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Dmviff 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

DMV Film Fest Announces Schedule

Films from Ireland, Spain, England and Washington, D.C. to show this weekend at Brentwood Arts Exchange.

The newly relocated DMV International Film Festival has released its screening schedule. Unfortunately, it's a bit short of its ambitious 25 films promised in initial press releases announcing that the film festival would be relocating to the Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center after a two year run at the Goethe Institute in Washington, D.C.  Instead, the festival will screen two international feature films, one local documentary and two short films.  The festival kicks off on Friday, June 15 with the opening night feature Chocolate City, which runs for 45 minutes beginning at 5:45 p.m. The locally produced documentary tells the story of the gentrification of Southeast Washington, D.C. through the eyes of the poor residents …

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Film Fest Moves from D.C. To Brentwood

The DMV International Film Festival begins its third year in our neck of the woods.

After a three year run in downtown Washington, a local art-house film festival is switching venues from the Goethe Institute to the Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center.  That festival would be the DMV International Film Festival, or DMVIFF for short. Local cinephiles will have 25 films to choose from throughout the three day festival.  The festival is sponsored by the Hyattsville Community Development corporation and the Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council. The film festival will be held on June 15, 16 and 17. The exchange is located at 3901 Rhode Island Avenue in Brentwood.  The festival's opening featured film is Tin Man, from Irish filmmaker Conor Slattery. According to IMDB, it tells the tale of a street …

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1:53 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Thanks for sharing, Michael! We look forward to this great event!   more ›

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