2024 Individual Donors
Thank you so much to all our donors who have supported the 2024 Virginia Film Festival! We are deeply grateful for your continued trust, commitment, and investment in this mission and cannot do this work without you.
We would like to thank Mrs. Tessa G. Ader for her generous support of the 2024 Virginia Film Festival and for her support of the arts across the Grounds of UVA.
Benefactor
Robin D. Baliles
The David Butler Family Foundation
John and Kate Byrne
Anna Chytla and Jeff Crandall
John and Amy Harris, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Pat and Sharon Hogan, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Kelley MacDougall and Mike Pausic
Diane and Tim Naughton, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Sonjia Smith
Producer
Dorothy N. Batten
Liz Dickenson
Jason George, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Jai Jamison, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Cameron Mowat and George Worthington
Beatrix Ost
Stephen Paul and Sue Andrea Plaskon
Sabra Purtill and Andy Vest
Joanne B. Robinson
Susan and Tom Skalak
Linda and Brian Stanley, VAFF Advisory Board Member
William Taylor and Jacqueline Langholtz
Jack and Carol Weber
Director
George Beller and Kakie Brooks
W. Earle Betts, III and Nicole K. Betts
Tom and Betsy Bloom
Linda A. Butler
Caplin Foundation
Patti Cary and Todd Stansbury
Robert and Janis Chevalier
Perrin Chiles, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Thomas and Anne Clifford
Brad and Cathy Coyle
Jane and Tom Davis
Cap and Margaret Anne Eschenroeder
Chris and Brad Eure
Temple Fennell, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Charles H. Foster, Jr and Diane R. Bates
John Lee Hancock, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Joy and Jack Heyrman
The Ignaczak Family
Kris Kasselman and Bob Emmett
Staci and John Katsias
Jonathan Nguyen and Blake Sirach
Ricardo Preve
Scot and Rebecca Safon, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Stewart and Mary Buckle Searle
Karyn Smith
Christine Sweeters, In Memory of James C. Miller
Kevin Teng and Ashlynn Teng
Ellen Teplitzky
Nora and Dick Trodden
Cinematographer
Anonymous
Marc Abraham, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Dr. Beverly Colwell Adams, VAFF Advisory Board Member
David Addis and Rebecca Lieser
Aaron and Karen Alexander
Drs. Steve Apostoles and Renee Moss
Doro Bachrach, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Carolyn and David Beach
Mary A. Blackwell, In memory of Janet Altice Ross
Janet Graham Borba and Andrew Borba, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Olivia E. Branch
Wendy and Jack Brown
Sherry Burke
C to C Film Fans
Bob and Maria Chapel
Patty and Jon Craver
Jocelyn Diaz, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Fermion Government Services, LLC
Pam and Jon Freedman
Ben Frye and Jeremy Stern
Katie and Skylar Hinnant
Dearing Ward Johns Lewis, In Honor of Jared Benjamin Miller
Catherine Haena Kim, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Jody L. Knowles
Jacqui and John Lazo
Derek and Allison Leach
Cager Lee and Ollie
Amy Isaacs Logan and Tim Logan
Bob and Sharon Lorish
Julie Lynn and Doug Smith, VAFF Advisory Board Member
John McAllister
Dr. Sara McClellan and Dr. Bryon Gustafson
Julie and Geoff Montross
Marshall Persinger and Ray McKinnon, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Eric and Michelle Peterson
Diane Ritter
Stephanie and Larry Rowley
Paul and Anne Sartori
C. James Sears
Joan Schatzman
Jon Scheumann
Vaden and Ginny Shields
Marlena and Matthew Simon
Cheri Stephan and Steve Mull
Inessa Telefus and Chris Hubert
Hank and Ann Trautmann
Ron and Lynda Tweel
Sam Uppala
Allison and Andreas VanDenend, In Honor of Ilya Tovbis and Lizzy Ramey
Pierre-Hugues Verdier
Genevieve Villaflor, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Glenn Williamson and Kurt Birusingh, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Alison and Craig Wilson
Extra
Anonymous
Joe Allen and Claudia Worrell Allen
Sarah O. Allen
AJ Amigoni
Bob and Lisa Armour
Cathryn Astin and Patti Rose
Dr. Rajesh Balkrishnan and George Simmons
Erica Barnes and Matt Yohe
Bruce and Margaret Black
Joanne and Haywood Blakemore
Chuck and Candie Bruse
Gordon and Marjorie Burris
Sarah Ashley Cain
Dr. Elizabeth Carr and Mr. Christopher Acheson
Tina Carroll and Jim Palmborg
Jim and Helen Cauthen
Elizabeth Scott Cech
Martin Chapman and Madeleine Watkins
Betsy and David Chesler
Carl and Bettie Cholewa
Deborah and Geoffrey Close
Marge Connelly and Julie Christopher
Barbara Tragakis Conner
John d’Entremont and Kathleen Placidi, In Memory of Joe Kett
Charlotte and Ralph Dammann
Lisa M. Draine
John Fowler
John and Elizabeth Franklin
Kimberley and Michael Gallmeyer
Cady and Bryan Garey, In Memory of Roger West
Nathalie Gilfoyle
Terry E. Grant
Leslie and David Greenberg
Delores Grigsby
Abby Guskind and Tony Blanc
Jack Hamilton
Amy Heinrich and Jeff Hines
Charlie Holt
Sharon L. Hostler, MD
Danny Housier
Ben Jennings
Cass Kawecki and Barbara Gehrung
Mary and Don Kirwan
Marilyn Elliott Kozak
Dr. David Kleppinger
Laurie, Nancy, Kim, and Linda: the Gloucester gals!
Janet and Jeff Legro
Peppy Linden
The Charlottesville Chapter of The Links, Incorporated
Phil and Maryann Long
Monica Markelz and Julian Connolly
Jeanine Maruca
Ana and Pedro Matos
Stephen and Lu Ann McNabb
Judith A. McPeak and Douglas J. Cannato
Jenny Mead and Christine Shaw
Maribeth Mills and CJ Mantz
Julia Monteith and Max DiStefano
Gary Nimax and Allen Persinger, Jr.
Reina W. Oostingh and Charles R. Braley III
Ozzie Bennett Advisors
Dana and Kevin Palmer
Suzanne and Michael Parks, In Honor of Mick Parks 2016
Robert Pianta and Ann McAndrew
Caroline and Jason Pounds
Cynthia and George Reed
David Reznik
Steven and Marcia Sayre
Ashley and Jocelyn Schauer
Peggy and William Schrader
Luis Sierra
Patricia Simpson and Bernie Murphy
Al and Michele Sinesky
Martha Smythe
Lu Spotswood
Martha and Philip Stafford
Annie Ward Stern, In Memory of Ed Stern (Col 68)
Cate Stetson and John Faust
Steven’s Home Services
Jennifer Sulzberger and Bob DuCharme
tavola restaurant
Marsha Trimble and Kent Olson
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Lucie Vogel
Susan and Thomas Woodcheke
Gaffer
Anonymous
Nancy G. Achilles
Jan and Chuck Barnes
Louisa Barrett
Pamela Bartlett and Gerald Bishop
Paddy Bowman
Suzanne Jessup Brooks and Michael Brooks
Cate Caldwell
Jill and Jim Campbell
Judy Campbell and Michael Henke
Charles and Janet Cheeseman
Andrea D. Copeland
Wayne Cozart and Pat Lampkin
Shilpa Davé
Robin Ann Doran
Andy Edmunds, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Dana Elzey
Shannon and Matthew Ewald
Lucas Fairborn
Robert and Joan Forrest
Pattie Frischkorn
Michael Gallagher
Scott and Jenny Gardiner
Michael and Betsy Hancock
Sheila Haughey and Lloyd Snook
Vicki Hawes and Wynne Stuart
June Heintz
Maggie and Michael Hoover
Steven J. Kung, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Peter MacDonald
The Virginia McCords
Tim and Virginia Michel
Kerry Moran and Mark Rylander
Jeff and Judy Morton
Dennis and Christina Moyer
BettyJoyce Nash
Patrice Neese
Dennis O’Connor
Inger Pettygrove, In Honor of Carl Bogner
George Sampson and Winifred Wegmann
Kristina Geiser Smith
Ann Sutherland
Ilya Tovbis
John and Myrna Welch, In Honor of Jody Kielbasa