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Article: Georgetown Film Festival to screen about 50 indies.(D)(Arts & Entertainment)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- August 4, 2001
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Byline: Gabriella Boston
The Georgetown Independent Film Festival, which is in its first year, plans to serve up at least 50 new, mostly American indie films next week.
The festival kicks off with a party at 7 p.m. Thursday at Canal Square, 1054 31st St. Three days of movie screenings will follow, possibly around the clock, in the Blues Alley Annex, 3 Blues Alley, says organizer Eric Sommer.
An awards ceremony is set for next Sunday for films in five categories: documentary, feature, short, experimental, animated and black-and-white.
First prize is a "Georgie," to represent Georgetown, but Mr. Sommer declines to reveal what it will ...