Filmfest DC is Back
(in Movie Theaters and Streaming)
April 21 – May 1, 2022

65 films • 35 countries • 11 days • 1 amazing film festival
A Festival of Films, a Festival of Stories

Download the 20-page Filmfest DC catalog
or look for it in the Friday, April 15 edition of The Washington Post.

Opening Night

Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
Louie Psihoyos and Peggy Callahan - USA, 2021, 90 minutes
Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 PM, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
$40 - Followed by a Champagne reception on outdoor patio

This documentary offers unprecedented access to the unlikely friendship of two international icons: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who recount stories from their lives over 5 days at the Dali Lama's residence in Dharamsala. These self-described mischievous brothers give a master class on how to create joy in a world that was never easy for them. Mission: Joy is an antidote for the current times.

Closing Night

Fantasies
David and Stéphane Foenkinos - France, 2021, 102 minutes
Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM, Embassy of France
$30 - With reception between the 2 screenings

A light-hearted look at people's often hidden desires, Fantasies finds both the humor and humanity in what goes on usually, but not always, behind closed doors. A husband (Denis Podalydès) takes his bedroom role-playing as seriously as a method actor. The glamorous Monica Bellucci and Carole Bouquet play a couple who can only find satisfaction at funerals. And when their sex tape goes viral, a couple discovers a world they never imagined.