Virginia Film Festival

The Adderall Diaries

Based on the bestselling memoir by Stephen Elliot, this film examines the life of the once-successful…

Big Stone Gap

Based on her best-selling novel of the same name, writer/director Adriana Trigiani presents the story of…

Coming Through the Rye

Preceded by the short film Incubus Inspired by the filmmaker’s own life story, the story follows 16-year-old…

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Political satire abounds in this Cold War era, Oscar-nominated black comedy. Chaos ensues in the War…

Lamb

Superbly shot and movingly acted, Lamb traces the disturbing yet intimate friendship between a middle-aged man…

Larry Kramer in Love and Anger

This powerful documentary candidly peers into the life of visionary author and playwright Larry Kramer, the…

Low Down

Based on Amy-Jo Albany’s memoir, Low Down brings the audience into the life of 1970s jazz…

Sembene!

Sembene! documents the life of Ousmane Sembene, a self-taught novelist and filmmaker who fought a 50-year…

The Sound and the Fury

Set in Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century, The Sound and the Fury portrays…

Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem

This layered documentary delves into celebrated actor Theodore Bikel’s charismatic storytelling and masterful performances with a…

Wild

Director Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club), Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), and Academy…

Wish You Well

In the wake of the tragedy of the loss of their father, young Lou Cardinal and…