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In Marielle Heller’s perceptive and fur-ociously funny adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s bestselling novel, Oscar^® nominee Amy Adams stars as Mother, a stay-at-home mom who begins experiencing an overwhelming feeling that she might be turning into a dog. At once a profoundly original and smart surrealist comedy about motherhood and identity and a feminist tribute to the unsung power of women everywhere, NIGHTBITCH will have you howling with laughter, crying with joy — and ready to thank your mom for her service.

Special Presentation | Intro by Sarah Diligenti of Alliance Française of Washington, DC on Dec. 7
Alexandre Dumas’ epic revenge tome gets a swashbuckling update in this lavish adaptation starring Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès. Filled with court intrigue, thrilling disguises and stirring romance, this is Dumas via MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, a crowd-pleasing blockbuster success in France coming on the heels of its Cannes Film Festival premiere.
Dec. 7, 3:00 p.m. & Dec. 8, 5:40 p.m.

Special Presentation | Post-screening reception sponsored by Alliance Française of Washington, DC on Dec. 8
In France’s eastern farming region of Jura, 18-year-old Totone becomes the man of the house after his father suddenly dies. The boyish and rascally Totone is not yet ready for the responsibilities of both running the family farm and raising his young sister, but he dreams of making a big score by winning the regional competition for producing Comté cheese.
Dec. 8, 3:40 p.m. & Dec. 10, 5:00 p.m.

2025 Oscar^® Selection, Romania | Intro by filmmakers Emanuel Pârvu and Miruna Berescu on Dec. 6
Actor and director Emanuel Pârvu’s film powerfully explicates how a homophobic assault is not merely an isolated instance but a manifestation of small-town closed-mindedness, reactionary conventional wisdom and a deeper institutional corruption that perpetuates petty frauds and grifts across church, state and family.
Dec. 6, 9:20 p.m. & Dec. 10, 9:30 p.m.

Jazz and colonial politics collide in a forgotten chapter of Cold War history in Johan Grimonprez’s electrifying essay film, featuring the music of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone. Special Jury Award Winner at Sundance.
Dec. 8, 1:00 p.m.

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Special Presentation | 2025 Oscar^® Selection, Denmark
This expressionistic fairytale, shot in stark black and white, follows a young seamstress struggling to survive in Copenhagen after the end of World War I when she meets a kindly-looking woman who promises to help with her looming pregnancy.
Dec. 7, 7:00 p.m. & Dec. 8, 1:15 p.m.

U.S. Premiere | 2025 Oscar^® Selection, Slovak Republic | Co-presented by JxJ: DC Jewish Film and Music | Introduction by Yael Luttwak, JxJ Artistic Director, on Dec. 6
This poignant tale of fascism and racial prejudice set in the suburbs of Bratislava during WWII follows a Hungarian widow (Alexandra Borbély, ON BODY AND SOUL) who shelters a young Jewish boy while fending off romantic advances from Slovak and Nazi officers.
Dec. 6, 4:30 p.m. & Dec. 8, 6:10 p.m.

Special Presentation
Julie Delpy expertly walks the line between crowd-pleasing comedy and serious-minded drama with this satirical look at a French village preparing to welcome a Ukrainian refugee family, only to be surprised when a Syrian family shows up instead.
Dec. 6, 7:10 p.m. & Dec. 11, 6:50 p.m.

Special Presentation | 2025 Oscar^® Selection, Portugal | Post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Portugal on Dec. 11
Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes won the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for this spellbinding travelogue, where time, place, language and culture collide into an intoxicating masterwork.
Wed, Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m.

Come see the winning short films from this year's 48 Hour Film Holiday Project, all made by local filmmakers in just 48 hours! Awards will be given in a number of categories, culminating in Best Film. Dec. 9, 7:00 p.m.

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Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Special Presentations & 2025 Oscar^® selections from across Europe
A warmhearted father-son road trip from Sweden to France in documentary THE LAST JOURNEY; Lithuanian family drama DROWNING DRY; heist film TWO TO ONE, starring Oscar^® nominee Sandra Hüller; bristling dark comedy FAMILY THERAPY and Belgian tennis drama JULIE KEEPS QUIET, executive produced by Naomi Osaka.

In 2023, the newly reborn BABYMETAL embarked on their largest world tour, "BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2023–2024," which took them to 25 countries, including Japan. The final chapter of the world tour, the first Okinawa performance "TOUR FINAL IN JAPAN LEGEND-43," has been fully filmed. This live film allows viewers to experience the diverse music, unique worldview and high-quality production that only a tour final can offer, as well as the astonishing performance of BABYMETAL, which has evolved even further during their world tour.
Dec. 11, 9:40 p.m.

Presented in 48 frames per second | Co-presented by the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
Documentarian Victor Kossakovsky explores humanity’s destructive relationship with nature and the state of contemporary architecture through a visually mesmerizing tone poem filled with stunning images of concrete, rocks and stones bolstered by a captivating score from Evgueni Galperine.
Dec. 8, 4:00 p.m.

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From director Edward Berger, CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — the selection of a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope, but he soon finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of the Church.

Plus so much more!
Hungary’s first feature-length animated documentary PELIKAN BLUE; Alain Guiraudie’s delicious Hitchcockian thriller MISERICORDIA; TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY, a transcendent tribute to the Beatles’ legendary 1965 show at Shea Stadium; visceral and timely thriller TO A LAND UNKNOWN, set among a group of Palestinian refugees in Greece; and many more films from across the European Union.

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