Time is running out to submit to the 2017 Capital Irish Film Festival
Open and free entry of films closes on September 30.
Free submission of films for consideration at the 2017 Capital Irish Film Festival (CIFF) will close on September 30, 2016. All genres of film by or about the Irish and particularly those in Irish are welcome.
The festival will run from March 2 through 5, 2017. CIFF joins other prestigious D.C.-area film festivals in making its home at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in downtown Silver Spring, MD.
Submissions are free and can be registered online (click on this link) through September 30, 2016.
For details visit the Film Page.
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Our 2016-2017 books are listed on the Book Club page under Literature or by clicking here.
- October 10, Jan Carson, Children's Children
- November 13, Lisa McInerney The Glorious Hereises
- December 12, Evelyn Conlon, Not the Same Sky
Festival moves to AFI Silver Theatre
The 11th Capital Irish Film Festival (CIFF) will run from March 2 through 5, 2017. CIFF 2017 joins other prestigious D.C.-area film festivals in making its home at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in downtown Silver Spring, MD.
Upcoming Theater
LITTLE THING, BIG THING
by Donal O' Kelly. Directed by Rex Daugherty
November 10 - 27 at FLASHPOINT - 916 G St NW
Would you risk your life to save your soul?
Starring Nanna Ingvarsson and Sasha Olinick
A nun and a thief make unlikely partners but are thrown together in a crime thriller comedy to expose corruption in a big oil company, risking their lives but perhaps saving their souls.
“Impressive . . . impeccable . . . a cloak-and-dagger comedy with a pure but unsentimental heart and a social conscience” - The New York Times
Here's The Story, 2015 Book Day. Click on the cover for a99 cents download.
Of special interest:
The Attic Sessions: a new and interesting podcast series focusing on contemporary writers and poets.
Listen to a conversation with Lia Mills here.