The 4th Annual GI Film Festival, will be held May 11-16 in Washington, D.C. The festival is the only one of its kind in the nation to honor the successes and sacrifices of American servicemen and women through the medium of film.
The GI Film Festival will feature a total of 35 narrative and documentary full-length and short films during the five-day event. Subject matter ranges from World War II themes of courage, sacrifice and brotherhood to present-day struggles including veteran homelessness and post-traumatic stress.
The festival will also host the world premiere of Starting Strong, a new Army reality show created, produced, directed and narrated by actor Ricky Schroder as well as an advanced screening of the new documentary Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good with special guest actor Gary Sinise. Filmmaker and veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Jonathan Flora,directed Lt. Dan Band.
Another festival world premiere, Chosin, features the work of two Iraq War veterans, Brian Iglesias and Anton Sattler, who lived out of a van and operated on a shoestring budget to complete their epic documentary Chosin, which chronicles one of the most savage battles in American history, the Korean War’s Chosin Reservoir Campaign.
The GI Film Festival’s Filmmaker Boot Camp will return this year. Budding directors and other attendees will learn how to finance, market and pitch their own films at the all-day event.
The GI Film Festival will be held at the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. The festival will host the post-traumatic stress panel at the Canadian Embassy and a congressional reception in the Russell Senate Caucus Room.
GI Film Festival Comes to DC
The 4th Annual GI Film Festival, will be held May 11-16 in Washington, D.C. The festival is the only one of its kind in the nation to honor the successes and sacrifices of American servicemen and women through the medium of film.
The GI Film Festival will feature a total of 35 narrative and documentary full-length and short films during the five-day event. Subject matter ranges from World War II themes of courage, sacrifice and brotherhood to present-day struggles including veteran homelessness and post-traumatic stress.
The festival will also host the world premiere of Starting Strong, a new Army reality show created, produced, directed and narrated by actor Ricky Schroder as well as an advanced screening of the new documentary Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good with special guest actor Gary Sinise. Filmmaker and veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Jonathan Flora,directed Lt. Dan Band.
Another festival world premiere, Chosin, features the work of two Iraq War veterans, Brian Iglesias and Anton Sattler, who lived out of a van and operated on a shoestring budget to complete their epic documentary Chosin, which chronicles one of the most savage battles in American history, the Korean War’s Chosin Reservoir Campaign.
The GI Film Festival’s Filmmaker Boot Camp will return this year. Budding directors and other attendees will learn how to finance, market and pitch their own films at the all-day event.
The GI Film Festival will be held at the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. The festival will host the post-traumatic stress panel at the Canadian Embassy and a congressional reception in the Russell Senate Caucus Room.