The DC Traveler

With 35 films from 27 countries, the 21st American Film Institute (AFI) European Union Film Showcase features the very best of European cinema from 2008.
Here’s a list of the festival’s films by country:

Austria – 42 PLUS
Belgium – MOSCOW, BELGIUM and ELDORADO
Czech Republic – THE COUNTRY TEACHER
Denmark – JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY
Estonia – I WAS HERE
Finland – THE HOME OF DARK BUTTERFLIES
France – I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG, A CHRISTMAS TALE, ON WAR, and ACTRESSES
Germany TRIP TO ASIA: THE QUEST FOR HARMONY, THE BAADER and MEINHOF COMPLEX
Greece EL GRECO and CORRECTION
Hungary – DELTA
Ireland – KISSES, EDEN …read more

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It’s voting season – but I’m not talking about the presidential election. It’s time to vote for your favorite “short”, short film, that is.
The 102 short films presented at the 5th annual DC Shorts Festival in Washington, DC run from just one minute to over 20 minutes, and include a wide ranges of genres – dramas and documentaries, comedies and science-fiction, animation and creative, and of course, a few experimental shorts. Six screenplays will also be performed live.
Besides the films, there will be two free seminars for budding filmmakers on Friday, September 12th at Flashpoint (916 G Street, …read more

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