"Convention-defying filmmaking that suggests what Jacques Tati may have done with rural America." -Robert Kohler, Variety

THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE

Fresh from his jury award at the Torino Film Festival, Silver Spring resident Todd Rohal's debut feature has premiered to rapturous audiences worldwide. Will Oldham is an awkward demolition derby driver who vanishes in the confusion following a massive power outage, setting into motion a series of events affecting his pregnant girlfriend, his car-less father, a pack of wild boy scouts, a roller rink employee, an elderly woman and a ten-year-old girl.

DIR/PROD/SCR Todd Rohal; PROD Marissa Ronca and Jason Orfanon. US, 2006, color, 96 min. NOT RATED.

Friday, April 27 - Wednesday, May 2 at 9:00

Screening with
THE ALUMINUM FOWL

A cinematically beautiful but disturbing portrait of four brothers living on a rural Louisiana chicken farm with too much time on their hands and too little to do.

DIR James Clauer; PROD Harmony Korine and Agnes B. USA/FRANCE, 2006, 13 min. NOT RATED

WILL YOU LATHER UP MY ROUGH HOUSE?

In a sharp detour from his typically colorful and wide-screen productions, David Gordon Green presents an "Odd Couple" relationship between two roommates and a church organ.

DIR David Gordon Green. US, 1997, 12 min. NOT RATED

Special Events Fri & Sat: Post-screening Q&A with Director Todd Rohal and cast, moderated by DC-based filmmaker Jeff Krulik. Austrian band BOB will perform before the screenings. Friday, Apr. 27, 9:00 Saturday, Apr. 28, 9:00 Tickets on sale now!