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It is with great excitement that Washington West congratulates “Buzkashi Boys” director Sam French and producer Ariel Nasr on their film’s Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short! An Official Selection of the 2012 Washington West Film Festival, “Buzkashi Boys” -- set against the dramatic landscape of Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi -- is a ground-breaking…
Washington West Film Festival 2012 Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature Film is awarded to 'An Article of Hope' - directed by Dan Cohen, executive-produced by Tom Hanks.
Washington West Film Festival 2012 Audience Award for Best Short Film goes to '92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card' - directed by NYC filmmaker Todd Sklar.
Our unique and annual Festival-President's Excellence in Film and Story Award is presented to Tom Shadyac. Washington West Film Festival president and founder, Brad Russell, presents this annual distinction, this year to Tom, noting Tom's extraodrinary career of story-telling on screen (Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar, more), but equally noting the remarkable…
Washington West Film Festival 2012 Jury Award for Best Short Film winner is 'Baseball in the Time of Cholera' - directed by David Darg and Bryn Mooser, produced by Olivia Wilde, Elon Musk, and Sal Masakela.
Washington West Film Festival 2012 Outstanding Debut Film By A Director is awarded to Brad Hall for 'Picture Paris'. Respected early in his career as a writer and actor for SNL, Brad's numerous acting and writing accomplishments now include film writer/director.
Washington West Film Festival 2012 Jury Award for Best Short Film Director goes to Cutter Hodierne, director of 'Fishing Without Nets'. Cutter won the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Short Filmmaking.
Washington West Film Festival 2012 Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Film winner is 'Sal' (Chile, Argentina) - a modern-day western directed by incredible rising talent Diego Rougier.
Tickets are still available for certain screenings, but we're thrilled with the packed venues, sell outs, and the tremendous respnonse to our films. Thank you to the best audiences in the world!
Every seat was filled for our Opening Night documentary film, The Keenan Kampa Story, with the director and four family members from the film in attendance. Atrium Catering & Design provided a fantastic Opening Night party at CenterStage.
The DC area is just beginning to experience wind and rain (Sun evening), and the worst is expected to be tomorrow evening (Mon) into the night and moving out of the DC region on Tuesday. First and foremost, our concern in the coming 36 hours is for the safety of people in the storm's path, especially further north in New Jersey, New York, and New England. Hurricane Sandy is a current example…
Washington West is pleased to announce that Julia Louis-Dreyfus will join husband and director, Brad Hall, for his Director's Spotlight and screening of their short film Picture Paris, followed by an extended Q&A with both filmmakers, on Saturday, November 3 at 4:00pm.
Executive Produced by Tom Hanks, and directed by DC-native Dan Cohen, the very inspiring documentary An Article of Hope will close the 2012 Washington West Film Festival.
The Washington West Film Festival is very pleased to announce a 2012 Director's Spotlight screening with Hollywood director Tom Shadyac. Director of Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar, and many legendary and comedic films, the Fairfax County native will screen his documentary I AM, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
DIRECTOR: Sam French / RUN TIME: 28 minutes
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
Set against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi - a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat - "Buzkashi Boys" is a narrative film about two best friends, a charismatic street urchin, and a defiant blacksmith's son, who strive to realize their dreams as they make their way to manhood in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth.
