This enchanting father-and-son idyll was shot in Quintana Roo, on clear blue waters that contain the planet’s second-largest barrier coral reef. A descendent of Mayans, Jorge lives there simply, working as a fisherman with his father. ... more
"It would be nice to go back in time and start over," says Alice (Katharine Schüttler), a mysterious young woman who seems to be on a mission. Driving through the beautiful Alsace-Lorraine countryside, she purposefully crashes her car ... more
Delia is the happiest girl in the world. She has just won a luxury car after taking part in a beverage promotional contest. All she has to do is star in a TV commercial while driving the car and reciting a testimonial line to perfectio... more
A wistful account of loss woven with the hope of possibility, this Egyptian ensemble piece is even set in a lost place: Cairo's Heliopolis neighborhood, once the city’s European quarter. In a series of overlapping stories, writer-direc... more
For what might be his last major project, Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei decided to learn "the essence" of an architectural style he didn't really know. The 92-year-old designer studied buildings th... more
Brought to the screen by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy; Black Robe) is the inspiring true story of Li Cunxin. Born in 1961, Li lived with his six brothers and impoverished parents in China's Shandong Province. In the midst of the... more
Executive produced by Danny Glover, Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American Civil Rights movement through its powerful music: freedom songs sung on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells ... more
Winner of the Jury Award, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay Awards at this year's Thessa-loniki Film Festival, this ironic and immensely touching film encapsulates Romania's shift from communism to capitalism. Ion (Victor Rebengiuc), is ... more
Soft-spoken yet focused in the
distinctly unassuming vein of his Midwestern
upbringing, bassist and composer Charlie Haden's long-overdue documentary biography plays like a
particularly warm and intimate musical composition. And ... more
On the shabby side of London, a run-down block of council estate flats has become the unchallenged playground of a group of violent thugs and drug dealers. Graffiti covers the front doors and the elderly residents must stay inside or b... more
Get ready to rock'n'roll as the music of the '60s era goes behind the Iron Curtain in this toe-tapping musical romantic comedy. After a prolonged stay in the U.S., a Brylcreemed Hungarian teenybopper teaches his Communist-era peers abo... more
This tight thriller is soon to be remade as a vehicle for Mark Walhberg under the direction of the current star Baltasar Kormakur, a favorite son of Filmfest DC by virtue of such vivid directorial efforts as 101 Reykjavik and The Sea. ... more
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Shirin Neshat is known for her stark, potent photo and video portraits of how women in Islam experience the world. Given a canvas as vast as a feature film, she expands her vision while simultane... more
A musician and his would-be disciple traverse northern Colombia in this picturesque saga that is as much a sonic expedition as a geographic one. Having just buried his wife, despondent Ignacio sets out to return his instrument—a distin... more
This enchanting father-and-son idyll was shot in Quintana Roo, on clear blue waters that contain the planet’s second-largest barrier coral reef. A descendent of Mayans, Jorge lives there simply, working as a fisherman with his father. ... 
"It would be nice to go back in time and start over," says Alice (Katharine Schüttler), a mysterious young woman who seems to be on a mission. Driving through the beautiful Alsace-Lorraine countryside, she purposefully crashes her car ... 
Delia is the happiest girl in the world. She has just won a luxury car after taking part in a beverage promotional contest. All she has to do is star in a TV commercial while driving the car and reciting a testimonial line to perfectio... 
A wistful account of loss woven with the hope of possibility, this Egyptian ensemble piece is even set in a lost place: Cairo's Heliopolis neighborhood, once the city’s European quarter. In a series of overlapping stories, writer-direc... 
For what might be his last major project, Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei decided to learn "the essence" of an architectural style he didn't really know. The 92-year-old designer studied buildings th... 
Brought to the screen by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy; Black Robe) is the inspiring true story of Li Cunxin. Born in 1961, Li lived with his six brothers and impoverished parents in China's Shandong Province. In the midst of the... 
Executive produced by Danny Glover, Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American Civil Rights movement through its powerful music: freedom songs sung on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells ... 
Winner of the Jury Award, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay Awards at this year's Thessa-loniki Film Festival, this ironic and immensely touching film encapsulates Romania's shift from communism to capitalism. Ion (Victor Rebengiuc), is ... 
Soft-spoken yet focused in the
distinctly unassuming vein of his Midwestern
upbringing, bassist and composer Charlie Haden's long-overdue documentary biography plays like a
particularly warm and intimate musical composition. And ... 
On the shabby side of London, a run-down block of council estate flats has become the unchallenged playground of a group of violent thugs and drug dealers. Graffiti covers the front doors and the elderly residents must stay inside or b... 
Get ready to rock'n'roll as the music of the '60s era goes behind the Iron Curtain in this toe-tapping musical romantic comedy. After a prolonged stay in the U.S., a Brylcreemed Hungarian teenybopper teaches his Communist-era peers abo... 
This tight thriller is soon to be remade as a vehicle for Mark Walhberg under the direction of the current star Baltasar Kormakur, a favorite son of Filmfest DC by virtue of such vivid directorial efforts as 101 Reykjavik and The Sea. ... 
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Shirin Neshat is known for her stark, potent photo and video portraits of how women in Islam experience the world. Given a canvas as vast as a feature film, she expands her vision while simultane... 
A musician and his would-be disciple traverse northern Colombia in this picturesque saga that is as much a sonic expedition as a geographic one. Having just buried his wife, despondent Ignacio sets out to return his instrument—a distin...