Virginia Film Festival

Ben is Back

When Holly’s (Julia Roberts) 19-year-old addict son, Ben, returns home one fateful Christmas Eve, she must…

The Biggest Little Farm

Preceded by short film Half a Chicken  When John and Molly Chester’s dog refuses to stop…

MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s MATANGI…

If Beale Street Could Talk

In the film adaptation of the James Baldwin novel, Academy Award winning director Barry Jenkins depicts…

Birds of Passage

In 1970s Colombia, a narco-trafficking era known as “la Bonanza Marimbera” pulls an indigenous Wayuu family…

Rafiki

Tomboy and daughter of local politician, Kena, has always been “one of the guys.” Defying Kenya’s…

Shoplifters

Osamu Shibata and his son Shota are on a shoplifting expedition trying to make money for…

At Eternity’s Gate

The renowned painter, Vincent van Gogh (Willem Dafoe), spends his prolific period in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise,…

The Defiant Ones

This four-part HBO documentary series follows the partnership of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, from their…

Widows

In present day Chicago, Veronica finds herself newly widowed. In addition to this misfortune, she must…

The Other Side of the Wind

Nearly half a century after production commenced on renowned director Orson Welles’ unfinished movie, producer and…

Charlottesville

Produced by University of Virginia Center for Politics and the Community Idea Stations, this documentary revisits the…

The Favourite

In early 18th century Britain, Queen Anne’s (Olivia Colman) gout renders her too weak to rule,…

Chef Flynn

Often called the “Justin Bieber of Food,” budding chef Flynn McGarry quickly emerged as a culinary…

Studio 54

Studio 54 was the epicenter of 1970s extravagance and pleasure - a place that not only…