Virginia Film Festival

Sing Sing

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

Joyland

The screening will followed by a discussion led by Samhita Sunya, UVA Assistant Professor of Cinema…

Little Richard: I Am Everything

The screening will followed by a discussion led by A.D. Carson, UVA Assistant Professor of Hip…

To Leslie

Andrea Riseborough delivers a tour-de-force performance that led to a (well-deserved) Oscar Nomination which shocked the…

Sopranos Sessions: A Special Theatrical Triple Feature

The Sopranos Sessions, directed by Kristian Farga, offers fans a rare inside look at one of…

First Love

Takashi Miike, the prolific Japanese director of over 100 films, returns with a hysterically absurd crime…

Forman vs. Forman

Through a collection of archival footage, early interviews, and material from private archives, this nostalgic documentary…

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

A month after receiving a rare, terminal cancer diagnosis, acclaimed writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks sat…

Kevin Everson Short Films

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

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts captures the momentous rise of RuPaul’s Drag Race breakout queen Trixie Mattel. As the charming drag persona…

The Traitor

The Traitor tells the true story of Tommaso Buscetta, a man who brought down La Cosa…

Synonyms

When Israeli twenty-something Yoav moves to Paris, France,he intends to rid himself of his nationality and…

Sing You a Brand New Song: The Words and Music of Coleman Mellett

On February 12, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Continental Flight 3407 fell from the sky near Buffalo,…

Postal

Preceded by the short film Flop. Phillip Tress lives in Jacksonville, Florida,and has decided to finally confess…

Human Nature

CRISPR has revolutionized the scientific world, allowing us the ability to change the most basic building…

The Golden Harvest

In this “6,000-year-old love story,” director Alia Yunis explores the complicated relationship between the people of…

Frankie

Françoise Crémont, known to her family as Frankie, is a well-known French art-house movie star. Struggling…

Fishing With Dynamite

Director Paul Wagner examines how the shared obsession with short-term profits between corporations and Wall Street…

The Father

Valentina’s death takes quite a toll on her husband, Vassil. When it’s discovered that a neighbor…

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (How I Felt When I Saw That Girl)

Sweety Chaudhary, a young Punjabi woman, is constantly badgered by her overbearing family about her love…

Driveways

Preceded by the short film Cowboy Joe. Following the death of her estranged sister, aspiring nurse Kathy…

Coming Home

In October of 2014, director Ricardo Preve led a diving expedition on the shore of Barra…

Diamantino

Diamantino, the world’s premiere soccer star (Carloto Cotta), loses his special touch and ends his career in…

Them That Follow

Them That Follow, set in the wilderness of Appalachia, follows members of an isolated community of…

¡Las Sandinistas!

¡Las Sandinistas! reveals the untold stories of Nicaraguan women warriors and social revolutionaries who shattered barriers to…

20th Annual Animation Show of Shows

The Animation Show of Shows returns for its 20th year to present 15 thought-provoking, poignant, and very funny…

The Highwaymen

The outlaws made headlines. The lawmen made history. From director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), The…

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

In his directorial debut, award-winning photographer and director RaMell Ross offers a refreshingly direct approach to…