50th anniversary of the legendary Led Zeppelin show at Wheaton Youth Center 1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock. SESAME STREET debuts…. and Led Zeppelin perform in the gym of the Wheaton Youth Center... |
| 2013_MD_Disco_Dan_130223 | 164 | AFI -- "Legend of Cool Disco Dan" (w/Joseph Pattisall, Roger Gastman, Iley Brown, Caleb Neelon, and Henry Rollins)
THE LEGEND OF COOL "DISCO" DAN
World Premiere!
In person: filmmakers Joseph Pattisall, Roger Gastman, Iley Brown, Caleb Neelon and narrator Henry Rollins (Feb 23 shows);
Joseph Pattisall and Roger Gastman (March 1 shows)
Discover the "other" Washington of the 1980s through the story of legendary... |
| 2013_MD_Disco_Dan_131019 | 71 | AFI -- "Legend of Cool Disco Dan" (w/Roger Gastman, Joseph Pattisall, Iley Brown, and Cool "Disco" Dan)
THE LEGEND OF COOL "DISCO" DAN
Special appearance & signing by Cool "Disco" Dan (5:15 shows only)!
Filmmakers Roger Gastman, Joseph Pattisall & Iley Brown will introduce the film each night, and host post-screening Q&As featuring surprise guests!
Free signed posters, click event poster (right) for... |
| 2021_MD_Licorice_Pizza_211211 | 50 | AFI -- "Licorice Pizza" advance screening
LICORICE PIZZA
Special Features: Advance screenings in 70mm on Dec. 11 at 7:00 p.m. (SOLD OUT)
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman) growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973.... |
| 2016_MD_Miller_160501 | 39 | AFI -- "Maggie's Plan" (w/Rebecca Miller)
AFI members at the two-star level and above are invited to an advance screening of MAGGIE'S PLAN
Q&A with director Rebecca Miller will follow the film. |
| 2009_MD_Landscapes_091013 | 57 | AFI -- "Manufactured Landscapes" (w/Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Jos Williams (AFL-CIO),
-- Presentation of shirts with Jos Williams, Jennifer Baichwal, Todd Hitchcock (AFI), Mark Dudzic (AFL-CIO), and Chris Garlock (AFL-CIO and Dir. Of Labor FilmFest DC)
-- Jennifer Baichwal
-- Panel with Chris Garlock, Edward Burtynsky, and... |
| 2011_MD_Dancer_110412 | 67 | AFI -- "Mao's Last Dancer" (w/Li Cunxin)
Silver Theater and Fox invite you and a guest to a special screening with Li Cunxin to celebrate the DVD Release of Mao's Last Dancer.
MAO'S LAST DANCER weaves a moving tale about the quest for freedom and the courage it takes to live your own life. The film poignantly captures the struggles and... |
| 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... |
| 2011_MD_Match_King_110507 | 34 | AFI -- "Match King" (w/Larry Smith)
Library of Congress Showcase:
AFI Silver is proud to present two films recently preserved from the original camera negatives by the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia, along with the documentary THESE AMAZING SHADOWS, which recently premiered at the... |
| 2010_MD_Uke_100519 | 105 | AFI -- "Mighty Uke" (w/James Hill, Tony Coleman & Margaret Meagher)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Lori Donnelly (AFI)
-- Tony Coleman
-- Performance by James Hill
MIGHTY UKE:
In Person: Ukulele sensation James Hill!
Think of a ukulele and you probably imagine grass skirts, slide guitar and kitschy lyrics, but far from being just a Hawaiian novelty instrument, the... |
| 2015_MD_Mistress_America_150726 | 128 | AFI -- "Mistress America" (w/Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke)
AFI members at the two-star level and above are invited to a free advance screening of
MISTRESS AMERICA
Q&A with stars Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke will follow the screening. |
| 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.... |
| 2018_MD_Moynihan_181022 | 66 | AFI -- "Moynihan" (w/Joseph Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich)
MOYNIHAN
Special Features: Q&A with directors Joseph Dorman & Toby Perl Freilich.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion — but not to his own facts." – politician, sociologist and diplomat Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003). His aristocratic demeanor and Harvard polish belied Moynihan's... |
| 2014_MD_Wiseman_141114 | 52 | AFI -- "National Gallery" (w/Frederick Wiseman)
NATIONAL GALLERY Q&A with filmmaker Frederick Wiseman
Opening November 14 for a one-week engagement!
Washington, DC-area exclusive!
London's National Gallery, one of the world's foremost art institutions, is itself portrayed as a brilliant work of art in this, Frederick Wiseman's 39th documentary and... |
| 2010_MD_Iverson_100329 | 62 | AFI -- "No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson" (w/Steve James and panel)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
-- Steve James
-- Panel with Steve James, Mike Wise, and Kevin Blackistone
AFI/Discovery Channel SilverDocs Presents: NO CROSSOVER: THE TRIAL OF ALLEN IVERSON
Directed by Steve James (HOOP DREAMS)
In Person: Director Steve James
A... |
| 2013_MD_Notebook_131117 | 66 | AFI -- "Notebook" (w/János Szász and Piroska Molnár)
You and a guest are invited to the Washington, DC Premiere of THE NOTEBOOK [A Nagy Füzet/Le Grand Cahier]
with director János Szász and actress Piroska Molnár in person!
Winner, Grand Prix Crystal Globe
2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Official Selection, Hungary
Best Foreign Language... |
| 2016_MD_Nuts_160702 | 73 | AFI -- "Nuts!" (w/Penny Lane)
NUTS! (2016)
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Penny Lane at the 8:00 show on July 2!
Inventive and wildly fun, NUTS! recounts the unbelievable true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a Kansas doctor who discovered in 1917 that he could cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. From... |
| 2010_MD_Flesh_100820 | 163 | AFI -- "Of Flesh and Blood" (w/Jeff Krulik, Jeff Mentges, Al Breon, and lots of folks)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Jeff Krulik
-- Miscellaneous folks from "Of Flesh and Blood"
OF FLESH AND BLOOD
20th Anniversary Screening!
In Person: Director Jeff Mentges plus the entire cast and crew, including Al Breon, Dick Bangham, Steve Lorber, Joe Sasfy, Jeanne Keskinen, Jeff Sacks, Dave... |
| 2008_MD_Forman_080819 | 75 | AFI -- "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (w/Miloš Forman)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director),
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI) interviewing Miloš Forman
In Person August 19: Miloš Forman at the showing of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
One of Forman's most acclaimed films, this adaptation of Ken Kesey's widely-read anti-establishment... |
| 2015_MD_Merchant_151118 | 33 | AFI -- "Paradise is There: A Memoir by Natalie Merchant" (w/Natalie Merchant)
PARADISE IS THERE: A MEMOIR BY NATALIE MERCHANT
Q&A with Natalie Merchant
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant released “Tigerlily” 20 years ago. The album went on to sell 5 million copies and touched countless numbers of fans. Now she has re-recorded the album and uses the opportunity to tell her... |
| 2019_MD_Paradise_190824 | 71 | AFI -- "Phantom of the Paradise" w/shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theatrical, featuring members of Guerrilla Theatre Front
Phantom Of The Paradise
Special Features: Pre-show cabaret & live shadowcast during the screening by Bloody Mayhem Theatrical, featuring members of Guerrilla Theatre Front!
45th Anniversary
Baltimore-based performers Bloody Mayhem Theatrical return to the AFI Silver to present an encore screening of... |
| 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... |
| 2018_MD_Phantom_Thread_180113 | 11 | AFI -- "Phantom Thread" w/Souvenir Programs
Phantom Thread in 70mm
Special Features: Limited time only: exclusive 70mm engagement! Souvenir programs available while supplies last.
Two Golden Globe nominations: Best Actor, Drama, and Best Original Score
Surrounded by the glamour of 1950s London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel... |
| 2014_MD_Ping_Pong_140606 | 118 | AFI -- "Ping Pong Summer" (w/Michael Tully)
PING PONG SUMMER:
In person: writer-director Michael Tully at the 7:30 screening on June 6!
Washington, DC-area exclusive!
Starring Susan Sarandon, Lea Thompson, John Hannah, Amy Sedaris, Judah Friedlander, Marcello Conte, Myle Massey, Emmi Shockley, Helena Mae Seabrook, Joseph McCaughtry and Andy... |
| 2009_MD_Pleasure_091211 | 44 | AFI -- "Pleasure At Her Majesty's" (w/Martin Lewis and Richard Harrington)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Martin Lewis
-- Richard Harrington
In Person: Q&A between films with "Secret Policeman's Ball" co-creator/producer Martin Lewis and music critic/cultural writer Richard Harrington:
PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S:
The first Amnesty International... |
| 2012_MD_Political_121103 | 63 | AFI -- "Political Advertisement" (w/Marshall Reese)
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
In person: director Marshall Reese
In 1984, media artists Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese exhibited a selection of television ads from the U.S. presidential campaigns, from Eisenhower in the 1950s to that year's Reagan-Mondale contest. Every four years, they added the most... |
| 2011_MD_Lebowitz_110512 | 48 | AFI -- "Public Speaking" (w/Fran Lebowitz)
PUBLIC SPEAKING: In Person: author Fran Lebowitz!
"Enormously enjoyable and perceptive. ... Perfectly captures the pleasure Lebowitz takes in observing the world while subtly revealing the crippling dimensions of perfectionism, the outsize ego it requires to achieve a certain kind of creative failure."... |
| 2019_MD_Punk_191109 | 86 | AFI -- "Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement" (w/Paul Bishow, James June Schneider, Sam Lavine, Boyd Farrell, Anne Bonafede, Diana Quinn)
PUNK THE CAPITAL: BUILDING A SOUND MOVEMENT
Special Features: Filmmaker Q&As at all screenings
When punk rock exploded in Washington, DC, in the late 1970s, it was a mighty, intergenerational convergence of powerful music, close friendships and clear minds. Featuring breathtaking Super-8 footage... |
| 2016_MD_Purple_Rain_160428 | 78 | AFI -- "Purple Rain" (Prince tribute w/DJ Lance Reynolds)
PURPLE RAIN
Special Features: Pre-show DJ set of Prince music by DJ Lance Reynolds. DJ set begins at 6:45 for the 7:20 show; DJ set begins at 9:20 for the 9:45 show.
Powered by a landmark Grammy®-winning soundtrack album and an Oscar®-winning score, PURPLE RAIN showcases Prince in the prime of his... |
| 2016_MD_Raiders_160616 | 24 | AFI -- "Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made"
RAIDERS!: THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE
Special Features: Q&A with Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, makers of the fan film, following the special double feature on Thu Jun 16
This is the true, decades-spanning tale of the greatest fan film ever made. After Steven Spielberg's classic... |
| 2011_MD_Callan_110612 | 54 | AFI -- "Robert Redford: The Biography" (w/Michael Feeney Callan)
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
In Person: Michael Feeney Callan, author of Robert Redford: The Biography, will host a post-screening Q&A. Following the show, he will sign copies of his book in the lobby.
A box office smash as well as the recipient of seven Academy Award nominations, Paul Newman is... |
| 2021_MD_Rocky_Horror_211030 | 304 | AFI -- "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (w/Bloody Mayhem Theater Company Shadowcast)
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE + live shadowcast
Special Features: Featuring live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company
Recently engaged Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) stumble upon a castle in the middle of the night that is definitely not a hunting lodge for... |
| 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... |
| 2012_MD_Royal_Affair_121028 | 4 | AFI -- "Royal Affair" screening
AFI/Silver & Magnolia Pictures invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of
A ROYAL AFFAIR
Winner, Silver Bear -- 2012 Berlin International Film Festival
Official Selection, Denmark --- Best Foreign Language Film Oscar®
with director Nikolaj Arcel and writer Rasmus Heisterberg in person!... |
| 2014_MD_Salad_Days_141219 | 62 | AFI -- "Salad Days" (w/Scott Crawford and Jim Saah)
SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC (1980-1990)
Washington, DC, area premiere!
*In person: filmmaker Scott Crawford and producer Jim Saah at all shows Dec. 19 & 21
This documentary film examines the early DIY punk scene in the nation's capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad... |
| 2009_MD_SPBall_091207 | 81 | AFI -- "Secret Policeman's Ball" Anniversary Reception and Screening
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Martin Lewis
-- Larry Cox |
| 2010_MD_DBT_100228 | 173 | AFI -- "Secret to a Happy Ending" (w/Barr Weissman and Drive-By Truckers)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Barr Weissman
-- Panel with Brooks Boliek (moderator), Barr Weissman, Bryant Simon, Geoffrey Himes, Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, and Brad Morgan
MARS: Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase presents: THE SECRET TO A HAPPY ENDING
A documentary about the... |
| 2013_MD_Secretariat_130514 | 211 | AFI -- "Secretariat's Jockey Ron Turcotte" (w/Ron Turcotte and Penny Chenery) -- Screening and panels
"In The Gate: Secretariat's 40th Anniversary"
SECRETARIAT'S JOCKEY RON TURCOTTE
In person: Secretariat owner Penny Chenery and jockey Ron Turcotte
Secretariat's legendary jockey Ron Turcotte is one of the few champions to have won the prestigious American Triple Crown. This is the remarkable story of... |
| 2012_MD_Secretariat_120512 | 93 | AFI -- "Secretariat" (w/Ron Turcotte)
SECRETARIAT
In Person: Secretariat's jockey Ron Turcotte
Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), a Virginia housewife who risked everything to make... |
| 2014_MD_Stevens_140518 | 25 | AFI -- "Separate But Equal" (w/George Stevens Jr.)
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL:
May 17 marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, which struck down segregation in the classroom and was a major victory for the Civil Rights movement. AFI Founding Director George Stevens, Jr., wrote, directed and produced the... |
| 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... |
| 2020_MD_Brand_New_Song_200227 | 1 | AFI -- "Sing You A Brand New Song: The Words and Music of Coleman Mellet"
BoxBoat and Mythics present the Washington D.C. theatrical premiere of "Sing You A Brand New Song: The Words And Music Of Coleman Mellett", a documentary film event to benefit the Coleman Mellett Scholarship Fund at Dematha Catholic High School.
SING YOU A BRAND NEW SONG: THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF... |
| 2012_MD_Sister_121003 | 63 | AFI -- "Sister" (w/Ursula Meier and Kacey Mottet Klein)
Silver & adopt films invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of SISTER
Winner, Silver Bear
2012 Berlin International Film Festival
Official Swiss Selection
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar®
with director Ursula Meier and actor Kacey Mottet Klein in person!
SISTER
Simon (Kacey... |
| 2014_MD_Star_Wars_140831 | 77 | AFI -- "Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope" w/stormtroopers
STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE
A long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away... Alec Guinness earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nomination for his iconic turn as Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, lending his veteran screen presence to the cast of young unknowns in George Lucas' history-making,... |
| 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.... |
| 2010_MD_Stone_101004 | 50 | AFI -- "Stone" (w/Ed Norton)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Tiffany Graham-Golden (AFI)
-- Nell Minow
-- Ed Norton
AFI/Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and Overture Films invite you and a guest to a special Advance Screening of STONE with Academy Award Nominee Ed Norton in person!
STONE:
A seasoned corrections official... |
| 2008_MD_Granger_081025 | 50 | AFI -- "Strangers on a Train" (w/Farley Granger)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Lori Donnelly (AFI)
-- Foster Hirsch,
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director),
-- Foster Hirsch interviewing Garley Granger,
-- Murray Horwitz (again)
Star of stage and screen Farley Granger will appear at the Saturday, October 25 screening of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN--one of... |
| 2016_MD_Sweaty_Betty_160104 | 135 | AFI -- "Sweaty Betty" (w/Zachary Reed, Rico Mitchell, Seth Dubose and Floyd Rich III)
SWEATY BETTY
Q&A with filmmaker Zachary Reed and stars Rico Mitchell, Seth Dubose and Floyd Rich III
Washington, DC-area premiere!
A rough-and-tumble portrait of a couple of hustlers in Hyattsville, Maryland, this festival favorite is the debut of local filmmakers Joe Frank and Zachary Reed. Floyd... |
| 2014_MD_Lancaster_140607 | 38 | AFI -- "Swimmer" (w/Joanna Lancaster)
THE SWIMMER
Middle-aged ad man Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) gets the notion that he can pool hop across his wealthy suburban Connecticut neighbors' expansive yards and swim all the way home to his own split-level. But Ned's concept of home, his own self-image and the whereabouts of his loving wife and... |
| 2016_MD_Bogawa_160415 | 68 | AFI -- "Taken By Storm" (w/Roddy Bogawa)
TAKEN BY STORM
Special Features: Q&A with director Roddy Bogawa!
TAKEN BY STORM: THE ART OF STORM THORGERSON AND HIPGNOSIS
This is a documentary portrait of graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, famous for his visionary album cover artwork for design outfit Hipgnosis. A childhood friend of members of... |
| 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,... |
| 2013_MD_Lakew_130703 | 41 | AFI -- "The Athlete" (w/Rasselas Lakew)
THE ATHLETE [Atletu]
In person: writer/director/star Rasselas Lakew
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefoot Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon—the first black African to do so. But the Olympic glory was only the beginning of the fascinating life... |
| 2018_MD_Lebowski_180309 | 80 | AFI -- "The Big Lebowski" 20th Anniversary w/costume contest
The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary
Pre-show costume contest on Friday, March 9!
Dress as your favorite character from the film for a chance to win prizes
White Russians available at the cafe all weekend for patrons 21+
"The Dude abides." A case of mistaken identity embroils slacker Jeff "the Dude"... |
| 2018_MD_Sarcofiguy_180825 | 63 | AFI -- "The Black Cat" and "Re-Animator" (w/Doctor Sarcofiguy and Arch Campbell)
DOCTOR SARCOFIGUY!!!! is back with another creepy double feature! The Black Cat 1934 followed by Re-Animator
The Black Cat (1934 film) Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi
This classic Edgar Allen Poe adaptation stars horror icons Boris Karloff (FRANKENSTEIN) and Bela Lugosi (DRACULA) in their first cinematic... |
| 2016_MD_Clan_160325 | 67 | AFI -- "The Clan" (incl reception)
THE CLAN opening w/ post-screening reception hosted by the Embassy of Argentina!
Directed by Argentinian auteur filmmaker Pablo Trapero (CARANCHO, WHITE ELEPHANT), The Clan tells the true story of a middle-class family pulled into a world of kidnapping, ransom and murder by the family’s patriarch. On... |
| 2009_MD_Surgeon_090402 | 27 | AFI -- "The English Surgeon" (w/Geoffrey Smith)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
-- Geoffrey Smith
The English Surgeon:
In Person: Director Geoffrey Smith (interviewed by Sky Sitney)
Winner, Best International Feature Documentary, SILVERDOCS 2008
British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh resides in South London and has a... |
| 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... |
| 2020_MD_Game_Changers_200223 | 92 | AFI -- "The Game Changers" (w/Seth Goldman, Tracye McQuirter, Spike Mendelsohn,and Murray Horwitz)
GAME CHANGERS, THE (2018)
Special Features: Post-screening panel discussion. Co-presented with PLNT Burger.
FREE SCREENING!
Directed by Oscar® winner Louie Psihoyos (THE COVE) with James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan among its executive producers, THE GAME CHANGERS follows the story... |
| 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... |
| 2009_MD_Branching_091114 | 117 | AFI -- "The House of Branching Love" (w/Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden)
Speakers:
-- Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden interviewed by Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
The House of Branching Love [Haarautuvan Rakkauden Talo]:
In Person: Actresses Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden; post-screening reception courtesy of the Embassy of Finland.
A hit in Finland, Mika Kaurismaeki's latest... |
| 2011_MD_Housemaid_110507 | 76 | AFI -- "The Housemaid" (w/Im Sang-soo)
THE HOUSEMAID: In Person: director Im Sang-soo
In Im Sang-soo's reimagining of Kim Ki-young's 1960 classic (which is playing on May 15 at the Freer), a new live-in maid becomes the catalyst for an escalating war of wills between an imperious, wine-swilling husband and his materialistic, pregnant wife.... |
| 2010_MD_Joneses_100413 | 49 | AFI -- "The Joneses" (w/Derrick Borte)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Tiffany Graham-Golden (AFI)
-- Derrick Borte
This was an advance preview for the new film "The Joneses" with the writer and director Derrick Borte.
Demi Moore and David Duchovny star as a seemingly perfect couple who, along with their equally perfect teenagers -- Amber... |
| 2019_MD_Sturges_191116 | 47 | AFI -- "The Lady Eve" (w/Preston Sturges)
LADY EVE, THE
Special Features: Intro and book event with Tom Sturges, author of "Preston Sturges: The Last Years of Hollywood's First Writer-Director" at the Nov. 16 show
"I need him like the axe needs the turkey." In Preston Sturges' masterpiece of amour fou, boyish herpetologist/brewery heir Henry... |
| 2013_MD_Beagle_130812 | 87 | AFI -- "The Last Unicorn" (w/Peter S. Beagle)
THE LAST UNICORN
In person: author Peter S. Beagle at the August 12 show!
Based on Peter S. Beagle's beloved book, this sophisticated fairy tale was produced by animation innovators Rankin Bass (RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, 1977's THE HOBBIT). Fearing she's the last of her kind, unicorn Amalthea... |
| 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... |
| 2018_MD_Recy_Taylor_180409 | 39 | AFI -- "The Rape of Recy Taylor" (w/panel) for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
One Night Only: The Rape of Recy Taylor w/ discussion
While accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at February's Golden Globe ceremony, Oprah Winfrey invoked the name of Recy Taylor, a woman who 74 years ago, as a young black mother and sharecropper in rural Alabama, boldly stood against the systemic... |
| 2010_MD_Room_100611 | 115 | AFI -- "The Room" (w/Tommy Wiseau)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Adrian Spencer (AFI)
-- Tommy Wiseau
The Room:
Newly expanded run, due to overwhelming demand: June 11-13!
In Person: Director, writer, producer and star Tommy Wiseau at every screening!
2004 Miami Film Festival Audience Award Best Feature Film
Following sold-out... |
| 2013_MD_Sapphires_130305 | 69 | AFI -- "The Sapphires" (w/Wayne Blair)
Advance Screening For Two-Star Members And Higher!
Silver & The Weinstein Company invite you and a guest to a special advance screening of
THE SAPPHIRES
with director Wayne Blair in person!
THE SAPPHIRES is an inspirational tale set in the heady days of the late '60s, about a quartet of young,... |
| 2013_MD_Frankel_130706 | 73 | AFI -- "The Searchers" (w/Glenn Frankel)
THE SEARCHERS
In person: Glenn Frankel, author of "The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend"
THE SEARCHERS is perhaps John Ford's greatest film, and frequently cited as among the greatest films of all time. Along with RED RIVER, John Wayne's performance here ranks as his most complex, combining... |
| 2019_MD_Serengeti_190614 | 17 | AFI -- "The Serengeti Rules" (w/Sean B. Carroll)
SERENGETI RULES, THE
Special Features: ... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 2011_MD_Way_111001 | 196 | AFI -- "The Way" (w/Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen)
AFI Silver Theatre hosts a special screening of THE WAY (Runtime 115 min). THE WAY was directed and written by Emilio Estevez, and he stars in the film alongside Martin Sheen. Both Estevez and Sheen will participate in a Q & A following the film. George Greenia, Professor of Hispanic Studies at William... |
| 2010_MD_Dollar_100412 | 137 | AFI -- "To Catch A Dollar" (w/Muhammad Yunus and Gayle Ferraro)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
-- Gayle Ferraro and Muhammad Yunus
"To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America":
In Person: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and director Gayle Ferraro!
Professor Muhammad Yunus never wanted to be a banker and he certainly... |
| 2009_MD_Trouble_090203 | 92 | AFI -- "Trouble the Water" (w/Carl Deal)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Matt Boratenski (AFI Education Program Coordinator)
-- Carl Deal
-- Panel with Amy King (formerly of AFI, now of the US Green Building Council), Mack McClendon (Lower 9th Ward Village), Pam Dashiell (Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development, now... |
| 2011_MD_Trust_110324 | 110 | AFI -- "Trust" (w/David Schwimmer, Donna Rice Hughes, Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam, and Jane Silk)
TRUST
Opens in Washington, DC on Friday, April 15
Safe and sound in their suburban home, Will and Lynn Cameron used to sleep well at night, trusting their children were protected. Will, in particular, was comforted by the fact that he and Lynn raised three bright children, and that once the doors... |
| 2017_MD_Tyrus_170621 | 117 | AFI -- "Tyrus" (w/Pamela Tom and Gwen Wynne)
Tyrus Screening + Q & A with director Pamela Tom and producer Gwen Wynne
IN MEMORIAM: Tyrus Wong (1910–2016)
When former Disney animator and painter Tyrus Wong died in December 2016 at 106, obituaries told of a man whose life reads like an epic of the 20th century. From his birth in China in 1910 to a... |
| 2018_MD_Vice_181224 | 1 | AFI -- "Vice" preview screening |
| 2017_MD_Giordano_170624 | 297 | AFI -- "Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past" (w/Vince Giordano, Amber Edwards, and Rob Bamberger) and concert
VINCE GIORDANO: THERE'S A FUTURE IN THE PAST
Special Features: Post-screening Q&A with Vince Giordano and filmmaker Amber Edwards, moderated by NPR's Rob Bamberger, plus live musical performance by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Vince Giordano is responsible for the period music in Todd Haynes'... |
| 2011_MD_Viva_110607 | 39 | AFI -- "Viva Riva!" (w/Djo Tunda Wa Munga)
VIVA RIVA
with director Djo Tunda Wa Munga in person!
Riva is a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. With wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful... |
| 2016_MD_Wall_Writers_160219 | 261 | AFI -- "Wall Writers" (w/Roger Gastman, Taki 183, Mike 171, etc)
WALL WRITERS: GRAFFITI IN ITS INNOCENCE
Special Features: Book event and Q&A with director Roger Gastman and graffiti artists Taki 183, Mike 171, SJK 171, Lewis and more!
Before Banksy was a household name, a group of pioneers started an artistic revolution that would change the urban landscape... |
| 2004_MD_Disney_040523 | 8 | AFI -- "Walt Disney Treasures – On The Front Lines" (w/John Canemaker)
Speakers:
-- John Canemaker and Dave Bossert.
This was my first-ever event at the AFI/Silver theatre which had opened the previous year. The event featured film from the new Walt Disney Treasures disc "On The Front Lines". It included a feature "Victory Through Air Power" and some other smaller... |
| 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... |
| 2013_MD_Mickle_130925 | 35 | AFI -- "We Are What We Are" (w/Jim Mickle)
You and a guest are invited to a special advance screening of "We Are What We Are" with director Jim Mickle!
In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, BOARDWALK... |
| 2015_MD_Sauper_150820 | 99 | AFI -- "We Come As Friends" (w/Hubert Sauper) w/Ann Hornaday
Academy Award®-nominated director Hubert Sauper’s WE COME AS FRIENDS is a modern odyssey – a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” pathology re-emerges – that... |
| 2015_MD_Sauper_150821 | 118 | AFI -- "We Come As Friends" (w/Hubert Sauper) w/Lindsey Hutchison
Academy Award®-nominated director Hubert Sauper’s WE COME AS FRIENDS is a modern odyssey – a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” pathology re-emerges – that... |
| 2009_MD_Wounded_Knee_090202 | 35 | AFI -- "We Shall Remain" (w/Stanley Nelson)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Stanley Nelson
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
We Shall Remain: From the award-winning PBS series American Experience comes "We Shall Remain," a provocative, multimedia project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. On February 27, 1973,... |
| 2017_MD_Weirdos_170707 | 60 | AFI -- "Weirdos" (w/Bruce McDonald)
Weirdos (2016)
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Bruce McDonald
Renowned director Bruce McDonald (HARD CORE LOGO, PONTY POOL) — a key figure in Canadian film for over three decades — returns with this offbeat and endearing coming-of-age story about teenagers in small-town Nova Scotia in 1976. As... |
| 2016_MD_When_Kings_160819 | 23 | AFI -- "When We Were King" (Silver Screens on Veterans Plaza)
Silver Screens on Veterans Plaza:
AFI Silver is excited to announce the launch of a FREE outdoor film series in downtown Silver Spring! Silver Screens is presented by AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker, with support from the Montgomery County... |
| 2015_MD_Baumbach_150325 | 3 | AFI -- "While We're Young" (w/Noah Baumbach)
AFI members at the two-star level and above are invited to a free advance screening of While We're Young
Noah Baumbach has been a leading voice in American independent film for two full decades. To commemorate the release of his latest film, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG, AFI Silver presents the mini-retrospective... |
| 2013_MD_White_Reindeer_131226 | 105 | AFI -- "White Reindeer" (w/Zach Clark and Daryl Pittman)
MARS Presents: WHITE REINDEER
In person: director Zach Clark and cinematographer Daryl Pittman
Official Selection, 2013 SXSW Film Festival
"An instant holiday season counterclassic." –The New Yorker
"A cool, kinky tale of sudden bereavement, sexual adventure and hard-won hope." –The New York... |
| 2006_MD_Wexler_060328 | 29 | AFI -- "Who Needs Sleep?" (w/Haskell Wexler)
Speakers:
-- Panel w/???, ???, Haskell Wexler, and Susan Blumenthal
Silverdoc's "DOCS Rx: A World of Documentary on Global Health" program kicks off with the Washington, DC Premiere of Haskell Wexler's "Who Needs Sleep?" Disturbed by the preventable death of a co-worker, filmmaker Haskell Wexler... |
| 2017_MD_Wicker_Man_170401 | 76 | AFI -- "Wicker Man" (w/Dr. Sarcofiguy)
WICKER MAN, THE (1973)
Special Features: Presented by Dr. Sarcofiguy!
A remote Scottish isle inhabited by neo-pagans practicing fertility rites and sexual magic provides the setting for one of the coolest, creepiest cult classics from the 1970s, written by Tony Award® winner Anthony Shaffer (SLEUTH).... |
| 2012_MD_Wrinkles_121118 | 76 | AFI -- "Wrinkles" (w/Paco Roca)
WRINKLES [Arrugas]
In person: graphic novelist Paco Roca at both shows!
Filmmaker Ignacio Ferreras brings Paco Roca's award-winning graphic novel to the big screen in this exquisitely rendered animated film, a moving story of friendship and loss. Suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, Emilio... |
| 2017_MD_Farthest_171008 | 44 | AFI --"Farthest" (w/John Rubin and Tom Krimigis) for Parkland Middle School
THE FARTHEST tells the captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity’s greatest achievements in exploration: NASA’s Voyager mission, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this August. The twin spacecraft—each with less computing power than a cell phone—used slingshot trajectories to... |
| 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... |
| 2019_MD_Thug_190430 | 157 | AFI and PEN/Faulkner Foundation's Literary Conversations -- "The Hate U Give" w/Angie Thomas, Russell Hornsby, and Ramunda Young
Literature on Screen: THE HATE U GIVE
Special Features: Discussion with author Angie Thomas and actor Russell Hornsby, moderated by Ramunda Young, MahoganyBooks. With select clips from the film THE HATE U GIVE. Copies of Thomas' novel "The Hate U Give" available for sale and signing.
Author Angie... |