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VAFF Also Announces Launch of Call for Entries  Charlottesville, VA – January 29, 2025 – The Virginia Film Festival announced today that the 38th annual […]

VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL TO RECEIVE $20,000 AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Charlottesville, VA— January 22, 2025 – The Virginia Film Festival is […]

VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS 37th ANNUAL FESTIVAL—HIGHLIGHTED BY 138 FILM LINEUP AND GUESTS INCLUDING ADAM ELLIOT, JACK HUSTON, TRACIE LAYMON, MIKEY MADISON, MATTHEW MODINE, LAMORNE […]

Virginia Film Festival Announces Program Additions, including 40th Anniversary Screening of Birdy with Special Guest Matthew Modine   Mikey Madison to receive achievement in acting […]

Highlights Include Anora, Bird, Blitz, Emilia Pérez, The Fire Inside, The Last Showgirl,  Memoir of a Snail, Nightbitch, Pavements, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, and The Room Next Door  Keynote Guests Include Adam Elliot, Jack […]

Janet Planet, A Powerful Coming-of-Age Film Debut From Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Annie Baker, Set for May 30  Sing Sing, Starring Colman Domingo As a Wrongfully […]

Ennio, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Moving Documentary About Legendary Composer Ennio Morricone, Set for March 19  Argentinian Filmmaker Lisandro Alonso Visits With Eureka, A Meditation on the […]

2024 VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL SET FOR OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 3 VAFF Also Announces Launch of Call for Entries Charlottesville, VA – February 27, 2024 – The […]

VAFF LAUNCHES 2024 YEAR-ROUND FILM SERIES  WITH LEGENDARY DOCUMENTARIAN FREDERICK WISEMAN’S  MENUS-PLAISIRS – LES TROISGROS   Food Lover’s Dream is an Immersive Look Inside the Artistry […]

36th ANNUAL VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL: FULL OF HIGH NOTES AND UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS  MAESTRO AND AMERICAN SYMPHONY BOOKEND PROGRAM OF  MORE THAN 120 FILMS AND EVENTS PLUS […]

Highlights include American Fiction, American Symphony, Dream Scenario, The Holdovers, Maestro, May December, Origin, and Rustin Ava DuVernay, Jon Batiste, Matthew Heineman, Cord Jefferson, Riley Keough,Acclaimed Poet Nikki Giovanni […]

Four Industry Notables join VAFF Board, including award-winning filmmaker Scott Cooper, writer-director Jai Jamison, actor Catherine Haena Kim and veteran film exec Genevieve Villaflor Charlottesville, VA, […]

VAFF at Violet Crown Series to Present Award-Winning Father/Daughter Comedy Scrapper on Tuesday, July 25 Fremont, A Wry, Loving Portrait of Unforgettable 20-Year-Old Female Afghan […]

Visionary Filmmaker Boots Riley Presents New Series I’M A VIRGO Charlottesville, VA – APRIL 4, 2023 – The Virginia Film Festival announced today that it […]

2023 Virginia Film Festival set for October 25-29. VAFF Also Announces Launch of 2023 Call for Entries Charlottesville, VA – February 21, 2023 – The […]

VAFF Launches 2023 Year-Round Film Series VAFF Partners with UVA’s Miller Center and the Center for Strategic and International Studies to Present Documentary and Panel […]