AFI European Union Film Showcase

December 2–20

Presented in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States

The best of European cinema…without the jet lag.

Now in its 39th 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.

All-Access Passports

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 over $750, the Passport is an incredible deal!

$250

BUY A PASS

See the discounts available to Silver Cinema Club members here.*

*Silver Cinema Club discounts for the Passport are available on in-person purchases only.

Early Announcements

The complete lineup and schedule will be announced November 10.

Watch for our $10 Ticket One-Day Sale on Friday, November 13, from 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

Highlights from this year’s slate of 20 early announcements include BUNKER, Florian Zeller’s taut character drama, starring Academy Award®–winning couple Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz; Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize winner EVERYTIME, a hypnotic and surprising meditation on grief that is Germany’s submission to the 2027 Oscars®; DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID, another scathing satire from Radu Jude, who loosely adapts Octave Mirbeau’s novel into an even more provocative metatextual treatise on class and immigration in modern-day Europe; and Emmanuel Marre’s A MAN OF HIS TIME, a Vichy France–set biopic starring Swann Arlaud (ANATOMY OF A FALL), which won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival; alongside Best International Feature Film Oscar® submissions from Canada (NINA ROZA), Cyprus (HOLD ONTO ME), Ireland (AONTAS) and Malta (ZEJTUNE).