

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Film Screening: Summer School, 2001 + Q&A with Director
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Avalon Theatre will screen the film Summer School, 2001, with director Dužan Duong on March 11, 2026, at 7:30 pm!

Set in the summer of 2001, seventeen-year-old Kien returns to his Vietnamese family in the Czech border town of Cheb after ten years in Vietnam. Instead of a warm welcome, he finds an estranged father, a worried mother, and a younger brother who isn’t ready to forgive or forget. Between heat-pressing Pokémon onto T-shirts, learning Czech grammar, and lakeside flirtations, a buried secret surfaces.

Told with lightness and humor, the film offers a coming-of-age story from inside the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic. (102 min, in Vietnamese and Czech with English subtitles)

The film was nominated at the 2026 Czech Film Critics’ Awards for:
• Best Screenplay
• Discovery of the Year

Post-screening Q&amp;A with director Dužan Duong

About the Director:
Dužan Duong is a director and cinematographer of Vietnamese origin. He debuted at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival with the short film Mat Goc and gained recognition with Bo Hai, screened at FAMUfest, Finále Plzeň, Prague Shorts, SGIFF, and Cottbus IFF. His work explores identity and cultural memory, and he also works in advertising cinematography under the brand Novák+Nguyen.

Event Details:
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 7:30 pm

Location: Avalon Theatre
5612 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC 20015

Tickets: https://www.theavalon.org/films/summer-school-2001/

Film Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/SummerSchool2001

The event is presented in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic and Reel Citrus.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bethesda/film-screening-summer-school-2001-qanda-with-director/200029653271303
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, theatre, festivals, pokemon
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 14

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.theavalon.org/films/summer-school-2001/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bethesda-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bethesda
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Avalon Theatre
- **lat**: 38.96528
- **long**: -77.0763
- **full address**: The Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20015-2604, United States, Bethesda

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, DC (https://allevents.in/org/embassy-of-the-czech-republic-in-washington-dc/6713273)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20015-2604, United States, Bethesda
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, DC
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, theatre, festivals, pokemon
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Film Screening: Summer School, 2001 + Q&A with Director ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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