2025

November 16 to December 19 2025

20 Year Celebration

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An annual festival of short films - screening
all genres from all over the world.

ABOUT

The Heritage Film Festival is a community-based, volunteer-driven event that brings together short films of all genres from novice and seasoned filmmakers to celebrate independent media.
This year's Festival is Nov 16 - Dec. 19, 2025. Our short films are from around the world and cover a wide range of genres. This year Heritage is only in person as listed below:
November 2025

The Camille, Bethesda, MD: 16 November 2025/2pm.

The Waverly: 4521 East West Highwy, Bethesda,

MD, 18 November 2025/3pm.

St Elmo: 4915 St. Elmo Ave in Bethesda, MD,

22 November 2025/6pm.

XPress Yourself DMV, the Wheaton Mall, MD;

22 & 23 November 2025/2pm.

The Connie Morella Library, Bethesda, MD,

29 November 2025/3pm.

December 2025

Rhizome DC: a community arts space in the Tacoma Park area of Washington D.C.

4 December 2025/7:30pm.

XPress Yourself DMV, the Wheaton Mall, MD;

13 & 14 December 2025/2pm

St Elmo: 4915 St. Elmo Ave in Bethesda, MD,

19 December 2025/5pm

Audience members are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items & to volunteer at a food pantry.

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About

St Elmo: 4915 St. Elmo Ave in Bethesda, MD, 19 December 2025

TESTIMONIALS

Their presentation was very professional and easy to register for others to watch. I thank you for choosing my film The Curator to be ran among the other films in your 2020 festival. I watched every film from the first day up until Saturday. It was truly a great experience. Thank you.

-Hakim Woods