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 […]
Hamnet Wins Audience Award for Best Narrative FeatureCome See Me In the Good Light Wins Best Documentary Feature CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – October 29, 2025 – […]
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 […]
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 […]