Virginia Film Festival

Atlantics

In a suburb of Dakar, Senegal, many souls have been lost to the sea in an…

Waves

Waves centers around the Williams, an upper middle class African-American family in suburban Florida, as they…

You Don’t Nomi

The release of Showgirls in 1995, Paul Verhoeven’s salacious NC-17 look at Vegas dancers, was met with extreme…

The Wild Goose Lake

Mob boss Zhou Zenong desperately tries to stay alive after he mistakenly kills a cop and…

When All is Ruin Once Again

Using a subtle black-and-white visual tone, native Irishman and filmmaker Keith Walsh provides a deeply personal…

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…

We Are the Radical Monarchs

Over the course of several years, director Linda Goldstein Knowlton has followed the unexpected rise of…

Varda by Agnès

Photographer, installation artist, and pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague Agnès Varda returns with a characteristically bittersweet…

To the Stars

In a small town in 1960s Oklahoma, reclusive teen Iris endures the booze-induced antics of her…

Swallow

Preceded by the short film Burp Hunter lives an idyllic lifestyle, tucked away in a glass house…

Synonyms

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

The Sower

Preceded by the short film Copan En Espera. Amongst the mountains of Chiapas in Mexico,a rural multi-grade…

Southern Journey (Revisited)

In 1959 the noted ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax embarked on a road trip through the Southern States,…

The Song of Names

An emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century, this deeply moving saga…

Song Without a Name

In a Peruvian clinic, a young woman gives birth to a healthy baby girl, only to…

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,…

Queen of the Capital

Bureaucrat by day, drag queen crusader by night, Muffy Blake Stephyns has high aspirations. Muffy and…

Parasite

The Park Family is the picture of aspirational wealth. The Kim family is rich in nothing…

Postal

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

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

In eighteenth century France, the elusive Héloïse has rejected her mother’s previous attempts to commission a…

Port of Destiny: Peace

Port of Destiny: Peace recounts Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ path to peace in a transformative documentary…

Parwareshgah (The Orphanage)

In Soviet-era Afghanistan during the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat makes his living on the streets of…

Pain and Glory

Renowned director Salvador Mallo is facing the decline of his career. As he looks back on…

Pahokee

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan paint a detailed and astonishingly nuanced portrait of Pahokee, a small…

Olympic Dreams

Preceded by the short film Wax Paul Now After a disappointing finish in her event at the…

Mickey and the Bear

Mickey is a young girl living in Anaconda, Montana, with her unstable, unemployed, and uninvolved ex-Marine…

Little Joe

Alice is a single mother and committed plant breeder at a corporation involved with developing new…

Kifaru

The northern white rhino species has long been in danger of extinction due to intense poaching…

Jojo Rabbit

A lonely German boy has his world view turned completely upside down when he discovers his…

Jaddoland

Director Nadia Shihab returns to her home in Lubbock, Texas,to visit her mother, an artist from…

In Fabric

Preceded by the short film Ghostwriter In the months following a painful divorce, Sheila visits a department…

Gay Chorus Deep South

In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 presidential election, the San…

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

A love letter to the celebrated musical Fiddler on the Roof, this documentary is an exhilarating…

Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops

Ernie & Joe introduces two courageous police officers in San Antonio’s mental health unit working to…

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…

Ed Asner: On Stage and Off

Widely acknowledged as the most honored performer in the history of American television, Ed Asner is…

Driveways

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

Dolce Fine Giornata

Maria Linde, a renowned poet and Nobel Prize winner, lives in her glorious Tuscan villa surrounded…

Deerskin

At the start, Georges is seemingly just a middle-aged, bearded loner living in a small-town motel.…

Coming Home

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

The Client

Based on the John Grisham bestseller, The Client revolves around Mark, a street-smart 11-year-old boy who…

Changing the Game

High school athlete Mack Beggs made national headlines in 2017 when he became the Texas girls…

Breaking Away

Fresh out of high school in Bloomington, Indiana, Dave and his working-class best friends Cyril, Moocher,…

Bacurau

Teresa returns to her village of Bacurau, located in Brazil’s semi-arid sertão, following the death of…

Artemio

Preceded by the short film Nichmal Son: Musica Que Florece Artemio was born in the United…

Adrenaline Film Project Reprise

In its 15th year and hosted by Light House Studio, the Adrenaline Film Project challenges 12…

9 Pillars Hip Hop Music Video Showcase

Curated by 9 Pillars Hip Hop Cultural Festival Director, Cullen Wade, 9 Pillars Hip Hop Music…

Chef Flynn [Added Screening]

Often called the “Justin Bieber of Food,” budding chef Flynn McGarry quickly emerged as a culinary…

Ingrid

Preceded by the short film The Home for Wayward Babydolls At seventy-six years old, Ingrid Gipson compares…

Orwell’s Revolution

Orwell's Revolution looks to the experiences in the Spanish Civil War that would inspire Orwell to…

Know Your Neighbor

Highlighting the essence of nine locals who proudly call Charlottesville their home, Know Your Neighbor offers insight…

MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s MATANGI…

In Reality

Ann is an average young woman struggling with a desperate obsession to find true love. When…

Same God

In 2015, Dr. Larycia Hawkins, an African-American political science professor at Wheaton College, wanted to show…

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

This feature documentary explores the remarkable life and legacy of the late feminist author Ursula K.…

Gurrumul

Preceded by short films Gapu Ga Gunda and Galka Praised by audiences spanning the globe, indigenous artist…

Still Life

In 2014, a national news-worthy chemical dump threatened to reduce West Virginia’s proud capital to its…

Short Films: People in Cars Having Problems

Supported by Underground Shorts Media   Moving Violation 2017. USA. 13 min. Director: Laura Waters Hinson.…

Studio 54

Studio 54 was the epicenter of 1970s extravagance and pleasure - a place that not only…

Drewary J. Brown: Working for a Better Day

Drewary J. Brown was a legendary figure in the struggle for racial justice in central Virginia.…

The Third Wife

In late 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May is chosen to be the third wife of…

Sorry Angel

Arthur, an eager 22-year-old student studying in Rennes, meets 35-year-old Jacques, a writer living in Paris…

Sauvage

22-year-old Leo works in Strasbourg as a prostitute. Working mostly on a quiet road in a…

Ramen Shop

Masato, a young Ramen chef, leaves his hometown in Japan to embark on a culinary journey…

Menace II Society

18-year-old Kaydee "Caine" Lawson lives a violent and unstable life on the streets of Watts, a…

Let the Corpses Tan

On a beautiful island in the Medierranean, Rhino and his gang of thieves take refuge at…

No Date, No Signature

While driving home one-night forensic pathologist, Dr. Kaveh Nariman is involved in a car accident that…

Little Woods

In a quaint North Dakota oil town, sisters Ollie and Deb must break the rules in…

Border

Tina, ostracized for her unusual appearance, uses her unique sense of smell to sniff out contraband…

Combat Obscura

Combat cameraman Miles Lagoze served several years in the war in Afghanistan collecting footage for Marine…

The Image Book

Preceded by the short film On Certainty 467 (8 min.) Legendary New-Wave director Jean-Luc Godard emerges…

The Third Murder

What seems like a clear guilty verdict becomes more complicated when attorney Shigemori accepts the defense…

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

Orson Welles, acclaimed director of Citizen Kane, struggled much of his film career to obtain the…

Styx

Rieke embarks on her one-woman solo voyage across the Atlantic, but she has no idea what…

Rafiki

Tomboy and daughter of local politician, Kena, has always been “one of the guys.” Defying Kenya’s…

Over the Limit

Elite rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun nears the end of her competitive career, but has one final…

Night of the Living Dead

In its 50th anniversary year, George Romero’s cult classic provides thrills and chills as an icon…

Good Manners

At a fancy apartment in São Paulo, Ana, in search of a nanny for her unborn…

The Eyes of Orson Welles

Filmmaker Mark Cousins explores the visual world of filmmaking legend Orson Welles after gaining access to…