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International Film Directory

Arabic
Dreams and Silence
Center for Policy
Analysis on Palestine
Tues., Mar. 20, 7:00 p.m.

Existing On Its Ruins
(Kayam Al Hurbano)
Center for Policy
Analysis on Palestine
Tues., Mar. 13, 8:00 p.m.

Naji Al-Ali: An Artist with Vision
Center for Policy
Analysis on Palestine
Tues., Mar. 13, 7:00 p.m.

Qana
Center for Policy
Analysis on Palestine
Tues., Mar. 6, 8:10 p.m.

Cantonese
In the Mood for Love
Cineplex Odeon Outer Circle and Cinema Arts
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Croatian
Donkeys are Not Just Beasts of Burden
Embassy of Croatia
Wed., Mar. 21, 6:45 p.m.

Sea in Your Eyes
Embassy of Croatia
Wed., Mar. 21, 6:30 p.m.

Czech
Bubbling Cities
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Thur., Mar. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Danish
The Adventure of Aligermaas
(Aligermaas ?ventyr ñ I vildh?starnas dal)

Visions
Sat., Mar. 17, 10:30 a.m.

English
Beneath the Blue - The Marine Life of Sydney
Embassy of Australia
Tues., Mar. 20, 6:30 p.m.

Billy Liar
AFI
Thur., Mar. 1, 6:30 p.m.

The Blue Angel
(Der Blaue Engel)
Goethe-Institut Washington
Thur., Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m.

Building Heaven, Remembering Earth
Embassy of Canada
Wed., Mar. 21, 7:00 p.m.

Cannibal Mites
National Museum of Natural History
Sat., Mar. 17, 3:00 p.m.

Chiapas 1998: The Bad Harvest
American University
Sun., Mar. 25, 3:00 p.m.

Crimes of Honor
Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine
Tues., Mar. 20, 8:00 p.m.

The Curse of the Methuselah Tree
National Museum of Natural History
Fri., Mar. 16, 12:00 p.m.

The Effect of Acidification
Royal Netherlands Embassy
Mon., Mar. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Elephants of the Sand River
National Museum of Natural History
Sat., Mar. 17, 1:00 p.m.

The Fatal Game
National Museum of Natural History
Sun., Mar. 18, 3:10 p.m.

First Snow of Winter
Petworth Public Library
Wed., Mar. 21, 1:00 p.m.

Gatherers from the Sky
National Museum of Natural History
Sun., Mar. 18, 2:10 p.m.

The Great Dance: A Hunterís Story
National Museum of Natural History
Sat., Mar. 17, 12:00 p.m.

The House of Mirth
Cineplex Odeon Shirlington and Cineplex Odeon Dupont Circle
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Octopus Hunter
National Museum of Natural History
Sat., Mar. 17, 2:00 p.m.

Old Man and the Sea
National Geographic Society
Sat., Mar. 24, 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Operation Lemur with John Cleese
National Museum of Natural History
Sat., Mar. 17, 11:00 a.m.

Paying for the Piper
American University
Sun., Mar. 25, 1:30 p.m.

Princess Mononoke
Japan Information & Cultural Center
Thur., Mar. 22, 6:45 p.m.

The Sandbox
National Geographic Society
Sat., Mar. 24, 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Shadow of the Vampire
Cineplex Odeon Shirlington and Cineplex Odeon Dupont Circle
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Snatch
Cineplex Odeon Shirlington and Cineplex Odeon Dupont Circle
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Sound and Fury
Hirshhorn
Thur., Mar. 8, 8:00 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 9, 8:00 p.m.

Tommy and the Wildcat
Embassy of Finland
Mon., Mar. 19, 7:00 p.m.

Tu Tangata
National Museum of Natural History
Fri., Mar. 23, 12:00 p.m.

Warriors of the Monkey God
National Museum of Natural History
Sat., Mar. 17, 4:00 p.m.

Water The Drop of Life
Royal Netherlands Embassy
Mon., Mar. 19, 7:30 p.m.

When Brendan Met Trudy
Cineplex Odeon Foundry
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William Kentridge, Program II
Hirshhorn
Thur., Mar. 29, 12:00 p.m.

French
The Children of the Marshland
(Les Enfants du Marais)
La Maison Francaise
Tues., Mar. 13, 7:00 p.m.

Dad on the Run
(Cours Toujours
)
Cecile Goldman Theater
Tues., Mar. 13, 7:00 p.m.

Four Bags Full
(La TraversÈe de Paris)

La Maison Francaise
Wed., Mar. 7, 7:00 p.m.

The Man Who Planted Trees
National Museum of Natural History
Sun., Mar. 18, 4:00 p.m.

Whoís Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies & Global Economics
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed., Mar. 21, 7:00 p.m.

German
The Blue Angel
(Der Blaue Engel)
Mary Pickford Theater
Thur., Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m.

SOS Iceberg
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Fri., Mar. 23, 6:30 p.m.

The Third Man
AFI
Fri., Mar. 2, 8:15 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 3, 3:45 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 4, 6:45 p.m.

William Kentridge, Program I
Hirshhorn
Thur., Mar. 1, 12:00 p.m.
Thur., Mar. 8, 12:00 p.m.
Thur., Mar. 15, 12:00 p.m.
Thur., Mar. 22, 12:00 p.m.

What Is in Our Food
Goethe-Institut Washington
Tues., Mar. 20, 7:00 p.m.

Greek
Beyond the Barbed Wire, Nicosia,
the Tale of a Divided City
National Building Museum
Sun., Mar 18, 3:00 p.m.

Xanthi, Jewel of Thrace
National Building Museum
Sun., Mar 18, 3:00 p.m.

Hebrew
The Bombing
Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine
Tues., Mar. 6, 7:00 p.m.

Hindi
Harvesting Hunger
Goethe-Institut Washington
Tues, Mar. 20, 7:45 p.m.

Italian
Black Jesus
(Seduta alla sua destra)

National Gallery of Art
Sun., Mar. 11, 4:00 p.m.

Borromini, San Carlino
National Gallery of Art
Thur., Mar. 15, 12:30 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 16, 12:30 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 18, 12:00 p.m.

The Girl with a Suitcase
(Ragazza con la valigia, LA)

National Gallery of Art
Sat., Mar. 10, 3:00 p.m.

M?lena
Cineplex Odeon Inner Circle
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The Pear Tree
(L'Albero delle Pere)

National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wed., Mar. 7, 7:30 p.m.

The Professor
National Gallery of Art
Sun., Mar. 18, 4:00 p.m.

Slicing through History:
Borromini and San Carlino
National Gallery of Art
Thur. & Fri., Mar. 15 &16, 12:30 p.m.

Japanese
When the Rain Lifts
(Ame agaru)
AFI
Thur., Mar. 1, 8:15 & 10:00 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 2, 6:30 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 3, 2:00, 5:45 & 9:45 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 4, 1:00, 5:00 & 8:45 p.m.

Korean
Chunhyang
Visions
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Malay
Guardians of the Forest
American University
Sun., Mar. 25, 3:15 p.m.

Mandarin
A One and a Two
(Yi Yi)
Hirshhorn
Thur., Mar. 1, 8:00 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 2, 8:00 p.m.

Call Me
(Hu Wo)
National Gallery of Art
Sun., Mar. 4, 4:00 p.m.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(Wu hu zang long)

Cinema Arts and Cineplex Odeon Janus
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Eat Drink Man Woman
(Yin shi nan nu)

AFI
Sat., Mar. 3, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 4, 2:45 p.m.

How Steel is Forged
(Gangtie Shi Zenyang Lian Cheng De)

National Gallery of Art
Sun., Mar. 4, 4:00 p.m.

No Narration
The Iceman of Oetzal Valley and his World
Embassy of Austria
Mon., Mar. 19, 8:00 p.m.

Once Upon Australia
National Geographic Society
Sat., Mar. 24, 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Persian
And Life Goes On
(Zendegi Edame Darad)

Freer Gallery
Fri., Mar. 23, 7:00 p.m.

Russian
Kolya
Cinema Bethesda
Sun., Mar. 18, 5:30 p.m.

Last Resort: Bureaucracy in Action
Cineplex Odeon Foundry
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The Prince is Back
S. Dillon Ripley Center Lecture Hall
Fri., Mar. 16, 8:00 p.m.

Silent
Turksib
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Fri., Mar. 16, 6:30 p.m.

Swedish
Lighthouse
National Gallery of Art
Thur., Mar. 22, 12:30 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 23, 4:00 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 25, 4:00 p.m.



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