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 and HOW ABOUT YOU
• Italy – GOMORRAH
• Latvia – DEFENDERS OF RIGA
• Lithuania – LOSS
• Luxembourg – ARABIAN NIGHTS
• Netherlands – DUNYA & DESIE
• Poland – KATYN
• Portugal – DOT.COM
• Romania – BOOGIE
• Slovakia -BATHORY
• Slovenia – ROOSTER’S BREAKFAST
• Spain – UNDER THE STARS, BIRDSONG
• Sweden – LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, WOLF
• United Kingdom – NIGHTWATCHING

Click here for a detailed program.

AFI European Union Film Showcase
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (map it)

Dates and Times – November 6-25, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Tickets – Are available online. Adults – $10.00, Seniors – $9.00, AFI Members – $8.50, kids under 13 – $6.00 and weekday matinees (before 6:00 p.m., holidays excluded) – $6.50.  Tickets are per film.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Silber Spring – Red line, then a 2-block walk.

Parking – Use the Wayne Ave. garage, free on weekends and after 6:00 pm. weekdays.

Image – Flickr – seats _________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

The 102 short films presented at the 5^th 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 12^th at Flashpoint (916 G Street, NW, Washington, DC). At 1:00 p.m., join the Making the Extremely Low Budget Feature workshop. Guerilla Marketing and Self Distribution will be held at 3:00 p.m.

There are also several FREE screening, many during the lunch hour, as well as a family night, and the Best of the Fest showcase on Thursday, Sept. 18^th at noon, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.

So check the schedule and pick the theme of shorts or night of screenings that you might enjoy.

Voting for your favorite is by text messaging done in the theater, after each screening, by text messaging your vote from your cell phone.

DC Shorts Festival 
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
555 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC  (map it)

Dates and Times – September 11-18, 2008. Screening times vary

Tickets – $12.00 per screening (plus $1.00 surcharge) and are available online or at the box office of each theater.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Metro Center – Blue, Orange and Red lines, then a 1-block walk.

Parking – Metered street and reduced rate garage parking (with validation) is available adjacent to the theater, Monday-Friday after 6:00 p.m. and all day on weekends.

Image – Flickr ___________________________________________________

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