Highlights

International Comedies

• Babies Don't Come With Instructions (Spain) directed by Marina Seresesky
• Four Mothers (Ireland) directed by Darren Thornton
• Grand Finale (Iceland) directed by Sigurjon Kjartansson
• Lion's Heart (Argentina, Brazil) directed by Marcos Carnevale
• Rodrigue in Love (France) directed by Johann Dionnet

Espionage, Crime, and Thrillers

• Confidante (Turkey) directed by Çağla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti
• Frieda's Case (Switzerland) directed by Maria Brendle
• Stranger Eyes (Singapore) directed by Yeo Siew Hua
• Visiting Hours (France) directed by Patricia Mazuy

Films on International Music

• Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It (USA) directed by Paris Barclay
• The Marching Band (France) directed by Emmanuel Courcol
• Monsieur Aznavour (France) directed by Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade
• The Musicians (France) directed by Grégory Magne
• Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (USA) directed by Scott Crawford

The newest films from France

• Last Breath (France) directed by Costa-Gavras
• The Marching Band (France) directed by Emmanuel Courcol
• Monsieur Aznavour (France) directed by Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade
• The Musicians (France) directed by Grégory Magne
• Rodrigue in Love (France) directed by Johann Dionnet
• Souleymane's Story (France) directed by Boris Lojkine
• Visiting Hours (France) directed by Patricia Mazuy

The latest from and about the Arab world

• Aicha (Tunisia, France) directed by Mehdi M. Barsaoui
• Disorder (Lebanon) directed by Lucien Bourjeily, Wissam Charaf , Bane Fakih, Areej Mahmoud
• Fez Summer 55 (Morocco) directed by Director: Abdelhai Laraki, Producer: Caroline Locardi (A2L)
• Happy Holidays (Palestinian Territories, Germany) directed by Scandar Copti
• Yalla Parkour (Sweden, Qatar) directed by Areeb Zuaiter

From the vibrant creative community of the DC Metro area filmmakers

Co-presented with the Mayor's Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment

• Big Mama Thornton: I Can't Be Anyone But Me (USA) directed by Robert Clem
• The Dalai Lama's Gift (USA) directed by Ed Winslow Bastian
• Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals (USA) directed by Samuel George
• The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World (USA) directed by Quique Aviles, Ellie Walton
• Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (USA) directed by Scott Crawford

A special outdoor event on the big screen at The Wharf

$10.00 - Directions

• Lion's Heart (Argentina) directed by Marcos Carnevale
  Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 PM

Films celebrating activism & creative responses to injustice

We thank the CrossCurrents Foundation for making this series possible.

• BORDERLAND | The Line Within (USA) directed by Pamela Yates
• Homegrown (USA) directed by Michael Premo
• The Last Republican (USA) directed by Steve Pink
• The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World (USA) directed by Quique Aviles, Ellie Walton
• The People's Way (USA) directed by Ashley Tyner, William Tyner

Impact Project

As a part of Filmfest DC's commitment to encourage civic dialogue, the Impact Project facilitates connections between festival films, filmmakers, and the broader DC community, especially those constituents who may not be the usual audience for a film festival. We collaborate with producers of relevant festival films, providing access to community organizations and groups and partnering with Teaching for Change to take films and filmmakers to DC school classes.

The project is directed by Linda Blackaby, Filmfest DC Senior Programmer, and is supported by a grant from the Wyncote Foundation.