Film Festivals

The Alexandria Film Festival is a tribute to cinematic art, featuring emerging and established filmmakers from all over the world. The festival includes 39 independent, short and feature length films, documentaries, animation and narrative films screened at a variety of locations in and around the City of Alexandria, Virginia.

Enjoy free outdoor movies this summer in downtown Bethesda, modern and classic cinema at the second annual Bethesda Outdoor Movies: Stars on the Avenue.

Capitol Riverfront will host family-friendly outdoor movies throughout the summer. The vibrant mixed-use community and riverfront destination, located near the Washington Navy Yard and Nationals Park,

Columbia Heights will host free outdoor movie nights on the soccer field of Tubman Elementary, 3101 13th Street NW Washington DC.

Enjoy family friendly outdoor movies under the stars in Columbia, Maryland. See the schedule of summer movies.

See free outdoor movies at the Comcast Outdoor Film Festival in Alexandria, Virginia

See free outdoor movies in Woodbridge, Virginia.

See free outdoor James Bond movie classics in Crystal City, Virginia.

The DC Shorts Film Festival, screenings at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in, Washington, DC, film festival dedicated to short films from around the world.

The DC Environmental Film Festival features 100 documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental and children's films from around the world.

Filmfest DC, Washington, DC's 12-day annual special event showcases a wide range of extraordinary new films from around the world.

Cox Communications Northern Virginia and the City of Fairfax present free outdoor movies on a giant 40-foot by 20-foot screen with a Dolby surround sound system. See the schedule and details.

See classic and premier films celebrating the heroic stories of the American Armed Forces. Festival includes a variety of films and panel discussions with actors, filmmakers and members of the military.

The holiday celebration features a variety of Christmas movies, including classic favorites, comedies and romantic holiday dramas. Take a break from your holiday shopping and enjoy a few hours of family entertainment.

During the summer months National Harbor, Maryland, the waterfront development on the Potomac River, presents free classic movies on the Plaza’s big screen.

NoMA Summer Film Festival, see outdoor movies in Northeast Washington, DC.

This film festival is sponsored by Yachad, the Jewish non-profit of Greater Washington, focusing on documentaries, narratives, and animation films that are about or take place in Washington, DC.

Enjoy family friendly outdoor movies under the stars as part of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland. See the movie schedule.

Watch movies outdoors during the summer at one of the Washington, DC area outdoor movie festivals. Find up-to-date movie schedules and more.

Find the movie schedule for free outdoor movies on Rockville Town Square in Rockville, Maryland

Washington, DC's gay and lesbian film festival, usually held in October.

The film festival features free movies on a huge screen in downtown Rosslyn every Friday night from June through September, See the schedule

Bring the whole family to the National Mall in Washington, DC to watch free outdoor movies during this summer special event.

SILVERDOCS is a film festival created by the American Film Institute (AFI) and Discovery Channel to bring the best new documentaries to Washington, DC area audiences.

Slapsticon Film Festival in Arlington, Virginia features slapstick comedy movies from 1910 - 1940s.

Enjoy free outdoor movies on the lawn at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda, Maryland, during the Comcast Outdoor Film Festival.

The U Street Outdoor Movie Series features a diverse selection of free documentaries and films sponsored by Friends of Harrison Recreation Center, the U Street Neighborhood Association, and the Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association.

Enjoy outdoor movies in Arlington, Virginia at the Village at Shirlington Movies Under the Stars, see an up-to-date schedule

The Washington Jewish Film Festival, film festival, sponsored by the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center’s Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts, features 46 films at a variety of venues around Washington, DC.

The Washington, DC Independent Film Festival is an annual event showcasing the latest feature, short, animation and documentary films by local, national, and international filmmakers.

WB50 sponsors free outdoor family-friendly movies in downtown Silver Spring. See the 2006 schedule.