Saturday, November 5, 2022
10:00 AM
Irving Theater in the CODE Building

Oscar-winning Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk) and Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) discuss the art and craft of writing for the big screen. Learn how two of the best in the business create characters, move plots, build cine-worlds, and develop scripts that power, structure, and animate some of the most unforgettable movies of the last 20 years. Moderated by writer/director/screenwriter John Lee Hancock (VAFF Board, The Blind Side)

Saturday, November 5, 2022
Noon
Irving Theater in the CODE Building

For more than fifty years, Sesame Street has been reaching and teaching millions of children around the world across languages and cultures with proven, locally tailored early learning. This session will examine how Sesame Workshop, the educational nonprofit behind Sesame Street, uses the power of media, Muppets, and storytelling to provide early learning for young children, reflect and celebrate their identity, and deliver nurturing care to children and caregivers affected by conflict, crisis, and displacement. Featuring Sesame Workshop President Sherrie Westin in conversation with Marshall Persinger (VAFF Board)

Supported by VPM

Saturday, November 5, 2022
2:00 PM
Irving Theater in the CODE Building

Three early mid-career filmmakers with very different paths to success in the film industry share their personal journeys, along the way giving insight into what a modern career in the entertainment business looks like. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jamie Sisley (Stay Awake) shares the stage with Emmy and two-time Peabody Award-winning documentarian Erin Bernhardt (Refuge) and TV writer Lyle Friedman (Wrecked, Younger). Moderated by Scot Safon (VAFF Board)

Sunday, November 6, 2022
11:00 AM
Violet Crown 6 & 7

Three UVA professors with newly published books on international cinema share short presentations about their scholarship. Paul Dobryden, assistant professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, presents The Hygienic Apparatus: Weimar Cinema and Environmental Disorder; Chris Gratien, Assistant Professor of History presents The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier; and Samhita Sunya, Assistant Professor of Cinema in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, presents Sirens of Modernity: World Cinema Via Bombay.