Virginia Film Festival

Short Films: Block D

Families can be complicated. This series of short films gives snapshots into the messiness and the…

Ask the Sexpert

In a country where sex is taboo, a 93-year-old experienced sex advice columnist writes for a…

Scenes with Ivan

Preceded by the short film Woody's Order (16 min.) Local filmmakers Doug and Judy Bari chronicled…

Jane

Hours of previously unseen National Geographic footage provide an intimate glimpse into the groundbreaking work of…

American Veteran

At 21 years old, Army Sergeant Nick Mendes was paralyzed from the neck down after getting…

Afrikana Film Festival Showcase

The Afrikana Independent Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the cinematic works of people of color…

What Lies Upstream

This investigative political thriller watches Cullen Hoback unearth the causes of the largest chemical contamination of…

Starfish

Tom Ray has all of the parts of a fulfilling life—the house of his dreams, the…

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

From folk songstress Buffy Sainte-Marie to rock artist Link Wray, whose 1958 song Rumble influenced the…

Requiem for a Running Back

The director’s father, Lewis Carpenter, was a World Championship running back for the Detroit Lions and…

The Immigrant

A special 100th Anniversary screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant, which features Chaplin in one of…

Pop Aye

After Thana, a successful architect in Bangkok, reaches a mid-life crisis he encounters Pop Aye, the…