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Wes Anderson’s latest film is a dark tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. With: Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.

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The latest film from acclaimed director Alex Ross Perry is an unconventional documentary about a highly unconventional band — the ‘90s American alternative group Pavement — that incorporates elements of a stage musical, rock biopic and gallery exhibition, as well as archival footage and contemporary observational footage, to create a film as irreducible, uncharacterizable, and entertaining as the band and its music.

Q&A with co–filmmaker Barry Bartholomew + post-screening reception
This documentary chronicles the formation, impact and legacy of Panazz — one of the most influential and genre-defying steel-pan ensembles to emerge from Trinidad and Tobago. Through intimate interviews, archival performances and breathtaking visuals, this film invites audiences into a powerful celebration of innovation, resilience and cultural pride.
June 6, 7:00 p.m.

Tickets $8!
Q&A with filmmaker Craig Miller + complimentary mojitos from the Embassy of Cuba on June 8
Filmed over two concerts atop a rooftop in Havana, this vibrant documentary from filmmaker Craig Miller explores the heart and soul of Cuban music. Miller invited many of Cuba’s finest musicians to share their passion on and off the stage.
June 8, 5:00 p.m. Also showing June 6, 9:45 p.m.; June 10, 4:00 p.m. & June 12, 4:00 p.m. (no event).

Awkward teenager Agnes has recently moved to the small town of Åmål and has a secret: she’s in love with one of the popular girls at school. After a chance encounter between the pair, an unexpected romance blossoms. Acclaimed by Ingmar Bergman as “a young master’s first masterpiece,” Lukas Moodysson’s SHOW ME LOVE is a touchstone of new queer cinema and one of the most authentic portrayals of youthful relationships on film.
June 6, 2:45 p.m.; June 7, 12:45 p.m.; June 9, 9:00 p.m.; June 10–12, 2:00 p.m.

You know that the iconic track “Bam Bam” has left a mark on music since taking the industry by storm in 1982, but what do you know of the artist who laid her vocals down to give it life? Helmed by Alison Duke, this documentary gives legendary dancehall artist Sister Nancy her flowers by way of industry titans like Janelle Monáe, Young Guru and Pete Rock. The film is a portrait of an authentic artist who became the first woman to break out internationally through the dancehall genre.
June 7, 7:20 p.m.

U.S. Premiere
Intro by Dr. Marilyn Sephocle on June 7
After arriving in Algeria in 1953, Martinique-born psychiatrist Frantz Fanon attracts his colleagues’ wrath for his humanistic treatment of their Algerian patients. But his anti-colonial convictions generate interest from the FLN, and Fanon and his wife take up the cause for Algerian independence. FANON is a powerful biopic from French filmmaker Jean-Claude Barny, who comes from Guadeloupean and Trinidadian origins.
June 7, 4:40 p.m. & June 11, 6:15 p.m.

Q&A with filmmaker Gabrielle Blackwood
Norman, a doting father in New Jersey, carries an unresolved pain — as a child, he witnessed the brutal murder of his mother. Now, 30 years later, Norman travels to Jamaica to confront the murderer: his own father. Weaving together intimate verité footage with probing interviews, co-directors Gabrielle Blackwood and Charles Warburton offer a complex exploration of guilt and the transformative power of forgiveness.
June 10, 7:30 p.m.

New 4K Restoration
This week: Groundbreaking singer, actor and producer Nora Aunor in BONA, a thrilling drama about blinding adoration and its stranglehold on both the lover and the beloved, set against the bustling industry of the second golden age of Filipino cinema. And the 25th anniversary of Claire Denis’ NO FEAR, NO DIE, starring Isaach de Bankolé and Alex Descas as two Black immigrant men from Benin and the French Antilles, scraping out a living through illegal cockfights in a restaurant basement on the outskirts of Paris.

Closing Night
In the sleepy palm groves of the tropics, a small group of filmmakers and actors confront the history of writer Suzanne Roussi-Césaire in her youth and then stage scenes from her life, challenging the “paradise” of historical memory. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s first feature stars César-award-winning actress Zita Hanrot and actor Motell Foster, and features a soundtrack by singer Sabine McCalla.
June 12, 7:15 p.m.

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Agathe (Camille Rutherford) works at the legendary Shakespeare & Company bookshop in Paris. She dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing romance ripped from the pages of a Jane Austen novel, but she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer's block. When Agathe’s best friend (Pablo Pauly) gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle.

Co-presented by the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
EXPLOITING EDEN, ÎLE-A-VACHE, a documentary that gives voice to the inhabitants of a small island in the south of Haiti who must balance tourism and environmental preservation. And the U.S. premiere of MONIKONDEE, which follows a boatman delivering cargo to communities along the border separating Suriname and French Guiana as ancestral traditions conflict with capitalist society and environmental decay.

Plus more films:
The U.S. premiere of ROMEO N JULIET 4EVA, which injects Jamaican vibes into the greatest love story ever told; FOLLOWING HARRY, an intimate documentary that chronicles that last 12 years of artist-activist Harry Belafonte’s life; documentary 42ND STREET, a galvanizing sensory trip into the lives of Dominican dancers and artists, all on the 600-meter 42nd street; and much more!

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In 1960, five Howard students sat down on the gilded horses of a whites-only carousel. When members of the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students en masse and set up picket lines, an unprecedented collaboration was born. With never-before-seen footage and immersive storytelling from Emmy^®-award winning director Ilana Trachtman, this documentary features four living protesters and voiceover by actors Jeffrey Wright and Mandy Patinkin, among others.

Back by popular demand!
70mm screenings June 13–15 & 19
From Academy Award^®-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler — director of BLACK PANTHER and CREED — comes a new vision of fear starring Michael B. Jordan. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
June 13, 8:30 p.m.; June 14, 6:40 p.m. & 9:40 p.m.; June 15, 4:00 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.; June 19, 5:15 p.m. & 8:15 p.m.

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