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Audience at the Paramount Theater during the Virginia Film Festival.

2026 VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL SET FOR OCTOBER 21-25 

Call for Entries Launched  Charlottesville, VA – January 8, 2026 – The Virginia Film Festival announced today that the 39th annual Festival will take place from October 21-25, 2026.  The Virginia Film […]

Man playing acoustic guitar indoors by a large window overlooking a lake.

VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2025 LINEUP  

Highlights Include Christy, The Choral, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Hedda, Jay Kelly, A Private Life, Rental Family, Sentimental Value, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and Train Dreams   […]

NEA awards support arts nationwide: youth filmmaking, murals, music, and sculpture.

VAFF Awarded NEA Grant

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 […]

Woman speaking at the 37th Annual VAFF event, seated with interviewer.

37th Annual VAFF – Now That’s a Wrap!

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 […]

Black and white portraits of actors John Ralston and Yasemin Kay Allen.

VAFF Announces Program Additions

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

Woman dancing at a party, possibly related to the Virginia Film Festival, with blue and pink lighting.

Virginia Film Festival Announces 2024 Lineup

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 […]