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z2023

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    A DIFFERENT MAN

    Sneak preview courtesy of A24. This program is free-to-attend, with RSVP (space allowing). Sebastian Stan, winner…

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    In the Summers

    Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Sundance Film Festival Directing Award—U.S. Dramatic In this poignant debut…

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    Janet Planet

    This program is free-to-attend, with RSVP (space allowing). Thank you to A24 for providing this advanced…

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    EUREKA

    Followed by a conversation with director Lisandro Alonso. Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro…

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    Ennio

    Introduction and post-screening discussion led by Benjamin Rous, Music Director of the Charlottesville Symphony at UVA.…

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    Paper Clips

    Special 20th Anniversary Screening Screening followed by a Q&A with Director Joe Fab moderated by VAFF…

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    The Mother of all Lies

    Young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir wants to know why she only has one photograph from…

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    Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros

    Founded in 1930 in central France, the Troisgros family restaurant has been holding 3 Michelin stars…

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    Short Films: Best of Fests

    Program followed by discussion with Millstone director Peter Hoffman Kimball and actor Eddie Buck. Moderated by…

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    20 Days in Mariupol

    Official Oscar© Selection—Ukraine Amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group of Ukrainian journalists from the Associated…

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    American Symphony

    In 2022, the Grammy and Oscar-winning jazz and contemporary recording artist Jon Batiste faced a pivotal…

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    Origin

    U.S. Premiere Isabel Wilkerson, a pioneering African-American journalist and the first to receive a Pulitzer Prize,…

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    Fingernails

    In the not-so-distant future, Anna (Jessie Buckley) and her partner Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have achieved…

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    Robot Dreams

    Preceded by the short film Starling. Dog leads a quiet and somewhat lonely life. Growing weary…

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    2023 Opening Night Gala

    21+ Event Join us for the start of the Virginia Film Festival at the Opening Night…

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    Next Generation Storytellers’ High School Short Films

    Fear The Fog (12 min.) A group of amateur ghost hunters break into an abandoned hospital…

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    The Gilded Age: Season 2 Sneak Preview

    Season two of HBO's The Gilded Age begins on Easter morning 1883, with news that Bertha…

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    May December

    In preparation for her upcoming acting role, Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), a rising celebrity, deeply involves herself…

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    I Could Have Been A Tree Instead

    Albert Schweitzer describes the concept of reverence as, "Just as white light consists of colored rays,…

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    Light House Studio Shorts

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

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    A Suite of Short Films by Kevin Jerome Everson

    Program followed by discussion with filmmaker Kevin Everson, moderated by Claudrena Harold (UVA). Marbled Golden Eyes…

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    Short Films: Heroes You Should Know

    Five inspirational stories of American heroes whose accomplishments deserve a bigger spotlight. These documentary shorts explore…

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    Short Films: Our Wealth in Common

    A collection of short films from talented Virginia filmmakers, ranging from inventive fictions to clear-eyed reckonings…

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    Short Films: Fantastical Escape

    A series of short stories of escaping the mundane, life’s hardships, isolation, and being misunderstood. These…

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    Dream Scenario

    Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is a directionless family man and middling professor, troubled by the ordinary,…

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    War Pony

    Caméra D'Or, Cannes Film Festival  War Pony follows two Oglala Lakota men as they come of…

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    2023 Late Night Wrap Party

    21+ Event. Before the credits roll on the 36th annual Festival, join us at the Late…

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    La Chimera

    For a film chronicling a group of grave-robbers, La Chimera is markedly full of life and…

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    King Coal

    King Coal comprises a collection of poetic vignettes that depict daily life in Appalachia, primarily exploring…

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    Maestro

    Written, directed, and starring Bradley Cooper, Maestro is a deep and fascinating look inside the mind…

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    Joan Baez I Am A Noise

    Joan Baez, a musician, civil rights campaigner, and activist, has graced the stage for over six…

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    The Mission

    In 2018, the world was captivated by the tragic story of John Chau, a young American…

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    Impossible Town

    For many years, Minden, West Virginia, has deteriorated into toxic decay due to the pervasive presence…

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    Monster

    Usually quiet and reserved, young Minato has begun to act strangely; he claims to be a…

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    Immediate Family

    Best known for their studio and stage work in support of some of the bestselling singer-songwriters…

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    No Ordinary Campaign

    In 2017, Brian Wallach and his wife Sandra Abrevaya's lives drastically changed. Shortly after welcoming their newborn…

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    OnBoard

    In the summer of 2020, Merline Saintil, a former tech COO, and Robin Washington, a former…

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    On the Adamant

    Golden Bear (Best Film) Winner | Berlin International Film Festival In the heart of Paris, atop…

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    Pay or Die

    In a nation of plenty, the ultimate price is paid by those who cannot afford it.…

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    Perfect Days

    Official Oscar© Selection—Japan | Best Actor, Kōji Yakusho – Cannes Film Festival One of two films (in…

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    The Persian Version

    Audience Award, US Dramatic | Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, US Dramatic | Sundance…

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    Radical

    Festival Favorite Award, Sundance Film Festival The students at Jose Urbina Lopez Elementary School face significant…

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    Evil Does Not Exist

    Oscar-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) returns with Evil Does Not Exist, an unexpected and mysterious…

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    The Disappearance of Shere Hite

    In 1976, Shere Hite's groundbreaking bestseller, The Hite Report, delved into women's private experiences through an…

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    Rustin

    Bayard Rustin, architect of the 1963 March on Washington, was one of America's great activists, organizers,…

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    Stamped from the Beginning

    Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (The 1619 Project) brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's acclaimed book of…

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    Terrestrial Verses

    Terrestrial Verses is comprised of nine vignettes that shed light on the everyday struggles of ordinary…

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    The Settlers

    Official Oscar© Selection—Chile At the turn of the twentieth-century, Segundo, a Chilean of European and Latin descent,…

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    Hummingbirds

    In Laredo, a small Texas city on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba can…

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    The Holdovers

    Most American children spend winter break at home with their families, but at Barton Academy, an…

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    Sleep

    Newlyweds Soo-jin and Hyun-su face a serious test in their marriage when Soo-jin awakens one evening…

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    Gumbo Coalition

    Powered by a mutual determination to empower Black and Latin American communities, two visionary civil rights…

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    Sometime, Somewhere

    World Premiere Sometime, Somewhere sheds light on the challenges faced by Latino communities in Charlottesville, Virginia…

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    The Gullspång Miracle

    Norwegian sisters Kari and May are dedicated to their religious convictions, often influenced by the divine…

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    The Space Race

    Preceded by the short film For the Moon In a gripping account of the race against…

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    Tapawingo

    This lighthearted coming-of-age comedy follows one awkward teenager's path through adolescence, showcasing the unique and unconventional…

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    The Taste of Things

    Official Oscar© Selection—France | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Winner: Best Director, Trân Anh Hùng Dodin Bouffant, a…

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    The Teachers’ Lounge

    Official Oscar© Selection—Germany | Golden Lola (German Oscar) for Best Film Carla Nowak, a dedicated and idealistic…

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    They Shot the Piano Player

    This animated film follows journalist Jeff Harris (voiced by Jeff Goldblum) as he set out in…

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    This World is Not My Own

    Chewing gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a notorious murder case, and the segregated South all played…

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    Time Bomb Y2K

    As the year 2000 neared, widespread fear arose worldwide over the looming transition into a new…

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    Tótem

    Official Oscar© Selection—Mexico During the day, Sol helps her family where she can at her Grandfather’s home,…

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    We Start With The Things We Find

    Many people may see shipping containers as simple components in a vast global economic and supply…

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    The Goldman Case

    Following what many consider to be the trial of the century, The Goldman Case watches French…

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    Going Varsity in Mariachi

    After school at Edinburg North High School, the halls are filled with the sounds of blaring…

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    Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

    US Grand Jury Prize, Documentary | Sundance Film Festival One of America's greatest living poets, Nikki…

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    Frybread Face and Me

    The year is 1990, and 12-year-old Native American Benny Lovell, growing up in San Diego, enjoys…

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    From You

    Grand Prize, Jeonju International Film Festival From You follows a family of dreamers and artists. Minju…

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    Four Daughters

    Official Oscar© Selection—Tunisia | Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary, Cannes Film Festival The life of Olfa,…

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    For the Taking

    World Premiere It's the first of the month, and grocery clerk Victor Molina just got furloughed.…

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    Faulkner: The Past is Never Dead

    History regards William Faulkner, the 1949 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, as one of the greatest…

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    Fancy Dance

    Following her sister's disappearance, Jax cares for her niece Roki, managing to scrape by on the…

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    Fallen Leaves

    Official Oscar© Selection—Finland | Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival A chance meeting in Helsinki offers two lonely…

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    Eileen

    Set in 1964 during a frigid Boston winter, Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) leads a bleak life submerged…

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    Dusty & Stones

    Jury Award for Best Documentary, Atlanta Film Festival Cousins Gazi “Dusty” Simelane and Linda “Stones” Msibi…

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    Cobweb

    In this film-within-a-film, Kim Yeol is a filmmaker haunted by the desire to reimagine the conclusion…

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    Café Daughter

    Yvette Wong, a young Chinese and Cree heritage girl, lives in a small 1960s Saskatchewan town.…

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    Breaking the News

    With men—often white men—making up 70% of policy and politics editors, journalists Emily Ramshaw and Amanda…

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    Breakwater

    After serving a grueling prison sentence, young ex-con Dovey (Darren Mann) savors the taste of freedom…

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    Booger

    Preceded by the short film Tooth Life has not been easy for Anna since the unexpected death…

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