Virginia Film Festival

1945 (Reprise Screening)

In August 1945, a rural town in Hungary is preparing for the wedding of the town…

Short Films: Block B

Featuring both serious and lighthearted narrative shorts, these films tell the stories of misfits. From a…

Short Films: Block C

This set of fantasy narrative shorts featuring all things spooky and creepy. Ghosts, demons, and other…

White Sun

After a decade away, anti-regime rebel Chandra returns to his native mountain village in the wake…

1945

In August 1945, a rural town in Hungary is preparing for the wedding of the town…

The Wound

Every year, young men of South Africa’s Xhosa culture venture into the mountains of the country’s…

Shelter

Mona, a Lebanese woman (Golshifteh Farahani), and Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent (Neta Riskin) are sent…

Shadowman

Preceded by the short film Walkalong (8 min.) A biographical documentary about the life of artist…

Beuys

Joseph Beuys was a revolutionary German painter, famous for his felt hat and unique performance pieces,…

Beauty and the Dogs

During a night out with friends, young Tunisian student Mariam is brutally raped by policemen. Forced…

Song of Granite

The resilient life story of one of the greatest traditional singers of all time, Joe Heaney,…

Last Flag Flying

Former Navy corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepard reunites with old military friends, Marine Sal Nealson and Reverend…

Django

In 1940s Paris, Django Reinhardt electrified audiences with his distinctive style of “hot jazz”. Serving as…

Please Stand By

When Wendy, an autistic girl with a strong independence, a keen intelligence, and a playful sense…

Happy End

Ignorant to the miserable conditions of the refugee camps in a neighboring town of Calais, a…