Virginia Film Festival

’63 Boycott + Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt

On October 22, 1963, more than 200,000 students boycotted Chicago Public Schools in a demonstration to…

1945 (Reprise Screening)

In August 1945, a rural town in Hungary is preparing for the wedding of the town…

Afrikana Film Festival Showcase

The Afrikana Independent Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the cinematic works of people of color…

Beetlejuice

In this 1988 classic comedy-horror directed by Tim Burton, a newly deceased couple, Barbara and Adam…

Best of Film at Mason

Best of Film at Mason, formerly known as the Best of Favs Program at GMU, returns…

Best of the VCUarts Cinema Program

The Best of the VCUarts Cinema Program presents a selection of the best works by students…

Bonnie and Clyde

The infamous depression-era true crime romance between Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow begins when Clyde attempts…

The Breaks: Centuries of Struggle

Six men – separated by two centuries – live lives marked with intrigue, hardship, and tragedy.…

Call Me by Your Name

In 1983, gifted 17-year-old Elio Perlman spends his days in the north of Italy transcribing classical…

Composer Symposium

This panel discussion will focus on the art of composing music for film, featuring composers Charlie…

Freak Show

Billy Bloom is a gay and eccentric teenage boy whose self-expression knows no bounds when it…

The Last Stop

The Élan School was a for-profit, residential behavior modification program and therapeutic boarding school located deep…

The Lears

World-renowned architect Davenport Lear (Bruce Dern) summons his dysfunctional children to a weekend family retreat to…

The Long Road Home

From Academy Award-nominated executive producer Mike Medavoy and based on The New York Times best-selling book…

Mood & Memory

A series of films from young artists and media specialists at various institutions across Austria and…

Mudbound

The McAllans and the Jackson family both face struggles as they try to build small dreams…

My Art

Ellie Shine lives a good life in New York City as a single artist with a…

Roll With Me

When a paraplegic former drug-addict sets his mind to becoming the first person to push an…

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me

Sammy Davis, Jr.’s career was so vast and multi-faceted that it was dizzying in its scope…

The Science of Pixar

Dr. Tony DeRose, Senior Scientist and Lead of the Research Group at Pixar Animation Studios will…

Short Films: Block A

These eight narrative shorts explore themes of romance between couples. From newly forming relationships to those…

Short Films: Block B

Featuring both serious and lighthearted narrative shorts, these films tell the stories of misfits. From a…

Short Films: Block C

This set of fantasy narrative shorts featuring all things spooky and creepy. Ghosts, demons, and other…

Short Films: Block D

Families can be complicated. This series of short films gives snapshots into the messiness and the…

Short Films: Block E

A mix of documentary and narrative films that explore the theme of interracial relationships and the…

Sollers Point

After a year of incarceration for dealing drugs, Keith is on probation, living under house arrest…

Stalker

Based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, this 1979 science fiction film…

Thelma

Thelma, a shy young student, has just left her religious family in a small town on…

Tonsler Park

Preceded by the short film How Can I Ever Be Late (5 min.) Internationally renowned artist and…

Voices Beyond the Wall: Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World

Rescued from the streets of Pedro Sula, Honduras, seventy orphaned girls have found refuge at Our…

Wild Honey

Gabby has a job as an unsuccessful phone-sex operator. She’s unhappy, aimless, and living at home…