Welcome to the 29th edition of Film|Neu, Washington’s annual festival of great new films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. After presenting a fully virtual program in November 2020, we have decided to carry some virtual elements over into this year’s festival and present a hybrid program in 2021. With six films screening online and six films screening at our long-time host venue, Landmark’s E Street Cinema, we have arrived at a "new normal" for our festival – one that will likely continue as we approach thirty years of Film|Neu in 2022.
"Extraordinary times" call for extraordinary films – at least, extraordinary times are what we’re told we’ve been living in for the past eighteen months. Of course, in order to define extraordinary, we would need some grasp on what qualifies as ordinary. In many ways, times are different now from the way they used to be, but when were they ever ordinary? Will we ever get back to those ordinary times? Do we want to?
This year's festival program features twelve feature films – six screening at Landmark's E Street Cinema, six streaming online – each one challenging our notion of the ordinary in some way or another. We will also co-present a short films showcase together with our friends at JxJ, with support from DC Shorts Film Festival. On November 20, join us at the Goethe-Institut at 14th & R for a reception celebrating our 29th year of Film|Neu.
Check out our trailer below and explore our website at www.filmneu.org for a full program, ticket prices, and more.
We look forward to welcoming you both virtually and in-person to this year's Film|Neu, and wish you all an "extraordinary time" at our festival!
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