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Films Across Borders: Stories of Water events are presented on campus by the following schools and centers as part of the International Cinema Series:
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Films Across Borders: Stories of Water
Countless Stories
30+ Films, 12 Venues
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Films Across Borders
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Films Across Borders: Stories of Water
Films Across Borders: Stories of Water, presents critically acclaimed and enlightening films, documentaries, artistic presentations and virtual reality experiences from around the world.
This film series brings together diverse cinematic stories about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, how we use it, how this precious resource shapes human society and our daily lives.
Come for the films and the enjoyment of engaging with filmmakers and topical speakers in lively post-screening discussions. Open to the public in venues around the city.
Opening Night Feature Film Trailer:
2019 Schedule
- Tues, Oct 1 | 6:30 pm
- The River and the Wall (2019, USA)
- Opening Night Reception at 6:30 pm; Film screening at 7:00 pm
- AU Doyle/Forman Theater
- Sat, Oct. 5 | 11 am
- PONYO
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Sun, Oct. 6 | 11 am
- PONYO
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Sun, Oct. 6|
- Allt Flyter (2008, Sweden)
- Embassy of Sweden
- Tues, Oct 8 | 7:30 pm
- Styx (2018, Germany/Austria)
- Embassy of Austria
- Thurs, Oct 10 |
- Fitzcarraldo (1982, West Germany)
- Goethe Institut
- Sat, Oct. 12 | 11 am
- The Red Turtle
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Sun, Oct. 13 | 11 am
- The Red Turtle
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Tues, Oct 15 | 6:00 pm
- Even the Rain (2010, Spain)
- DC Laborfest at Takoma Busboys and Poets
- Tues & Wed, Oct 15 & 16 |
- Okavango River Project
- National Geographic
- Thurs, Oct. 17 |
- Guadalquivir (2013, Spain)
- SPAIN arts & culture
- Sun, Oct. 20| 1:00 pm
- Woman in the Dunes (1964, USA)
- National Gallery of Art at the Freer Gallery
- Sun, Oct 20 | 4:00 pm
- Woman and the Glacier(2016, Netherlands)
- National Gallery of Art at the Freer Gallery
- Tues, Oct 22| 6:30 pm
- The Ghost Fleet(2019, USA)
- AU Doyle/Forman Theater
- Tues, Oct 22 | 6:00 pm
- Even the Rain (2010, Spain)
- DC Laborfest at Shirlington Busboys and Poets
- Wed, Oct. 23 |
- TBC - Tesoros (2017, Mexico)
- Mexican Cultural Institute at NYU
- Thurs, Oct 24|
- Bagdad Cafe/Out of Rosenheim (1987, West Germany)
- Goethe Institut
- Fri, Oct. 25 | 9:45 pm
- Mindgame
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Sunday, Oct 27 | 4:00 pm
- Walking on Water (2018, USA, Bulgaria)
- National Gallery of Art West Building Theater
- Fri, Nov 2 | 9:45 pm
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- Tues, Nov 5 | 6:30 pm
- High Tide in Dorchester (2018, USA)
- AU Doyle/Forman Theater
- Tues, Nov 5 |
- TBD
- French Embassy
- Tues, Nov 19 | 6:00 pm
- Water Rising (2015, Ireland)
- DC Laborfest at Takoma Busboys and Poets
- Tues & Wed, Nov 19 & 20 |
- Shark VR Event
- National Geographic
- Tues, Nov 26 | 6:00 pm
- Water Rising (2015, Ireland)
- DC Laborfest at Shirlington Busboys and Poets
- American University
- National Gallery of Art
- AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center
- National Geographic
- Environmental Film Festival
- The Nature Conservancy
- Anacostia Riverkeeper
- European Union US Delegation
- Cultural Services of French Embassy
- SPAIN arts & culture
- Mexican Cultural Institute
- Austrian Cultural Forum
- Embassy of Sweden
- Embassy of Japan
- Goethe-Institut Washington
- WAMU
- Immigration Film Fest
- DC LaborFest
- Women in Film and Video
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Vital Voices Global Partnership
