Solas Nua and AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center present:
WHITETAIL
as part of the AFI European Union Showcase
WHEN: Mon, Dec. 15, 6:30 pm; Sun, Dec. 21, 9:00 pm
WHERE: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center (8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910)
PRICE: $15
Now in its 38th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington, DC-area audiences. This year’s selection includes international film festival award winners, European box office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many countries’ official Oscar® submissions for Best International Feature Film. This year’s festival runs from December 3 through 21.
Jen has carried the guilt of a tragic accident since her teens - now, the past catches up, forcing her to find a way forward.
Jen (Natasha O’Keeffe, PEAKY BLINDERS) is a fierce park ranger who oversees a dense, wild patch of forest in southern Ireland, protecting it from encroaching poachers attempting to evade her watchful eye and hunt the woodland creatures inside. When her old boyfriend, Oscar (Aaron McCusker), returns to town, the dreadful memory of a tragic event in their youth begins to crack Jen’s stern, tightly wound persona, forcing her to confront a past that still haunts her. Dutch director Nanouk Leopold’s seventh feature film is an engrossing slow-burn thriller about trauma and redemption that features a riveting performance from O’Keeffe and breathtaking footage of Ireland’s vibrant forests. Official Selection, 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
DIR/SCR Nanouk Leopold; PROD Stienette Bosklopper, Maarten Swart. Ireland/Netherlands/Belgium, 2025, color,103 min. NOT RATED
Nanouk Leopold graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam and from the Dutch Film and Television Academy. Her debut Îles Flottantes was selected for the IFFR Tiger Competition in 2001. Guernsey was selected for the Quinzaine at Cannes in 2005. Wolfsbergen premiered at the Forum of the Berlinale 2007 and was selected for TIFF in the same year. Brownian Movement premiered in Toronto in 2010 and had its European premiere at the Forum in Berlin in 2011. In 2013, It’s all so quiet was the opening film of the Berlinale Panorama Special. In 2018, Cobain had its world premiere at the Berlinale in the Generation section.
