EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, November 16, 2025
AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland
5:00pm: VIP Reception (invitation only) at J. Hollinger’s Waterman’s Chophouse (8606 Colesville Road)
7:00pm: Program & Film Screening at AFI Silver
Questions? Contact development@woodleyhouse.org.
See photos here from our smash hit 2024 Movie Benefit!
Our 2025 Movie Benefit Emcee
DANA BASH
CNN Anchor & Chief Political Correspondent |
Former Woodley House board member
We’re 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 honor our longtime board member 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 D.C.’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 to the District’s largest network of community health centers. 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. He has two grown children, and lives in Alexandria with his wife, Cheryl.
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.
Purchase Movie Benefit Tickets
Thanks to our 2025 sponsors
Marquee Star
D|WATTS Construction
Executive Producers
Linda Kanefield & Norm Schneider
Linda Parisi & JJ Finkelstein
Screenwriters
All Souls Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
Eugene Tillman & Ellen Heiman
White Oak Enterprises
Red Carpet Patrons
Shannon Attanasio
Debra & Ted Barrett
Continuity Wealth Group
Heinz Family Foundation
Julia Slutsman & Matthew Hoffman
Film Fanatics
Jeanine Boyle & David Gidley
Han Group LLC
Gail Lione & Barry Grossman
MedStar Family Choice District of Columbia
