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The Euro Increases in Value: EU Film Showcase

EU Film showcase courtesy AFI
THE EUROPEANS are invading, but don't worry -- they're here only to entertain us.

This year's European Union Film Showcase comes to AFI Silver for almost three weeks of comedies, dramas, documentaries, classics and fresh work from some of the greatest established and upcoming directors in the EU.

Thursday night's kick-off film is Swedish writer-director Lukas Moodysson's English-language "Mammoth," starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams.

Highlights along the way include a screening of Terry Gilliam's long-awaited "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (infamous for showcasing Heath Ledger in his last role), a screen adaptation from late Swedish author Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (director Niels Arden Oplev will be on hand before the Saturday and after the Sunday show) and "Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno," a documentary following the painstaking restoration of the French auteur's unfinished film.

» AFI Silver, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; through Nov. 24, $10 per film, six or more tickets $8 each; festival passport $125 for non-members, $100 for members; 301-495-6700, afi.com/silver. (Silver Spring)

Photo courtesy AFI

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