{"id":1221,"date":"2011-04-07T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2011\/04\/07\/filmfest-dc-starts-today\/"},"modified":"2011-04-07T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:37:00","slug":"filmfest-dc-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2011\/04\/07\/filmfest-dc-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmfest DC Starts Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ifbBVO5z8oY\/TZ4gqWbNlZI\/AAAAAAAAAUw\/COC2m_hLGSI\/s1600\/film%2Bfest%2Bdc%2Bmasks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 185px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ifbBVO5z8oY\/TZ4gqWbNlZI\/AAAAAAAAAUw\/COC2m_hLGSI\/s400\/film%2Bfest%2Bdc%2Bmasks.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592943699187045778\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>This year the festival will feature provocative Italian films and  cutting edge work from Romania, the hottest spot on the international  cinema scene. Fans can also look forward to &#8220;The Tango Singer&#8221;  (Argentina), &#8220;Hipsters&#8221; (Russia), &#8220;Medal of Honor&#8221; (Romania),  &#8220;Heliopolis&#8221; (Egypt), &#8220;Will You Marry Us&#8221; (Switzerland), &#8220;25 Carats&#8221;  (Spain) and scores of other international award winning films. Now  celebrating its 24th year, Filmfest DC presents over 80 feature  premieres, restored classics, shorts and special events in an enjoyable  atmosphere for movie lovers.  New this year is the Social Justice Award.  The festival&#8217;s audience is widely diverse, curious and knowledgeable  and Filmfest DC has developed into one of the city&#8217;s major cultural  events. <span style=\"font-size:78%\">As seen on <a href=\"http:\/\/wamu.org\/calendar\/10\/filmfest_dc.php\">NPR.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See dates, showtimes, and film descriptions at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmfestdc.org\/filmlist.cfm?sortby=Date\">FilmfestDC.org<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year the festival will feature provocative Italian films and cutting edge work from Romania, the hottest spot on the international cinema scene. Fans can also look forward to &#8220;The Tango Singer&#8221; (Argentina), &#8220;Hipsters&#8221; (Russia), &#8220;Medal of Honor&#8221; (Romania), &#8220;Heliopolis&#8221; (Egypt), &#8220;Will You Marry Us&#8221; (Switzerland), &#8220;25 Carats&#8221; (Spain) and scores of other international award [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[128,386],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-film-festival","tag-washington-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}