Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture 2024: Mira Nair
• October 23, 2024

The 2024 Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture is presented by filmmaker Mira Nair, followed by a special screening of her 1988 award-winning Salaam Bombay! India and the World: East, West, and […]

Gordon Parks: Early Documentaries
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Delve deeper into the work of Gordon Parks. Widely known for his work as a photographer, Parks was also a documentary filmmaker. Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Gordon Parks: […]

New Restorations: The ’80s Rewind
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These three recent restorations of feature films from the 1980s highlight the work of iconic and seasoned filmmakers Miloš Forman, Wim Wenders, and Robert Frank. With their own disparate yet […]

Early Max Fleischer Animations: Koko the Clown
• October 18, 2024

Live accompaniment by Ben Model, piano. Join us for a special screening of Max Fleischer’s landmark Out of the Inkwell, a program of silent, animated short films with Koko the […]

AFI Film Festival Says ‘Bienvenidos!’ and ‘Bem-vindo!’
• September 19, 2024

Opening tonight, Thursday, Sept. 19, the AFI Latin American Film Festival — held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland — “celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections” […]

International Shorts: Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2024
• August 2, 2024

The annual tour of award winners from the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) returns to the National Gallery. Since 1981, the mission of TEFF has been to promote innovation in […]

Profs & Pints DC: Horror as Queer
• May 22, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Horror as Queer,” a look at the influence and depiction of queerness in horror films, with May Santiago, adjunct professor of film studies at George […]

We Have Always Been Here 2024
• April 11, 2024

Four programs of films and videos by award-winning LBGTQ+ artists include a weekend of 16mm films by Warren Sonbert, curated and presented by Jon Gartenberg of Gartenberg Media Enterprises; the […]

Filmmaker Gets Foot in the Door With ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’  
• April 10, 2024

This article has been updated. By Hailey Wharram “Step Back, Doors Closing,” the first project from Arden Pictures, the production company founded by Carter Ward in 2021, follows Julisa (Carmen […]

Mother Tongue Film Festival: Frybread Face and Me
• February 22, 2024

Frybread Face and Me follows two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds as they bond during a summer on their grandmother’s Arizona ranch, learning more about their family’s past and […]