AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is a state-of-the-art moving image exhibition, education and cultural center. Independent features, foreign films, documentaries and classic cinema features are presented through state-of-the-art technology in three theatres.

The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center was an ambitious project of restoration of the historic 1938 Silver Theatre. The new center was completed in 2003 by a collaboration of Montgomery County, Maryland and the American Film Institute. The building added 32,000 square feet housing, two stadium theatres, office and meeting space and exhibit areas.

The American Film Institute is America's national arts organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film, television, and digital media. The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center offers filmmaker interviews, panels, discussions, musical performances and other events.

Address: 8633 Colesville Road,- at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue - in the heart of the downtown Silver Spring, Maryland and two blocks north of Metro's Red Line station.

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