{"id":13359,"date":"2017-03-28T19:32:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/28\/gi-film-festival-announces-lineup-key-events-for-11th-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:40:06","slug":"gi-film-festival-announces-lineup-key-events-for-11th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/off-duty\/2017\/03\/28\/gi-film-festival-announces-lineup-key-events-for-11th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"GI Film Festival announces lineup, key events for 11th year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 50 films, along with live entertainment and a mix of celebrities, will greet attendees at this year&#8217;s GI Film Festival, set for May 24-28 in Washington, D.C.<br\/><br\/>It&#8217;s the 11th year of the festival, which will boast a few new wrinkles along with the traditional cross-genre film offerings. 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The event <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gifilmfestival.com\/featured-films-2017\/#cinematic\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/gifilmfestival.com\/featured-films-2017\/#cinematic\">will\u00a0showcase movies<\/a>highlighting the military experience, including many produced by or starring veterans. Genres range from short documentaries to animated comedies to science fiction, with the focus on veterans from current conflicts back to World War II, with multiple stops in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We had enough films this year to fill two film festivals,&#8221; festival president Brandon Millett said. &#8220;That\u2019s never happened before.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millett co-founded the event in 2007 with his wife, Laura Law-Millett, a former Army officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past celebrity honorees include Gary Sinise, James Gandolfini, Joe Mantenga and Lou Diamond Phillips. Last year&#8217;s super-sized 10th anniversary event featured a concert by Sinise&#8217;s Lt. Dan Band, GI Choice Award winner Stephen Lang (&#8220;Avatar,&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Breathe&#8221;) showing his documentary &#8221; <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gifilmfestival.com\/films\/beyond-glory\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/gifilmfestival.com\/films\/beyond-glory\/\">Beyond Glory<\/a>,&#8221; and the cast of the veteran-made &#8220;Range 15&#8221; debuting their zombie-slaying horror-comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets for this year&#8217;s screenings and events go on sale in early April, but a variety of\u00a0full-festival passes <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gifilmfestival.com\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\">are available now<\/a>. 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