Things to Do: DC International Human Rights Film Festival 2012

May 14-17, 2012
6:00PM
West End Cinema

All Screenings Free

Free Snacks and Beverages
(FYI, West End has the best popcorn!!!)

To RSVP contact pnevents@aicongress.org or register for individual films.

More information about the film festival...
Since its inception in 2008, the D.C. International Human Rights Film Festival (DCIHRFF) has grown into an annual event that offers free film screenings on human rights topics from around the world, from Senegal to South Africa to Argentina and beyond. Pressing social and civic issues – including terrorism, women’s rights, censorship, political repression, and multiculturalism – come into focus through screenings, panel discussions, and artistic performances.The festival aims to highlight international human rights issues and build understanding between cultures, exposing audiences to under-reported human rights challenges and underscore the universality of individual rights. Our films fulfill a unique, untapped segment where we cover not only the Arab world but the entirety of the Muslim world and our audience is not only the Muslim Diaspora. This year features films such as Incendies and Circumstance.

To find out more and to view a listing of films,  click here

West End Cinema
2301 M St. NW 
Washington D.C. 20037
http://www.westendcinema.com

Things to Do: Silverdocs Documentary Festival June 20-26

Next week, marks the start of the ninth annual AFI Silverdocs documentary festival. It will be held, June 20-26 and features over 100 documentaries from around the world. Additionally, there is a conference held concurrently for those who are interested in film-making.

More information about Silverdocs is posted below, taken from their website:

Silverdocs encompasses a seven-day international film festival and five-day concurrent conference that promotes documentary film as a leading art form, supports the work of independent filmmakers and fosters an atmosphere for public dialogue and civic engagement around the issues and ideas explored in the films.

Silverdocs plays host to more than 27,000 attendees from across the globe with a diverse range of films, filmmakers and film subjects representing more than 60 countries.

Silverdocs takes place in and around downtown Silver Spring, Maryland – just minutes from downtown Washington, DC - at the AFI Silver Theatre, the flagship theatre of the AFI, one of the premier film exhibition spaces in the country, and the top art house cinema in the region.

To learn more, visit: http://silverdocs.com/

Tickets are available for purchase here. http://silverdocs.slated.com/2011/films
For a chance to win tickets, follw them on Twitter. http://twitter.com/silverdocs