Virginia Film Festival

American Fiction

People's Choice Award Winner, Toronto International Film Festival Thelonious “Monk'' Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) is a down…

American Symphony

In 2022, the Grammy and Oscar-winning jazz and contemporary recording artist Jon Batiste faced a pivotal…

Breakwater

After serving a grueling prison sentence, young ex-con Dovey (Darren Mann) savors the taste of freedom…

Café Daughter

Yvette Wong, a young Chinese and Cree heritage girl, lives in a small 1960s Saskatchewan town.…

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

In 1976, Shere Hite's groundbreaking bestseller, The Hite Report, delved into women's private experiences through an…

Dusty & Stones

Jury Award for Best Documentary, Atlanta Film Festival Cousins Gazi “Dusty” Simelane and Linda “Stones” Msibi…

Faulkner: The Past is Never Dead

History regards William Faulkner, the 1949 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, as one of the greatest…

For the Taking

World Premiere It's the first of the month, and grocery clerk Victor Molina just got furloughed.…

The Gilded Age: Season 2 Sneak Preview

Season two of HBO's The Gilded Age begins on Easter morning 1883, with news that Bertha…

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

US Grand Jury Prize, Documentary | Sundance Film Festival One of America's greatest living poets, Nikki…

Going Varsity in Mariachi

After school at Edinburg North High School, the halls are filled with the sounds of blaring…

The Holdovers

Most American children spend winter break at home with their families, but at Barton Academy, an…

I Could Have Been A Tree Instead

Albert Schweitzer describes the concept of reverence as, "Just as white light consists of colored rays,…

Immediate Family

Best known for their studio and stage work in support of some of the bestselling singer-songwriters…

Impossible Town

For many years, Minden, West Virginia, has deteriorated into toxic decay due to the pervasive presence…

Maestro

Written, directed, and starring Bradley Cooper, Maestro is a deep and fascinating look inside the mind…

No Ordinary Campaign

In 2017, Brian Wallach and his wife Sandra Abrevaya's lives drastically changed. Shortly after welcoming their newborn…

OnBoard

In the summer of 2020, Merline Saintil, a former tech COO, and Robin Washington, a former…

Origin

U.S. Premiere Isabel Wilkerson, a pioneering African-American journalist and the first to receive a Pulitzer Prize,…

Pay or Die

In a nation of plenty, the ultimate price is paid by those who cannot afford it.…

Rustin

Bayard Rustin, architect of the 1963 March on Washington, was one of America's great activists, organizers,…

Short Films: Heroes You Should Know

Five inspirational stories of American heroes whose accomplishments deserve a bigger spotlight. These documentary shorts explore…

Sometime, Somewhere

World Premiere Sometime, Somewhere sheds light on the challenges faced by Latino communities in Charlottesville, Virginia…

The Space Race

Preceded by the short film For the Moon In a gripping account of the race against…

Stamped from the Beginning

Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (The 1619 Project) brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's acclaimed book of…

A Suite of Short Films by Kevin Jerome Everson

Program followed by discussion with filmmaker Kevin Everson, moderated by Claudrena Harold (UVA). Marbled Golden Eyes…

Tapawingo

This lighthearted coming-of-age comedy follows one awkward teenager's path through adolescence, showcasing the unique and unconventional…

Time Bomb Y2K

As the year 2000 neared, widespread fear arose worldwide over the looming transition into a new…

War Pony

Caméra D'Or, Cannes Film Festival  War Pony follows two Oglala Lakota men as they come of…

We Start With The Things We Find

Many people may see shipping containers as simple components in a vast global economic and supply…