Virginia Film Festival

Rappahannock

This documentary was commissioned by Friends of the Rappahannock, a Fredericksburg, Virginia–based nonprofit that has been…

Mountains May Depart

Beginning in 1999, Mountains May Depart highlights China’s exponential economic development and the subsequent changes in…

Larry Kramer in Love and Anger

This powerful documentary candidly peers into the life of visionary author and playwright Larry Kramer, the…

Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings

Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings focusses is a retrospective of the artist’s wall drawings in North Adams,…

H8RZ

Preceded by the short film Rogue Taxidermy (7 min.) Alex, the lone survivor of a massive…

Monroe Hill

Monroe Hill offers an unprecedented overview of President James Monroe’s first farm in Albemarle County, the…

Rosenwald

Director Aviva Kempner examines the often-overlooked philanthropy and civil rights activism of Julius Rosenwald, the former…

Louder Than Bombs

An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death brings her eldest…

Cheatin’

Oscar-nominated Bill Plympton, the “King of Indie Animation,” hand-draws and directs this animated adult tale of…

Night of the Living Deb

Preceded by the short film Soccer Moms in Peril After the endearingly awkward Deb wakes up in…

A Light Beneath Their Feet

A Light Beneath Their Feet follows a family coping with the mother’s bipolar disorder. Gloria (Manning,…

In Transit

In Transit takes you on a journey into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard…

Until 20

This touching documentary from Emmy Award–winning producers chronicles young James Ragan’s fight to live after a…

Imba Means Sing

In the slums of Kampala, Uganda, education is a luxury most families cannot afford. As the…

The Forbidden Room

The Forbidden Room is Canadian auteur Guy Maddin’s epic phantasmagoria. Paying homage to the films and…

The Adderall Diaries

Based on the bestselling memoir by Stephen Elliot, this film examines the life of the once-successful…

The Exhibitor

screens before the feature film Fishing Without Nets Follow Dave Mead, projectionist at the Wellfleet Drive-In, as…

Ringtone + Fire in Our Hearts

From ancestral clan songs, to 80s hip hop artists and local gospel tunes, ringtones are the…

SlingShot

SlingShot focuses on the extensive efforts by noted inventor Dean Kamen, renowned for the development of…

What We Do in the Shadows

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi, breathe new life, and laughs, into the…

I’m Obsessed With You

Four collegiate comedians and one magnetic movie star venture to live their lives according to the…

The Hip-Hop Fellow

Patrick Douthit, better known as the artist 9th Wonder, is a Grammy Award winning producer, record…

Gray Matters

Through her unique vision, imagination, and sensibility, 20th century architect Eileen Gray changed the way we…

Frost/Nixon

Based on a series of 1977 interviews between television personality David Frost (Sheen) and former President…

Freedom Summer

In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation’s eyes were riveted on Mississippi. Despite…

Fishing Without Nets

preceded by the short film The Exhibitor (8 min.) Abdi, a principled but struggling young Somali fisherman,…

41on41

41 storytellers weave a multidimensional profile of President George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of…

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Political satire abounds in this Cold War era, Oscar-nominated black comedy. Chaos ensues in the War…