Director Brad Hall will host an intimate screening of his short film Picture Paris, about an ordinary woman, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, with an extraordinary obsession with Paris and a surprising past.

Join Tom Shadyac (Director of Patch Adams, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty) for a screening of his documentary I AM, which tackles two big questions relevant to us all - What is wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better?

Co-directors and Haiti relief workers, David Darg and Bryn Mooser will host a screening and conversation about Baseball in the Time of Cholera, a powerful documentary Executive Produced by actress Olivia Wilde.

The story of Keenan Kampa's improbable journey to become the first-ever American to join the The Mariinsky Ballet.

A collection of seven comedic, wacky, and inspiring short films with characters who grow - in some way - in, around, and because of the gap between the reality they live in and the fantasy they have imagined.

There are more than two sides to every story. This collection of seven short films offer exciting, unexpected, and enlightening perspectives on subjects both familiar and foreign.

Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London's new robot workforce - robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do.

A powerful documentary that follows one Marine platoon through its seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, exposing unique characters, perspectives, and political realities that frustrate both US and local Afghan citizens.

Julie tearfully asks her brother, Jason, and their Mom to attend the funeral of a friend. Mom and Jason would rather not they’d never even met the deceased woman. But they can’t say no...

Jim and Dave are brothers. They haven't spoken in years and don't like each other very much but are forced to come together when their dad dies and dig up memories, hostilities, and a '92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card.

A film director obsessed with making a western decides to go to Northern Chile in search of a story for his screenplay. Being confused with another, a real adventure begins.

Following the loss of her best childhood friend, a young journalist returns home to Camden, Maine, where she hides at her father’s remote country house to write the perfect eulogy.

Through reviving their ancient practice of fambul tok (family talk), victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies.

The simple story of 9 year-old Miguel Rodriguez's journey into the United States. A raw and emotional portrait of the relationship between a mother and her child & the US and its children.

Part science fiction, part thriller and part cautionary fairytale, Worlds Apart encompasses the universal themes of innocence, friendship and the possible fate of humanity.

Voice Over tells the story of a man fighting to survive in three different situations. The voice over of a narrator leads to the audience from one to another in a frenetic journey.

A day in the life of Ethan Collins, a severely depressed, foul-mouthed elementary school teacher whose wife's recent infidelity and departure have left him questioning everything in his life.

A man and a woman in their mid-thirties. Attractive, single and day-dreamers, they cross each other a million times without ever meeting. Yet, they are meant to be together.

Set against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi, a film about two best friends, a charismatic street urchin, and a defiant blacksmith's son, who strive to realize their dreams in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth.

Jonah, an enslaved man living in Kentucky in the 1850s, is forced to decide between a life of self-preservation and a life of self-sacrifice.

A story of pirates in Somalia — told from the perspective of the pirates.

A health clinic re-defines what health care looks like in their community by unfolding the role of service and generosity in the human experience.

One day at breakfast, a man's soul bursts out of his eyeball. While the soul roams the earth eating everything in sight, two wild deer bathe, clothe, and feed the man's catatonic body. A surreal meditation on the quirky but rejuvenating nature of friendship.

World Premiere. The story of The Bayou, the legendary Washington D.C. musical landmark that transcended genres and eras in the shadows of the gritty Georgetown waterfront from 1953 to 1998.

Erick is a young gemologist who works for a bank that specializes in classifying diamonds. He and his colleagues spend long hours analyzing the imperfections of these precious stones, until one day he becomes incapable of doing his job.

With comedians Colin Mochrie and Pardis Parker, a short about double-standards.

We will honor Jury Award winners, the recipient of the Washington West Award of Excellence in Story and Film, and screen An Article of Hope, executive produced by Tom Hanks and directed by DC native, Dan Cohen.

HAPPY takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.