Film Events in DC

SURVIVOR WATCH PARTY : season 51

Join fellow fans at DC9’s roof deck to watch the latest episode of Survivor season 51, cheer, laugh, gasp, and discuss the game together.

The Lorraine: A Screening and Conversation with Sam Pollard

Filmmaker Sam Pollard presents a screening of his documentary The Lorraine, which explores the history of Memphis’s Lorraine Motel as a Black cultural haven under Jim Crow.

American Horror Story : 13 : Coven :: Watch Party

Join fellow fans for a watch party of American Horror Story: Coven of Echoes, featuring premiere episodes, costumes, theories, and spooky fun. Doors open at 8:00 PM and the event is 21+.

Microcinema: PERVERTS

Pink Eye Pictures presents PERVERTS, a collection of abrasive, gory, and horny short films and video art from the queer underground.

Mean Girls

Join us for a free screening of Mean Girls in the Justice Forum at the REACH.

The Power of the Story: Emerging Film Competition

The event features six finalist short films selected from nearly 100 submissions, along with a reception and filmmaker talkback.

Everything Else Is Noise (Lo Demás Es Ruido)

Independent Mexican auteur Nicolás Pereda fashions a playful chamber piece and biting comedy that skewers avant-garde musicians, filmmakers, and the male ego.

Underground Resistance Night

Underground Resistance Night brings together independent filmmaker CJ Crim and author Chris Pickett for an evening celebrating grassroots movements through art, film, and conversation.

Ashes (Ceniza en la Boca)

A powerful and unconventional immigration drama directed, produced, and acted by Diego Luna, following a young Mexican woman who travels to Spain with her younger brother to reunite with their mother.

Movies That Move: “Ghost Light”

A construction worker in a strained relationship finds solace in a local community theatre’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and the lines between life and the tragic story begin to blur. (2024, R)

Campeón Gabacho

Mexican filmmaker Jonás Cuarón’s bold, visually inventive story follows Liborio, a Mexican immigrant whose act of kindness propels him into the world of boxing.

The Cabaret Series Presents: Suzy Plays the Saxophone with Artist Earle Simpson

A screening of the exuberant 1928 French/German silent film Saxophone Suzy, accompanied by a new live score featuring saxophone, along with songs from the Weimar cabaret.

Mexico at the AFI Latin American Film Festival 2026

The AFI Latin American Film Festival is one of North America's largest and longest-running showcases of Latin American cinema, featuring award-winning films, filmmaker conversations, and Embassy-hosted events.

“Holding Liat” Screening & Talk Back with Director Brandon Kramer

Screen the award-winning documentary about Israeli American Liat Atzili and her husband Aviv, who were taken captive in Gaza after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

ReelTalk: The Blair Witch Project

A screening of the horror film The Blair Witch Project followed by a discussion.

Concert Films & Cocktails: The Last Selena Concert

Foreign Language Film

Audience-chosen foreign language films are shown in their original language with English subtitles.

Movies That Move: “Just Mercy”

A powerful true story that follows Bryan Stevenson as he takes on the case of a wrongfully convicted man on Alabama’s death row. (2019, PG-13)

Performing Arts Movie

Tea With the Dames features Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith reminiscing over tea and discussing their acting careers.

The Genius of the Capitol: How Constantino Brumidi Recreated America Through the Language of Italian Art

The event features a screening of American Michelangelo, a documentary about artist Constantino Brumidi and his incorporation of Italian artistic traditions into major American buildings.

Dinnertime Classics | The Pajama Game (1957)

Enjoy a fall evening at Hillwood with a classic film, including access to the mansion, gardens, greenhouse, special exhibition, dinner at Merriweather Café, and a screening of The Pajama Game (1957).

Dinnertime Films

Enjoy an evening at Hillwood with dinner and a film. Tour Hillwood’s mansion, gardens, greenhouse, and special exhibition, then eat a meal at Merriweather Café and enjoy one of the featured films.