Concurrent with the Maryland Film Festival, Videopolis returns to the Metro Gallery for its fourth year, showcasing local and avant-garde work with the moving image that hasn't always found its way into the festival tradition. This could (and often does) mean pretentious, inaccessible, and mind-numbing, but chances are that's not the case, as Metro Gallery is definitely not known for being boring. This year, the festival includes performances, shorts of multiple genres, installations, and a panel of local filmmakers discussing and screening music videos they have made. Best of all, the entire event is completely free. (Jenn Ladd)

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