Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 7pm
Details
Now in its 37th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington, DC-area audiences. The full lineup includes 54 films from all 27 member states, six U.S. premieres and 12 Best International Feature Film Oscar® submissions.
Special Presentation | 2025 Oscar® Selection, Portugal
1918. Mandalay. After a long engagement, lowly British diplomat Edward (Gonçalo Waddington) is finally set to be reunited with his betrothed, Molly (Crista Alfaiate). But instead of meeting her at the dock, he gets cold feet and hops on a boat to Singapore, setting off a cat and mouse game across Colonial-era Asia. Mostly drunk and occasionally mistaken for a spy, Edward finds himself in Thailand, Japan and China, with Molly never far behind. Their journey is juxtaposed with mesmerizing modern footage from those same locales, a potent post-colonial rumination filled with puppet theater, karaoke and a hand-cranked carnival. Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes (THE TSUGUA DIARIES, AFI FEST 2021) won the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for this spellbinding travelogue, where time, place, language and culture collide into an intoxicating masterwork.
