North American premiere
Roy Guenther, Tony Palmer, Peter Rollberg, and Solomon Volkov, discussants
When Red Army captain Lenov arrives in Dresden in May 1945, the city has been reduced to...
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Five Days, Five Nights
October 28, 2012 - 4:30pm
Hamlet
Musical prelude: Shostakovich Satires, op. 109
Irina Mozyleva, soprano, and Vera Danchenko-Stern, piano
Roy Guenther and Peter Rollberg,...
October 21, 2012 - 4:00pm
Hamlet
Musical prelude: Shostakovich Satires, op. 109
Irina Mozyleva, soprano, and Vera Danchenko-Stern, piano
Roy Guenther and Peter Rollberg,...
October 21, 2012 - 4:00pm
King Lear
Musical prelude with Georgetown University Chamber Singers
Roy Guenther and Peter Rollberg,...
October 20, 2012 - 2:30pm
Film Series Shostakovich and the Cinema
Films featuring scores by Dmitri Shostakovich plus a screening of Tony Palmer's Testimony are presented in association with PostClassical Ensemble's Interpreting Shostakovich festival....
October 20, 2012 - November 4, 2012
Journey to Italy
Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia, 1954), director Roberto Rossellini's modernist breakthrough often compared to James Joyce's writings or Michelangelo Antonioni's films, has just been restored. Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders, an upper-class...
October 13, 2012 - 4:30pm
7th Annual Islamic Heritage Month Celebration Calendar of Events: Connecting People Using Culture & History
The Mayor of Washington, DC issues a Proclamation honoring October as America's Islamic Heritage Month Celebration
...
October 7, 2012 - October 28, 2012
Varies per Event
Girls Rock! The Movie
Watch a screening about Rock ’n’ Roll Camp, where girls ages 8–18 form bands, write songs, and perform in front of a 750-member audience.
“The act of picking up a guitar and making some noise becomes a life-changing experience in ‘Girls...
October 7, 2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Free
Meet Living Legend Alarmel Valli and See Film About Her Dance and Her Life
Woman’s National Democratic Club joins with Dakshina to celebrate the 9th Annual Dakshina Fall Festival of Indian Arts with a tour de force of women from the South Asian region. For more...
November 5, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Film Series: A Sense of Place: Frantisek Vlacil
Frantisk Vlacil's historical pageants summon a far-off time and place in a naturalistic style suited to his training in aesthetics and art history. His small body of work stands out from the gritty Czech new wave films of the era and, not...
October 7, 2012 - October 13, 2012
October 7, 2012 - 2:00pm
October 7, 2012 - 4:30pm
October 13, 2012 - 2:00pm
WNDC Cinema Night - Sarah’s Key (2010)
A dark blot on French history happened in 1942 Paris when French officials captured over 10,000 Jews and sent them off to German concentration camps, including Auschwitz, where they were murdered....
October 12, 2012 - 6:00pm
$5 - film only; $15 - light supper and film
Screening “Alirio Diaz”Corazón de Guitarra
The most universal of Venezuelan guitarist Alirio Díaz is elcentro 75-minute documentary made by Ojeda and Israel Yanilú Hill, which premiered at the regional level will be this Saturday March 7th at 6:30 pm in the headquarters of cinema club "...
October 25, 2012 - 7:30pm
Screening “El terminal de pasajeros de Maracaibo”
“El terminal de pasajeros de Maracaibo” By Yanilú Ojeda 2006/75 min
November 1, 2012 - 7:30pm
FRENCH FEVER PHILLIPS AFTER 5
Celebrate French artist Xavier Veilhan’s first major U.S. museum exhibition with a film screening, food, and gallery talks. In collaboration with the Alliance Française de Washington....
November 1, 2012 - 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Reservations strongly advised for this popular event. $12; $10 for visitors 62 and over and students. Members always admitted free, no reservation needed.
Home Movie Day
What hidden treasures lie in your old home movies? Share your films (or just watch everyone else’s), see films from local institutions, learn how to save them for future generations, and play Home Movie...
October 20, 2012 - 11:00am - 2:00pm
FREE. Registration required.
The Radiant Sun
The documentary The Radiant Sun: A Portrait of Mid-Century Designer Ruth Adler Schnee by director Terri Sarris chronicles the life and work of mid-20th-century designer ...
October 17, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
$12 Members; $12 Students; $20 Non-members. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2012 - Los Viajes del Viento (The Wind Journeys) (Colombia, 2009) A movie by Ciro Guerra
The Wind Journeys (Spanish: Los viajes del viento) is a 2009 Colombian film written and directed by Ciro Guerra. It was filmed in 80 locations in Northern Colombia.
Ignacio Carrillo (Marciano Martínez) is a vallenato singer from Majagual,...
October 4, 2012 - 12:00pm
ARABIAN SIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
The Arabian Sights Film Festival presents the newest and most innovative films out of today’s vibrant Arab world. Now in its 17th year, Arabian Sights will feature films from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco,...
October 26, 2012 - October 28, 2012
November 2, 2012 - November 4, 2012
Tickets go on sale October 1, and will be sold exclusively through filmfestdc.org.
Screening of "Hermano"
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the U.S. invites you to the screeing of:
Hermano, Directed by Marcel Rasquin
Drama/2010/1 h 37 min
Raised as brothers, teammates, and tough...
September 13, 2012 - 6:30pm
Free
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