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.
Since 1981, the mission of this festival has been to promote innovation in the art of the moving image with films that honor Edison’s vision. The selected international short films include animation, experimental, documentary, narrative, and screen dance works from all over the world. Festival director Jane Steuerwald will introduce the program.
Image caption: Still from Osbert Parker and Laurie Hill’s High Street Repeat, courtesy of the Thomas Edison Film Festival
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