Virginia Film Festival

FAQ

Young Dong-chun gets an unexpected escape when she finds a talking bottle of rice wine on a school retreat.

VERMIGLIO

During the final days of World War II, a young soldier’s romance sparks a chain of events.

A TRAVELER’S NEEDS

A drifting expat in Seoul becomes a language tutor despite lacking qualifications.

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

A lively examination of Cold War Congo, and the use of U.S. “Jazz Ambassadors.”

BAD SHABBOS

An interfaith couple’s boisterous Shabbat dinner is rudely interrupted by an uninvited dead body.

JAZZY

Jazzy navigates the space between childhood and young adulthood against the backdrop of her Oglala Lakota community.

I’M STILL HERE

Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) tracks Eunice Paiva during Brazil’s 1970s military dictatorship.

MS. APOCALYPSE

Bookkeeper Young-mi secretly falls in love with her coworker and faces a life-altering proposition from his wife.

OMAR AND CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD

A personal chronicle of the lifelong friendship of two artists.

THE GLASSWORKER

A gifted glassblower forms a friendship with a violin prodigy during a time of war.

EVERY LITTLE THING

A Hollywood woman cares for injured hummingbirds, drawing spiritual strength from their fragility and resilience.

DON’T CRY, BUTTERFLY

After discovering her husband’s infidelity on live TV, Tam turns to a mystical response.

DAHOMEY

Mati Diop (Atlantics) interrogates the repatriation of 26 royal treasures to the Republic of Benin.