Now in its 38th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington, DC-area audiences. This year’s selection includes international film festival award winners, European box office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many countries’ official Oscar® submissions for Best International Feature Film.
The best of European cinema…without the jet lag.
This year’s festival runs from December 3 through 21.
All-Access Passports
Priority access to every film. No ticket needed.
Now on sale!
Can’t get enough of European film? The all-access AFI European Union Film Showcase Passport gives you admission for one to every screening, including Opening and Closing Night and Special Presentations. At the end of the Showcase, you can see how many countries you “visited” by checking the stamps in your Passport. Valued at nearly $800, the Passport is an incredible deal!
General Public
$250
See the discounts available to Silver Cinema Club members here.*
*Silver Cinema Club discounts for the Passport are available on in-person purchases only.
Please visit our box office during operating hours for assistance with buying a Passport.
Individual tickets will go on sale when the full lineup is announced.
Watch for our $10 ticket sale day on November 14 (10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.)
Early Announcements
The complete lineup and schedule will be announced November 11.
Highlights from this year’s slate of 20 early announcements include new works from acclaimed European filmmakers such as Sylvain Chomet (A MAGNIFICENT LIFE), Fatih Akin (AMRUM), Gianfranco Rosi (BELOW THE CLOUDS), Radu Jude (KONTINENTAL ’25), Christian Petzold (MIROIRS NO. 3), Carla Simón (ROMERÍA), François Ozon (THE STRANGER) and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (YOUNG MOTHERS). Additional highlights include MAGELLAN, Lav Diaz’s gorgeously mounted anticolonial biopic, starring Gael García Bernal as infamous Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan; Cannes Jury Prize winner SOUND OF FALLING, Germany’s submission to the 2026 Oscars®, a hypnotic, time-traversing portrait of four generations of women living in the same isolated farmhouse over the course of a century; and ORPHAN, Academy Award®-winning Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes’ (SON OF SAUL) trenchant exploration of Hungary’s 20th century history — this time set in 1957, just one year after the USSR brutally suppressed the Hungarian Uprising; alongside Best International Feature Film Oscar® submissions from Croatia (FIUME O MORTE!) and Sweden (EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC), among others.
Click on the posters below to learn more.
View trailers for this year’s early announcements below.
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