Film Series

Leadership and Resilience: Asian Americans on Screen

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Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with screenings of recent and innovative award-winning documentaries by and about Asian Americans.

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Event Series:  Onward! Highlights from the Flaherty Film Seminar

Founded 70 years ago, the Flaherty Film Seminar brings together an international and intergenerational community each year to explore the transformative, world-building power of nonfiction cinema, the exchange of cinematic ideas across cultures, and the expansion of the limits of cinema itself. 

Event Series:  Best of the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2025

The annual tour of award winners from the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) returns to the National Gallery.

Event Series:  By Land, Sea, and Lens: Creatures on Film

This film series celebrates the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World through historic and contemporary international videos and films inspired by the incredible insects, sea creatures, birds and other animals who share the world with us.