The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, is one of the nation’s premier film centers, exploring and celebrating new and classic films and filmmakers from around the globe. AFI Silver offers a year-round program of the best in American and international cinema, featuring a dynamic mix of specialty first-run movies; retrospectives; festivals; premieres, tributes and other special events; onstage guest appearances; and educational and community-based programs in a theatrical setting of the highest standards. Anchored by the stunningly restored 1938 Silver Theatre, the three-screen AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is a state-of-the-art film and digital media exhibition venue, which serves as a national model for preserving and honoring our shared film and filmgoing heritage. AFI Silver is a program of the American Film Institute, which was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

“AFI Silver is where filmmakers feel they have died and gone to heaven. You pinch yourself thinking this can’t be real, but it is — one of the best places on the planet to share your work and to see the work of others.”

– Ken Burns, documentarian