“Seven Days in May” to Highlight 48 Films Honoring American GIs

 May 11-17, Washington, DC

Arlington, Virginia – GI Film Festival co-founders Brandon Millett and Major Laura Law-Millett announced today the line-up for the Third Annual festival showcasing the world’s best military films.  The festival will run from May 11-17, 2009 at the prestigious Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC and other DC area venues, including the Canadian Embassy and the Russell Senate Caucus Room.  The award-winning GI Film Festival is the first and only film festival in the nation dedicated to honoring American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines through the medium of film.  (See www.gifilmfestival.com for more information.) 

The GI Film Festival is not only the premiere film festival honoring America’s troops but also the most significant film festival in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.  Major corporate sponsors for 2009 festival include among others:  Target Corporation; TriWest Healthcare Alliance; America’s Huey 091 Foundation; Pence-Friedel Developers, Inc; USO International; MGM/UA; HBO, Inc.; American Military University, and Discovery Communications’ “The Military Channel.”  (more…)

Whatever happened to military films where American GI’s are the good guys?  You know…the movies where our guys are actually wearing the white hats? 

You can find them at the GI Film Festival, which is held each May in Washington DC. The GI Film Festival is the first and only film festival in the country dedicated to the American military; for five days we bring Hollywood and the military together to screen movies that portray American GIs in a positive light.

The latest film to be announced in the GI Film Festival 2009 lineup, The Divided comes from Director Bennett Stein in his first feature debut.  Bennett was born in Paris to a CIA agent mom and an anti-Soviet, nuke-counting spy father.  When his parents returned stateside and began a publishing and production company, Bennett’s life changed forever and he knew he wanted to be in the entertainment industry.  Bennett began his career as a personal assistant to celebrated actor William Hurt.  After acting in over 25 plays and films, Bennett turned his sights to writing and directing. (more…)