EUGENE O’NEILL’S THE FIRST MAN + Q&A w/director

Fri Feb 13 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

Regal Gallery Place | Washington

DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF)
Publisher/HostDC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF)
EUGENE O\u2019NEILL\u2019S THE FIRST MAN + Q&A w\/director
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DCIFF 2026 FEATURE FILM
About this Event

Overview: This is the first-ever film adaptation of The First Man - an early and rare story from the pen of Nobel laureate and Pulitzer prize winner, Eugene O'Neill. World renowned anthropologist Curtis is consumed by grief over his young daughters' deaths. He finds solace in immersing himself in preparations for his upcoming expedition to Asia, where he aims to unravel the mystery of "The First Man." However, he must confront an undercurrent of family conflict as he battles against his relatives' unsettling suspicions that his wife Martha is carrying his best friend Bigelow's child. ( United States / 2025 / 120 minutes )


DIRECTOR:

Hardeep Giani is a renowned Director and Producer in Film and Television. He has worked for the BBC, Channel 4, Talkback, RDF and Silver River television companies. Having studied film directing in New York at the NYFA and Motion Picture Pro - he has also gained qualifications from NFTS, London Film School, Raindance and Dov-Simens Producers course. His Short films Rose, Mary and Time, If You Go Away and The Years of Laughter and Forgetting have won numerous awards at film festivals. His long form documentary 'F**K It, It's Over' also won many awards at film festivals and he directed the TV documentary 'Megan and Harry: A Revolutionary Romance'. His First Feature 'Eugene O'Neill's - The First Man' is due for release in 2025.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Regal Gallery Place, 701 7th Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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USD 6.00 to USD 14.00

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