I am a film fanatic. On an ideal Sunday afternoon you can find me in a Landmark theater with a large tub of popcorn drifting from one showing to the next of the latest and greatest foreign and independent films. This past fall, while I was still living in Philadelphia, I was fortunate enough to have made it to two films during the 21st Philadelphia Film Festival. It took me a few months to realize that many large metropolitan areas, including DC, host their own annual film festivals.
On Saturday I went to the Goethe-Institut to catch a compilation of four different international "short" films. I loved three out of the four that I saw including No Bread (Chile, a commentary on the effect of large grocery chains putting small merchants out of business), Family Dinner (Sweden, a short film about the strains of infidelity on a young family), and Ellen is Leaving (New Zealand, a sweet, sincere story about a young woman trying to find a replacement girlfriend for the boyfriend she leaves back home).
And which others do I want to see? I list them below:
- Kings of Summer
- Paradise Love
- Paris Under Watch (appropriate after yesterday's bombings)
I cannot wait to attend some of these showings in the next week. The general public rarely have a chance to see films produced independent of the major Hollywood studios and, thusly, miss out on the creative and provocative films of those directors, producers, and heck even actors who are just making it in film. If you have a spare night, the DC Film Fest is undoubtedly worth a few hours of your time.
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