Virginia Film Festival

Hot off the Presses: New Books on Cinema from UVA Professors

Three UVA professors with newly published books on international cinema share short presentations about their scholarship.…

To the End

To the End follows four intersecting stories of courageous women of color—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Varshini Prakash, Alexandra Rojas,…

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

Director Nancy Svendsen captures the inspirational and ultimately tragic tale of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s journey to…

Tug of War

Official Oscar© Selection—Tanzania Denge is a revolutionary fighting for freedom from British colonial rule in his…

All that Breathes

As masses of birds fall from the smog-filled skies of New Delhi amid environmental distress and…

Alcarràs

Official Oscar© Selection—Spain | Golden Bear Winner, 2022 Berlin Film Festival For as long as the…

Songs About Love

US Premiere A bittersweet black-and-white film about a young musician searching for his path in life,…

Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams

In the early 20th century, a young, impoverished Italian cobbler sailed from Naples to the United…

Liquor Store Dreams

Preceded by short film GOOD BOY. Liquor Store Dreams follows director So Yun Um and her…

Huesera

Best New Narrative and Nora Ephron Prize Winner, 2022 Tribeca Film Festival After years of trying…

Hard Shell, Soft Shell

Az is a hopelessly romantic (or just hopeless?) twenty-something oyster farmer, plying his trade in the…

Godland

San Sebastian Film Festival Winner, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Jury Award Upon arrival to the Danish colony of Iceland…

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into The Future

Following the disappearance of thousands of fish in a river in southern Chile, a several decades-deceased…

Beautiful Beings

2023 Oscar® Selection, Iceland Addi, a teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, is the nominal…