NIH SCIENCE IN THE CINEMA FREE SCREENINGS! July 11 through August 15

This summer, AFI Silver once again hosts the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Education's (OSE) exciting public program, Science in the Cinema. Science in the Cinema offers a different film with a medical/science-related theme every Wednesday at 7:00 for six weeks. Screenings feature an audience Q&A session with a guest expert following each screening. Admission to the series is FREE!

Science in the Cinema is open to the general public and intended for a broad range of individuals interested in movies, science and medicine. For more information on this year's lineup of films and guest speakers, visit www.science.education.nih.gov/cinema. All films will be shown with open captions for the deaf and hard of hearing and American Sign Language interpreters will be available for the post-film discussions. Those requiring reasonable accommodations to participate should contact OSE at least five days prior to the event (e-mail: moorec@mail.nih.gov; tel: 301.402.2470; TTY: 301.496.9706.) Tickets are available through the AFI Silver box office the day of the show on a first-come, first-served basis.

HALF NELSON

Wednesday, July 11, 7:00

Ryan Gosling, in a Best Actor-nominated performance, plays an inner-city teacher struggling with a drug problem. As he fights his demons he finds an unlikely friend in a troubled student (Shareeka Epps).

DIR/SCR Ryan Fleck; SCR/PROD Anna Boden; PROD Lynette Howell, Rosanne Korenberg, Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof. US, 2006, color, 106 min. RATED R

THE LOST WEEKEND

Wednesday, July 18, 7:00

Four Oscars — including Best Picture - and a Grand Prize win at Cannes. Ray Milland's brutal, unflinching portrayal of a disillusioned writer's self-destructive three-day bender. Billy Wilder's film offered a stark realism few at the time were ready to accept — and remains one of the most powerful indictments against the dangers of alcoholism.

DIR/SCR Billy Wilder; SCR Charles Brackett, based on novel by Charles R. Jackson; PROD Charles Brackett. US, 1945, b&w, 101 min. NOT RATED

RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE

Wednesday, July 25, 7:00

From the producers of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, a humorous and effervescent film about living with disability. Before James McAvoy (as the title character) came to the Carrigmore Home for the Disabled, humor, independence, and zest for life were in short supply for his fellow patients.

DIR Damien O'Donnell; SCR Jeffrey Caine and Christian O'Reilly; PROD James Flynn and Juanita Wilson. UK/Ireland/France, 2004, color, 104 min. RATED R

MOZART AND THE WHALE

Wednesday, August 1, 7:00

Penned by Ron Bass (RAIN MAN), this complex and rewarding romance stars Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchelll as lovers who live with a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome.

DIR Petter Naess; SCR/PROD Ronald Bass; PROD James Acheson, Boaz Davidson, Frank DeMartini, Robert Lawrence. US, 2005, color. RATED PG-13

THE SEA INSIDE
[Mar Adentro]

Wednesday, August 8, 7:00

Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language film, 2005, and a Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival for Javier Bardem. Chilean director Alejandro Amenabar (THE OTHERS; ABRE LOS OJOS) creates a celebration of life in this expressive film based on the true story of Ramon Sampedro (Bardem) and his 30-year battle to win the right to end his life with dignity.

DIR/SCR/PROD Alejandro Amenabar; SCR Mateo Gil; PROD Fernando Bovaira. Spain/France/Italy, 2004, color, 125 min. In Spanish/Catalan/Galican with English subtitles. RATED PG-13

ON THE EDGE

Wednesday, August 15, 7:00

The first of Irish director John Carney's films to have backing from a major American studio. Outstanding performances from Cillian Murphy (BATMAN BEGINS) and Academy Award-winner Stephen Rea (THE CRYING GAME) illuminate the emotional complexities of mental illness and attempted suicide.

DIR/SCR John Carney; SCR Daniel James; PROD Ed Guiney, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan. Ireland, 2001, color, 85 min. Rated R