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“Best of the Fest”
I am pleased to announce that coming Friday, February 6th and Saturday, February 7th we will be screening the best shorts of the 2008 DC Shorts Film Festival at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. From 7 to 10 p.m. each night we will be showing the winners of the 2008 festival as well as the audience award winners. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the films that you might have missed last year, comedies, documentaries, dramas, animations and films by local and foreign filmmakers, many of which went on to play in festivals and theaters all over the world. The filmakers and festival organizers will be on hand during the intermission and after the screening. The audience will also get a special treat in the form of a sneak peak into DC Shorts Film Festival 2009 as well as the Our City Film Festival that will take place on Sunday, February 8th.
Tickets for the U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theater located at 710 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW are $10 and can be purchased online at DCShorts.com or at the door, cash only. For those arriving by Metro, get off at the Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter station on the yellow and green lines. If you have any questions, call 202-393-4266.
After the festival concludes on Saturday night we welcome you to attend the celebration at Bar Louie at 701 7th Street, NW near the Gallery Place Metro Station on the red, yellow and green lines. Admission is free with a ticket from Saturday’s Best of DC Shorts screening or a ticket for the Our City Film Festival. Snacks and soda are free and there will be a cash bar.
The films to be shown are:
Winners from the 2008 DC Shorts Film Festival
The List (Best Cinematography)
A young woman finds herself being interrogated for espionage by the CIA.
La Tangente (Best HD Film)
A young man offers a woman a ride and they set off on a journey with no plans and no direction.
Bloom (Festival Director’s Choice)
The only thing standing between a Rent-A-Cop and true love are the guard dogs on a used-car lot.
Nina Quebranda (Best Female Director)
A teenage girl runs away from Mexico for the promise of a better life, but finds herself in the nightmarish world of child prostitution.
Funniest Feds (Best Local Film)
The stand-up comedy competition featured over 30 contestants - all of whom work as federal employees in the DC area.
Irish Twins (Best First-Time Director)
On the eve of their father’s funeral, Seamus and Michael gather at a local pub to confront the past.
A Land Called Paradise (Diversity Award)
In December 2007, over 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they wished to say to the rest of the world.
PATH (Filmmaker’s Favorite)
A Manhattanite must decide if it’s worth staying in his relationship, even if it means traveling to New Jersey.
Other Films to Be Shown (Audience Award Winners)
Tortilla
A man goes home to Mexico to visit his mother’s grave and realizes a truth that will influence his future journey.
Speed Dating
After accidentally hitting Mr. Hot Super-Attentive Guy with her car, Kate decides to take an aggressive plunge into the dating world.
CU @ ED’s
A couple meets for the first time after meeting online in a coffee shop, and things go from bad to worse.
The Bad News Bearer
A man delivers terrible news to people who don’t want to hear it, on behalf of people who don’t want to give it.
The Collinwood Campaign
Two bumbling junior advertising executives must deliver the pitch of a lifetime.
How My Dad Killed Dracula
On Halloween night, a father recounts the harrowing tale of how he fought and killed Dracula.
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Reviewed films were randomly selected from the hundreds of entries to the 2009 DC Shorts Film Festival. The reviews are written by Bryan Koenig, an intern with an interest in film review and journalism. The opinions expressed are his own, and not that of the independent judging panel, the DC Shorts Film Festival staff, or the staff and Board of the DC Film Alliance.
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