Virginia Film Festival

’63 Boycott + Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt

On October 22, 1963, more than 200,000 students boycotted Chicago Public Schools in a demonstration to…

9 Pillars Hip Hop Music Video Showcase

Curated by 9 Pillars Hip Hop Cultural Festival Director, Cullen Wade, 9 Pillars Hip Hop Music…

The Acolyte

Screens before the feature film All My Friends Hate Me. A new recruit clashes with a…

An Act of Terror

Screens before the feature film An Outrage The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South.

Adrenaline Film Project

The 12th annual Adrenaline Film Project has arrived! The AFP is a competition where teams pitch,…

Adrenaline Film Project Reprise

The Adrenaline Film Project is a 72-hour, highly-caffeinated filmmaking competition where three-person teams of filmmakers work…

Adrenaline Film Project Reprise

In its 15th year and hosted by Light House Studio, the Adrenaline Film Project challenges 12…

Afrikana Film Festival

The Afrikana Independent Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the cinematic works of people of color…

Afrikana Film Festival Showcase

The Afrikana Independent Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the cinematic works of people of color…

Age of Bryce

*Screens as part of the WE CAN RELATE TO THAT Short Film Package* Smothered by an…

Alienated

*Screens as part of the OUT OF THIS WORLD Short Film Package* An animated film about…

Allan Ellen

*Screens as part of the OUT OF THIS WORLD Short Film Package* Allan and Ellen are…

Anna

*Screens as part of the WE CAN RELATE TO THAT Short Film Package* Living in Eastern…

The Beekeeper

Screens before the feature film The Machinery of Dreams. Written, animated, and edited by Hank Farr,…

Before

*Screens as part of the OUT OF THIS WORLD Short Film Package* BEFORE follows a group…

Bernie and Rebecca

Screens before the feature film Lost in Paris After a blind date, Bernie and Rebecca imagine…

Best of FAVS Program at GMU

Best of FAVS Program at GMU features a selection of top films from students in the…

Best of FAVS Program at GMU

The Best of FAVS Program at GMU returns this year with a new selection of top…

Best of Film at Mason

Best of Film at Mason, formerly known as the Best of Favs Program at GMU, returns…

Best of Film at Mason

Best of Film at Mason returns for a fourth year to present a selection of recent…

Best of Film at Mason

Best of Film at Mason is a showcase of recent notable and award-winning films. From heartfelt to heartbreaking…

Best of Film at UVA

Visibility Cloak: 2019. USA. 8 min. Director: Kristen Barrett Jazmin struggles to stay afloat as a…

Best of the VCU Arts Cinema Program

VCUarts Cinema showcases a collection of all female-directed films from its Summer Intensive program. In a…

Best of the VCUarts Cinema Program

The Best of the VCUarts Cinema Program presents a selection of the best works by students…

Best of the VCUarts Cinema Program

The Best of the VCUarts Cinema Program presents a selection of the best works by students…

Bird’s Eye

*Screens as part of the WE CAN RELATE TO THAT Short Film Package* When the perfect…

BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop

Screens before the feature film Aloners. A young Korean-American hustler runs throughout the city of Chicago making…

Black Girlhood: Access & Assets

Screens before the feature film Tell Them We Are Rising Light House Studio students explore themes…

Blush

Screens before the feature film C'mon C'mon. An animated short in which a stranded horticulturist-astronaut struggles for…

Boardwalk Músico

Screens before the feature film Buskin' Blues A young trombonist dreams of touring the world as…

Boom and Bust: America’s Journey on the Erie Canal

A meditation on economic cycles and the American Dream, this remarkable film tells the tale of…

Burp

Screens before the feature film Swallow "Burp" is a feminist horror fantasia about a woman in…

But I Wanted to be a Cowboy

*Screens as part of the VIRGINIA STUDENT SHORTS BLOCK Film Package* A teenaged kid dreams of being…

Calf Rope

Screens as part of the BEING HUMAN Short Film Package. Set in the 1960s, A 65-year…

Classified

*Screens as part of the OUT OF THIS WORLD Short Film Package* Will Gibbons is hired…

Coapan En Espera

Screens before the feature film The Sower.  An experimental documentary from director Federico Cuatlacuatl, Copan En Espera…

Cowboy Joe

Screens before the feature film Driveways. Set in New York City, Cowboy Joe is a punchy…

Crooked Candy

screens before the feature film In Country Kinder Surprise eggs are hugely popular all around the world.…

DWELLING: Experimental Short Essay Films

There is a vein of haunted history running through each of these intensely experimental films, allowing…

Educated Feet

Screens before the feature film Bobbi Jene Through tap dance, Educated Feet explores the movement of…

Elemental

Screens before the feature film The Lady in the Van A 10 year old whizkid receives…

Empty Bed

Screens before the feature film Always Shine In the dark of night, a mother searches for…

The Exhibitor

screens before the feature film Fishing Without Nets Follow Dave Mead, projectionist at the Wellfleet Drive-In, as…

Family Day Short Films

This collection is a celebration of childhood packed with fantastic stories, breathtaking animation, and captivating characters.…

Feeling Through

Screens as part of the BEING HUMAN Short Film Package. Tereek, a teen wandering the streets…

Fifth Street

screens before the feature film 5 to 7 Adèle always wanted to become a famous writer. After…

Flop

Screens before the feature film Postal.  In this hilarious short film, a shy young man attempts to…

Food Place

Screens before the feature film It Started as a Joke. In this ensemble comedy, the ragtag…

Full Picture

Screens as part of the FACING REALITY Short Film Package. Santina has been in a wheelchair…

Ghostwriter

Screens before the feature film In Fabric Ghostwriter is a sweet short comedy about a writer who,…

Girl Becomes Snow

Screens before feature film November A VHS rendition of what happens when we die - an investigation…

Good Boy

Screens before the feature film LIQUOR STORE DREAMS. A young Korean American with dreams of launching…

Hello, We Lied

Screens as part of the FACING REALITY Short Film Package. Ordained "The King of Fake News"…

Home is Where the Farm is

Screens before the feature film SEED: The Untold Story Cleo Hicks is much like the average…

How Can I Ever Be Late

Screens before the feature film Tonsler Park African American students of the University of Virginia greet…

I Can’t Breathe

Screens before the feature film 4 Little Girls This short video piece combines footage of the…

Identity Crisis

*Screens as part of the OUT OF THIS WORLD Short Film Package* A cyborg named Scott…

In Confidence

screens before the feature film Karate Tango Based on a short play developed at the world-renowned Actors…

In the Shadow of the Pines

Screens before the feature film Try Harder! In the Shadow of the Pines is an animated short…

Incubus

Screens before the feature film Coming Through the Rye Incubus, the 2015 ACTION! Winner, is a short…

Inhale

*Screens as part of the WE CAN RELATE TO THAT Short Film Package* INHALE documents the…

INTHRIVE: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices

Short films by and about incarceration survivors, presented with the Inthrive Film Festival.

Kevin Everson Short Films

From internationally renowned filmmaker Kevin Everson comes a selection of short films that combines historical observations…

Kevin Everson Short Films

From internationally renowned filmmaker Kevin Everson comes a selection of short films that combines historical observations…

Kevin Everson Short Films

From internationally renowned filmmaker and recent 24th Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities recipient Kevin Everson…

Kevin Everson: Short Films

From internationally renowned filmmaker Kevin Everson comes a selection of short films that combines historical observations…

La Utopía De La Mariposa (The Butterfly’s Utopia)

Screens before the feature film Nudo Mixteco.  Lucas Avendaño is one of the most important artists in…

Lankes – John Borden Evans: The Rural Virginia Landscape in Our Time

The VAFF will present two of Eduardo Montes-Bradley's recent documentaries J.J. Lankes: Yankee Printmaker in Virginia and…

Left Undone

Screens before the feature film Loveless There is much that is no longer said between Mark…

Legacies of Slavery

Screens before the feature film Birth of a Movement This film was created for James Madison’s…

The Legacy Sessions

*Screens as part of the FOUR LONG-ISH Short Film Package* Darby, a loner high school student…

Light House Studio Short Films

These twelve short films from Light House Studio students include a mixture of narratives, music videos,…

Light House Studio Short Films

These 12 short films from Light House Studio students include a mixture of narratives, music videos,…

Light House Studio Shorts

These thirteen short films from Light House Studio students include a mixture of narratives, music videos,…

Light House Studio Shorts

A nonprofit filmmaking center dedicated to teaching students self-expression through filmmaking, Light House Studio’s work has…

Light House Studio Shorts

A nonprofit filmmaking center dedicated to teaching students self-expression through filmmaking, Light House Studio’s work has…

Light House Studio Shorts

A nonprofit filmmaking center dedicated to teaching students self-expression through filmmaking, Light House Studio’s work has…

Light House Studio Shorts

For over 20 years, Light House Studio has helped Charlottesville youth tell their stories through film. With…

Light House Studio Shorts

Light House Studio is a nonprofit film center where Charlottesville-area youth from elementary school through college…

LIGHT HOUSE STUDIO SHORTS

Some of the year’s best student work from Light House’s Summer Film Academy, the Adrenaline Film Project, and more.