Virginia Film Festival

NAME OF FESTIVAL: Virginia Film Festival

SINCE: 1988

WHERE: Charlottesville, VA

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Virginia Film Festival, a program of the University of Virginia, has been celebrating the magic of the movies and inspiring audiences for 34 years in Charlottesville.

Every Fall, the VAFF showcases celebrated new narrative and documentary features, independent and international projects, fresh perspectives on timeless classics, and local filmmakers from throughout Virginia. Today, the VAFF stands as one of Virginia’s most important cultural landmarks and one of the most respected regional destination film festivals in the United States.

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Virginia Film Festival

Filmmaker Spike Lee Will be Lauded as Special Guest of Virginia Film Festival

Filmmaker Spike Lee will be a guest at the upcoming 2017 Virginia Film Festival, where he will present a pair of films as part of a larger program around the living legacy of slavery

Virginia Film Festival Announces 2017 Dates and Filmmaker: Call For Entries

The Virginia Film Festival (VFF), organized by the University of Virginia, will celebrate its 30th anniversary from November 9 to 12, 2017

20 New Films Added to Lineup for 2015 Virginia Film Festival incl. ‘PARADISE, FL,’ ‘KRISHA’

The 2015 Virginia Film Festival have added more than 20 new films to the lineup. The Festival, presented by the University of Virginia and the Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts, will take place from November 5-8 at venues throughout Charlottesville. The Festival also revealed that Alex Neustaedter, the young star of Ithaca, will join in a post-screening discussion that will include director Meg Ryan, actor Lois Robbins, and producer Janet Brenner. […]

2015 Virginia Film Festival Unveils Lineup, to Open with Hank Williams Film I SAW THE LIGHT

The Virginia Film Festival returns to Charlottesville for its 28th year from November 5 to 8, 2015. Opening the 2015 Virginia Film Festival will be I Saw the Light, the Hank Williams film from director Marc Abraham that chronicles the country music legend’s meteoric rise to fame and its tragic consequences on a life cut short at the age of only 29. The film stars Tom Hiddleston in the lead role and Elizabeth Olsen as Williams’ wife […]

Virginia Film Festival Unveils Lineup; Opens with World Premiere of Virginia-Themed and Made “Big Stone Gap”

Big Stone Gap

The 2014 Virginia Film Festival lineup will return to Charlottesville from November 6-9, and officially kick off with the World Premiere of Big Stone Gap, filmed on location in Big Stone Gap, Virginia

PHILOMENA Wins Top Award at 2013 Virginia Film Festival

PHILOMENA

The Virginia Film Festival announced the winners of its Audience and Programmer’s Awards for the 2013 festival. Earning top honors in the Audience Award category of Best Narrative Feature was PHILOMENA, the Stephen Frears directed drama starring Dame Judi Dench as a woman who was forced to give up her son for adoption by her Irish Catholic community decades earlier and joins forces with a BBC reporter, played by Steve Coogan, on a mission to find him.

2013 Virginia Film Festival to run November 7-10; Announces Film Lineup

Opening Night film - Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA Opening Night film – Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA

The 2013 Virginia Film Festival, presented by The University of Virginia, will take place in Charlottesville, Virginia from November 7-10; and will kick off with an Opening Night screening of Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA. The screening will feature special guest Will Forte, the longtime Saturday Night Live standout who makes his dramatic debut in the film, in which he stars opposite Bruce Dern. Forte will be joined by award-winning producer Ron Yerxa (Cold Mountain, Little Miss Sunshine). “This is a really wonderful film that has been getting major buzz on the festival circuit,” Kielbasa said. “And it gives our audience a chance to see Will Forte as they have certainly never seen him before. He gives a powerful and understated performance, and shows a dramatic range that I think will surprise a lot of people.”

Virginia Film Festival Announces 2012 Dates

The Virginia Film Festival has announced the dates for its upcoming 25th anniversary year. The 2012 festival will take place Nov. 1 to 4. The festival is presented by the University of Virginia’s College of Arts & Sciences. The 2011 festival drew more than 24,000 attendees and featured a record 27 sold-out screenings. The weekend proved to be an Academy Awards preview, opening with Alexander Payne’s Oscar-winning “The Descendants” (Best Adapted Screenplay) and featuring Best […]

Director Oliver Stone, Larry Flynt And Sissy Spacek headed to 2011 Virginia Film Festival

The Virginia Film Festival is returning for its 24th year from November 3-6, 2011, with a lineup of more than 100 films

Virginia Film Festival Announces 2011 Dates

The Virginia Film Festival, will return to Charlottesville, Virginia, for its 24th year from November 3-6, 2011. The 2010 festival attracted more than 23,750 people and earned more than $90,158 in ticket sales. Both figures represent a 25% increase over the prior year. The festival featured 27 sellouts that ranged from sneak peeks at first-run features like the Academy-Award nominated Black Swan and 127 Hours to documentaries including the powerful Civil Rights era tale Freedom […]

2010 Virginia Film Festival Announces Winners

Josh Radnor’s happythankyoumoreplease captured the Audience Favorite Award for Best Narrative Feature for the recently-wrapped, and record-setting, 2010 Virginia Film Festival. Radnor’s happythankyoumoreplease also earned the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. In happythankyoumoreplease “Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who’s having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes […]

Black Swan To Open Virginia Film Festival

The 23rd Annual Virginia Film Festival kicks off tonight (the festival runs November 4 – 7) and will feature more than 100 films, including high-profile, first-run features, beloved classics and cutting-edge documentaries and engaging shorts. The weekend will also feature an array of high-profile guests, special events, parties and community events in a weekend designed to spotlight and illuminate cinema’s unique power to enlighten and entertain. The Virginia Film Festival is presented by the University […]

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