What’s on offer at Filmfest D.C.

The annual film festival, which opens Thursday, includes a fair share of buzzy movies and highlights comedies and films from and about the Caribbean.

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A still from “Starbuck,” directed by Ken Scott, about a 42-year-old Peter Pan whose long-ago decision to donate sperm to a fertility clinic catches up with him.

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In “Robot & Frank,” directed by Jake Schreier, Frank Langella plays an aging jewel thief who develops a complicated relationship with his caretaker robot.

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Actor Firat Tanis in “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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A still from “Facing Mirrors,” director Negar Azarbayjani’s debut about two women from wildly different backgrounds who are engaged in their own subtle subversions of repressive Iranian law.

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In “Facing Mirrors,” from Iranian director Negar Azarbayjani, two women from wildly different backgrounds subtly subvert Iranian law.

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A scene from “Goodbye,” Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing drama about a woman trying to leave Tehran.

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A scene from Jose Padilha’s pulpy Brazilian crime thriller “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.”

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A still from “Eliminate: Archie Cookson,” a spy thriller from British director Rob Holder.

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A scene from “Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland,” directed by Yasemin Samdereli.

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A still from “Found Memories,” directed by Julia Murat, a portrait of a community of elderly townsfolk in rural Brazil.

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In “The Salt of Life,” writer-director Gianni Di Gregorio also stars as an Italian retiree making a final grand gesture.

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A still from “Leave it on the Floor,” a musical set in Los Angeles and directed by Sheldon Larry.

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“Better Mus’ Come,” a film directed by Storm Saulter and set in 1970s Jamaica.

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A still from “Neighboring Sounds,” directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho and set in Recife, Brazil.

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“Come as You Are,” directed by Geoffrey Enthoven of Belgium.

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A still from “King Curling,” directed by Ole Endresen of Norway.

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A still from "17 Girls," directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin of France.

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“Eleanor’s Secret,” directed by Dominique Monfery of France.

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A still from “Blood in the Mobile,” a Danish film directed by Frank Poulsen.

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A still from “Planet Yoga,” a Canadian film directed by Carlos Ferrand.

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A still from “War of the Arrows,” directed by Kim Han-min of South Korea.

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In “Monsieur Lazhar,”directed by Philippe Falardeau, an Algerian elementary school teacher navigates geographic and emotional boundaries with his Montreal students.

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A still from “Sansho the Bailiff,” directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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A still from “Chinese Take-Away,” directed by Sebastian Borensztein and set in Buenos Aires.

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A still from “Corpo Celeste,” directed by Alice Rohrwacher.

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A still from “RasTa: A Soul’s Journey,” from Patricia Scarlett and Stuart Samuels.

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TV presenter and conservationist Anneka Tanaka-Svenska wears a hat designed by Louis Mariette during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNISADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

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Royal Ascot, protests in Brazil, Lego exhibition, flooding in India, Cheetah-Cub robot and more.

Two-year old male rat named Dyatlik wears a costume during a rodent exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Animal views

Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony at Howard University on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington, DC. Carrington, who grew up in Tyler House public-housing apartments and is graduating from one of DC's low-performing high schoolsy, where academic expectations are high. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Madonna attends the Dolce & Gabbana and The Cinema Society screening of the Epix World premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at The Paris Theatre on June 18, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Eye on entertainment

Madonna, Michael Buble, Barbara Streisand, Jackie Chan, Jerry Seinfeld, Estelle and other celebrities.

Inmates walk at a high-security male prison camp outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 14, 2013. High-security male prison camp number 17 is intended to house male inmates who are serving a sentence for the first time, and have been convicted for serious crimes. Prisoners at the facility work in wood and metal processing shops, manufacture furniture, sew clothes and do other kinds of work. They can also take part in educational, sport and cultural programs. Picture taken May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 4 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE SIBERIA'S PRISONS' SEARCH 'ILYA PRISON' FOR ALL IMAGES

Life in a Siberian prison

A look inside a high-security prison camp outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Reenactors dressed as knights stage a medieval jousting competition at Eltham Palace on June 16, 2013 in Eltham, England. The 'Grand Medieval Joust' event at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property which was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to give a great insight into life at the palace during the medieval period. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

The Grand Medieval Joust

The Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property that was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to lend insight through reenactment into life at the palace...

In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: John F. Tatum Sr. hugs his grandson John F. Tatum III during his annual Father's Day block party on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

Father’s Day picnic in Northeast D.C.

A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...

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