29th Annual Movie Benefit
Please plan to join us Sunday, November 16, 2025, for a screening of a new movie at the beautiful AFI Silver Theatre. The Movie Benefit is Woodley House’s biggest annual event supporting critical housing and services for individuals facing mental health disorders. More information below.
OUR 2025 MOVIE BENEFIT EMCEE
DANA BASH
CNN Anchor & Chief Political Correspondent |
Former Woodley House board member
We are delighted to have Dana Bash, our 2024 Rose Awardee,
returning as emcee of our Movie Benefit.
OUR 2025 DONALD A. BROWN ROSE AWARD RECIPIENT
VINCENT A. KEANE
Woodley House board member | Former President & CEO, Unity Health Care
We are thrilled to be honoring our longtime board member and supporter Vince Keane with this year’s Rose Award, recognizing Vince’s dedication to Woodley House and the people we serve. Along with Vince’s decades of leadership in the District of Columbia’s health care sector, Vince has added immeasurably to the quality of life for so many in our community.
Vince became executive director of Unity Health Care, formerly Health Care for the Homeless Project, in October 1990. Over his 31 years leading Unity, it grew from a one-room site in a local homeless shelter to the District’s largest network of community health centers in existence today. Unity now provides mission-driven care to nearly 85,000 patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
Vince joined the Woodley House board of directors in 2014 and has been instrumental in our growth and innovation over the past decade.
A NEW VISION FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN FILM
AIDEN KELTNER
The 2025 Movie Benefit will feature special guest Aiden Keltner, a California-based filmmaker, who will screen his short film “Crane.” Aiden is a two-time Emmy Award winner (NATAS PSW), a recipient of the Voices with Impact 2024 Production Grant and the William Male Foundation Grant.
Aiden’s focus is on telling underrepresented stories from the mental health community. Aiden has been inspired by his own lived experience with close family members diagnosed with serious mental illnesses. Currently, he is developing different feature films on this subject.
Learn more about Aiden and his work at aidenkeltner.com.
THANKS TO OUR 2024 SPONSORS
Marquee Star
D|Watts Construction
Executive Producers
Dana Bash
Linda Kanefield & Norm Schneider
The McDonnell Foundation
Linda Parisi & JJ Finkelstein
Directors
The Andrew & Holly Clubok Charitable Giving Fund
Cathy Sulzberger & Joseph Perpich
Screenwriters
All Souls Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
Anonymous
Galena Yorktown Foundation
Grace Community Church of Howard County
Isabel & Jerry Jasinowski
Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation
Diane & Gareth Murray
Eugene Tillman & Ellen Heiman
Trehan Foundation
Red Carpet Patrons
Shannon Attanasio
Nick & Kelley Barnaby
Debra & Ted Barrett
Capitol Drywall, Inc.
Contemporary Electrical Services
Lou Hill Davidson
Heinz Family Foundation
Vicky Marchand
New Potomac Partners, LLC
Ann & Walter Pincus
Julia Slutsman & Matthew Hoffman
TMC Electric LLC
Trellis Charitable Fund
Film Fanatics
AJ’s Heating & Air Conditioning
Alston & Bird LLP
Nan Aron & Bernard Arons, M.D.
Film Fanatics (cont’d)
David Backer
Nina & Raymond Benton
Jeanine Boyle & David Gidley
Shirley Burgess
Capital City Flooring
Ann Chauvin & Christopher Wiggs
John & Christine Clardy
CLM Inc.
John & Barbara Cochran
Debra Curtis-Petties
Allana & Evan D’Amico
Alexandra de Borchgrave
Clark & Shae Denison
Lorna de Wangen
Dr. Daniel Dodgen
Jillian & Ryan Fielder
Leslie & Tony Fitch
Wendy Gray & Steve Pearlstein
Rucca & Allan Hakky
Marilyn Harris-Dabaghi & William Dabaghi
Florence & Peter D Hart
Chris & Noel Holmes
Talisa & Dave Joseph
Cheryl & Vincent Keane
Gail Lione & Barry Grossman
Dr. Catherine May & Mr. Jeffrey Maletta
MDA and NTI
Linda Meixner
Dina Moussa & Leith Shafi
Carol & David Pensky
William Pierce & Lisa Bontempo
Annette Polan
The Francis Raborn Family Fund of the
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation
Molly Raiser
Purva Rawal & Rahul Tevar
Paul Speckhals
Elizabeth & George Stevens
Kiyo Tukman
Rick Van Buren
Kristin Usaitis & Carolee Van Horn
Mallory & Diana Walker
Elizabeth Walsh & Reid Simon
Christie & Jeff Weiss
Laura Wertheimer & Andrew Pincus
Holly Wittenberg
Mark Wolff & Marilyn Kresky-Wolff