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What’s on offer at Filmfest D.C. The annual film festival, which opens Thursday, includes a fair share of buzzy movies and highlights comedies and films from and about the Caribbean.
A still from “Starbuck,” directed by Ken Scott, about a 42-year-old Peter Pan whose long-ago decision to donate sperm to a fertility clinic catches up with him.
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In “Robot & Frank,” directed by Jake Schreier, Frank Langella plays an aging jewel thief who develops a complicated relationship with his caretaker robot.
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Actor Firat Tanis in “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Courtesy of Cinema Guild
A still from “Facing Mirrors,” director Negar Azarbayjani’s debut about two women from wildly different backgrounds who are engaged in their own subtle subversions of repressive Iranian law.
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Fereshteh Taerpour
In “Facing Mirrors,” from Iranian director Negar Azarbayjani, two women from wildly different backgrounds subtly subvert Iranian law.
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Fereshteh Taerpour
A scene from “Goodbye,” Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing drama about a woman trying to leave Tehran.
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WIDE Management
A scene from Jose Padilha’s pulpy Brazilian crime thriller “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.”
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Variance Films
A still from “Eliminate: Archie Cookson,” a spy thriller from British director Rob Holder.
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Agent Pictures
A scene from “Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland,” directed by Yasemin Samdereli.
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Beta Cinema
A still from “Found Memories,” directed by Julia Murat, a portrait of a community of elderly townsfolk in rural Brazil.
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Film Movement
In “The Salt of Life,” writer-director Gianni Di Gregorio also stars as an Italian retiree making a final grand gesture.
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Zeitgeist Films
A still from “Leave it on the Floor,” a musical set in Los Angeles and directed by Sheldon Larry.
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The Film Collaborative
“Better Mus’ Come,” a film directed by Storm Saulter and set in 1970s Jamaica.
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Film Market Access
A still from “Neighboring Sounds,” directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho and set in Recife, Brazil.
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Cinema Guild
“Come as You Are,” directed by Geoffrey Enthoven of Belgium.
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Films Boutique
A still from “King Curling,” directed by Ole Endresen of Norway.
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Films Boutique
A still from "17 Girls," directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin of France.
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Strand Releasing
“Eleanor’s Secret,” directed by Dominique Monfery of France.
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A still from “Blood in the Mobile,” a Danish film directed by Frank Poulsen.
Courtesy of the Danish Film Institute
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Danish Film Institute
A still from “Planet Yoga,” a Canadian film directed by Carlos Ferrand.
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Filmoption International
A still from “War of the Arrows,” directed by Kim Han-min of South Korea.
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Well Go USA Entertainment
In “Monsieur Lazhar,”directed by Philippe Falardeau, an Algerian elementary school teacher navigates geographic and emotional boundaries with his Montreal students.
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Music Box Films
A still from “Sansho the Bailiff,” directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
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Brandon Films Inc./Photofest
A still from “Chinese Take-Away,” directed by Sebastian Borensztein and set in Buenos Aires.
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Latido Films
A still from “Corpo Celeste,” directed by Alice Rohrwacher.
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Film Movement
A still from “RasTa: A Soul’s Journey,” from Patricia Scarlett and Stuart Samuels.
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Film Market Access
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