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.

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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

 

Stars Donor Level

Star

Jane-Ashley and Peter Skinner

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Marsha Trimble and Kent Olson

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Lucie Vogel

Susan and Thomas Woodcheke

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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