Wednesday February 21st / Opening Night
6pm-7pm: Reception at E-Street Theater, Washington D.C.
7pm-9.45pm Screening: Meeting Zelenskyy (UK/2024/90mins) directed by Andre Singer (Special Preview Screening, Not in competition). Followed by a panel discussion with Andre Singer, Dr Henry E. Hale and Ambassador William B. Taylor.
Venue: E Street Theater, Washington DC (Those wishing to attend please use the donate button for $15 per ticket through DCIFF with MEETING ZELENSKY in the COMMENT line. Seating is Limited. Access here: https://dciff-indie.org/donate/
Thursday February 22nd
5.30pm-7.00pm: Masterclass With André Singer: 50 Years in Documentaries
Venue: Avalon Theater, Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase
7.15pm Feast Your Ears (USA/2023/ 1:36mins) directed by Jay Schlossberg – SOLD OUT!
Venue: Avalon Theater, Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase
Post Screening Music
Friday, February 23rd
5:30pm-8pm Where the Wind Blew (UK/2017/110mins) Director Andre Singer. Followed by a panel discussion with Andre Singer, Justin Ahasteen (Executive Director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office) and Cheryl Reed (Author, Journalist, and Professor).
Venue: JCC, 1529 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Evening Venues: Regal Chinatown Theaters and Angelika Pop-Up, Union Market (animation)
5.30pm-6.20pm : Cash Bar Reception for District of Second Chances (Venue: Luna Hall, 625 H St NW, Washington, DC 20001)
6.20pm – 8.40pm: District of Second Chances (USA/2024/1.16mins) dir. Wynette Yao and Travis Allan Edwards) / Regal Theater. Followed by a Panel Discussion.
6.30pm -8.50pm: eVil Sublet (USA/2023/1:45mins) dir. Allan Piper /Regal Theater
7.30pm-9.30pm: The Concierge dir. Yoshimi Itazu (Japan/2023/70mins/subtitled) Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market
9.00pm – 10.45pm Wolfpack dir. Cédric Peyster – Le Roux (France/2023/50mins) / Regal Theater
8.50pm – 11.30pm Creepy Late Night Shorts: Spellbound (Switzerland/2023/10.48) dir.Robin Rippmann, Inner Demons (USA/2023/10:54) dir. Jasmine Johnson, Cold dir. Kim Machado (USA/2023/16:05mins), And Yet They Speak (USA/2023/35.16mins) dir. Windy Marshall, Golden Shopping Arcade (Italy/2023/29 mins)dir. Francesco Ricci Lotteringi/ Regal Theater
Saturday February 24th
ANIMATION at Angelika Pop-Up, Union Market
12:15pm—2:15pm Amazing Animation (Short Animation Program 1): Dragonfly (USA /2023/13:33 mins) dir. Julia Morizawa; The Sprayer (Iran/2022/8.45 mins) dir. Farnoosh Abedi; From one painting… to another (Switzerland/ 2023 /3:10 mins) dir. Georges Schwizgebel; The Bear in the Shower (USA/2023/4mins) dir. Tom Schroeder; As The Sun Goes Down (France/ 2023 / 5:58mins) dir. Laurine Bocquet, Ilona Caucal, Inès Fechner, Jahnice Laurent, Sarah Robert, Emma Roussel, Kevin Vandenbeuck; Electra (Czech Republic / 2023 / 26.23) dir. Daria Kashcheeva; Games People Play (USA /2023/ 3mins) dir. Jim Hall; Redemption (USA /2023 / 3:45mins) dir. Zakkee Kashif Hendricks
2:15pm-3:50pm: When Adam Changes (Canada/2023/ 1.33mins/animation) directed by Joël Vaudreuil
4:00pm-6:00pm Ani-Cool (Short Animation Program 2): The Swineherd (Denmark/2023/6:24 mins) dir. Magnus Igland Moller, Peter Smith; The Great Arc (France / 2022 /11.58) dir. Camille Authouart; No Ink The Magic Shoe Episode 4) (UK/ 2022/ 4:13 mins) dir. Florian Guillaume; The Nectar Instead (USA/2023/4:12mins) dir. Yoo Lee; Lack (Poland/2023/10:45mins) dir. Paweł Prewencki; One Minute Mistake (USA / 2023 / 14:32) dir. Jim Blashfield, Chel White, Martin Cooper, Marilyn Zornado, Janet Perlman, Diane Obomsawin, Chris Hinton, and Joan Gratz; Silhouette (France/ 2023 / 5:02); I Heard the Bells (USA/2023/14.55 mins) dir. Jeremiah Morrison
6:15pm-7:15pm: A Gathering of Animators at Union Market (Pass holders & ticket holders welcomed to join Filmmakers)
FILMS and Events at Regal Theater, Chinatown, Washington DC
12.00pm-1.15pm: Seminar: Working with Investors fan Tax Credits: Film Financing with producer Carol Bidault
12.30pm-3.00pm: Insightful Docs: More than Brothers (USA/2023/22:30mins) dir.Andrea von Siebenthal; Little Sahara (Spain/2023/30 mins) dir. Emilio Martí López; Hindsight (Ukraine / 2023 /18mins) dir. Max Rykov; The Vanishing Kindergarten (China/2023/5.40mins) dir. Jian Liu
1.30pm-3.00pm: Seminar: Finding Grants for Documentary Films: Film Financing with Deirdre Evans-Pritchard
3.00pm-5.20pm: On the Lighter Side Short Film Program: Manus (USA/2023/2.57mins) dir. Win Brooks ; Serving the Lord dir. Ryan Kennedy (USA/2024/14.17mins); Vasectomy (USA/2023/22:49mins) dir. Andrew Bachelor; Post Infest (USA/2023/15.55mins) dir. Justin Van Voorhis; Don’t Neg Meg (USA/2023/13:21mins) dir. Ann Marie Allison; Music for a While (USA /2023/9.05mins) dir. Kelvin Phillips
3.15pm-5.00pm: An Open Door (USA / 2023. 59.30mins) dir. John Alexander Barnhardt and presented by Colorado State University.
5.00pm-6.00pm Cocktails and Doc Tales Cash Bar (Venue: Luna Hall, 625 H St NW, Washington, DC 20001)
5:20pm-7.20pm The Needle and the Damage Done (UK/2024/67mins)) dir. Kevin Molony
6.00pm-8.50pm No One Asked You (USA/2023/100mins) dir. Ruth Leitman. Followed by a Panel Discussion with Ruth Leitman, Lizz Winstead (Founder and Co-Creator of The Daily Show & Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Abortion Access Front), Renee Bracey Sherman (Founder and Executive Director of We Testify). Moderated by Kirsten Sherk (FP2030’s Director of Communications).
Renee Bracey Sherman, Founder and Executive Director of We TestifyModerated by Kirsten Sherk, FP2030’s Director of Communications
7.20pm-9.00pm TENS Across the Board (USA/2023/42.40mins ) dir. Bobby “Broady” Best.
TENS Across the Board Celebration
9.00pm-11.30pm. eVil Sublet (USA/2023/1:45mins) dir. Allan Piper
9.10pm-11.00pm For All Have Sinned (USA/2023/65mins) dir. John Sellman
Sunday February 25th
ALL Sunday screenings are at the Regal Theater, Chinatown, Washington DC
12.00pm-2.00pm: An Open Door (USA / 2023. 59.30mins) directed by John Alexander Barnhardt and presented by Colorado State University.
12.15pm-2.45pm: Meeting Zelenskyy (UK/2024/90mins) directed by Andre Singer. Special Preview Screening
2.00pm-4.00pm: Shorts Program Two: The Woman from Hamburg (USA/2023/28:33 mins) dir. Michael Jacob Masaro; Lumbeeland (USA /2023/ 29.45 mins) dir. Montana Cypress Starring: Billy Oxendine; Black Silk USA/2023/6:02. Patrick Michael; Infraction (USA/2023/21:10mins) dir. Timothy Blackwood
2.45pm-4.45pm: Women Filming Doc Shorts Series 1001cuts (USA/2023/24.35 mins) dir. Sarah M Temkin; Lengua de diamante (USA/2023/13.09 mins) dir. Victoria Barbarito, That is the Silence (USA/2023/14.56mins) dir. Inna Ivanovskaya, The Test (USA/2023/15.43 mins) dir. Claudia Myers, Laura Waters Hinson
3pm-4.40pm: No One Asked You (USA/2023/100mins) directed by Ruth Leitman
4.00pm-5.45pm: The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s (USA/2023/44mins) dir. Stephen Karl Scher. Followed by a Panel Discussion with the Director (Stephen Karl Scher), Anina Belle (Creator of Le Chef’s Wife blog) and Le Chef Sébastien Giannini (Partner at L’Avant-Garde D.C.)
4.45pm-6.00pm: Seminar – Producer’s Corner (A conversation about the challenges of independent filmmakers today (FREE – ALL WELCOME)
4.45pm-6.45pm: Shorts Program; Our Males and Females (Jordan/2023/11 mins.) dir. Ahmad Alyaseer, The Third Defector (USA/2023/16.53mins) dir. John Gray, Involuntary Dana E White, Christopher Knoblock 12.58mins, Barely Breathing (USA/2023/20 mins) dir. Derek Evans, The Wait (South Africa/2023/14.55 ) dir. Imran Hamdulay
5:30pm-6:15pm: Wine Tastings (For Attendees of The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s)
5.45pm-6.45pm: The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s (USA/2023/44mins) dir. Stephen Karl Scher.
7.00pm-10.00pm: No Right Way (USA/2023/1:43mins) dir. Chelsea Bo [Closing Night is: Remarks, Screening of No Right Way, Q&A with Director & Producer, Awards and Afterparty]
