• A House on Fire
  • Afternoons of Solitude
  • I Am Nevenka
  • Rita
  • The Exiles

2025 Spanish Cinema Now!

May 30–June 3, 2025

The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain…

  • Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
  • Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
  • Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
  • We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

More than a Witness: Positive Force DC and Revolution Summer at 40

July 6–17, 2025

us for a four-film series celebrating the 40th anniversary of DC punk's Revolution Summer and the…

  • Panazz: The Story
  • 42nd Street
  • Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
  • Cuba My Soul
  • Explotando el Edén, Île-à-Vache

2025 DC Caribbean FilmFest

June 6–12, 2025

In recognition of Caribbean Heritage Month in June, the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is proud…

  • 12 Angry Men
  • A Woman Is a Woman
  • Army of Shadows
  • Bona
  • Calamity

2025 Recent Restorations

April 25–July 10, 2025

This series rounds up a wide range of recent digital restorations of screen classics. Here is…

  • American Psycho
  • Candyman
  • Flesh for Frankenstein
  • Blood for Dracula
  • Spaceballs

2025 AFI Silver After Dark

us for a monthly late-night series showcasing classic, soon-to-be classic and should-be-classic horror, sci-fi, action, fantasy and cross-genre gems…

  • Blue
  • Born in Flames
  • A Fantastic Woman
  • Fire
  • Funeral Parade of Roses

WorldPride on Screen

May 18–July 3, 2025

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pride celebrations in DC, and the city’s hosting of WorldPride…

  • Blue Velvet
  • David Lynch: The Art Life
  • Dune
  • Eraserhead
  • Inland Empire

Wild at Heart: The Films of David Lynch

April 25–July 8, 2025

Described by Pauline Kael as "the first populist surrealist — a Frank Capra of dream logic,"…

  • Amorosa
  • Iris and the Lieutenant
  • Loving Couples
  • Music in Darkness
  • Night Games

Oh Mai! The Films of Mai Zetterling

April 25–July 3, 2025

A long-overlooked pioneer of feminist cinema, Sweden-born actor-turned-director Mai Zetterling (1925–1994) got her start on the…

  • Bless Their Little Hearts
  • Blue Sun Palace
  • Clockwatchers
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • La Cocina

2025 DC Labor FilmFest

May 1–29, 2025

Organized and presented by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, this annual series…

  • Amongst the Wolves
  • Birdsong
  • Blue Fiddle
  • Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
  • Burkitt

2025 Capital Irish Film Festival

February 27–March 2, 2025

The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is proud to co-present Solas Nua's annual Capital Irish…

  • Airplane!
  • The Kentucky Fried Movie
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • Top Secret!

Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker!

March 28–April 24, 2025

Beginning with the scrappily produced but slickly executed sketch comedy film THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE in…

  • The Exterminating Angel
  • Simon of the Desert
  • Viridiana

Silvia Pinal ed

April 11–24, 2025

Celebrated as the “last diva” of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, Silvia Pinal (1931-2024) was an…