Jury of 23. Filmfest DC decided to give a main award of the Festival, Capital Focus Award, to the feature film SNOW by Aida Begic. Jury members were: Susan Barocas, Manjula Kumar, Arnie Lutzker, Anderw Mencher and Peggy Parsons.

Filmfest DC organized every year in Washington DC and this year its geographical focus included Eastern Europe and Japan.