Bangladesh

“In a world where indigenous languages are in jeopardy of imminent loss at the rate of one every two weeks, it is crucial that we recognize the value of our indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities and the cultural knowledge they provide us,” said Francene Blythe, director of the All Roads Film Project. “It has become the mission of All Roads over the past five years to seek out the stories of these communities and make them accessible to a broader audience. Since our inception, All Roads has reached thousands of people throughout the world through our festival and traveling photography exhibits. In the coming years we hope to create an even greater impact as we continue to search out these unique stories, for they help us gain not only a greater understanding of ourselves but also of our place in the world.”

Among this year’s standout films are “Under the Bombs,” a narrative film by Franco-Lebanese director Philippe Aractingi, shot in the midst of real-time mortar bomb blasts and machine gun fire in Lebanon; Student Academy Award-winning film “As We Forgive,” by Laura Waters Hinson, which explores the acts of reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi communities of Rwanda; “The Linguists,” a documentary by filmmakers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, who travel to remote villages in Siberia, India and Bolivia following two tenacious scientists on a quest to record languages on the brink of disappearing; and “La Americana,” a look at the emotional dilemma faced by immigrants, by director Nicholas Bruckman with director of photography John Mattiuzzi.

Other notable films are “What Was Promised,” a film by National Geographic Emerging Explorer and All Roads seed grantee Roshini Thinakaran, depicting the challenges faced by the female recruits of Iraq’s new security forces; “Sikumi (On the Ice),” a short by up-and-coming filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Iñupiaq); and Sundance audience favorite “Nikamowin (Song),” by director Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree).

Also, this fifth-anniversary year, All Roads will include a program of “Persian Portraits,” featuring a collection of narrative shorts and a short-form documentary curated by the Documentary Experimental Film Center in Tehran. The festival will screen a number of animated shorts in addition to its roster of narrative and documentary shorts and features.

This year’s photography program features the work of 2008 All Roads Photography Program awardees Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh), Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan), Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina) and Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan), whose work will be displayed on a digital monitor at various screening locations.

Hasan’s photo essay “Living Stone: A Community Losing Its Life,” focuses on the India-Bangladesh border community of Jaflong, whose inhabitants are struggling with the environmental, political and physical effects of the region’s stone-crushing industry. Wahidy’s exhibit, “Afghan Women,” explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by the women of her native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than they did 30 years ago. “The High Tide: Native Islanders and the Community of the Paraná River Delta,” from Chaskielberg beautifully depicts a new culture — with its own laws and codes, a byproduct of unemployment and immigration — that has formed in this unique estuary, with a dense forest full of water and silence. Effendi’s essay, “Khinaliq Village — A Staircase to the Sky 2003-2006,” explores the effects of urbanization on the ancient village of Khinaliq in Azerbaijan, a village whose unique ancient culture is being threatened by the development of a luxury ski resort.

Advance tickets can be purchased now at the festival box office at 519 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe; by calling (505) 989-1495; or online at www.santafefilmfestival.com. Visit www.santafefilmfestival.com and www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads for specific dates and times. Tickets prices are $10 for individual admission, $75 for a 10-pack. Festival passes are on sale for $300 and $450. Call (505) 989-1495.

The All Roads Film Festival is part of the All Roads Film Project, a National Geographic program created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to share cultures, stories and perspectives through the power of film and photography. In addition to providing a venue for their films, All Roads offers its filmmakers and photographers a series of networking opportunities and awards up to 10 seed grants a year to support the development and production of film and video projects by or about indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities. Seed grant recipients are considered for inclusion in the All Roads Film Festival and other National Geographic-affiliated broadcast outlets. The All Roads Photography Program provides photographers with award money, cameras and photography equipment to assist with their fieldwork.

The Santa Fe Film Festival is a nonprofit that takes place Dec. 3-7, 2008, offering the best selection of independent films of all lengths — documentaries, narratives, international films, films about the artistic process, gala presentations of films from major distributors, retrospective screenings of tributees’ works, as well as educational workshops and varied opportunities for working filmmakers to network and reach out to the public. For more information on the festival, visit www.santafefilmfestival.com, powered by Desert Elements, or call (505) 988-7414.

“Welcome to Enurmino!,” by director Aleksei Vakhrushev (“Time When Dreams Melt,” “Birds of Naukan”), of Chukchi descent, won the audience favorite award for best feature-length film; “A Sketch of Wathone,” by director Kyi Phyu Shin ["Hna Khan Htat Ka Dar Thwar (The Sharp Knife on the Lips)"], of Burmese heritage, won for best short; and “As We Forgive,” by director Laura Waters Hinson, won the audience choice award.

Feature documentary “Welcome to Enurmino!” explores the plight of Russian villagers struggling to maintain their traditional Chukchi culture, while challenged by the changing landscape and their increasing isolation. The film screened at All Roads in Los Angeles and Washington and will screen as part of the All Roads program at the Santa Fe Film Festival, Dec. 3-7, 2008.

“A Sketch of Wathone” profiles Wathone, one of Myanmar’s best known painters, as he shares his thoughts on life, art and family. The film is Kyi Phyu Shin’s second documentary completed through the Yangon Film School. “A Sketch of Wathone” made its U.S. debut at All Roads in Los Angeles and Washington and will also be screened in Santa Fe.

“As We Forgive,” which also earned a Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences earlier this year, tells the story of two women as they come face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Waters Hinson, founder of Image Bearer Pictures, recently launched the Living Bricks Campaign, a multimedia viewer project to support reconciliation efforts in Rwanda. “As We Forgive” made its U.S. debut at All Roads in Los Angeles and Washington and will be screened in Santa Fe.

All Roads also honored four featured photographers with seed money and photography equipment to assist in their fieldwork. They are Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh), Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan), Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina) and Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan).

Hasan’s photo essay, “Living Stone: A Community Losing Its Life,” focuses on the India-Bangladesh border community of Jaflong, whose inhabitants are struggling with the environmental, political and physical effects of the region’s stone-crushing industry. Wahidy’s exhibit, “Afghan Women,” explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by the women of her native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than they did 30 years ago. Chaskielberg’s photo essay, “The High Tide: Native Islanders and the Community of the Paraná River Delta,” beautifully depicts a new culture — with its own laws and codes, a byproduct of unemployment and immigration — that has formed in this unique estuary, with a dense forest full of water and silence. Effendi’s essay, “Khinaliq Village — A Staircase to the Sky 2003-2006,” explores the effects of urbanization on the ancient village of Khinaliq in Azerbaijan, a village whose unique ancient culture is being threatened by the development of a luxury ski resort.

The photographers’ work was exhibited at the All Roads Film Festival in Los Angeles and Washington and can be viewed online at www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads.

The All Roads film awards are based on audience scores taken from the All Roads Film Festival in Los Angeles. The photography program awards are evaluated by the All Roads Photography Program selection committee. The All Roads Film Festival is sponsored by InterContinental Hotels.

Kicking off with a live concert by celebrated Somali hip-hop MC, griot and singer/songwriter K’NAAN in his only Los Angeles-area performance with songs from his new CD “Troubadour,” the four-day event will also feature an outdoor photography exhibit with works from four provocative new voices in the photography medium. Sicilian songstress Carmen Consoli will perform in an All Roads event Friday, Sept. 26, at Hotel Café in Hollywood.

“In a world where indigenous languages are in jeopardy of imminent loss at the rate of one every two weeks, it is crucial that we recognize the value of our indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities and the cultural knowledge they provide us,” said Francene Blythe, director of the All Roads Film Project. “With that in mind, it has become the mission of All Roads over the past five years to seek out the stories of these communities and make them accessible to a broader audience. Since our inception, All Roads has reached thousands of people throughout the world through our festival and traveling photography exhibits. In the coming years we hope to create an even greater impact as we continue to search out these unique stories, for they help us gain not only a greater understanding of ourselves but also of our place in the world.”

Among this year’s stand-out films are “Under the Bombs,” a narrative film by Franco-Lebanese director Philippe Aractingi, shot in the midst of real-time mortar bomb blasts and machine gun fire in war-torn Lebanon; “The Linguists,” a documentary by filmmakers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, who travel off the map to remote villages in Siberia, India and Bolivia to follow two tenacious college professors on a quest to record languages on the brink of disappearing; and “As We Forgive,” an emotional tale of loss and reconciliation by Laura Waters Hinson, winner of the Student Academy Award.

Other films of note are “What Was Promised,” by National Geographic Emerging Explorer and All Roads seed grantee Roshini Thinakaran, depicting the challenges faced by the female recruits of Iraq’s new security forces; “Sikumi (On the Ice)” a short by up-and-coming filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha Maclean (Iñupiaq); and Sundance audience favorite “Nikamowin (Song),” by director Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree).

This year All Roads will include a program of “Persian Portraits,” featuring a collection of shorts and a long-form documentary curated by the Documentary Experimental Film Center in Tehran. The festival also will screen a number of animated shorts in addition to its roster of narrative and documentary shorts and features.

All Roads will present the Los Angeles premieres of “Under the Bombs,” “The Linguists,” and “As We Forgive.” Australian feature “When Colin Met Joyce” will be making its North American debut. Other films debuting include the world premieres of “What Was Promised,” Burmese short “A Sketch of Wathone” and All Roads seed grant short “Keao”; the North American premiere of Russian feature “Welcome to Enurmino!”; and the Los Angeles premieres of Kurdish short “White Mountains,” Maori feature documentary “Guarding the Family Silver,” Dene short “Aydaygooay,” Bolivian short “Weaving Life,” Mexican short “Under the Open Sky,” Miq’maq animated short “Maq and the Spirit of the Woods” and Hawaiian short “Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina – Delicacies of the Land.”

This year’s photography program features the work of 2008 All Roads Photography Program awardees Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh), Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan), Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina) and Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan).

Hasan will present his photo essay “Living Stone: A Community Losing Its Life,” which focuses on the India-Bangladesh border community of Jaflong, whose inhabitants are struggling with the environmental, political and physical effects of the region’s stone-crushing industry. Wahidy’s exhibit, “Afghan Women,” explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by the women of her native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than they did 30 years ago. Chaskielberg’s photo essay, “The High Tide: Native Islanders and the Community of the Paraná River Delta,” beautifully depicts a new culture — with its own laws and codes, a byproduct of unemployment and immigration — that has formed in this unique estuary, with a dense forest full of water and silence. Effendi’s essay, “Khinaliq Village — A Staircase to the Sky 2003-2006,” explores the effects of urbanization on the ancient village of Khinaliq in Azerbaijan, a village whose unique ancient culture is being threatened by the development of a luxury ski resort.

For ticket information call (323) 466.3456 (FILM) or order online through www.fandango.com. A full festival schedule is available at www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads.

The All Roads Film Festival is part of the All Roads Film Project, a National Geographic program created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to share cultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film and photography. In addition to providing a venue for their films, All Roads offers its filmmakers and photographers a series of networking opportunities and awards a minimum of 10 seed grants a year to support the development and production of film and video projects by or about indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities. Seed grant recipients are considered for inclusion in the All Roads Film Festival and other National Geographic-affiliated broadcast outlets. The All Roads Photography Program provides photographers with seed money, cameras and photography equipment to assist with their fieldwork.

Fotoweek DC is a citywide event Nov. 15-22, bringing together photographers, museums, universities and others involved in the photography profession in a celebration of the city’s vibrant and ever changing community. National Geographic is a Fotoweek DC platinum sponsor and will host the closing awards ceremony and gala on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Society headquarters.

The National Geographic Museum (1145 17th Street, N.W.) will present four photography exhibitions during Fotoweek. “Odysseys and Photographs: Masters from the National Geographic Archives” (through Jan. 4, 2009) reveals the compelling stories of four legendary photographers whose work spanned the world during the 20th century. The book on which the exhibit is based is part of the new Focal Point series from National Geographic Books, celebrating the vision and style of individual photographers. A small “Focal Point” exhibit will showcase the work of that series’ other photographers: Alexandra Avakian, Sam Abell and Reza.

On the museum portico, “Whales: From the Depths of the National Geographic Collection” (through Jan. 18, 2009) features more than 30 of National Geographic’s stunning marine photographs and complements the interactive exhibition “Whales Tohorā,” currently in the museum’s main gallery. Additionally, the work of the 2008 All Roads photography program awardees Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh), Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan), Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina) and Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan) will be on display in the National Geographic courtyard through Dec. 2.

“Visions of Paradise” at Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts (1632 U Street, N.W.) is an exhibition of images from the new National Geographic book of the same name, in which photographers were asked to submit pictures that best represent their unique vision of heaven on Earth. Featured photographers include William Albert Allard, Jodi Cobb, David Doubilet, Beverly Joubert, Michael Nichols, Paul Nicklen, Randy Olson, Joel Sartore and Michael Yamashita. The exhibition will run through Jan. 2, 2009. An opening reception and book signing will be held on Nov. 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. with Doubilet, followed by a presentation and book signing with Sartore and Olson on Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. National Geographic is also holding a contest in which participants can submit their own “vision of paradise” for a chance to have their photograph on the cover of the book. To learn more, visit nationalgeographic.com/myvision.

Also around town, images from the 2008 National Geographic Photo Camps, made by high school students in the United States and Costa Rica, will be displayed Nov. 15-22 at Vivid Solutions (2208 Martin Luther King Ave, S.E.; www.archdevelopment.org). FotoWeek DC’s Georgetown hub in Cady’s Alley (3336 M Street, N.W.) will host an exhibition of the best of National Geographic’s user-submitted “Your Shot” photos Nov 15-22 (www.ngm.com/yourshot).

The National Geographic Live! lecture series will present three public programs during Fotoweek. On Nov. 17 photographer Mattias Klum will discuss the rampant destruction threatening Borneo’s lowland rain forest in his lecture “Borneo: Paradise Under Siege” (7:30 p.m., $18). The film “At Close Range,” which reveals the dangers and hardships experienced in the field by photographer Joel Sartore, will be screened on Nov. 18 as part of the “Tuesdays at Noon” free film series. And Ed Kashi will discuss his dedication to documenting the social and political issues that define our times in a lecture titled “Near and Far: A Photographer’s Journey with Ed Kashi” on Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m., $18). All programs will take place in the National Geographic Grosvenor Auditorium (1600 M Street, N.W.). Tickets are available by phone (202) 857-7700, online at www.nglive.org, or in person at the National Geographic ticket office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Kicking off with a live concert by celebrated Somali hip-hop MC, griot and singer/songwriter K’NAAN in his only Los Angeles-area performance with songs from his new CD “Troubadour,” the four-day event will also feature an outdoor photography exhibit with works from four provocative new voices in the photography medium. Sicilian songstress Carmen Consoli will perform in an All Roads event Friday, Sept. 26, at Hotel Café in Hollywood.

“In a world where indigenous languages are in jeopardy of imminent loss at the rate of one every two weeks, it is crucial that we recognize the value of our indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities and the cultural knowledge they provide us,” said Francene Blythe, director of the All Roads Film Project. “With that in mind, it has become the mission of All Roads over the past five years to seek out the stories of these communities and make them accessible to a broader audience. Since our inception, All Roads has reached thousands of people throughout the world through our festival and traveling photography exhibits. In the coming years we hope to create an even greater impact as we continue to search out these unique stories, for they help us gain not only a greater understanding of ourselves but also of our place in the world.”

Among this year’s stand-out films are “Under the Bombs,” a narrative film by Franco-Lebanese director Philippe Aractingi, shot in the midst of real-time mortar bomb blasts and machine gun fire in war-torn Lebanon; “The Linguists,” a documentary by filmmakers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, who travel off the map to remote villages in Siberia, India and Bolivia to follow two tenacious college professors on a quest to record languages on the brink of disappearing; and “As We Forgive,” an emotional tale of loss and reconciliation by Laura Waters Hinson, winner of the Student Academy Award.

Other films of note are “What Was Promised,” by National Geographic Emerging Explorer and All Roads seed grantee Roshini Thinakaran, depicting the challenges faced by the female recruits of Iraq’s new security forces; “Sikumi (On the Ice)” a short by up-and-coming filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha Maclean (Iñupiaq); and Sundance audience favorite “Nikamowin (Song),” by director Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree).

This year All Roads will include a program of “Persian Portraits,” featuring a collection of shorts and a long-form documentary curated by the Documentary Experimental Film Center in Tehran. The festival also will screen a number of animated shorts in addition to its roster of narrative and documentary shorts and features.

All Roads will present the Los Angeles premieres of “Under the Bombs,” “The Linguists,” and “As We Forgive.” Australian feature “When Colin Met Joyce” will be making its North American debut. Other films debuting include the world premieres of “What Was Promised,” Burmese short “A Sketch of Wathone” and All Roads seed grant short “Keao”; the North American premiere of Russian feature “Welcome to Enurmino!”; and the Los Angeles premieres of Kurdish short “White Mountains,” Maori feature documentary “Guarding the Family Silver,” Dene short “Aydaygooay,” Bolivian short “Weaving Life,” Mexican short “Under the Open Sky,” Miq’maq animated short “Maq and the Spirit of the Woods” and Hawaiian short “Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina – Delicacies of the Land.”

This year’s photography program features the work of 2008 All Roads Photography Program awardees Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh), Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan), Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina) and Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan).

Hasan will present his photo essay “Living Stone: A Community Losing Its Life,” which focuses on the India-Bangladesh border community of Jaflong, whose inhabitants are struggling with the environmental, political and physical effects of the region’s stone-crushing industry. Wahidy’s exhibit, “Afghan Women,” explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by the women of her native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than they did 30 years ago. Chaskielberg’s photo essay, “The High Tide: Native Islanders and the Community of the Paraná River Delta,” beautifully depicts a new culture — with its own laws and codes, a byproduct of unemployment and immigration — that has formed in this unique estuary, with a dense forest full of water and silence. Effendi’s essay, “Khinaliq Village — A Staircase to the Sky 2003-2006,” explores the effects of urbanization on the ancient village of Khinaliq in Azerbaijan, a village whose unique ancient culture is being threatened by the development of a luxury ski resort.

For ticket information call (323) 466.3456 (FILM) or order online through www.fandango.com. A full festival schedule is available at www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads.

The All Roads Film Festival is part of the All Roads Film Project, a National Geographic program created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to share cultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film and photography. In addition to providing a venue for their films, All Roads offers its filmmakers and photographers a series of networking opportunities and awards a minimum of 10 seed grants a year to support the development and production of film and video projects by or about indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities. Seed grant recipients are considered for inclusion in the All Roads Film Festival and other National Geographic-affiliated broadcast outlets. The All Roads Photography Program provides photographers with seed money, cameras and photography equipment to assist with their fieldwork.

Kicking off with a live concert by celebrated Somali hip-hop MC, griot and singer/songwriter K’NAAN with songs from his new CD, “Troubadour,” the four-day event will also feature an outdoor photography exhibit with works from four provocative new voices in the photography medium. The Mexican Cultural Institute and Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) will team with All Roads to screen “Soneros del Tesechoacán,” a Washington, D.C., premiere, in a pre-festival event on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

“In a world where indigenous languages are in jeopardy of imminent loss at the rate of one every two weeks, it is crucial that we recognize the value of our indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities and the cultural knowledge they provide us,” said Francene Blythe, director of the All Roads Film Project. “With that in mind, it has become the mission of All Roads over the past five years to seek out the stories of these communities and make them accessible to a broader audience. Since our inception, All Roads has reached thousands of people throughout the world through our festival and traveling photography exhibits. In the coming years we hope to create an even greater impact as we continue to search out these unique stories, for they help us gain not only a greater understanding of ourselves but also of our place in the world.”

Some of the year’s stand-out films include Student Academy Award-winning film “As We Forgive,” by Washington native Laura Waters Hinson, which explores the acts of reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi communities of Rwanda; “The Linguists,” a documentary by filmmakers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, who travel off the map to remote villages in Siberia, India and Bolivia to follow two tenacious college professors on a quest to record languages on the brink of disappearing; and “La Americana,” a look at the emotional dilemma faced in the immigrants’ plight, by director Nicholas Bruckman with director of photography John Mattiuzzi.

Other notable films are “What Was Promised,” a film by National Geographic Emerging Explorer and All Roads seed grantee Roshini Thinakaran, depicting the challenges faced by the female recruits of Iraq’s new security forces; “Sikumi (On the Ice),” a short by up-and-coming filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha Maclean (Iñupiaq); and Sundance audience favorite “Nikamowin (Song),” by director Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree).

This year All Roads will include a program of “Persian Portraits,” featuring a collection of shorts and a long-form documentary curated by the Documentary Experimental Film Center in Tehran. The festival also will screen a number of animated shorts in addition to its roster of narrative and documentary shorts and features.

All Roads will present the Washington premieres of “La Americana” in co-presentation with LALIFF, “The Linguists,” “What Was Promised,” “When Colin Met Joyce,” “Sikumi (On the Ice)” and “Nikamowin (Song).” Other films debuting in Washington include the Russian feature “Welcome to Enurmino!,” and the live-action shorts “A Sketch of Wathone” (Burma), “Keao” (Hawaii, All Roads seed grant), “White Mountains” (East Kurdistan), “Aydaygooay” (Canada), “Weaving Life” (Bolivia), “Under the Open Sky” (Mexico) and “Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina – Delicacies of the Land,” (Hawaii).

This year’s photography program features the work of 2008 All Roads Photography Program awardees Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh), Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan), Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina) and Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan).

Hasan will present his photo essay “Living Stone: A Community Losing Its Life,” which focuses on the India-Bangladesh border community of Jaflong, whose inhabitants are struggling with the environmental, political and physical effects of the region’s stone-crushing industry. Wahidy’s exhibit, “Afghan Women,” explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by the women of her native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than they did 30 years ago. Chaskielberg’s photo essay, “The High Tide: Native Islanders and the Community of the Paraná River Delta,” beautifully depicts a new culture — with its own laws and codes, a byproduct of unemployment and immigration — that has formed in this unique estuary, with a dense forest full of water and silence. Effendi’s essay, “Khinaliq Village — A Staircase to the Sky 2003-2006,” explores the effects of urbanization on the ancient village of Khinaliq in Azerbaijan, a village whose unique ancient culture is being threatened by the development of a luxury ski resort.

The All Roads Film Festival is sponsored by InterContinental Hotels & Resorts.

For ticket information, visit or call the National Geographic ticket office (1600 M Street N.W., Washington, D.C, (202) 857-7700) or order online through www.tickets.com. A full festival schedule is available at www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads.

The All Roads Film Festival is part of the All Roads Film Project, a National Geographic program created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to share cultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film and photography. In addition to providing a venue for their films, All Roads offers its filmmakers and photographers a series of networking opportunities and awards a minimum of 10 seed grants a year to support the development and production of film and video projects by or about indigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities. Seed grant recipients are considered for inclusion in the All Roads Film Festival and other National Geographic-affiliated broadcast outlets. The All Roads Photography Program provides photographers with award money, cameras and photography equipment to assist with their fieldwork.

The Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., is one of the most important artistic and cultural centers established outside of Mexico. Its primary mission is to promote and disseminate to the local community, the vast and rich traditions of Mexico’s cultural past and present.