Virginia Film Festival

Short Films: Food for Thought

Are You Volleyball?! 2017. Iran. 15 min. Director: Mohammad Bakhshi. Featuring: Mehdi Amiri, Esmaeil Alizadeh, Behnoud…

Short Films: Our World

The Other End of the Earth 2017. USA. 5 min. Director: Jacob W. Madness. Featuring: Diane…

The Forcing

An insistent collage of images and sound that muddles the quiet detail of flora and fauna with the chaotic noise…

Menace II Society

18-year-old Kaydee "Caine" Lawson lives a violent and unstable life on the streets of Watts, a…

The Eyes of Orson Welles

Filmmaker Mark Cousins explores the visual world of filmmaking legend Orson Welles after gaining access to…

The Charmer

Esmail seems to be a successful, charming bachelor frequenting Copenhagen’s high-end nightlife establishments. In reality, however,…

West Main Street

Preceded by short film Transit West Main Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, serves as a cultural hub…

Spider Mites of Jesus: The Dirtwoman Documentary

When Donnie “Dirtwoman” Corker passed away in 2017, the city of Richmond, Virginia, lost one of…

Light House Studio Shorts

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

Jason and Shirley

In response to Shirley Clarke’s 1967 Portrait of Jason, filmmaker Stephen Winter offers an imaginative look…

F for Fake

After agreeing to edit François Reichenbach’s documentary about renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his…

Run While You Can

In 2011, Sam Fox embarked on an unbelievable challenge: to run along the Pacific Crest Trail…

Black in Blue

Before 1967, the American Southeastern Conference boasted a roster composed entirely of white athletes. In the…

Inside Job

In 2008, the United States saw the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of…